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Selfie democracy :the new digital politics of disruption and insurrection
"Selfie Democracy exposes the unintended consequences of wireless technologies on political leadership and shows how seemingly benign mobile devices that hold out the promise of direct democracy ultimately undermine representative forms of government and deepen partisan divides. As the smart phone and mobile applications are reshaping civic participation, attitudes about freedom, civic rights, …
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Co-illusiondispatches from the end of communication
Reports from America's political crisis, exposing a new "iconopolitics," in which words and images lose their connection to reality. The political crisis that sneaked up on America--the rise of Trump and Trumpism--has revealed the rot at the core of American exceptionalism. Recent changes in the way words and images are produced and received have made the current surreality possible; communicat…
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- 9780262357081
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- 1 online resource (184 pages).
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The divide :how fanatical certitude is destroying democracy
"A highly readable and punchy roadmap that ordinary citizens and policymakers alike can use to begin rethinking and refashioning their political interactions to be more productive"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262365995
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Trump and the media
The election of Donald Trump and the great disruption in the news and social media.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262346610
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- 1 online resource (x, 257 pages)
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Reluctant power :networks, corporations, and the struggle for global governan…
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- 9780262353748
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- 1 online resource (392 pages).
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Digital suffragists :women, the web, and the future of democracy
"The book considers the rates and conditions of women's participation in the public sphere and explores the implications for politics, democracy, and society"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262366509
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Why America is not a new Rome
An investigation of the America-Rome analogy that goes deeper than the facile comparisons made on talk shows and in glossy magazine articles.America's post-Cold War strategic dominance and its pre-recession affluence inspired pundits to make celebratory comparisons to ancient Rome at its most powerful. Now, with America no longer perceived as invulnerable, engaged in protracted fighting in Iraq…
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- 9780262283885
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- 1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) :illustrations, maps
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Tactical biopolitics :art, activism, and technoscience
'Tactical Biopolitics' suggests that the political challenges at the intersection of life, science and art are best addressed through a combination of artistic intervention, critical theorising and reflective practices. The multidisciplinary contributions focus on the political significance of recent advances in biological science.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262271127
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- 1 online resource (xxii, 511 pages) :illustrations.
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Wartime Schooling and Education Policy in the Second World War Catholic Educ…
This book deals with the development of private secondary schooling during the Second World War in Belgium. It focuses on how the German occupier used education to gain acceptance of the regime, and discusses the attitudes of Belgian education authorities, schools, teachers and pupils towards the German occupation. Suggesting that the occupation forced Belgian education authorities, such as the…
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Votes, Parties, and Seats A Quantitative Analysis of Indian Parliamentary El…
This starkly lucid and timely book absorbs the nuances of the largest festival – the elections – of the world's largest democracy. Hailing from a political family, the author conveys his passion and knowledge on the intricacies, as well as the heat and dust of his national fête. All data and events have been methodically examined in this absorbing analytical work which is an indispensable …
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