Political structure and processes

This book explores how terrorists have been portrayed in the Western media, and the wider ideological and social functions of those representations.

Douglas Farrow seldom shies from controversy.

The wave of political demonstrations since the Battle of Seattle in 2001 have crystallised a new trend in left-wing politics.

This volume critically explores the contentions in the emerging debate surrounding new media technologies and the extent to which they are challenging traditional political and government models.

Network Governance and the Differentiated Polity is the first of two volumes featuring a selection of key writings by R.

Engel examines changing politicians'' perceptions of the threat posed by opposition and how it influenced manipulations of judicial authority.

In this book, Julia Berger examines internal meaning-making structures and processes driving NGO behavior, identifying constructs from within a religious tradition that forge new ways of pursuing social change.

The essential guide to the life, thought, and legacy of Adam SmithAdam Smith (1723-90) is perhaps best known as one of the first champions of the free market and is widely regarded as the founding father of capitalism.

Why American democracy favors the affluent and educatedPolitically active individuals and organizations make huge investments of time, energy, and money to influence everything from election outcomes to congressional subcommittee hearings to local school politics, while other groups and individual citizens seem woefully underrepresented in our political system.

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The study of political discussion has been broken into sub-categories including deliberative democracy, discursive studies, dynamics of interpersonal communication, and discussion network analyses, with substantial numbers of books and articles covering each.

One of America's most beloved presidents comes to life in this comprehensive, unique biography illustrated by more than 250 period cartoons.

Konfrontation und Kommunikation: entscheidende politische Weichenstellungen.

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Matt Ryan's landmark comparative review of participatory budgeting, or collective decisions on how public money is spent, reveals the factors behind its success in achieving democratic engagement.

Reconfiguring European States in Crisis offers a ground-breaking analysis by some of Europe's leading political scientists, examining how the European national state and the European Union state have dealt with two sorts of changes in the last two decades.

This book examines the history of the generational gap in American politics, with an emphasis on the remarkable contemporary gap.

By any measure, the 2008 presidential race has been historic.

The book aims to complement the existing research on democratic innovations mainly by making unique comparative analyses of the democratic innovations at the local level in selected European post-communist countries, i.

This book examines American popular culture to demonstrate that celebrities have superseded religious figures as moral authorities.

Marketization is one of the most powerful reform doctrines reshaping the organization of public service delivery throughout the last four decades.

Vernacular Christian Rhetoric and Civil Discourse seeks to address the current gap in American public discourse between secular liberals and religiously committed citizens by focusing on the academic and public writing of millennial evangelical Christian students.

Spirit and Capital in an Age of Inequality brings together a diverse group of scholars, activists and public intellectuals to consider one of the most pressing issues of our time: increasing inequalities of income and wealth that grate against justice and erode the bonds that hold society together.

Freedom of religious belief is guaranteed under the constitution of the People's Republic of China, but the degree to which this freedom is able to be exercised remains a highly controversial issue.

Der oftmals kontrovers beurteilte Kardinal und Staatsmann Richelieu hat die Geschichte Frankreichs nachhaltig geprägt und über seinen Tod hinaus tiefe Spuren in der Geschichte Europas hinterlassen.

A comprehensive study of republicanism as a shared European heritage, first published in 2002.

This book tackles the 2014 European Parliamentary election as an event, phenomenon and process from an interdisciplinary but coherent perspective.

In the days of Moses, blasphemy was the mortal offence of failing to respect the divine.

An in-depth exploration of the political economy of the Chinese technology company Baidu which, along with China's other tech giants Alibaba and Tencent, has emerged as a leading global Internet company.

This book explores South Korea''s phenomenal economic rise and the impact that this has had on the country''s foreign policy.

In studying public leadership we are interested in the use of the voice to motivate, inspire, and organize public action.

With an estimated 250 million adherents, the Orthodox Church is the second largest Christian body in the world.

The Yearbook of International Sports Arbitration is the first academic publication aiming to offer comprehensive coverage, on a yearly basis, of the most recent and salient developments regarding international sports arbitration, through a combination of general articles and case notes.

Long relegated to the shadows of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, the role of James Madison in shaping America, its ideals, and its institutions resonates in the very soul of our nation.

Under a pretext of humanitarian response to people seeking asylum, nation states are increasingly introducing barriers to prevent entry for those seeking safety and security.

Where were you when America elected Barack Obama?

Discourse on fundamentalism has gained much attention in recent years, particularly in a post-9/11 context where extremist or terrorist threats are more prominent, perilous, and pervasive.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of religious policy in Russia since the end of the communist regime, exposing many of the ambiguities and uncertainties about the position of religion in Russian life.

This book argues that treating politics as war derails essential democratic processes, including deliberation and policy argumentation, in complicated ways.

Weltweit sehen wir uns Tendenzen der Entdemokratisierung und Intoleranz gegenüber.

This volume provides an in-depth examination of representation and legislative performance in contemporary American politics.

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Local government is the hidden leviathan of American politics: it accounts for nearly a tenth of gross domestic product, it collects nearly as much in taxes as the federal government, and its decisions have an enormous impact on Americans' daily lives.

Based on four years of embedded observation in the cabinet of a European Commissioner, this book develops a sociology of international political work.

A bodacious treasury of photos, trivia, lists, stats, and more that take you back to the films that defined the decade.