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Party System Change in South India
Political Entrepreneurs, Patterns and Processes
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
This book provides a systematic exploration of party system change. By applying the concept of political entrepreneurship and using a detailed case study of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, it demonstrates how party leaders can exercise their agency and drive party system change.
Recent...
A Crisis of Civility?
Political Discourse and Its Discontents
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2019
The state of political discourse in the United States today has been a subject of concern for many Americans. Political incivility is not merely a problem for political elites; political conversations between American citizens have also become more difficult and tense. The 2016 presidential elections...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
The Internet’s explosive growth over the past decade is nowhere more visible than in Asia. Fueled by an expanding middle class, thousands of people connect to the Internet for the first time each day to explore and discuss issues that are relevant to them and their lives.
This book provides an in-depth...
Political Violence, Crises and Revolutions (Routledge Revivals)
Theories and Research
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
First published in 1983, this extraordinary study provides a comprehensive systematic evaluation of cross-national theorizing and quantitative empirical evidence on four interrelated phenomena:
Political violence
Crises
Military Coups D’ État
Revolutions.
Findings from social-psychological...
by William L. Benoit
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
A Functional Analysis of Political Television Advertisements examines theory and research on election advertisements. William Benoit employs the Functional Theory of Political Campaign Discourse to understand the nature or content of television spots in election campaigns. Beginning with a look at...
Complex Political Decision-Making
Leadership, Legitimacy and Communication
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Political and societal elites are increasingly confronted with complex environments in which they need to take collective decisions. Decision-makers are faced with policy issues situated at different intertwined levels which need to be negotiated with different actors. The negotiation and decision-making...
The Transnational Political Participation of Immigrants
A Transatlantic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
With the progress in communication and transport technologies, it has never been easier for migrants to stay connected with their country of origin. Facing the wide range of activities in which immigrants are involved, governments in the country of origin and the country of destination have endeavoured...
by Jeffrey K. Tulis, Nicole Mellow
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
American politics is typically a story about winners. The fading away of defeated politicians and political movements is a feature of American politics that ensures political stability and a peaceful transition of power. But American history has also been built on defeated candidates, failed presidents,...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2017
This report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Analyzing unique survey data gathered in the summer of 2015 from Russia, the authors are able to trace the links between personal corrupt behavior and political attitudes. They show that participation...
by Torcuato Di Tella
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
The general perception of modern Latin American political institutions emphasizes a continuing and random process of disorder and crisis, continually out of step with other regions in their progress toward democracy and prosperity. In "History of Political Parties in Twentieth-Century Latin America,"...
Egyptians in Revolt
The Political Economy of Labor and Student Mobilizations 1919–2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Egyptians in Revolt investigates the political economy of the Egyptian labor and student movements. Using elements of social movement theory within a broad political economy framework, it assesses labor and student mobilizations in four eras of contemporary Egyptian history: the pre-1952 era, the...
Party Politics in Japan
Political Chaos and Stalemate in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
The Japanese political system is a parliamentary democracy and was the first western style government in Asia when the parliamentary system was adopted in the 1880s. It has a multiparty system, free elections, and a parliament that functions much the same way that any other democratic parliament functions,...
The Revolt Against the Masses
And Other Essays on Politics and Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
The author of this stunning set of essays on politics and public policy makes crystal clear the meaning of the title. "The revolutionaries of contemporary America do not seek to redistribute privilege from those who have it to those who do not. These radicals wish to arrange a transfer of power...
Measuring Women’s Political Empowerment across the Globe
Strategies, Challenges and Future Research
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
This volume brings together leading gender and politics scholars to assess how women’s political empowerment can best be conceptualized and measured on a global scale. It argues that women’s political empowerment is a fundamental process of transformation for benchmarking and understanding all...