Politics list 7

Politics and Rhetoric

A Critical Introduction

by James Martin
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013

Rhetoric is the art of speech and persuasion, the study of argument and, in Classical times, an essential component in the education of the citizen. For rhetoricians, politics is a skill to be performed and not merely observed. Yet in modern democracies we often suspect political speech of malign...

Winning While Losing

Civil Rights, The Conservative Movement and the Presidency from Nixon to Obama

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Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017

"Explor[es] the paradoxical nature of racial politics in the post–civil rights period. . . . Does us the service of detailing how different presidential administrations handled civil rights, complicating our understanding of the major themes that defined the era."--American Historical...

Science and Politics

An A-to-Z Guide to Issues and Controversies

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Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014

Recent partisan squabbles over science in the news are indicative of a larger tendency for scientific research and practice to get entangled in major ideological divisions in the public arena. This politicization of science is deepened by the key role government funding plays in scientific research...

Women and Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Action and Reaction

by Sanam Vakil
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011

Women and Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran looks at the rise and role of female activism in Iran since the 1979 Revolution. Since 1979 women have played a decisive role in elections and assumed political posts. This study assesses this role as well as the impact of domestic and international...

Broadening the Contours in the Study of Black Politics

Citizenship and Popular Culture

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Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017

Broadening the Contours in the Study of Black Politics, volume 17 of the National Political Science Review (NPSR), is divided thematically into two books, available separately or as a set. The first concentrates on the institutional aspects of Black politics. The second book addresses various dimensions...

The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics

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Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010

The study of law and politics is one of the foundation stones of the discipline of political science, and it has been one of the most productive areas of cross-fertilization between the various subfields of political science and between political science and other cognate disciplines. This Handbook...

The Oxford Handbook of American Political Development

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Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016

Scholars working in or sympathetic to American political development (APD) share a commitment to accurately understanding the history of American politics - and thus they question stylized facts about America's political evolution. Like other approaches to American politics, APD prizes analytical...

Political Fix

How Should We Get American Politics Back on Track?

by Scott London
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016

The view that something is amiss in American government is now widely shared. "We have been studying Washington politics and Congress for more than 40 years," say scholars Tomas E. Mann and Norman Ornstein, "and never have we seen them this dysfunctional." Even some elected...

In-Your-Face Politics

The Consequences of Uncivil Media

by Diana C. Mutz
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2015

Americans are disgusted with watching politicians screaming and yelling at one another on television. But does all the noise really make a difference? Drawing on numerous studies, Diana Mutz provides the first comprehensive look at the consequences of in-your-face politics. Her book contradicts the...

The Study of World Politics

Volume 1: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges

by James N. Rosenau
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2006

The Study of World Politics is two volume set that presents thirty-nine essays of some two hundred essays authored by Professor James Rosenau, a renowned international political theorist. They include both articles recently published and those that have not previously been published. All of them focus...

Gender and the Economic Crisis in Europe

Politics, Institutions and Intersectionality

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Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017

This book is a unique exploration into the gendered politics of the economic crisis in Europe. It focuses, firstly, on the changes in the political and economic decision-making institutions and processes of the EU and their consequences for gender equality policy. Secondly, the book analyses the gendered...

UK Government and Politics for AS/A-level (Fifth Edition)

by Paul Fairclough, Philip Lynch, Toby Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017

Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJEC Level: A-level Subject: Politics First Teaching: September 2017 First Exam: June 2018 Inspire political thinking with our bestselling politics textbook and help students get their best grade with political commentary and analysis; , fully updated the...

Broadening the Contours in the Study of Black Politics

Political Development and Black Women

by Aaron Wildavsky
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017