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Mechthild Roos, Daniel Schade (Eds.)
The EU under Strain?
Current Crises Shaping European Union Politics
Series: Europe under Strain 1
June 2023
English, IX, 328 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-079025-2
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Europe Under Strain provides a concise overview of how key EU policy areas were shaped under the impression of the many crises that have occurred in the early 21 century. Authored by leading scholars in the respective areas, the contributions to this volume constitute an essential guide to understanding today’s European Union, and through its empirical examples outline a framework to study the EU under such conditions.
EU Policy-Making; EU Politics; European Governance; Crisis; Crisis Governance
Mechthild Roos, Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany. Daniel Schade, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Open Access
Min Reuchamps, Julien Vrydagh, Yanina Welp (Eds.)
De Gruyter Handbook of Citizens’ Assemblies
Series: Citizens’ Assemblies and Mini-Publics 1
June 2023
English, XVIII, 412 pp., 9 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-075815-3
The De Gruyter Handbook of Citizens’ Assembly showcases the state of the art of Citizens’asembly and opens new perspectives informed by multidisciplinary research and new thinking about deliberative participatory processes.
deliberative democracy; mini-publics; citizen participation; political theory
Min Reuchamps, Belgium; Julien Vrydagh, Germany; Yanina Welp, Switzerland.
OStanley R. Sloan
De-Trumping U.S. Foreign Policy
Can Biden Bring America Back?
Series: De Gruyter Disruptions 1
December 2021
English, XIII, 93 pp., 3 fig.
Pb. *RRP € 29.95 [D] / RRP US$ 30.99 / RRP £ 26.00
ISBN 978-3-11-075902-0
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America’s reputation and power fell to new lows during Trump’s presidency. Militarily, the United States held its own, but its soft power suffered mightily. President Biden pledges to work with the international community, rely on cooperation with like-minded allies, challenge adversaries, and restore American democracy, society and economy to levels that will once again command international respect. De-Trumping U.S. Foreign Policy will address the objectives, obstacles, and potential outcomes of this attempt over the next few years.
Foreign policy; USA; International relations; Biden, Joseph R.; Trump, Donald J.; President (USA)
Stanley R. Sloan; Middlebury College, Vermont, USA; Scowcroft Center of the Atlantic Council of the US; AIES, Vienna, Austria.
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The Gatekeepers
American Immigration Politics and Policies
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 31
May 2024
English, Approx. 200 pp., 5 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-120523-6
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Through a detailed engagement with immigration politics and policies during the different presidential administrations in the US and the unique watershed moments faced by each, this book provides a comprehensive and much-needed companion for understanding immigration policy and politics in the US. US Immigration Policy; American Politics; Obama, Barack; Trump, Donald; Biden, Joseph R. Serena Clark, Consultant, IOM (UN Migration), USA.
Open Access
Elizaveta Gaufman, Bharath Ganesh
The Trump Carnival
Populist Discourse and the Erosion of Democracy
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 35
December 2023
English, Approx. 120 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-123799-2
A truly interdisciplinary approach to the Trump phenomenon. This book offers a unique holistic theoretical framework that includes a wide range of structural factors. While most books single out one specific factor, such as economic inequality or the role of mass media, or rationalize Donald Trump’s presidency post factum as a Black Swan event, this volume offers a fresh and innovative take on Trump and populism.
Trump, Donald; Democracy; Social Media; Populism
Lisa Gaufman and Bharath Ganesh, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Francisco Valdés-Ugalde
Democracy in Latin America
The Failure of Inclusion and the Emergence of Autocratization
Series: Latin America in Perspective 2
November 2023
English, VIII, 250 pp., 33 fig.
HC ISBN 978-3-11-077347-7
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Addresses how democratic and authoritarian forces are intertwined in political processes and institutional design. Since transitioning to democracy, unprecedented numbers of Latin American countries have had the chance to elect their governments, but not to transform their states. As a result, a new wave of autocratization has set in. The effects of that process on the dimensions of representative democracy are presented in this research. Representative Democracy; Latin America; Quality of Representation; Political Inclusion; Autocracy
Francisco Valdés-Ugalde, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Adrian Gurza Lavalle, Ernesto Isunza Vera Making Democracies
Social Accountability Regimes in Mexico and Brazil
Series: Latin America in Perspective 3
May 2024
English, Approx. 211 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-106185-6
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-106226-6
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Participatory innovations represent a significant political phenomenon in Latin America in the last half-century. Making Democracies characterizes social accountability regimes in the two largest Latin-American democracies: Mexico and Brazil. It sheds light onto one of the most pressing challenges for democracy today: how to keep democratic governments that by their origins are democratically constituted.
Democracy; Latin America; Brazil; Mexico; Participatory Democracy; Political Participation; Political Representation; Accountability
Adrian Gurza Lavalle, Universidad de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil; Ernesto Isunza Vera, Veracruz, Mexico.
Petter Törnberg
The Outrage Bubble
Why Social Media Tribalizes Politics
March 2024
English, Approx. 200 pp., 20 fig.
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This book studies the link between digital media and political polarization through an innovative empirical lens. The authors trace 20 years of discussions in a far-right online community, and capture the dynamics of polarization using computational models. This analysis shows that digital media drive polarization not by isolating us in “echo chambers”, but by stoking conflict, and creating a space where we engage with opinions as identities.
echo chambers; computational social science; conflict; political polarization; social media
Petter Törnberg, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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NEW SERIES DEMOCRACY IN TIMES OF UPHEAVAL
Edited by Matt Qvortrup
2022. XI, 243 pp.
Pb. RRP € 23.95 [D] / US$ 27.99 / £ 22.00
ISBN 978-3-11-074231-2
HC RRP € 80.95 [D] / US$ 92.99 / £ 73.50
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Volume 3
Yanina Welp THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
Populism and Citizen Participation in Latin America
2022. XIII, 160 pp., 4 fig., 1 tab.
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ISBN 978-3-11-073734-9
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Volume 4
Matt Qvortrup, Daniela Vancic (Eds.)
COMPLEMENTARY DEMOCRACY
The Art of Deliberative Listening
2022. VI, 204 pp., 6 fig., 8 tab.
HC RRP € 71.95 [D] / US$ 82.99 / £ 64.50
ISBN 978-3-11-074724-9
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2nd Edition
10/2023. Approx. 200 pp., 3 fig., 3 tab.
Pb. RRP € 25.99 [D] / US$ 28.99 / £ 24.00
ISBN 978-3-11-132779-2
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Volume 5
David W. Shin
SOUTH KOREA’S FRAGILE DEMOCRACY
The Long Shadow of North Korea’s War of Legitimacy and South Korea’s
Authoritarian Legacy
02/2024. Approx. 170 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-075916-7
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Volume 6
Andrew Blick DEMOCRATIC TURBULENCE IN THE UNTED KINGDOM
11/2023. Approx. 200 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-073935-0
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09/2023. Approx. 250 pp., 3 fig., 2 tab.
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ISBN 978-3-11-079645-2
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Volume 8
Roslyn Fuller
PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL DEMOCRACY
Theory and Case Studies
10/2023. Approx. 314 pp., 22 fig., 3 tab.
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ISBN 978-3-11-079439-7
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Fortunato Musella
Monocratic Government
The Impact of Personalisation on Democratic Regimes
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 8
March 2022
English, VI, 156 pp., 35 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-072138-6
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This book analyses the impact of personalisation of political leaders on democratic government. It explores topics such as governmental decrees, Trump-governance, digital innovation and the coronavirus outbreak. Offering comparative insights into how political leaders govern in the US, France, Germany, Italy and Hungary, it brings into focus the study of political personalisation in relation to some of the key trends and crises in modern politics.
Government; Prime Ministers; Personalisation; Presidentialisation; Emergency
Fortunato Musella, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
Egodi Uchendu, Olawari D. J. Egbe (Eds.)
Nigeria's 2019 Democratic Experience
June 2022
English, XII, 240 pp., 3 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-076643-1
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-076656-1
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Nigeria’s democratisation efforts since attaining political independence from Britain in 1960 have been tumultuous and have spanned over three successive republics. A persistent bug decimating Nigeria’s democracy and repeatedly leading to military coups has been brazen electoral violence perpetrated by the nation’s political elite. Nigeria's 2019 Democratic Experience analyses and explains what went wrong in Nigeria’s experiment with democracy.
Nigeria; Democratization; Democracy in Nigeria; Democratic Experience; Electoral Violence; Electoral Influences; Ethnic Politics
Egodi Uchendu, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria; Olawari D. J. Egbe, Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.
Nicolai N. Petro
The Tragedy of Ukraine
What Classical Greek Tragedy Can Teach Us About Conflict Resolution
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 9
December 2022
English, XIII, 285 pp., 3 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-074324-1
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-074337-1
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The Tragedy of Ukraine seeks to transform discourse about the Ukrainian conflict. It challenges the conventional view that this is primarily an interstate conflict. By acknowledging the conflict’s deep domestic roots, all parties within Ukraine and beyond can move from confrontation to dialogue. To assist in this endeavor, the book employs the lens of classical Greek tragedy, which has performed a similar function in Athenian society.
Ukraine; Russia; Maidan; Greek tragedy; Conflict resolution; Ukrainian politics
Nicolai N. Petro, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA.
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José A. Tapia
Chernobyl and the Mortality Crisis in Eastern Europe and the Former USSR
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 11
September 2022
English, XVI, 132 pp., 14 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-076173-3
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-076178-8
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the mortality crisis which affected Eastern Europe and the republics of the former USSR at the time of the transition to a market economy was arguably the major peacetime health crisis of recent decades. This book discusses the importance of that crisis, surprisingly underplayed in the scientific literature, and presents evidence suggesting a potential role of the Chernobyl disaster among its causes. Eastern Europe; Chernobyl; USSR; Mortality crisis; Nuclear energy
José A. Tapia Granados, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Asoka Bandarage
Crisis in Sri Lanka and the World
Colonial and Neoliberal Origins: Ecological and Collective Alternatives
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 30
May 2023
English, XVIII, 249 pp., 22 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-120343-0
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This book provides a broad picture of Sri Lanka’s on-going political and economic crisis as the culmination of several centuries of colonial and neo-colonial developments. It argues for transformation of consciousness from a philosophy of dualism and domination to one of interdependence and partnership with nature and among humanity. It offers collective and ecological alternatives and a Middle Path of sustainability and social justice.
Interdependence; Sustainability; Social Justice; Sri Lanka; Collective Alternatives
Asoka Bandarage, California Institute for Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Frank Furedi
The Road to Ukraine
How the West Lost its Way
Series: De Gruyter Disruptions 2
September 2022
English, XI, 102 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-099694-4
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ISBN 978-3-11-099562-6
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-098154-4
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The war in Ukraine is the latest chapter in a series of events that have their origins in World War One. Contrary to the claim that wars are not supposed to happen in Europe or that we live in the era of the End of History, the past has caught up with the West. The Road To Ukraine: How the West Lost Its Way argues that the failure of the West to take its past seriously has left it confused and unprepared to deal with the current crisis.
Ukraine; War in Ukraine; World War One; World War, 1914-1918; Historical Amnesia
Frank Furedi, Professor Emeritus University of Kent in Canterbury, UK.
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Jean-Francois Caron
Violent Alternatives to War
Justifying Actions Against Contemporary Terrorism
Series: Facing Contemporary Terrorism 1
September 2021
English, V, 121 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-073128-6
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Violent Alternatives to War: Justifying Actions Against Contemporary Terrorism engages in a moral discussion of the challenges associated with violent alternatives to war when confronting terrorism and suggests a comprehensive approach to how this form of violence can be legitimized and how it ought to be used against this contemporary threat. Terrorism; Political Violence; Alternatives to War; Just War Theory
Jean-François Caron, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.
Jean-François Caron
The Moral Dilemmas of Fighting Terrorism and Guerrilla Groups
Series: Facing Contemporary Terrorism 2
January 2023
English, V, 128 pp.
HC *RRP € 99.95 [D] / RRP US$ 102.99 / RRP £ 90.00
ISBN 978-3-11-075748-4
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The Moral Dilemmas of Fighting Terrorism and Guerrilla Groups discusses pressing ethical dilemmas associated with the fight against terrorist organizations by providing readers with a rigorous, yet accessible analysis of how these forms of violence can be justified and how they ought to be fought by entities targeted by groups resorting to these strategies.
Terrorism; Guerilla Warfare; Ethics; Political violence; Counter-terrorism; Irregular threats
Jean-François Caron, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.
Boris Kashnikov
The Rise of Humanitarian Terrorism
Series: Facing Contemporary Terrorism 3
March 2024
English, Approx. 200 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-076067-5
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-076081-1
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While wars are usually declared and waged as “just”, they should often be regarded as terrorism nonetheless. This reality is referred to as “humanitarian terrorism”. The Rise of Humanitarian Terrorism discusses its internal logic. The American-led so called “War on Terror” that emerged out of the ruins of the World Trade Center is a good example, as are the recent Russian war in Chechnya, the war in Syria and the Israeli war in Palestine. War; Terrorism; Just War Theory; Drone; Warfare Boris Kashnikov, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
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Anton Leist, Rolf Zimmermann (Eds.)
After the War?
How the Ukraine War Challenges Political Theories
December 2023
English, Approx. 320 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-118213-1
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-118334-3
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The war by Russia against the Ukraine will be of serious consequences under a number of political categories. This book studies these consequences under the perspective of political realism, international law, standing of Western democracy, historical interpretation.
political realism; jus ad bellum; Russia
Anton Leist, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Rolf Zimmermann, University of Konstanz, Germany.
Eran Zohar
Understanding Non-State Actors
How Rebels Acquire Their Weapons
October 2023
English, Approx. 340 pp., 53 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-106537-3
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-106555-7
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Understanding Non-State Actors offers a historical review on non-state actors (NSAs) that have been major players in local and international politics. It is a unique look at the history of conflicts between governments and NSAs through the arming dimension. Using examples across time and place this book builds a comprehensive theory that explains how NSAs acquire weapons and the factors that influence these efforts.
Non-state-actors; Guerrilla; Weapons; Terror; Al Qaeda; ISIS
Eran Zohar, Kfar Hananya, Israel.
Bryan S. Turner
A Theory of Catastrophe
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 19
May 2023
English, V, 153 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-077223-4
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-077236-4
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Sociology has developed theories of social change in the fields of evolution, conflict and modernization, viewing modern society as essentially unstable and conflict driven. However, it has not seriously studied catastrophes: the total breakdown of society. A Theory of Catastrophe develops a sociology of catastrophes through historical examples, comparing natural and political causes and the social theories that might offer explanations. Social Change; Disaster; Catastrophe
Bryan S. Turner, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, Australia.
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Energy Futures
Anthropocene Challenges, Emerging Technologies and Everyday Life
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 10
December 2022
English, VII, 227 pp., 40 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-074562-7
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-074564-1
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Everyday life as we knew it is increasingly challenged in a world of climate, social, health and political crisis. Energy Futures proposes and demonstrates a new critical and interventional futures-oriented energy anthropology. Combining the theories and methods of futures anthropology with the critical expertise and perspectives of energy anthropology this book disrupts the dominant narratives about how energy will be sourced, shared and used.
Energy Futures; Futures Anthropology; Data ethics; Sociotechnical Imaginaries; Crisis
Simone Abram, Durham, UK; Karen Waltorp, Copenhagen, Denmark; Nathalie Ortar, ENTPE, France; Sarah Pink, Monash, Australia.
Alan Howard, Daniel Nussbaum, Brenda Shaffer
Operational Energy
December 2023
English, Approx. 300 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-079650-6
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ISBN 978-3-11-079647-6
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The Operational Energy textbook provides military officers and students in defense studies the knowledge and skills to effectively plan for the operational energy needs of their forces and missions.
Energy; Military Strategy and Doctrine; Logistics; Security; Planning
Brenda Shaffer, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA.
Brenda Shaffer
Iran is More Than Persia
Ethnic Politics in Iran
December 2022
English, VIII, 153 pp., 12 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-079621-6
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Iran is more than Persia: Ethnic Politics in Iran analyses ethnic minorities in Iran to provide a deeper insight into the ethnic politics of the region. It explores the stability of the ruling regime in light of the challenges that multiethnicity brings. Drawing on a rich material of primary data and interviews, this book offers unparalled insights into ethnic politics in Iran.
Iran; Ethnic Groups; Ethnic Minorities; Middle East; Politics; International Relations; Foreign Policy; Revolutions; Regime Stability; Oil
Brenda Shaffer, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA.
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Simone Abram, Karen Waltorp, Nathalie Ortar, Sarah Pink (Eds.)
Now in Paperback
Carl C. Yonker
The Rise and Fall of Greater Syria
A Political History of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 1
December 2022
English, XI, 291 pp., 10 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-112174-1
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The Syrian Social Nationalist Party devoted itself to reviving and unifying the Syrian nation and establishing this nation’s complete independence over its historical homeland, Greater Syria. It continues its struggle today, influencing and shaping Lebanese and Syrian society and politics. Yet, the party remains largely unknown and misunderstood, a condition that stems from the lack of any comprehensive study of it. This book fills this gap. Nationalism; Syria and Lebanon; Syria; Lebanon; Ideological Movements; Middle East History; Radical Politics
Carl C. Yonker, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Masoud Kazemzadeh
The Iran National Front and the Struggle for Democracy
1949–Present
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social S ciences 20
May 2022
English, XI, 197 pp., 1 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-078205-9
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-078215-8
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The Iran National Front and the Struggle for Democracy: 1949–Present presents a comprehensive overview of the Iran National Front (INF) as a historical and potential future political force. Drawing on a range of primary sources, interviews, and translated documents, the book explores and discusses the current platform of the INF, its leadership, policies, strategies, criticisms and weaknesses of the party.
Iranian history; Iran National Front; Iranian politics; Iran Nation Party; Iranian governance
Masoud Kazemzadeh, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, USA.
Dahlia Scheindlin
The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel
Promise Unfulfilled
Series: Democracy in Times of Upheaval 7
September 2023
English, Approx. 250 pp., 3 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-079645-2
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-079658-2
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A narrative chronicle of Israeli democracy that defines historic phases and follows thematic challenges to democracy, including: competition between religion and the rule of law; the statist society and chaotic minoritocracy; modern illiberal populism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The comprehensive portrait exposes endemic flaws of democracy in Israel, but suggests clear paths towards reaching Israel’s unfulfilled promise of democracy.
Israel; Democracy; Palestine; Religion and State; Politics; Law; Conflict
Dahlia Scheindlin, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Ze'ev Maghen
Reading Revolutionary Iran
The Worldview of the Islamic Republic's Religio-Political Elite
Series: Studies on Modern Orient 46
March 2023
English, XXVIII, 662 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-101810-2
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-102618-3
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The aim of this volume is to take the founders and leaders of the Islamic Republic seriously as intellectuals, and expose the educated and specialist reader to their variegated but related worldviews – worldviews that are in many ways diametrically antithetical to those informing the Zeitgeist of present-day Western societies.
Iran; Khomeinism; Islamism; Khamenei
Ze’ev Maghen, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Open Access
Eylaf Bader Eddin
Translating the Language of the Syrian Revolution (2011/12)
Series: Studies on Modern Orient 43
December 2023
English, Arabic, Approx. 258 pp., 48 fig.
HC *RRP € / RRP US$ / RRP £ ISBN 978-3-11-076665-3
This book investigates the language of the Syrian revolution and its translation into English through three levels of translation. The first level explores the context of translations from Arabic into English. The second level describes translation as an act of importation into the dominant discourse. The third level looks at translation from the margin to the center, represented by activist translations from Arabic into English.
Arab Protests; Revolutions; Activism; Social Movements
Eylaf Bader Eddin, Université Aix-Marseille, France and University of Marburg, Germany.
OOfir Winter Peace in the Name of Allah
Islamic Discourses on Treaties with Israel
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 3
February 2022
English, XIII, 246 pp., 3 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-073512-3
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-073055-5
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Through an analysis of dozens of fatwas, sermons, essays, books, interviews, and other media, Peace in the Name of Allah examines how Egyptian, Jordanian, and Emirati political and religious authorities introduced Islamic justifications for peace with Israel, and how those opposed countered them.
Islam and Peace; Arab-Israeli Conflict; Middle Eastern Conflict; Religion and Politics; Religion and International Relations
Dr. Ofir Winter, Institute for National Security Studies and Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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Patrick Bernhagen, David Kybelka
Corona, the Lockdown and the Media
A Quantitative Frame Analysis of Media Coverage and Restrictive Policy Responses
Series: Viral Politics 2
November 2023
English, Approx. 160 pp., 36 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-076520-5
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-076531-1
ePUB ISBN 978-3-11-076538-0
Corona, the Lockdown and the Media investigates media influence on political decisions to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Building on previous research, the authors propose that news reporting on the pandemic pitch human impact against economic consequences. They model the relationship between the pandemic, public opinion, policy responses and media reporting and test the model using data from France, Germany and the UK.
Public Policy; Media Influence; COVID-19; Frame Analysis; Crisis Response
Patrick Bernhagen and David Kybelka, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Iskren Ivanov
Pandemics Among Nations
U.S. Foreign Policy and the New Grand Chessboard
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences
12
June 2022
English, IX, 243 pp., 6 fig.
HC *RRP € 89.95 [D] / RRP US$ 92.99 / RRP £ 81.00
ISBN 978-3-11-074075-2
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Pandemics Among Nations addresses the geopolitical puzzle of the post-pandemic world order and explains how COVID19 has remastered Brzezinski’s theory of the Grand Chessboard. Ivanov argues that a China-led system of alliances will prove to be a bigger challenge to US global dominance than a unified Eurasia. If the United States desire to preserve their dominant position in the post-pandemic age they need to reshape their concept of smart power.
United States; Pandemic; SARS-CoV-2; International Relations; International Order; World Order; Chessboard
Iskren Ivanov, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Raj Chari, Isabel Rozas
Viruses, Vaccines, and Antivirals: Why Politics Matters
Series: Viral Politics 1
November 2021
English, XIII, 129 pp., 42 fig.
Pb. *RRP € 29.95 [D] / RRP US$ 30.99 / RRP £ 26.00
ISBN 978-3-11-076484-0
HC *RRP € 84.95 [D] / RRP US$ 90.99 / RRP £ 75.50
ISBN 978-3-11-074358-6
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-074360-9
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This short book brings together novel crossinterdisciplinary investigation from both natural and social science, representing a true hybrid across disciplines examining the ‘politics’ and ‘science’ of COVID-19. Viruses, Vaccines, and Antivirals: Why Politics Matters considers the dynamics surrounding viruses, proposed vaccines, and antiviral therapies, contextualizing what governments have done during the COVID-19 crisis. COVID-19; Pandemics; Viral Politics; Vaccines; Antivirals
Raj Chari and Isabel Rozas, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
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Now in Paperback
Pick, Avijit Sarkar Global Digital Divides in the COVID-19 Era
James
Purposeful Use of the Internet and Technologies
Series: Digital Geographies 2
June 2024
English, Approx. 260 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-079377-2
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-079388-8
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This book examines global digital divides prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing internet and technology trends, spatial distributions, determinants, and the aspiration of an equitable digital society. Purposeful use of the internet and technologies is analysed globally and for most major regions and countries. In digitally-underserved economies, basic use is examined. In advanced economies, AI and machine learning is showcased.
Pandemic; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Internet; Technology
James B. Pick & Avijit Sarkar, School of Business, University of Redlands, Redlands, USA.
Deborah Lupton, Clare Southerton, Marianne Clark, Ash Watson The Face Mask In COVID Times
A Sociomaterial Analysis
December 2022
English, XIII, 102 pp., 17 fig.
Pb. *RRP € 14.95 [D] / RRP US$ 16.99 / RRP £ 14.00
ISBN 978-3-11-111665-5
HC *RRP € 39.95 [D] / RRP US$ 41.99 / RRP £ 35.50
ISBN 978-3-11-072325-0
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-072371-7
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Beyond its role as a protective covering against coronavirus infection, the face mask is the bearer of immense symbolic and political power and arouses intense emotions. Adopting an international perspective informed by social theory, The Face Mask in COVID Times: A Sociomaterial Analysis offers an intriguing and original investigation of the social, cultural and historical dimensions of face-masking as a practice in the age of COVID.
COVID-19; Face Mask; Pandemic; Anti-Mask Activism; Sociology Of COVID
Deborah Lupton, Marianne Clark, Ash Watson, Vitalities Lab, UNSW Sydney; Clare Southerton, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Gerard Delanty (Ed.)
Pandemics, Politics, and Society
Critical Perspectives on the Covid-19 Crisis
February 2021
English, VIII, 270 pp., 1 fig.
Pb. *RRP € / RRP US$ / RRP £
ISBN 978-3-11-071323-7
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-071335-0
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With dynamic contributions from key academics, Pandemics, Politics, and Society shows that Covid-19 has widespread implications for the core of our society. Articles range across its social, economic and political dimensions, including the role of medical experts, emergency governance and social inequalities. This volume is accessible to both academics and the public, and directly relates to courses on pandemics, global risks and mega-hazards.
Pandemic; Society; Social Organisation; Ethics; Emergency Governance
Gerard Delanty, Professor of Sociology, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.
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Open Access
Lobbying
Strategies, Access and Influence During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Series: Viral Politics 3
November 2022
English, XI, 162 pp., 25 fig.
Pb. *RRP € / RRP US$ / RRP £
ISBN 978-3-11-078390-2
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ISBN 978-3-11-078305-6
Pandemic policies have been the focus of fierce lobbying competition by different social and economic interests. The contributions in this book analyse patterns in and implications of this ‘viral lobbying’. Based on surveys and focus group interviews, the book provides novel evidence on the lobbying strategies used during the pandemic, as well as the resulting access to and lobbying influence on public policy.
Public Policy; Lobbying; Pandemic Politics; Stakeholder Consultation
Michele Crepaz, Queen’s University Belfast, Wiebke M. Junk, Univ. of Copenhagen, Marcel Hanegraaff, Joost Berkhout, Univ. of Amsterdam.
Race and Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean
A Crossview from Brazil
Series: Latin America in Perspective 1
December 2022
English, XVI, 206 pp., 8 fig., Photo Section auf den S. XIV-XVI (auf Bilderdruckpapier!)
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ISBN 978-3-11-072726-5
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Race and Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Crossview from Brazil discusses the racial issue in Latin America by inserting Brazil’s perspective within the regional debate. Through a dialogical scheme, the volume offers a panorama of historical contexts and distinctions, contemporary state of affairs, mobilizations and interethnic relations of the black population and the impact of racial policies across the region.
Afro descendants; Racism; Discrimination; Latin America; Social movements
Rebecca Lemos Igreja, U Brasilia; Richard Santos, UFS Bahia, Brazil; Carlos Agudelo, U de Paris, France.
Frank Furedi
100 Years of Identity Crisis
Culture War Over Socialisation
September 2021
English, VIII, 251 pp.
Pb. *RRP € / RRP US$ / RRP £
ISBN 978-3-11-070512-6
The concept of Identity Crisis came into use in the 1940s and has continued to dominate the cultural zeitgeist ever since. This exploration of its origins argues that its principal driver was and continues to be the conflict surrounding the socialisation of young people, which provides a terrain on which the Culture Wars and the politicisation of identity has flourished. This study is a unique account of the origins and rise of the Culture Wars. Identity Crisis; Socialisation; Culture War
Frank Furedi, Professor Emeritus University of Kent in Canterbury, UK.
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Michele Crepaz, Wiebke Marie Junk, Marcel Hanegraaff, Joost Berkhout Viral
ORebecca Lemos Igreja, Richard Santos, Carlos Agudelo
Now in Paperback
Ingrid
Biese Men Do It Too
Opting Out and In
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 2
July 2022
English, X, 179 pp.
Pb. *RRP € / RRP US$ / RRP £
ISBN 978-3-11-072498-1
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ISBN 978-3-11-072416-5
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-072579-7
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Men Do It Too: Opting Out and In introduces readers to the research and debate on opting out and offers a timely and comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon of men leaving mainstream careers to live and work on their own terms. The book investigates how contemporary life on the one hand and masculine norms and work expectations on the other affect men’s decisions to opt out, what they do instead, and how these decisions affect them.
Men; Masculinities; Opting Out; Career; Sustainable Lifestyles
Ingrid Biese, Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Bent Greve (Ed.)
De Gruyter Handbook of Contemporary Welfare States
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences
Handbooks 1
September 2022
English, VII, 445 pp., 73 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-072124-9
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-072176-8
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Globalisation, regionalisation, new technology, demography, voters’ expectations and re-structuring of societies are expected to influence welfare state development for years to come. This handbook analyses how different welfare state models and regimes will be able to cope with contemporary and future challenges, providing a variety of evidence based tools that make it essential reading for students, researchers and policy makers alike. Welfare State; Social Policy; Sustainability Bent Greve, University of Roskilde, Denmark.
Cara Reed, Michael Reed Enough of Experts
Expert Authority in Crisis
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 17
May 2023
English, VII, 232 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-073905-3
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-073491-1
ePUB ISBN 978-3-11-073497-3
Enough of Experts: Expert Authority in Crisis analyses the challenges to expert authority in neoliberal political economies and societies, critically assessing the orthodox or ‘received’ model of expert authority as it has come under escalating pressures from a nexus of ideological, organizational, technological and cultural changes. The book also presents a new model of expert authority grounded in the ‘dynamics of contestation and trust’. Experts; Expert authority; Power; Control
Cara Reed and Michael Reed, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Wales, UK.
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Matías Saidel
Neoliberalism Reloaded
Authoritarian Governmentality and the Rise of the Radical Right
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 13
January 2023
English, X, 199 pp.
HC *RRP € 89.95 [D] / RRP US$ 92.99 / RRP £ 81.00
ISBN 978-3-11-072326-7
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-072393-9
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Neoliberalism Reloaded: Authoritarian Governmentality and the Rise of the Radical Right analyzes the violent enforcement of neoliberal governmentality and the emergence of a new Right that combines political authoritarianism with neoliberal economic principles. It shows that the roots of the violence lie within neoliberal power apparatuses whose racialized, colonized, genderized and precarized populations cannot adjust to competitive norms.
Punitive Neoliberalism; Neofascism; Neoliberal Governmentality; Dispossession; Right-wing Populism
Matías Saidel, National University of Entre Ríos & CONICET, Argentina.
Rodney Loeppky
A Deal They Can’t Resist
Adaptive Accumulation and American Public Policy
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 7
January 2022
English, VI, 148 pp., 1 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-076174-0
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-076180-1
ePUB ISBN 978-3-11-076185-6
This work argues that a component part of US neoliberalism involves adaptive accumulation, a process in which capital seeks to enlarge public programs, as a means to reroute public revenues into private revenue streams. Along the way, corporations project quasi-public aspirations as a central part of their commercial mission, as the state carves out new – or expands old – areas of accumulative growth for corporate America.
US Politics; US Political Economy; US Public Policy, Privatization; Inequality
Rodney Loeppky, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Isabel Heinemann
Family Values
Divorce, Working Women, and Reproductive Rights in TwentiethCentury America
Transl. by Alex Skinner
September 2023
English, Approx. 570 pp., 25 fig.
HC
ISBN 978-3-11-103553-6
eBook
PDF ISBN 978-3-11-103612-0
ePUB ISBN 978-3-11-103616-8
Divorce, working women, and reproductive rights radically changed family structures in the United States over the course of the 20 century. Yet is this also true for family values and gender norms? Has there truly been a “value shift” of the family? For the first time, Isabel Heinemann examines public debate and expert discourse on the American family and its values from a long-term perspective and comes to surprising conclusions.
United States of America; family; working women; societal change; marriage; 20th century
Isabel Heinemann, University of Münster, Germany.
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Open Access
Frank Jacob, Jowan A. Mohammed (Eds.)
Gender and Protest
On the Historical and Contemporary Interrelation of Two Social Phenomena
Funded by Nord University
September 2023
English, V, 257 pp., 1 fig.
HC *RRP € / RRP US$ / RRP £
ISBN 978-3-11-110013-5
For centuries women had to protest to gain equality. Their demands were often matched by counter-protest from conservative forces within historical societies.The present volume will take a closer look at the interrelationship between gender and protest and also analyze and discuss the diverse impacts of this special coherence of the two historical forces.
Protest; gender studies; women's studies
Frank Jacob, Nord Universitet, Bodø, Norway; Jowan A. Mohammed, Nord Universitet, Bodø, Norway.
OAnna Peterson (Ed.)
With God on Our Side
Religion, Social Movements, and Social Change
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 33
June 2024
English, Approx. 220 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-123536-3
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-123538-7
ePUB ISBN 978-3-11-123548-6
Religion plays a central role in a variety of social movements, including many that are not explicitly faith-based. This book offers the first systematic analysis of the ways religion contributes movements for social change. It draws on a variety of global case studies to build an argument about religion’s distinctive capacity to provide logistical support, to inspire activist practices, and to link big ideas to everyday experiences.
Social Movements; Religion; Social Change; Activism; Religious Movements
Anna Peterson, University of Florida, USA.
Emily Beausoleil Staging Democracy
The Political Work of Live Performance
Series: Critical Thinking and Contemporary Politics 1
August 2023
English, X, 176 pp., 32 fig.
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ISBN 978-3-11-103270-2
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-103293-1
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Staging Democracy brings together creative practices and multidisciplinary scholarship to show that the very qualities that have led some to think of the arts as unclear, irrational, and irresponsible – and thus politically suspect – lie behind performance’s distinct potency to enact democratic forms of engagement in conditions of deep difference and inequality.
Democracy; pluralism; performance; inequality; aesthetics; civic dialogue
Emily Beausoleil, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand.
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Stephen R. O'Sullivan
The Comic Book as Research Tool
Creative Visual Research for the Social Sciences
October 2023
English, Approx. 240 pp., 11 fig.
HC *RRP € / RRP US$ / RRP £
ISBN 978-3-11-078105-2
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-078113-7
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The Comic Book as Research Tool: Creative Visual Research for the Social Sciences explores the potential of the comic book in research. It illustrates the value of the comic form and its ability to support the challenges of the research process. It explains how the comic can aid researchers in data collection and communication. It positions the comic amongst other creative and visual media as means to attract new audiences for scientific research.
Comic Book; Visual Research; Methodology; Research Representation; Communication; Education Media
Stephen R. O’Sullivan, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Antoinette Pole, Renée van Vechten
The Politics and Policy of Food
Power, Sustainability, and Wellness
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences
18
February 2024
English, Approx. XX, 300 pp., 20 fig.
HC *RRP € 49.95 [D] / RRP US$ 51.99 / RRP £ 45.00
ISBN 978-3-11-074036-3
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-074087-5
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The Politics and Policy of Food provides an overview of the food system in the context of US culture and politics, examining food policy and its socio-historical and political development through the lenses of power, sustainability, and wellness, and depicting how this complex system does—and doesn’t—work.
Food policy; Politics of food; Food systems; Public health; Environmental sustainability
Antoinette Pole, Montclair State University, New York, USA; Renée Van Vechten, University of Redlands, California, USA.
The Challenge to Academic Freedom in Hungary
A Case Study in Authoritarianism, Culture War and Resistance
Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences 6
March 2022
English, XX, 232 pp.
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ISBN 978-3-11-074958-8
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-074981-6
ePUB ISBN 978-3-11-074993-9
The Challenge to Academic Freedom in Hungary: A Case Study in Culture War, Authoritarianism and Resistance presents a case study as to how an authoritarian regime like the one in Hungary seeks to tame academic freedom.
Academic freedom; Authoritarian populism; Academic capitalism; Resistance; Knowledge production
Andrew Ryder, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Andrew Ryder
US ELECTIONS AND VOTING RIGHTS
Michael P. McDonald FROM PANDEMIC TO INSURRECTION
Voting in the 2020 US Presidential Election
2022. VI, 240 pp., 19 fig., 4 tab.
Pb. RRP € 19.95 [D] / US$ 22.99 / £ 18.00
ISBN 978-3-11-076780-3
HC RRP € 80.95 [D] / US$ 92.99 / £ 73.50
ISBN 978-3-11-076680-6
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-076683-7
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This volume describes voting in the 2020 US election, from the presidential nomination to new voting laws post-election. Election officials and voters navigated the challenging pandemic to hold the highest turnout election since 1900. President Trump’s refusal to acknowledge the pandemic’s severity coupled with frequent vote fraud accusations affected how states provided safe voting and ultimately led to an unsuccessful insurrection.
Michael P. McDonald, Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida in Gainesville, is a leading expert on American elections. On the practical side of politics, he has worked for the national exit poll organization and has been an expert witness for election lawsuits in numerous US states.
Gregory T. Moore
BEYOND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT
The Untold Story of the Struggle to Reform America's Voter Registration Laws Democracy in Times of Upheaval 2 2022. XI, 243 pp.
Pb. RRP € 23.95 [D] / US$ 27.99 / £ 22.00
ISBN 978-3-11-074231-2
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ISBN 978-3-11-078273-8
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PDF ISBN 978-3-11-074247-3
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Beyond the Voting Rights Act movingly recounts over 30 years of contemporary voting rights battles in the United States from the 1980s to the present day. The book places in context the modern-day battles against voter suppression laws that were embedded in American history and are still underway across the country.
Gregory T. Moore is one of America’s leading voting rights advocates who has a long and distinguished history of political empowerment and advocacy, serving in a number of leadership positions for over 30 years at the local, state and national level.
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Sabine Rutar (Editor-in-Chief)
Comparative Southeast European Studies
Volume 71 (2023)
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English, 4 issues per volume
ISSN 2701-8199
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Michael Grothe-Hammer, Robert Jungmann (Editors-in-Chief)
Journal of Organizational Sociology
Volume 1 (2023)
English, 3 issues per volume
ISSN 2752-2997
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INDEX A Abram, Simone 11 Agudelo, Carlos 16 Ahmed, Saladdin 23 B Bader Eddin, Eylaf 13 Bandarage, Asoka 8 Beausoleil, Emily 19 Berkhout, Joost 16 Bernhagen, Patrick 14 Biese, Ingrid 17 C Caron, Jean-Francois 9 Caron, Jean-François 9 Chari, Raj 14 Clark, Marianne 15 Clark, Serena 4 Crepaz, Michele 16 D Delanty, Gerard 15 E Edwards, Emily Lynell 23 Egbe, Olawari D. J. 7 Everuss, Louis 23 F Furedi, Frank 8 16 G Ganesh, Bharath 4 Gaufman, Elizaveta 4 Greve, Bent 17 Grothe-Hammer, Michael 26 Gurza Lavalle, Adrian 5 H Hanegraaff, Marcel 16 Heinemann, Isabel 18 Hickok, Merve 24 Howard, Alan 11 I Isunza Vera, Ernesto 5 Ivanov, Iskren 14 J Jacob, Frank 19 Jungmann, Robert 26 Junk, Wiebke Marie 16 K Kashnikov, Boris 9 Kazemzadeh, Masoud 12 Kybelka, David 14 L Leist, Anton 10 Lemos Igreja, Rebecca 16 Loeppky, Rodney 18 Lupton, Deborah 15 M Maghen, Ze'ev 13 Meldgaard Kjær, Katrine 24 Mohammed, Jowan A. 19 Monroe, Kristen 22 Musella, Fortunato 7 N Nord University, 19 Nussbaum, Daniel 11 O Ortar, Nathalie 11 O'Sullivan, Stephen R. 20 P Perriam, Jessamy 24 Peterson, Anna 19 Petro, Nicolai N. 7 Pick, James 15 Pink, Sarah 11 Pole, Antoinette 20 Possati, Luca M. 22 R Reed, Cara 17 Reed, Michael 17 Reuchamps, Min 3 Roos, Mechthild 3 Rozas, Isabel 14 Rutar, Sabine 26 Ryder, Andrew 20 S Saidel, Matías 18 Santos, Richard 16 Sarkar, Avijit 15 Schade, Daniel 3 Scheindlin, Dahlia 12 Shaffer, Brenda 11 Shen, Xiaobai 22 Skinner, Alex 18 Sloan, Stanley R. 3 Southerton, Clare 15 T Tapia, José A. 8 Törnberg, Petter 5 Turner, Bryan S. 10 U Uchendu, Egodi 7 V Valdés-Ugalde, Francisco 4 Vechten, Renée van 20 Vrydagh, Julien 3 W Waltorp, Karen 11 Watson, Ash 15 Welp, Yanina 3 Winter, Ofir 13 Y Yonker, Carl C. 12 Z Zimmermann, Rolf 10 Zohar, Eran 10 TRIED AND TRUSTED TEXTBOOKS Discover our diverse range of titles on topics across the humanities and natural sciences 27 Database Journal Textbook Yearbook Open Access
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