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“prof matthew flinders”

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  • The Politics and Governance of Blame

    Edited by Prof Matthew Flinders, Markus Hinterleitner, Prof R. A. W. Rhodes, Prof R. Kent Weaver, Dr Gergana Dimova ...
    From coping with Covid-19 through to manging climate change, from Brexit through to the barricading of Congress, from democratic disaffection to populist pressures, from historical injustices to contemporary social inequalities, and from scapegoating through to sacrificial lambs... the common thread linking each of these themes and many more is an emphasis on blame. But how do we know who or what ... Read more

    $161.99 CAD

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    Global and Multidisciplinary Perspectives

    Edited by Martin D. Ruck, Michele Peterson-Badali, Michael Freeman ...
    While the notion of young people as individuals worthy or capable of having rights is of relatively recent origin, over the past several decades there has been a substantial increase in both social and political commitment to children’s rights as well as a tendency to grant young people some of the rights that were typically accorded only to adults. In addition, there has been a noticeable shift ... Read more

    $261.99 CAD

  • Rediscovering Institutions

    by James G. March, Johan P. Olsen ...
    The authors propose a new theory of political behavior that re-invigorates the role of institutions—from laws and bureaucracy to rituals and symbols—as essential to understanding the modern political and economic systems that guide contemporary life. ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Poles Apart

    Why People Turn Against Each Other, and How to Bring Them Together

    by Laura Osborne, Alison Goldsworthy, Alexandra Chesterfield ...
    Why do people become divided?What steps can we all take to reduce hostility and bring about understanding?Poles Apart has the answers*.*In Poles Apart, an expert on polarisation, a behavioural scientist and a professional communicator explain why we are so prone to be drawn into rival, often deeply antagonistic factions. They explore the shaping force of our genetic make-up on our f... ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • In Praise of Skepticism

    Trust but Verify

    by Pippa Norris ...
    A culture of trust is usually claimed to have many public benefits--by lubricating markets, managing organizations, legitimating governments, and facilitating collective action. Any signs of its decline are, and should be, a matter of serious concern. Yet, In Praise of Skepticism recognizes that trust has two faces. Confidence in anti-vax theories has weakened herd immunity. Faith in Q-Anon ... Read more

    $31.19 CAD

  • Introduction to Comparative and International Education

    by Jennifer Marshall ...
    This book introduces major themes surrounding comparative and international education, giving you a nuanced understanding of key debates, and thinkers, and the tools necessary to conduct comparisons using secondary sources. Social, economic, historical, and cultural factors are examined in order to investigate the varied contexts in which education takes place around the globe.This new edition ... Read more

    $60.79 CAD

  • The Wealth Paradox

    Economic Prosperity and the Hardening of Attitudes

    by Frank Mols, Jolanda Jetten ...
    The West is currently in the grip of a perfect storm: a lingering economic recession, a global refugee crisis, declining faith in multiculturalism, and the rise of populist anti-immigration parties. These developments seem to confirm the widely held view that hardship and poverty lead to social unrest and, more specifically, scapegoating of minorities. Yet in this provocative new book, Mols and ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Winners and Losers

    The Psychology of Foreign Trade

    by Diana C. Mutz ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Political Behavior
    From acclaimed political scientist Diana Mutz, a revealing look at why people's attitudes on trade differ from their own self-interestWinners and Losers challenges conventional wisdom about how American citizens form opinions on international trade. While dominant explanations in economics emphasize personal self-interest—and whether individuals gain or lose financially as a result of trade—this ... Read more

    $39.59 CAD

  • Tribal Politics

    How Brexit Divided Britain

    by Sara B. Hobolt, James Tilley ...
    The Brexit referendum was a pivotal moment in British politics. Tribal Politics argues this is not only because it led to the UK's departure from the European Union, but also because it created two new, powerful, and enduring political identities in the UK: Leavers and Remainers. These new identities rapidly became central to how people saw themselves, others, and the world around them, and they ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership

    Edited by R. A. W. Rhodes, Paul 't Hart ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Political leadership has made a comeback. It was studied intensively not only by political scientists but also by political sociologists and psychologists, Sovietologists, political anthropologists, and by scholars in comparative and development studies from the 1940s to the 1970s. Thereafter, the field lost its way with the rise of structuralism, neo-institutionalism, and rational choice ... Read more

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  • Political Journalism in Comparative Perspective

    by Erik Albæk, Arjen van Dalen, Nael Jebril, Claes H. de Vreese ...
    Series series Communication, Society and Politics
    Political journalism is often under fire. Conventional wisdom and much scholarly research suggest that journalists are cynics and political pundits. Political news is void of substance and overly focused on strategy and persons. Citizens do not learn from the news, are politically cynical, and are dissatisfied with the media. This book challenges these assumptions, which are often based on single ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication

    Edited by Kate Kenski, Kathleen Hall Jamieson ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Since its development shaped by the turmoil of the World Wars and suspicion of new technologies such as film and radio, political communication has become a hybrid field largely devoted to connecting the dots among political rhetoric, politicians and leaders, voters' opinions, and media exposure to better understand how any one aspect can affect the others. In The Oxford Handbook of Political ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD