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This edited collection is a cutting-edge volume that reframes political communication from an African perspective. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa and occasionally drawing comparisons with other regions of the world, this book critically addresses the development of the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2018-02-27
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This book analyzes the impact of social media on democracy and politics at the sub-national level in developed and developing countries. Over the last decade or so, social media has transformed politics. Offering political actors opportunities to organize, mobilize, and...
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Springer
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2018-02-27
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Public Administration and Information Technology
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This book examines why press freedom has not become part of the established international human rights debate, despite its centrality to democratic theory. It argues that an unrestricted press is not just an important economic actor, but also an influential power in the...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2018-02-27
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A distinguished political theorist sounds the alarm about the counterinsurgency strategies used to govern Americans Militarized police officers with tanks and drones. Pervasive government surveillance and profiling. Social media that distract and track us. All of these,...
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Basic Books
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2018-02-27
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Over the last two decades, ‘neoliberalism’ has emerged as a key concept within a range of social science disciplines including sociology, political science, human geography, anthropology, political economy, and cultural studies. The SAGE Handbook of...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2018-02-26
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Im Vorfeld der eidgenössischen Wahlen 2011 wurde erstmals in der Schweiz ein Rolling Cross-Section Survey realisiert. Thomas De Rocchi nutzt die damit erhobenen Daten, um kurzfristige Einstellungs- und Präferenzänderungen der Wählerschaft im Verlauf der Kampagne zu...
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Springer VS
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2018-02-26
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Exam board: AQALevel: A-levelSubject: PoliticsFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Written by experienced teacher Simon Lemieux, this Student Guide for Politics:-Identifies the key content you need to know with a concise summary of topics examined in...
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Philip Allan
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2018-02-26
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This book explores the impact of Bangladesh's Local Government Act of 2009 on the functioning of the local governments or Union Parishads (UP), with a particular emphasis on people’s participation and accountability. Throughout the chapters, the authors review the...
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Springer
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2018-02-23
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In 1997, the Labour Government came to power in the UK and committed to reforming public service delivery, particularly towards the improvement of children’s services. This book analyses Labour Party’s subsequent strategy towards public service delivery emphasising, on...
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Springer
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2018-02-23
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This book provides the first cross-regional study of an increasingly important form of politics: coalitional presidentialism. Drawing on original research of minority presidents in the democratising and hybrid regimes of Armenia, Benin, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Kenya,...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-02-23
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'The general uncertainty as to what is really happening makes it easier to cling to lunatic beliefs'Biting and timeless reflections on patriotism, prejudice and power, from the man who wrote about his nation better than anyone. Penguin Modern: fifty new books...
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Penguin
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2018-02-22
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Es gibt gute Gründe sich mit Bosnien und Herzegowina zu befassen. Sein politisches System reflektiert beispielhaft, trotz aller Besonderheiten, Realitäten und Herausforderungen, die für ganz Europa relevant sind. Als ehemalige jugoslawische Republik und Land des...
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Springer VS
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2018-02-22
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This book demonstrates the importance of democracy for understanding modern international relations and recovers the pluralist tradition of L.T. Hobhouse, G.D.H. Cole, and David Mitrany. It shows that pluralism’s typical interest in civil society, trade unionism, and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-02-22
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Narrated by Johnny James, a young Oxford fellow, HOLT COLLEGE tells the story of the Principal of Holt College, Dr Willoughby Morris. Morris's increasingly autocratic rule of the college brings him into conflict with many of the college fellows who begin to manoeuvre...
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Arcadia Books
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2018-02-22
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'Thank god for Richard Sennett ... essential reading for all students of the city' Anna Minton, Prospect'Constantly stimulating ideas from a veteran of urban thinking' Jonathan Meades, GuardianIn Building and Dwelling, Richard Sennett distils a lifetime's thinking and...
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Penguin
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2018-02-22
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Given the global crises confronting the world today, it is important to interrogate the notion of “the modern state” and to evaluate its effectiveness in providing security and services for its populations, including the most disadvantaged and vulnerable. This book...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-02-22
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International Political Theory (IPT) focuses on the point where two fields of study meet -International Relations and Political Theory. It takes from the former a central concern with the 'international' broadly defined; from the latter it takes a broadly normative...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-02-22
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This far-reaching study gives a concise and coherent overview of the debates surrounding the analysis of social power. The concept of power is outlined, and its main dimensions are explored through consideration of various facets – command, pressure, constraint,...
Editeur :
Polity
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2018-02-21
Collection :
Key Concepts
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This book explores the cultural policies of sub-states with strong nationalist inclinations–in particular, Québec, Scotland, and Catalonia–and their trend, in recent years, towards promoting and supporting the cultural industries as a means of not just preserving their...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2018-02-21
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This volume sheds new light upon the role of victims in the aftermath of violence. Victims are central actors in transitional justice, the politics of memory and conflict resolution, yet the analysis of their mobilisation and political influence in these processes has...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-02-20
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