Political category: 85882 books
by Blessing Adegoke
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Scientific Study from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, grade: 1.0, Bowen University, language: English, abstract: Political assassination is murder (a usually prominent person) by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons. It is usually...
Occupying Political Science
The Occupy Wall Street Movement from New York to the World
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
Occupying Political Science is a collection of critical essays by New York based scholars, researchers, and activists, which takes an unconventional look at the Occupy Wall Street movement through concepts found in the field of political science. Both normative and descriptive in its approach, Occupying...
by Matthew M. Carlson, Steven R. Reed
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Combining history with comparative politics, Matthew M. Carlson and Steven R. Reed take on political corruption and scandals, and the reforms designed to counter them, in post–World War II Japan.
Political Corruption and Scandals in Japan makes sense of the scandals that have plagued Japanese...
The Psychology of Political Communicators
How Politicians, Culture, and the Media Construct and Shape Public Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2018
In this timely study, Ofer Feldman, Sonja Zmerli, and their team of experts shed light on the multiple ways communication affects political behavior and attitudes. Written for students and scholars alike, The Psychology of Political Communicators uses examples from the US, Europe, Asia, and the Middle...
The Soul of Statesmanship
Shakespeare on Nature, Virtue, and Political Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Shakespeare’s plays explore a staggering range of political topics, from the nature of tyranny, to the practical effects of Christianity on politics and the family, to the meaning and practice of statesmanship. From great statesmen like Burke and Lincoln to the American frontiersman sitting by his...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2018
In the past thirty years, women's representation and gender equality has developed unevenly in Latin America. Some countries have experienced large increases in gender equality in political offices, whereas others have not, and even within countries, some political arenas have become more gender equal...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
This book offers a comprehensive account of the nature and development of political communication in Africa. In light of the growing number of African states now turning towards democratic rule, as well as the growing utilization of information technologies in Africa, the contributors examine topics...
Against Political Compromise
Sustaining Democratic Debate
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Political compromise is emerging as a preferred solution for numerous apparently intractable problems. Many have pointed to the rising degree of political polarisation around issues such as climate change, immigration and abortion. These are ‘wicked problems’ that are clearly not conducive to...
Entrepreneurship in the Polis
Understanding Political Entrepreneurship
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Dynamics of entrepreneurship have attracted growing attention from scholars of political science, policy studies, public administration and planning, as well as more recently, from the realms of international relations and foreign policy analysis. Under the banner of political entrepreneurship, this...
Latino Politics en Ciencia Política
The Search for Latino Identity and Racial Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
More than 53 million Latinos
now constitute the largest, fastest-growing, and most diverse minority group in
the United States, and the nation’s political future may well be shaped by
Latinos’ continuing political incorporation. In the 2012 election, Latinos
proved to be a critical voting bloc...
Selected Themes in African Political Studies
Political Conflict and Stability
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Against the background of a long and continuing record of political instability in Africa, this edited collection presents a multi-disciplinary approach to selected issues in African political studies. The contributions explore a range of political and conflict situations, discuss efforts to develop...
by Jaroslaw Szymanek
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
This book discusses political representation both as a political idea and a principle of law. Representation was a topic of political debates throughout the 19th and 20th century and the debate has intensified with today’s so-called «crisis of representation». The issue always relates to the political...
Critical Political Ecology
The Politics of Environmental Science
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Critical Political Ecology brings political debate to the science of ecology. As political controversies multiply over the science underlying environmental debates, there is an increasing need to understand the relationship between environmental science and politics. In this timely and wide-ranging...
Emigrants Get Political
Mexican Migrants Engage Their Home Towns
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Migrants have become an important social and political constituency throughout the world. In addition to sending remittances to their home countries, many migrants maintain political ties with their nations of origin through the expansion of dual citizenship and voting rights. Some even return home...