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Homeland Security Technologies for the 21st Century (Hardcover): Ryan K Baggett, Chad S. Foster, Brian K. Simpkins Homeland Security Technologies for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
Ryan K Baggett, Chad S. Foster, Brian K. Simpkins
R2,536 Discovery Miles 25 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A comprehensive textbook that overviews common technologies utilized within the homeland security enterprise with an emphasis on contemporary homeland security mission areas and end-user applications. Designed for students entering or currently working in the safety, security, and emergency management disciplines in the public or private sectors, this textbook presents a broad array of homeland security technology types from the viewpoint of end-user applications and homeland security mission areas. The authors investigate various theories behind the use of technologies and assess the importance of technologies for achieving goals and objectives. The content includes not only technical capabilities but also a blend of sample applications of technologies using an all-hazards framework and use cases at all levels of practice, including both the public and private sectors. The authors provide an overview of preparedness applications; preventive and protective systems; and mitigation, response, and recovery technologies. Topics such as ethical and privacy concerns associated with implementing technologies and use of the Internet and social media receive special attention. In addition to readers directly involved in the security disciplines, this book will be useful for students in technical fields of study such as geographic information systems (GIS), computer science, or engineering who are seeking information on standards, theories, and foundations underlining homeland security technologies.

Inside Political Campaigns - Theory and Practice (Hardcover, New): Gary A. Copeland, Karen S. Johnson-Cartee Inside Political Campaigns - Theory and Practice (Hardcover, New)
Gary A. Copeland, Karen S. Johnson-Cartee
R2,787 Discovery Miles 27 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As Dan Nimmo notes in his introduction, Inside Political Campaigns "endeavors to trace the sources of professional campaign wizardry by encapsulating the theories and concepts that practitioners and scholars alike claim to guide and rationalize consultants' magical weaving of strategies, tactics, and techniques into a 'winning tapestry of political communication.'" This study presents the theoretical areas political communication consultants draw upon in making strategic and tactical decisions in political campaigns. And it provides an understanding of what motivates political consultants to choose a particular campaign strategy by explaining how various strategies work with the voting public. While the book is research-driven, its academic findings are tempered and expanded by the authors' personal political consulting experiences. The text will be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners alike in political communication, advertising, public opinion, political science, political rhetoric, and campaigns and elections.

Mapping Human Security Challenges in the Kashmir Valley (Hardcover): Mohd Aarif Rather Mapping Human Security Challenges in the Kashmir Valley (Hardcover)
Mohd Aarif Rather
R3,796 Discovery Miles 37 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this penetrating study, Mohd Aarif Rather tackles the problem of the Kashmir Valley, one of the most complex situations in international politics, from the perspective of human security. The Kashmir conflict involves disputed borders between two nuclear power, India and Pakistan, and a local population that has become increasingly alienated from Indian federal rule. Kashmir has also witnessed intense militarization, resulting in various security issues, problematized identities, and disputed demarcation of frontiers. Unlike previous studies of the Kashmir conflict, Mapping Human Security Challenges departs from conventional analyses of security issues. This study moves our understanding of Kashmir to a grassroots level, and assesses the challenges posed by intensive militarisation to the ability (or inability) to lead a life as one wishes. The paradigmatic militarisation prevailing in the valley of Kashmir allows for an examination of the numerous challenges demanded by human security. Unexplored security issues frequently identified in the world today are thus central to this book.

Tilt? - The Search for Media Bias (Hardcover): David Niven Tilt? - The Search for Media Bias (Hardcover)
David Niven
R3,163 Discovery Miles 31 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Nine in ten Americans believe the media are biased. Trust in journalists ranks beneath that in lawyers, and even the media themselves regularly portray their own industry as slanted toward Democrats and liberals. These perceptions, however, do not coincide with reality, as David Niven reveals in his bold new take on an often-debated subject. "Tilt? The Search for Media Bias" presents the first comprehensive review of the charges, the evidence, and the effects, beginning with a simple but altogether overlooked premise: to measure media bias or fairness, one has to have a fair baseline with which to compare coverage. Using situations in which presidents, governors, mayors, and members of Congress from different political parties have produced the same results in office, "Tilt?" compares media coverage of Democrats and Republicans in situations in which they clearly deserved equal treatment.

The lack of evidence for partisan media bias is only part of the story. The media cover allegations of bias as if their industry has already been tried and convicted, while the American people readily accepted the premise that their main sources of information are selfishly slanted toward reporters' personal political agendas. Niven's findings, unmistakable and consistent, reveal that when the output of politicians is the same, media coverage follows--a conclusion that is as provocative as it is timely and necessary.

Polarities of Experience - The Psychology of the Real (Hardcover): Richard Rubens Polarities of Experience - The Psychology of the Real (Hardcover)
Richard Rubens
R841 R746 Discovery Miles 7 460 Save R95 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The majority of emotional intelligence literature is focused on defining what it is, explaining why it is important, and discussing its impact on one's personal and professional effectiveness.

Law Enforcement Communication - Essential Skills for Solving Crimes, Managing Difficult People, and Improving Officer Safety... Law Enforcement Communication - Essential Skills for Solving Crimes, Managing Difficult People, and Improving Officer Safety (Hardcover)
Brian Fitch
R3,137 Discovery Miles 31 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Queering the Chilean Way - Cultures of Exceptionalism and Sexual Dissidence, 1965-2015 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Carl Fischer Queering the Chilean Way - Cultures of Exceptionalism and Sexual Dissidence, 1965-2015 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Carl Fischer
R3,026 Discovery Miles 30 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines and critiques the fact that Chile's claims to economic exceptionalism have been embodied, often quite aggressively, in a heterosexual, and primarily male, ideal. Despite the many shifts Chilean economics and politics have undergone over the past fifty years, the country's view of itself as a "model" in contrast to other Latin American countries has remained constant. By deploying an artistic, literary, and cinematic archive of queer figures from this period, this book draws parallels among the exceptionalisms of Chile's economic discourse, the subjects deemed most (and least) apt to embody it, and the maneuvers of its cultural production between local and global ideas of gender and politics to delineate its place in the world. Queering the Chilean Way thus sheds light on the sexual, economic, and aesthetic dimensions of exceptionalism-at its heart, a discourse of exclusion that often comprises a major element of nationalism-in Chile and throughout the Americas.

Freedom of Association - Rights and Liberties under the Law (Hardcover, New): Robert J Bresler Freedom of Association - Rights and Liberties under the Law (Hardcover, New)
Robert J Bresler
R2,019 Discovery Miles 20 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From colonial times to the information age, an exhaustive survey of one of America's most contentious constitutional rights. Freedom of Association: Rights and Liberties under the Law chronicles the evolution of a right derived from but not granted in the First Amendment-freedom of association. An opening analysis of the Supreme Court's ruling against a gay adult member of the Boy Scouts of America illustrates the range and complexity of this issue. Historical discussions of colonial America, including the British Parliament's efforts to suppress political associations, set the stage for a careful scrutiny of the political and legislative activities of the 1950s and 1960s when the Supreme Court established freedom of association as a constitutionally protected right. A concluding chapter delves into the contemporary issues of antidiscriminatory and campaign finance laws and explores the ever-present tension between liberty-freedom from the state-and equality-protection by the state. Extensive A-Z entries on individuals like Alexis de Tocqueville and Robert Putnam, organizations such as the NAACP, and concepts, terms, and events Chronology of key developments in the history of freedom of association, including Boy Scouts of America v. Dale and the Communist Control Act of 1954

Corporate Crime Under Attack - The Fight to Criminalize Business Violence (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Francis T. Cullen, Gray... Corporate Crime Under Attack - The Fight to Criminalize Business Violence (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Francis T. Cullen, Gray Cavender, William J. Maakestad, Michael L Benson
R5,706 Discovery Miles 57 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In exploring the criminalization of corporations, this book uses the landmark "Ford Pinto case" as a centerpiece for exploring corporate violence and the long effort to bring such harm within the reach of the criminal law. Corporations that illegally endanger human life now must negotiate the surveillance of government regulators and risk civil suits from injured parties seeking financial compensation. They also may be charged with criminal offenses and their officials sent to prison.

Arab Revolution in the 21st Century? - Lessons from Egypt and Tunisia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Nader Fergany Arab Revolution in the 21st Century? - Lessons from Egypt and Tunisia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Nader Fergany
R2,595 R1,919 Discovery Miles 19 190 Save R676 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In Arab Revolution in the 21st Century?, Nader Fergany presents a compassionate analysis of the Arab popular uprisings in the 21st century, with particular reference to the cases of Egypt and Tunisia. Under authoritarian rule, relentless injustice creates the objective conditions for expressions of popular protest which may culminate in popular uprisings, as witnessed in many Arab countries at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. Unsurprisingly, the slogans of the Arab Liberation Tide (ALT) popular revolts centered around freedom, implying sound democratic governance, social justice, and human dignity for all. In reality, the short-lived governance arrangements which followed the January 2011 popular revolt in Egypt, for example, were little more than extensions of the authoritarian governance system the revolt set out to overthrow. There were differences, of course, between the three short-lived regimes that took power since then, but in form, rather than substance. This book uses a structuralist political economy framework rather than a detailed historical account as it considers how the ALT may prove to be an historic opportunity for human renaissance in the Arab World - or alternatively a disaster of epic proportions.

Family Violence and Criminal Justice - A Life-Course Approach (Hardcover, 3rd edition): Brian Payne, Randy Gainey Family Violence and Criminal Justice - A Life-Course Approach (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Brian Payne, Randy Gainey
R5,820 Discovery Miles 58 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The historical context of family violence is explored, as well as the various forms of violence, their prevalence in specific stages of life, and responses to it made by the criminal justice system and other agencies. The linkage among child abuse, partner violence and elder abuse is scrutinized, and the usefulness of the life-course approach is couched in terms of its potential effect on policy implications; research methods that recognize the importance of life stages, trajectories, and transitions; and crime causation theories that can be enhanced by it.

Policing the Inner City in France, Britain, and the US (Hardcover): S. Body-Gendrot, C. de Wenden, Catherine Wihtol de Wenden Policing the Inner City in France, Britain, and the US (Hardcover)
S. Body-Gendrot, C. de Wenden, Catherine Wihtol de Wenden
R1,866 Discovery Miles 18 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book analyzes and compares the police's inner city presence in France, the US, and Britain. Its authors' research points to the idea that the creation of a more inclusive environment is a sound approach for cities looking to better maintain peace, reduce discrimination, and manage the dynamic between police and citizens in inner cities.

Social Media, Parties, and Political Inequalities (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Kristof Jacobs, Niels Spierings Social Media, Parties, and Political Inequalities (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Kristof Jacobs, Niels Spierings
R2,898 R1,934 Discovery Miles 19 340 Save R964 (33%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines how social media have transformed politics in established democracies. Specifically, the authors examine the influence of the unique qualities of social media on the power balance between and within parties. They present a general theory as well as an in-depth case study of the Netherlands and compare it to the US and European democracies. The authors show how and why social media's introduction leads to equalization for some and normalization for others. Additional to national politics, Jacobs and Spierings investigate often-overlooked topics such as local and European politics and the impact on women and ethnic minorities.

Statists Saving One - The Malignant Sophistry of Rights Removal by the Far Left [Large Print Edition] (Large print, Hardcover,... Statists Saving One - The Malignant Sophistry of Rights Removal by the Far Left [Large Print Edition] (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
J Bartholomew Walker
R1,089 Discovery Miles 10 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Civil Defense in the Soviet Union (Hardcover, New edition): Leon Goure Civil Defense in the Soviet Union (Hardcover, New edition)
Leon Goure
R1,936 Discovery Miles 19 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cosmopolitanism, Self-Determination and Territory - Justice with Borders (Hardcover): Oliviero Angeli Cosmopolitanism, Self-Determination and Territory - Justice with Borders (Hardcover)
Oliviero Angeli
R2,561 R1,884 Discovery Miles 18 840 Save R677 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Territorial rights are often perceived to create barriers and discriminate against the poor. This study challenges that notion by re-examining the cosmopolitan understanding of territory. It addresses issues from the right to vote, the right to exclude others to the legitimacy of territorial boundaries and the exploitation of natural resources.

US Government Quacks and Dolts (Hardcover): Phillip M. Duse US Government Quacks and Dolts (Hardcover)
Phillip M. Duse
R894 Discovery Miles 8 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Conflict, Co-operation and the Rhetoric of Coalition Government (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Judi Atkins Conflict, Co-operation and the Rhetoric of Coalition Government (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Judi Atkins
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Through a rhetorical analysis, this book explores how the parties in a coalition government create a united public front while preserving their distinct identities. After proposing an original framework based on the 'new rhetoric' of Kenneth Burke, the author charts the path from the inconclusive outcome of the 2010 UK general election and the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition to the dissolution of the partnership in the run-up to May 2015. In doing so, she sheds valuable light on the parties' use of rhetoric to manage the competing dynamics of unity and distinctiveness in the areas of higher education, constitutional reform, the European Union and foreign policy. This unique and highly-accessible analysis will be of interest to a wide audience, including scholars and students of rhetoric, British politics and coalition studies.

Introduction to Traffic Law, Investigation, and Enforcement (Hardcover, 7th ed.): Aric Frazier Introduction to Traffic Law, Investigation, and Enforcement (Hardcover, 7th ed.)
Aric Frazier
R5,233 Discovery Miles 52 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Everyday Politics in the Philippines - Class and Status Relations in a Central Luzon Village (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition):... Everyday Politics in the Philippines - Class and Status Relations in a Central Luzon Village (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet
R1,705 Discovery Miles 17 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This rich study examines the everyday politics of a rice farming village in central Luzon. Contending that the faction and patron-client relationships emphasized by conventional studies are but one part of Philippine political life, Kerkvliet offers a nuanced and fascinating portrait of political relationships among villagers. The world he portrays is complex and multifaceted: in a period of flux, relations of status and class shift as traditional roles give way to new social identities. The author demonstrates how disputes over land or controversies around wages lie at the heart of political life regardless of whether they manifest themselves in the usual political arenas. Kerkvliet shows how everyday politics illuminates contending beliefs about what is just and who has rights to particular resources. Furthermore, relationships between people in different class and status positions are far less harmonious than they might appear on the surface. Embedded in this contentious interaction are divergent ideas about how resources should be distributed the privileged emphasize values supported by capitalism, while the poor press rights to the satisfaction of basic needs and to human dignity. A comprehensive and masterful classic, Everyday Politics in the Philippines revises our notions of political life in the developing world. Now available again with a new preface, postscript, and updated bibliography, this updated edition will be welcomed by a broad range of social scientists."

Native Americans and Political Participation - A Reference Handbook (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Jerry D. Stubben Native Americans and Political Participation - A Reference Handbook (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Jerry D. Stubben
R2,481 Discovery Miles 24 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A remarkable rediscovery of Native American government, political participation, and political theory spanning 1,000 years. Native Americans and Political Participation opens the door to a previously invisible subject in political science and American history. Presenting, for the first time, data from a Native American survey of more than 400 elected and appointed tribal officials collected over the past ten years, this watershed work infuses facts with personal opinions of 20th-century Native American tribal leaders. Readers will learn how multitribe lobbying is funded by gambling revenues and meet key activists like the Means and Bellcourt brothers. Other topics covered include the National Congress of American Indians, the battle at Wounded Knee, and the American Indian Movement. Discussions of these and other events and organizations reveal the powerful ways in which American Indians are utilizing the political system to further their causes. A detailed bibliography providing an in-depth list of books, government documents, and other related publications for use in the disciplines of political science and history A chronology of Native American politics and events including the American Indian Movement and the tragedy at Wounded Knee

Queer International Relations (Hardcover): Cynthia Weber Queer International Relations (Hardcover)
Cynthia Weber
R3,984 Discovery Miles 39 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Asked about queer work in international relations, most IR scholars would almost certainly answer that queer studies is a non-issue for the subdiscipline - a topic beyond the scope and understanding of international politics. Yet queer work tackles problems that IR scholars themselves believe are central to their discipline: questions about political economies, the geopolitics of war and terror, and the national manifestations of sexual, racial, and gendered hierarchies, not to mention their implications for empire, globalization, neoliberalism, sovereignty, and terrorism. And since the introduction of queer work in the 1980s, IR scholars have used queer concepts like "performativity" or "crossing" in relation to important issues like sovereignty and security without acknowledging either their queer sources or their queer function. This agenda-setting book asks how "sexuality" and "queer" are constituted as domains of international political practice and mobilized so that they bear on questions of state and nation formation, war and peace, and international political economy. How are sovereignty and sexuality entangled in contemporary international politics? What understandings of sovereignty and sexuality inform contemporary theories and foreign policies on development, immigration, terrorism, human rights, and regional integration? How specifically is "the homosexual" figured in these theories and policies to support or contest traditional understandings of sovereignty? Queer International Relations puts international relations scholarship and transnational/global queer studies scholarship in conversation to address these questions and their implications for contemporary international politics.

The New Deal as a Triumph of Social Work - Frances Perkins and the Confluence of Early Twentieth Century Social Work with... The New Deal as a Triumph of Social Work - Frances Perkins and the Confluence of Early Twentieth Century Social Work with Mid-Twentieth Century Politics and Government (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
S. Miller
R1,873 Discovery Miles 18 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The New Deal as a Triumph of Social Work concerns the 'hand' the New Deal plays from the perspective of early American History in which government and business cooperation is assumed and economic rights are addressed collectively whereas political rights are considered individually. The New Deal reconfigures this 'ratio' of rights by folding 'social work' into the aims of government. Miller describes the vital part Frances Perkins and her personal history play in this development.

Ironic Freedom - Personal Choice, Public Policy, and the Paradox of Reform (Hardcover): J Baer Ironic Freedom - Personal Choice, Public Policy, and the Paradox of Reform (Hardcover)
J Baer
R2,576 R1,900 Discovery Miles 19 000 Save R676 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

If we legalize physician-assisted suicide, will people be forced into it? Did allowing abortion make it compulsory for some women? Did abolishing the military draft create a 'poverty draft' for disadvantaged youth? Ironic Freedom analyses this familiar problem in feminist and liberal theory which asserts that freedom from governmental interference may actually make people vulnerable to other sources of coercion. Drawing on both political theory and popular discourse, Judith A. Baer inquires as to what kinds of evidence would be needed to support, or refute, the existence of these "ironic freedoms."

Orlando Firefighting (Hardcover): Ginger Bryant Orlando Firefighting (Hardcover)
Ginger Bryant; Foreword by Michael Stallings
R674 Discovery Miles 6 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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