Communication studies

 This book seeks to contribute to prior research facing the discussion about public value creation in Smart Cities and the role of governments.

This book sheds new light on how lobbying works in the European Union.

This book analyses the coverage of elections that occurred between September 2015 and February 2016 in six European countries (Greece, Portugal, Poland, Croatia, Spain and Ireland).

This book focuses on the constant tension between democracy and conspiratorial behavior in the new global order.

This book analyses the coverage of elections that occurred between September 2015 and February 2016 in six European countries (Greece, Portugal, Poland, Croatia, Spain and Ireland).

This book combines political theory with media and communications studies in order to formulate a theory of post-truth, concentrating on the latter's preconditions, context, and functions in today's societies.

This book examines the role of technology in the core voices for International Relations theory and how this has shaped the contemporary thinking of 'IR' across some of the discipline's major texts.

This edited collection draws on case studies from around the world to shed light on the sometimes contentious topic of populism.

WikiLeaks poses a unique challenge to state and commercial institutions.

This book provides an overview of theoretical, empirical, and clinical conceptualizations of mental health following exposure to human rights violations (HRV).

This book explores the normative foundations of ASEAN and the EU.

Regional Parallelism and Corruption Scandals in Nigeria is a ground-breaking book that offers fresh perspectives on the character and role of the African media in covering corruption scandals.

The British General Election of 2017 is the definitive and authoritative account of one of the most dramatic elections in British history.

This book addresses translingual identities through an innovative multimodal analysis of the language learning histories of a class of advanced learners of English in Japan who grew up between two or more languages.

This book reveals the market research, strategy, branding and communication behind the unpredictable 2017 New Zealand election result which saw Jacinda Ardern elected Labour leader just 8 weeks before the election to become Prime Minister.

The election of Donald Trump as US President in 2016 seemed to catch the world napping.

This book explains why the role of corruption varies greatly between public services, between people, between national systems of governance, and between measures of corruption.

This book explores the images and perceptions of the EU in the eyes of their Strategic Partners.

This book explores the interdisciplinarity of semiotics and communication studies, comprising both theoretical explorations and semiotic applications to communication with theoretical bearings.

This book examines civil society empowerment during the EU enlargement process.

This volume is the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary text to holistically improve understanding of the health of South Asians residing in the United States by considering biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors of health.

This book provides an analysis of the politics of consumption and how the 'educated consumer' plays a vital role in advancing responsible market practices and consumption.

Drawing insights from nearly a decade of mixed-method research, Stephen R.

This book takes James Gilligan's theory of shame and violence as a starting point for an application of the model across disciplines (psychology, sociology, philosophy, political science, cultural studies, history, architecture and urban studies) and levels of analysis (from the individual to the global).

This book examines public administration in South Asia in the context of rapid changes and modernization of administrative traditions, thoughts, and practices.

This book analyzes e-participation in smart cities.

This expansive text offers a comprehensive mind/body/spirit framework for relieving individual patients of the debilitating effects of long-term disease while reducing the public burden of chronic illness.

This book examines the use of game elements to encourage citizens to participate in political decision-making and the planning of large-scale public sector projects.

This book brings together the study of translation with public sphere theory, in order to discuss social communication as it really happens.

This book explores speeches by American presidents.

This book explores embodiment in second language education, sociocultural theory and research.

Rooted in the performative of Speech Act Theory, this interdisciplinary study crafts a new model to compare the work we do with words when we protest: across genres, from different geographies and languages.

This edited volume explores studying second languages abroad by critically and constructively reviewing established programming, providing theoretical and research-informed support for pedagogical and curriculum interventions, and analysing participant experiences.

Visual Imagery and Human Rights Practice examines the interplay between images and human rights, addressing how, when, and to what ends visuals are becoming a more central means through which human rights claims receive recognition and restitution.

This book presents the first analytical study of the levels of professionalism of campaigns in the 2012 Egyptian presidential elections.

This edited collection explores the use of Exploratory Practice (EP) by language teachers in classrooms.

This edited collection draws upon interdisciplinary research to explore new dimensions in the politics of image and aid.

How to better coordinate policies and public services across public sector organizations has been a major topic of public administration research for decades.

Most Western-driven theories do not have a place in Black communicative experience, especially in Africa.

This book examines the media reform processes and re-democratization projects of Ghana and Nigeria's emerging democracies.

This book provides important insight on a range of issues focused on three themes; what new climate change information is being developed, how that knowledge is communicated and how it can be usefully applied across international, regional and local scales.

This book discusses globalization trends and influences on traditional African oral literary performance and the direction that Ilorin oral art is forced to take by the changes of the twenty-first century electronic age.

This book analyses the translation strategies employed by journalists when reporting foreign news events to home audiences.

Drawing on interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives, this book critically examines intercultural theory and its interrelations with globalisation, education and dialogue in multicultural societies.

This book examines the role of gender in political conflicts worldwide, specifically the intersection between gender and terrorism.

This book analyzes the impact of social media on democracy and politics at the sub-national level in developed and developing countries.