Political communication systems in advanced industrial democracies are in a state of flux. The traditional political communication system, with its limited and regulated media channels, stable patterns of media consumption, and identifiable party loyalty, which characterized much of the twentieth century, is giving way to one that is less ordered and structured. This book provides an accessible and comprehensive account of how governments, political parties, established media organizations and citizen audiences, in the US and the UK, are adapting to this systemic change.
Against the...
Political communication systems in advanced industrial democracies are in a state of flux. The traditional political communication system, with its li...
This fascinating book makes an important contribution to the history of the social sciences. It tells the largely hidden story of how social psychology became an international social science, vividly documenting the micro-politics of a virtually forgotten committee, the Committee on Transnational Social Psychology, whose work took place against the back-drop of some of the most momentous events of the twentieth century. Overcoming intellectual, institutional and political obstacles, including the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, and the military coups in Chile or Argentine, the committee...
This fascinating book makes an important contribution to the history of the social sciences. It tells the largely hidden story of how social psycholog...
Korea is one of the critical flashpoints in the world today. News of North Korea's recent nuclear tests, conducted in defiance of international pressure, drew widespread condemnation and raised serious concerns about the threat now posed to regional and international security by the regime of North Korea's dear leader Kim Jong-Il.
This book penetrates the veil surrounding the conflict on the Korean peninsula and North Korea's missile and nuclear programmes. It provides a thorough historical analysis of relations between the two Koreas since the Korean War, which traces both North Korea's...
Korea is one of the critical flashpoints in the world today. News of North Korea's recent nuclear tests, conducted in defiance of international pressu...
What is national identity? What are the main challenges posed to national identity by the strengthening of regional identities and the growth of cultural diversity? How is right-wing nationalism connected to the desire to preserve a traditional image of national identity? Can we forge a new kind of national identity that responds to the challenges of globalization and other deep-seated changes?
In this important new book, Montserrat Guibernau answers these and other compelling questions about the future of national identity. For Guibernau, the nation-states traditional project to unify its...
What is national identity? What are the main challenges posed to national identity by the strengthening of regional identities and the growth of cultu...
What is national identity? What are the main challenges posed to national identity by the strengthening of regional identities and the growth of cultural diversity? How is right-wing nationalism connected to the desire to preserve a traditional image of national identity? Can we forge a new kind of national identity that responds to the challenges of globalization and other deep-seated changes?
In this important new book, Montserrat Guibernau answers these and other compelling questions about the future of national identity. For Guibernau, the nation-states traditional project to unify its...
What is national identity? What are the main challenges posed to national identity by the strengthening of regional identities and the growth of cultu...
* cutting-edge introduction to the political successes, failures, and persistent challenges of African-American political participation in the United States * the book includes an up-to-date assessment of Barack Obama's presidential race * draws on a wide range of sources, including U.S.
* cutting-edge introduction to the political successes, failures, and persistent challenges of African-American political participation in the United ...
African - American Politics is a cutting-edge introduction to the political successes, failures, and persistent challenges of African American political participation in the United States. Topics covered include: the rise of Black Conservatism; Black Mega-Churches; the emergence of "Hip Hop"; and the future of African-American Politics.
African - American Politics is a cutting-edge introduction to the political successes, failures, and persistent challenges of African American politic...
This collection of essays addresses the renewed interest in the cultural resurgence of the vampire, evident across a broad range of literature, film, television, graphic novels, and games. The appeal is examined in an age characterized by the transformative possibilities of the Internet with both its low barriers to artistic expression and the erosion of the boundaries between author and audience.
This collection of essays addresses the renewed interest in the cultural resurgence of the vampire, evident across a broad range of literature, film, ...
It was over a decade ago that experimental psychologists and media-effects researchers declared the debate on the effects of violent video gaming as "essentially over," referring to the way violence in videogames increases aggressive thoughts, feelings and behaviors in players. Despite the decisive tone of this statement, neither the presence nor popularity of digital games has since diminished, with games continuing to attract new generations of players to experience its technological advancements in the narration of violence and its techniques of depiction.
Drawing on new...
It was over a decade ago that experimental psychologists and media-effects researchers declared the debate on the effects of violent video gaming a...
It was over a decade ago that experimental psychologists and media-effects researchers declared the debate on the effects of violent video gaming as "essentially over," referring to the way violence in videogames increases aggressive thoughts, feelings and behaviors in players. Despite the decisive tone of this statement, neither the presence nor popularity of digital games has since diminished, with games continuing to attract new generations of players to experience its technological advancements in the narration of violence and its techniques of depiction.
Drawing on new...
It was over a decade ago that experimental psychologists and media-effects researchers declared the debate on the effects of violent video gaming a...
