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The Politics of the Black Nation
A Twenty-five-year Retrospective
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
This volume of the National Political Science Review, the official publication of the National Political Science Association, is anchored by a major symposium on The Politics of the Black "Nation," the book authored by Matthew Holden in 1973, which is now considered one of the most influential...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
The way in which social media is utilized has changed over the years, making it a growing forum for political discussion. Due to this, analyzing relationships between social media and politics can lead to an increased awareness of current political affairs. Political Scandal, Corruption, and Legitimacy...
Why Control Immigration?
Strategic Uses of Migration Management in Russia
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Migration management in Russia is a window into how public policy, the federal system, and patronage are used to manage conflicting demands. This multi-level balancing act demonstrates the importance of high-level politics, institutional interests and constraints, and the conditions under which government...
Plurality and Citizenship in Israel
Moving Beyond the Jewish/Palestinian Civil Divide
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2009
Israel's political process is too often framed in terms of a dichotomy between Jewish and Arab/Palestinian citizens of the state, a framing which perpetuates political inequality and consequent injustices. This book focuses on the conflict within Israel and the role played by modern states in either...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Full-scale political change affects every level of a society, but perhaps nowhere as strikingly as in the areas of crime policy and law enforcement. Over the past two decades, the European nations that have moved from totalitarianism toward democracy have come to embody this trend, yet reliable sources...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2009
Capturing Campaign Effects is the definitive study to date of the influence of campaigns on political culture. Comprising a broad exploration of campaign factors (debates, news coverage, advertising, and polls) and their effects (priming, learning, and persuasion), as well as an impressive survey...
Public Policy and the Mass Media
The Interplay of Mass Communication and Political Decision Making
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
The mass media are playing an increasingly central role in modern political life that expands beyond their traditional function as mediators between the world of politics and the citizens.
This volume explores the extent and circumstances under which the media affects public policy; whether...
Do Presidential Systems Imperil Democratization
How and to what extent have the Presidents of Russia (Vladimir Putin) and Venezuela (Hugo Chavez) influenced the democratic consolidation of their countries?
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2009
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - General and Comparisons, grade: 1,3 , University of Bath (Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences ), course: Transitions to Democracy , language: English, abstract: In political science it is commonly accepted that...
American Political Parties Under Pressure
Strategic Adaptations for a Changing Electorate
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
This book addresses the changing electoral and political circumstances in which American political parties found themselves during the 2016 election, and the strategic adaptations this new pressure may require. The respective establishments of both major political parties have found themselves facing...
The Political Resurgence of the Military in Southeast Asia
Conflict and Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
In the late 1990s, prominent scholars of civil-military relations detected a decline in the political significance of the armed forces across Southeast Asia. A decade later, however, this trend seems to have been reversed. The Thai military launched a coup in 2006, the Philippine armed forces expanded...
Standing Your Ground
Territorial Disputes and International Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2009
Through an examination of 129 territorial disputes between 1950 and 1990, Paul Huth presents a new theoretical approach for analyzing the foreign policy behavior of states, one that integrates insights from traditional realist as well as domestic political approaches to the study of foreign policy....
by Joshua Woods, C. Damien Arthur
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
This book offers a broad interdisciplinary approach to the changes in the U.S. immigration debate before and after 9/11. A nation’s reaction to foreigners has as much to do with sociology as it does with political science, economics and psychology. Without drawing on this knowledge, our understanding...
The European Union in International Politics
Baptism by Fire
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2001
As the world looks to Europe to take on more responsibility in international politics and security in the devastating aftermath of Bosnia and Kosovo, this pathbreaking book provides the first systematic evaluation of the political impact of the European Union (EU) on a global scale. Little is known...
In the Land of Mirrors
Cuban Exile Politics in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
In the Land of Mirrors is a journey through the politics of Cuban exiles since the 1959 Cuban Revolution. It explores the development of Cuban exile politics and identity within a context of U.S. and Cuban realities, as well as within the broader inquiry of the changing nature of nation-states and...