Book Exhibition

Barbara Budrich Publishers and Budrich UniPress

are independent Germany-based academic publishers with international distribution and an office in the U.S. Founded in 2004, the publishing houses publish some eighty books per year and about fourteen academic journals in German and English language in print and online version.

The list of educational and social science publications in English and German represents - among others – the fields of

• educational science / pedagogy
• gender studies
• social work
• political science
• sociology

Barbara Budrich Publishers is the official publisher for the German Society for Educational Science (DGfE), and cooperate closely with the German Society of Social Work (DGSA), the European Political Science Network, and International Political Science Association among others.

Barbara Budrich Publishers and Budrich UniPress are represented by several international Partners in Europe and all over the world.

Head office:

Barbara Budrich Publishers & Budrich UniPress
Stauffenbergstr. 7
D-51379 Leverkusen Opladen
Germany

Tel. +49 (0)2171.344 594
Fax +49 (0)2171.344 693
info@budrich-verlag.de

<link http: www.budrich-verlag.de _self external link in new>www.budrich-verlag.de
<link http: www.budrich-journals.de _self external link in new>www.budrich-journals.de

W. Bertelsmann Verlag (wbv)

Based on more than 140 years of publishing experience, W. Bertelsmann Verlag (wbv) has become one of Germany´s leading publishers in Education, Training and Social Sciences.

Our products provide high-quality information through print media, periodicals, electronic information systems, databases, Internet portals or CD-ROMs.

We work together with our editors and authors in long-standing partnerships, always open to new ideas.

Learn more about our books and Media Services online on
<link http: www.wbv.de>www.wbv.de or
<link http: www.wbv.de english-summary.html>www.wbv.de/english-summary.html

Continuum

Continuum - winner of the 2011 IPG Independent Publishing Awards: Independent Publisher of the Year and Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year

The Continuum International Publishing Group

<link http: www.continuumbooks.com _self external link in new>www.continuumbooks.com

Continuum is a leading independent academic publisher based in London and New York.  Continuum’s education list provides authoritative and innovative titles for all those working in education: from high-level research, to practical classroom resources for all phases, as well as essential textbooks and course books for trainees, undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Emerald

Emerald’s education books and journals draw on contributions from 1,300 editors and 13,000 authors in over 110 countries, including leaders in their field from some of the top education research schools. The collection of publications – 39 journals and 34 eBooks – provides a unique and cross-disciplinary perspective, offering a wide-ranging coverage of all issues pertinent to education researchers and practitioners. We look forward to welcoming you to the Emerald stand to browse through the publications and discuss publishing opportunities with an Emerald representative.

Pearson Education

Pearson Education is the world's leading higher education publisher. We strive to produce textbooks and resources that will help instructors and students to improve their teaching and learning experience in colleges and universities. With an emphasis on producing high quality textbooks and media solutions, attuned to our customers needs, we are continually developing new and innovative products and technologies to meet this end.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Pearson stand at the ECER Conference 2011 in Berlin - where you can see, and learn more about these exciting books and supporting resources.

Peter Lang

For forty years, PETER LANG Publishing Group has been successfully publishing books written by scholars throughout the world, making academic research available worldwide.

Our core areas are the humanities and social sciences. Our books and journals enjoy a worldwide readership across the academic community. PETER LANG Publishing Group consists of a number of individual companies. We publish books in German, French and English as well as in Italian, Spanish, Russian and other languages.

Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Eschborner Landstrasse 42-50

D-60489 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
E-mail: zentrale.frankfurt@peterlang.com
Website: <link http: www.peterlang.com _self external link in new>www.peterlang.com

Routledge

Routledge is a global publisher of academic books, journals and online resources in the humanities and social sciences. We publish some 600 journals and around 2,000 new books each year, from offices all over the world. Our impressive Education portfolio covers a wide range of subjects, from educational theory and research to psychology and practice.

For more information on Routledge products and services, visit <link http: www.routledge.com education _self external link in new>www.routledge.com/education for our books programme and <link http: www.educationarena.com _self external link in new>www.educationarena.com for our journals portfolio.

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group - an Informa business.

SAGE

SAGE is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. Since 1965, SAGE has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students spanning a wide range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology and medicine. An independent company, SAGE has principal offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC.

<link http: www.sagepub.co.uk _self external link in new>www.sagepub.co.uk

Sense Publishers

Sense Publishers is an international academic publishing house, founded in November 2004, with headquarters in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. We publish books in the field of educational research and we aim to offer the highest level of service to our authors, readers and clients, on a global scale.

Sense has a new view on academic publishing:

• Our prices are low so that apart from libraries and individual scholars, students will be able to purchase our books
• Previews of our books are accessible on our Website, in PDF format on our website, and can be accessed through myilibrary - <link http: www.myilibrary.com _self external link in new>www.myilibrary.com
• Customers in developing countries are entitled to receive our e-books free of charge -
• Production time of our books is usually less than 6 weeks

We accomplish our mission by using innovative printing-on-demand technology and web-based marketing, by minimizing overhead and by not aiming for excessive profits.

Contact:

SENSE PUBLISHERS
Peter de Liefde, Founder and Owner
P.O. Box 21858
3001 AW Rotterdam
The Netherlands
e-mail: peter.deliefde@sensepublishers.com
phone:  +31(0)78 7070630
mobile:  +31(0)  6 42739378
fax:      +31(0)78 7070632

Michel Lokhorst, Director Asia-Pacific
PO Box 3296
Taipei City 10099
Taiwan (R.O.C.)
e-mail: michel.lokhorst@sensepublishers.com
phone: +1 (617) 418-1891 (US EST)

Paul Chambers, Area Manager -North America
PO Box 51907
Boston, MA, 02205
USA
e-mail: paul.chambers@sensepublishers.com
phone: +1 (781) 985 4411 (US EST)
fax: +1 (781) 335 1676

SYMPOSIUM JOURNALS

Symposium Journals publish eight online-only journals concerned with educational research, of which the major publication is EERA’s journal, the EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL (available at <link http: www.wwwwords.eu eerj _self external link in new>www.wwwwords.eu/EERJ). Our website at <link http: www.symposium-journals.eu>www.symposium-journals.eu provides very detailed information for all our other journals, including the full texts of past issues. Our display area at ECER 2010 will be showing books published by our sister company Symposium Books (<link http: www.symposium-books.co.uk _self external link in new>www.symposium-books.co.uk), a specialist publisher of books in the area of comparative and international education.

VERBI Software: MAXQDA

MAXQDA is a state-of-the-art software for scientific text analysis. First released in 1989 it is one of the world-leading tools in the field today. Use it to analyze interviews, focus groups, documents, websites, pictures and more. MAXQDA is especially famous for combining ease of handling with power and flexibility of functions. Besides of the standard qualitative data analysis tools, MAXQDA offers unique visual tools and strong mixed methods features. It is used in a wide range of academic and non-academic disciplines, such as sociology, political science, psychology, public health or education.

Download our free 30-day-trial or come see us at the exhibit and win a free MAXQDA license.

<link http: http www.maxqda.com _self external link in new>www.maxqda.com
<link http: http www.maxqda.de _self external link in new>www.maxqda.de

VERBI Software . Consult. Sozialforschung GmbH
Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Str. 1
10625 Berlin, Germany

Phone +49 (0)30 590083360
Fax +49 (0)30 590083361
Email: info@maxqda.com

VS Verlag

VS Verlag is the leading social sciences publisher in the German-speaking region.  The book and journal program takes in the areas of Sociology, Politics, Pedagogy, Communication, and Psychology.  The authors are renowned academics and active decision-makers and advisors in politics, education and society.  VS Verlag offers universities, political and cultural institutions, and interested lay readers a sound and up-to-date platform in the social sciences.   VS Verlag was created in 2004 as a merger of the two well-established social sciences publishers Westdeutscher Verlag (founded in 1947) and Leske + Budrich (founded in 1974). VS Verlag is a Springer Fachmedien brand.  Springer Fachmedien is part of Springer Science+Business Media.

Waxmann Publishing Co.

Waxmann Publishing Co. is an international academic publishing house in Germany that specializes in publishing high-quality articles and books from a wide variety of research disciplines. As an independent publisher, we publish about 150 new books every year and have a backlist of more than 2000 titles available for immediate delivery. Our main emphasis is on the humanities, cultural studies and social sciences such as psychology and educational research comprising the evaluation of educational theory and practice, vocational education and comparative education. You can find detailed information about our programme on our website at <link http: www.waxmann.com _self external link in new>www.waxmann.com.

In case you have any questions, we are always at your service at info@waxmann.com. Since e-books have become a more and more important medium in the scientific community, our new titles since 2009 and the most successful books on our backlist are available as e-books, e.g. through our distribution partners <link http: www.e-cademic.com _self external link in new>www.e-cademic.com and <link http: www.ciando.com _self external link in new>www.ciando.com. We would like to welcome you at our stand at the book exhibition of the ECER 2011 to have a look at our new publications or take a catalogue. Proposals for new books, new journals or new series are always welcome and you will find competent partners at the stand to answer all your questions.

Wiley-Blackwell

Wiley-Blackwell is the international scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, with strengths in every major academic and professional field and partnerships with many of the world’s leading societies. Wiley-Blackwell publishes over 1.400 peer-reviewed journals as well as 1.500+ new books annually in print and online, as well as databases, major reference works and laboratory protocols. For more information, please visit: <link http: www.wileyblackwell.com _self external link in new>www.wileyblackwell.com