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  • Gender and Media Representation

    Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa

    Edited by Margaret Jjuuko, Solveig Omland, Carol Azungi Dralega ...
    Series series Diverse Perspectives on Creating a Fairer Society
    The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online.Gender and Media Representation: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa critically examines the intersection of media and gender across diverse African contexts. Through a rich collection of case studies and theoretical analyses, this volume explores how media constructs, ... Read more

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  • How to Do Public Policy

    by Anke Hassel, Kai Wegrich ...
    How to Do Public Policy offers a guide to students and practitioners on how to improve problem-solving with policies in a political world. It integrates insights from applied policy analysis and studies of the policy process to develop a framework that conceives policy-making as structured by two spheres of action - the 'engine room' of specialists and experts in government agencies, NGOs, ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Publicity and the Canadian State

    Critical Communications Perspectives

    Edited by Kirsten Kozolanka ...
    Publicity pervades our political and public culture, but little has been written that critically examines the basis of the modern Canadian “publicity state.” This collection is the first to focus on the central themes in the state’s relationship with publicity practices and the “permanent campaign,” the constant search by politicians and their strategists for popular consent. Central to this ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Public Policy and Research in Africa

    Edited by E. Remi Aiyede, Beatrice Muganda ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book responds to the need for a specifically African focus on public policy. It outlines the fundamental principles of public policy research, and engages with major issues in the study of public policy from an African perspective, covering essential topics such as the location and centrality of social sciences in relation to public policy, leadership, methodology, institutions, ... Read more

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  • Peace, Business, and Democracy

    Corporate Responsibility in Peace and Governance

    by Julia Croce ...
    Series series Business and Peacebuilding
    This research volume explores the intricate relationship between business, peace, and democracy, focusing on the critical role businesses play in influencing these processes. It explores why and how businesses can contribute to peace- and democracy-building, examining their potential both as benefactors providing essential services and as beneficiaries exploiting local fragility. The book offers a ... Read more

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  • Democracy's Double-Edged Sword

    How Internet Use Changes Citizens' Views of Their Government

    by Catie Snow Bailard ...
    "Playing into the hands of neither the cyber-optimists nor the cyber-pessimists . . . this book makes a major contribution to our understanding." —Talia Stroud, author of Niche News: The Politics of News ChoiceThe beauty of democracy is not only that citizens can vote a candidate into office but that they can also vote one out. As digital media has grown omnipresent, it becomes more important for ... Read more

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  • Outside the Bubble

    Social Media and Political Participation in Western Democracies

    by Cristian Vaccari, Augusto Valeriani ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
    Much time has been spent over the past decade debating whether social media contribute to democracy. Drawing on an original study of internet users across nine Western democracies, Outside the Bubble offers an unprecedented look at the effects of social media on democratic participation. This book argues that social media do indeed increase political participation in both online and face-to-face ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • U.S. Power in International Higher Education

    by Jenny J. Lee, Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Ellen Hazelkorn, Gerardo L. Blanco, John P. Haupt, Brendan Cantwell, Chrystal A. George Mwangi, Sean Jung-Hau Chen, Pempho Chinkondenji, Dale LaFleur0, Christina W. Yao1, Chris R. Glass2, Sharon Stein3, Santiago Castiello-Gutiérrez4 ...
    2021 ASHE/CIHE Award for Significant Research on International Higher EducationU.S. Power in International Higher Education explores how internationalization in higher education is not just an educational endeavor, but also a geopolitical one. By centering and making explicit the role of power, the book demonstrates the United States’s advantage in international education as well as the changing ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Scholarly Publishing in Emerging Nations (Essential JSP: Critical Insights into the World of Scholarly Publishing)

    Edited by Albert N. Greco ...
    Scholarly Publishing in Emerging Nations, the second volume in the Essential Journal of Scholarly Publishing series, presents and examines the challenges and achievements of scholarly publishing operations in emerging nations such as China, Malaysia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. In his introduction to this volume, series editor Albert N. Greco of the Fordham Business School ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Conflict Resolution

    An Introduction to Third Party Intervention

    by S. I. Keethaponcalan ...
    This book introduces the subject of third party intervention, one of the core subject matters of the fields of conflict resolution and peace studies. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the dimensions, issues, and methods of third party intervention, and approaches the subject from an interdisciplinary perspective. It delves into third party definitions, typologies, actors, rationale, ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Research as More Than Extraction

    Knowledge Production and Gender-Based Violence in African Societies

    Edited by Annie Bunting, Allen Kiconco, Joel Quirk ...
    Series series Studies in Conflict, Justice, and Social Change
    This volume offers practical, detailed guidance and case studies on how to avoid exacerbating inequalities while researching gender-based violence and other related issues in Africa.Wartime violence and its aftermath present numerous practical, ethical, and political challenges that are especially acute for researchers working on gender-based and sexual violence. Drawing upon applied examples from ... Read more

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  • Are We Making a Difference?

    Global and Local Efforts to Assess Peacebuilding Effectiveness

    Edited by Stacey L. Connaughton, Jasmine R. Linabary ...
    As the world experiences heightened levels of violent conflict and polarization, understanding what peacebuilding efforts are “effective” becomes all the more pressing. This groundbreaking edited volume brings together a diverse, global group of practitioners, researchers, and peacebuilders to grapple with urgent questions and challenges related to defining and assessing peacebuilding ... Read more

    $48.59 USD