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  • Diasporas and Diplomacy

    Cosmopolitan contact zones at the BBC World Service (1932–2012)

    Edited by Marie Gillespie, Alban Webb ...
    Series series CRESC
    Diasporas and Diplomacy analyzes the exercise of British ‘soft power’ through the BBC’s foreign language services, and the diplomatic role played by their diasporic broadcasters**.** The book offers the first historical and comparative analysis of the ‘corporate cosmopolitanism’ that has characterized the work of the BBC’s international services since the inception of its Empire Service in 1932 – ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

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  • Journalism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Ian Hargreaves ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Journalism entered the twenty-first century caught in a paradox. The world had more journalism, across a wider range of media, than at any time since the birth of the western free press in the eighteenth century. Western journalists had found themselves under a cloud of suspicion: from politicians, philosophers, the general public, anti-globalization radicals, religious groups, and even from ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction

    by Charles Townshend ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    This book charts a path through the outpouring of efforts to understand and explain modern terrorism, by asking what makes terrorism different from other forms of political, military action; what makes it effective; and what can be done about it. It unravels complex central questions such as whether terrorists are criminals, whether terrorism is a kind of war, what kind of threat terrorism ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • Modern War

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Richard English ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Warfare is the most dangerous threat faced by modern humanity. It is also one of the key influences that has shaped the politics, economics, and society of the modern period. But what do we mean by modern war? What causes modern wars to begin? Why do people fight in them, why do they end, and what have they achieved? In this accessible and compelling Very Short Introduction, Richard English ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • Free Speech

    Ten Principles for a Connected World

    by Timothy Garton Ash ...
    Never in human history was there such a chance for freedom of expression. If we have Internet access, any one of us can publish almost anything we like and potentially reach an audience of millions. Never was there a time when the evils of unlimited speech flowed so easily across frontiers: violent intimidation, gross violations of privacy, tidal waves of abuse. A pastor burns a Koran in Florida ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Citizen Witnessing

    Revisioning Journalism in Times of Crisis

    by Stuart Allan ...
    Series series Key Concepts in Journalism
    What role can the ordinary citizen perform in news reporting? This question goes to the heart of current debates about citizen journalism, one of the most challenging issues confronting the news media today.In this timely and provocative book, Stuart Allan introduces the key concept of ‘citizen witnessing’ in order to rethink familiar assumptions underlying traditional distinctions between the ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Turkey's Kurds

    A Theoretical Analysis of the PKK and Abdullah Ocalan

    by Ali Kemal Özcan ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies
    The Kurdish Worker's Party (PKK) is examined here in this text on Kurdish nationalism. Incorporating recent field-based research results and newly translated material on Abdullah Ocalan, the PKK's long-time leader; it explores the nature and the organizational working of the party, from its growth in the late 1970s to its recent shrinkage. A variety of issues are addressed including:* the views ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Bahrain's Uprising

    Resistance and Repression in the Gulf

    Edited by Ala'a Shehabi, Marc Owen Jones ...
    Amid the extensive coverage of the Arab uprisings, the Gulf state of Bahrain has been almost forgotten. Fusing historical and contemporary analysis, Bahrain's Uprising seeks to fill this gap, examining the ongoing protests and state repression that continues today.Drawing on powerful testimonies, interviews, and conversations from those involved, this broad collection of writings by scholars and ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Journalism in Iran

    From Mission to Profession

    by Hossein Shahidi ...
    Series series Iranian Studies
    This book charts the development of professional journalism in Iran since the 1979 Revolution that replaced the monarchy with an Islamic Republic. Written to pay homage to Iranian journalists, the book focuses on newspapers, radio and television providing a fuller picture of Iran’s media environment. ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • What is a Refugee?

    by William Maley ...
    With the arrival in Europe of over a million refugees and asylum seekers in 2015, a sense of panic began to spread within the continent and beyond. What is a Refugee? puts these developments into historical context, injecting much-needed objectivity and nuance into contemporary debates over what is to be done. Refugees have been with us for a long time -- although only after the Great War did ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • Propaganda, the Press and Conflict

    The Gulf War and Kosovo

    by David R. Willcox ...
    Series series Contemporary Security Studies
    An incisive analysis of the use of the press for propaganda purposes during conflicts, using the first Gulf War and the intervention in Kosovo as case studies.As the contemporary analysis of propaganda during conflict has tended to focus considerably upon visual and instant media coverage, this book redresses the imbalance and contributes to the growing discourse on the role of the press in modern ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Race, Racism and Social Work

    Contemporary issues and debates

    Edited by Michael Lavalette, Laura Penketh ...
    Without a doubt, structural and institutionalised racism is still present in Britain and Europe, a factor that social work education and training has been slow to acknowledge.In this timely new book, Lavalette and Penketh reveal that racism towards Britain’s minority ethnic groups has undergone a process of change. They affirm the importance of social work to address issues of ‘race’ and racism in ... Read more

    $48.79 CAD