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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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- 0262370522
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- 1 online resource.
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What's the worst that could happen? :existential risk and extreme politics
"An analysis of the ways in which populist politics place our long-term well-being at risk, exploring pandemics, climate change, nuclear war and other issues"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262366622
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- 1 online resource.
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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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- 1 online resource.
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Cyber republic :reinventing democracy in the age of intelligent machines
"Cyber Republic presents a radical framework for rethinking politics and business in a post-work age of human-machine collaboration. It offers an optimistic and democratic roadmap for the future"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 026236011X
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- 1 online resource.
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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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Banking on democracy :financial markets and elections in emerging countries
Politics matter for financial markets and financial markets matter for politics, and nowhere is this relationship more apparent than in emerging markets. In this book, Santiso investigates the links between politics and finance in countries that have recently experienced both economic and democratic transitions. He focuses on elections, investigating whether there is a 'democratic premium' - wh…
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- 9781461931874
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- 1 online resource
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The road to democracy in Iran
A famous Iranian dissident calls for universal human rights and democracy based on our common humanity.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262273459
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- 1 online resource (113 pages).
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Digital media and democracy :tactics in hard times
Media scholars, artists, activists, and journalists discuss how the uses of the emerging "Social Web" redefine the public sphere and influence mainstream journalism.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262268974
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- 1 online resource (viii, 464 pages) :illustrations
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The land that could be :environmentalism and democracy in the twenty-first ce…
"In this book environmentalist and lawyer William Shutkin describes a new kind of environmental and social activism spreading across the nation, one that joins the pursuit of environmental quality with that of civic health and sustainable local economies. In the face of challenges posed by often corrosive market forces and widespread social disaffection, this civic environmentalism is creating …
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- 9780262283618
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- 1 online resource (xx, 273 pages).
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Gesture and Power: Religion, Nationalism, and Everyday Performance in Congo
In Gesture and Power Yolanda Covington-Ward examines the everyday embodied practices and performances of the BisiKongo people of the lower Congo to show how their gestures, dances, and spirituality are critical in mobilizing social and political action. Conceiving of the body as the center of analysis, a catalyst for social action, and as a conduit for the social construction of reality, Coving…
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