Practical Politics 45

Philosopher, educator and social commentator Jack Kerwick applies his keen insight to controversial topics including immigration, academia, religion, race and politics. Love him or hate him, you'll ……続きを見る

In this insightful, erudite history of presidential campaign music, musicologist Benjamin Schoening and political scientist Eric Kasper explain how politicians use music in American presidential cam……続きを見る

This book explores the increasingly broad terrain of drugs in American society with an emphasis on politics. It begins with the War on Drugs initiated by President Richard Nixon in the early 1970s a……続きを見る

Illinois State Historical Society Certificate of Excellence 2016 During the predawn hours of December 9, 2008, an FBI team swarmed the home of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich and took him away in ……続きを見る

The UK Independence Party (Ukip) is the most significant new force in British politics for a generation. Under the leadership of Nigel Farage, the party has enjoyed a remarkable rise, winning the 20……続きを見る

The City and Sex examines American political sex scandals at the national level. Studying these events over time with an emphasis on the evolving responses of both statesmen and citizens reveals the……続きを見る

Corruption, often seen as the main hindrance to development and growth in many societies, has led to greater demand for accountability and transparency in how governments conduct their businesses. T……続きを見る

Ein zynisches Geschäft Die industrielle Massentierhaltung nimmt trotz des Biotrends immer gewaltigere Ausmaße an. Das schädigt massiv unsere Gesundheit, zerstört die Umwelt und quält Tiere. In diese……続きを見る

This work examines the history of colonial administration and economic development policy in Kenya during the early colonial period of 1909-1912. Abdullahi Sara provides analysis of the existing adm……続きを見る

The news media have significant influence on the formation of public opinion. Called the agenda-setting role of the media, this influence occurs at three levels. Focusing public attention on a selec……続きを見る

As a consequence of the rapid diffusion of online media, the conditions for political communication, and research concerning it have radically changed. Is empirical communication research capable of……続きを見る

The horror of the Holocaust lies not only in its brutality but in its scale and logistics; it depended upon the machinery and logic of a rational, industrialised, and empirically organised modern so……続きを見る

The 2014 midterm congressional elections provided a view of the attitude of American voters in the sixth year of Barack Obama’s presidency. This book provides insight about the formative aspects of ……続きを見る

The western economic and financial crisis began with the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and led the European Union countries into recession. After this, governments started to implement austeri……続きを見る

Does the CNN Effect exist? Political communications scholars have debated the influence of television news coverage on international affairs since television news began, especially in relation to th……続きを見る

Despite the so-called Third Wave of Democratization, many autocracies have been resilient in the face of political change. Moreover, many of the transition processes that could be included in the Th……続きを見る

All four post-Cold War presidents have attempted to negotiate and ratify at least one major arms control agreement. However, their experiences with arms control treaty ratification have differed gre……続きを見る

Social media are now widely used for political protests, campaigns, and communication in developed and developing nations, but available research has not yet paid sufficient attention to experiences……続きを見る

This volume provides a much needed update on the state of civil society in post-communist Europe and Russia more than two decades after the fall of the communist regimes. The chapters offer new pers……続きを見る

Now in its ninth edition,Power and Politics in California continues its tradition of asking Californians to take a hard and systematic look at their state governance, and engage themselves in a crit……続きを見る

The Land Reform Deception looks at a particularly contentious period in Zimbabwe's recent history, from 2000-2008, when the government seized commercial farms using illegal and violent methods again……続きを見る

Career Behaviour and the European Parliament seeks to answer the question of how a political institution, such as the European Parliament, can impact the career ambitions and behaviours chosen by Eu……続きを見る

In These Estimable Courts, Damon M. Cann and Jeff Yates explore how citizens feel about the government institutions at the front lines of jurisprudential policy-making in America - our nation's stat……続きを見る

Insbesondere die Wissenschaft des Klimawandels beansprucht Öffentlichkeit und bekommt diese auch, allerdings in einem von Ambivalenz geprägten Verhältnis zu den Massenmedien. Friedemann Lembcke zeig……続きを見る

Wie Themen in Medien und Politik behandelt werden ist unter gesellschafts- und demokratietheoretischen Gesichtspunkten relevant, da ein sinnvoller Diskurs zwischen Bevölkerung, Medien und Politik nu……続きを見る

Noch während der Bundestagswahlkampf 2013 im Gange war, wurde er verschiedentlich als flau beurteilt. Die Kampagne ließ Highlights und Innovationen vermissen. Die Forschung zur Wahlkampfkommunikatio……続きを見る

Wissenschaft und Forschung kommt in der staatlichen Außenrepräsentation seit jeher eine bedeutende Rolle zu. Im Kontext aktueller Entwicklungen – Schlagworte sind hier die Globalisierung zentraler g……続きを見る

Der Wahlkampf von Parteien und Politikern in sozialen Netzwerken wie Facebook oder studiVZ war zur Bundestagswahl 2009 als neues Phänomen in Deutschland zu beobachten. Simone Unger untersucht, wie p……続きを見る

Eine Hinwendung zur Erzählung ist in der politischen Öffentlichkeit und der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschungspraxis zu beobachten. Die zentrale Bedeutung von Narrativen in der Sinnvermittlung mens……続きを見る

Today, examples of the public’s engagement with political issues through commercial and communicative mechanisms have become increasingly common. In February 2012, the Susan G. Komen Foundation reve……続きを見る