Browsing SPS Books by Type "Book"

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Title: Meeting democracy : power and deliberation in global justice movements Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella; RUCHT, Dieter Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: The concepts of power and democracy have been extensively studied at the global, national and local levels and within institutions including states, international organizations and political parties. However, the interplay ...
Title: Democracy in the age of globalization and mediatization Author(s): KRIESI, Hanspeter; LAVENEX, Sandra; ESSER, Frank; MATTHES, Jörg; BÜHLMANN, Marc; BOCHSLER, Daniel Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: A new perspective on democracy and its challenges in the 21st century. - This book provides a comprehensive overview over the models of contemporary democracy, its social, cultural, economic and political prerequisites, ...
Title: Enfoques y metodologías en las ciencias sociales : una perspectiva pluralista Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella; KEATING, Michael Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Este es un nuevo y revolucionario manual que ofrece a profesores y estudiantes de ciclos superiores los principales enfoques y metodologías de investigación en el campo de las ciencias sociales. Escrito por un destacado ...
Title: Power, realism, and constructivism Author(s): GUZZINI, Stefano Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Framed by a new and substantial introductory chapter, the book collects Stefano Guzzini's reference articles and some less well known publications on power, realism and constructivism. By analysing theories and their ...
Title: Mediation and protest movements Author(s): CAMMAERTS, Bart; MATTONI, Alice; MCCURDY, Patrick Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: Over the past year, international and national media have been full of stories about protest movements and tumultuous social upheaval from Tunisia to California. But scholars have not yet fully addressed the connection ...
Title: Changing rules of delegation : a contest for power in comitology Author(s): HERITIER, Adrienne; MOURY, Catherine; BISCHOFF, Carina S.; BERGSTRÖM, Carl-Fredrik Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: With each legislative issue, legislators have to decide whether to delegate decision-making to the executive and/or to expert bodies in order to flesh out the details of this legislation, or, alternatively, to spell out ...
Title: The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of social and political movements Author(s): SNOW, David A.; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; KLANDERMANS, Bert; MCADAM, Doug Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: Non-institutionalized collective action is such a conspicuous feature of today’s social landscape, exemplified by recent events in the Arab world, that a day rarely goes by in which the news does not refer to a social ...
Title: Shaping Europe : France, Germany, and embedded bilateralism from the Elysée Treaty to twenty-first century politics Author(s): KROTZ, Ulrich; SCHILD, Joachim Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: France and Germany have played a pivotal role in the history and politics of European integration. Yet, paradoxically, a study that systematically investigates the interrelated reality of Franco-German bilateralism and ...
Title: Clandestine political violence Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: 'Clandestine Political Violence' compares four types of clandestine political violence: left-wing (in Italy and Germany), right-wing (in Italy), ethnonationalist (in Spain) and religious fundamentalist (in Islamist clandestine ...
Title: Advances in the visual analysis of social movements Author(s): DOERR, Nicole; MATTONI, Alice; TEUNE, Simon Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: This special issue of Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change highlights the importance of visuals in the current study of social movements. It is indispensable reading as it introduces new analytical concepts ...
Title: Countering terrorism in Britain and France : institutions, norms and the shadow of the past Author(s): FOLEY, Frank Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Though Britain and France have faced a similar threat from Islamist terrorism in the years following September 11 2001, they have often responded in different ways to the challenges it posed. This groundbreaking work offers ...
Title: Can democracy be saved? : participation, deliberation and social movements Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: Financial crisis, economic globalization and the strengthening of neoliberal policies present stark challenges to traditional conceptions of representative democracy. Yet, at the same time, new opportunities are emerging ...
Title: Media/Society: Industries, Images, and Audiences, 4th edition Author(s): CROTEAU, David; HOYNES, William; MILAN, Stefania Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: In a society saturated by mass media, from newspapers and magazines, television and radio, to digital video projects and the Internet, iPods and TiVo, most students possess a great deal of media knowledge and experience ...
Title: Mobilizing on the Extreme Right: Germany, Italy, and the United States Author(s): CAIANI, Manuela; DELLA PORTA, Donatella; WAGEMANN, Claudius Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: Research on the extreme right is rare, and the extreme right has even more rarely been analysed as a social movement. In this volume, the extreme right is compared in Italy, Germany, and the United States using concepts ...
Title: Political Institutions and Elderly Care Policy: Comparative politics of long-term care in advanced democracies Author(s): HIEDA, Takeshi Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: Although most advanced industrialized countries are facing population aging and other social changes, public long-term care programs for the aged are remarkably diverse across them. This book accounts for the variations ...
Title: Justifications of Inaction: Responsibility and Non-Intervention in Genocide Author(s): PELTONEN, Hannes Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: This book's theme is located at the intersection of international relations, international law, and ethics. It provides an excellent overview of discussions on 'humanitarian' intervention during the last decades and an ...
Title: Immigrant Performance in the Labour Market: Bonding and bridging social capital Author(s): LANCEE, Bram Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: To what extent can different forms of social capital help immigrants make headway on the labour market? An answer to this pressing question begins here. Taking the Netherlands and Germany as case studies, the book identifies ...
Title: Transnational Citizenship in the European Union: Past, present, and future Author(s): OLSEN, Espen D. H. Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: This book argues that European citizenship is transnational, a status that has emerged incrementally during the European integration process. Transnational Citizenship in the European Union follows an institutionalist ...
Title: Media Practices and Protest Politics: How precarious workers mobilise Author(s): MATTONI, Alice Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: How do precarious workers employed in call-centres, universities, the fashion industry and many other labour markets organise, struggle and communicate to become recognised, influential political subjects? "Media Practices ...
Title: The Hidden Order of Corruption: An institutional approach Author(s): DELLA PORTA, Donatella; VANNUCCI, Alberto Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Book Series/Report no.: [COSMOS] Abstract: The Hidden Order of Corruption investigates the hidden order of corruption, looking at the invisible codes and mechanisms that govern and stabilize the links between corrupters and corruptees. When corruption is exposed, ...