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During the Brexit referendum campaign it became clear how easily
national conversations around politics could become raucous and
bitter. This book explores the nature of talking about politically
contentious issues and how our society can begin to develop a more
constructive culture of political talk. Uniquely, this study
focuses on citizens own experiences and reflections on developing,
practising and evaluating their own political voices. Based on
seventy in-depth interviews with a diverse range of people, Stephen
Coleman explores the intricate nature of interpersonal political
talk and what this means for public attitudes towards politics and
how people negotiate their political identities. Engaging with a
broad range of subjects from Political Communication to Sociology
this book offers valuable insight into how the public can discuss
politically turbulent topics in a meaningful and constructive way.
After 20 years of freedom in South Africa we have to ask ourselves
difficult questions: are we willing to perpetuate a lie, search for
facts or think wishfully? Freedom has been enabled by apartheid's
end, but at the same time some of apartheid's key institutions and
social relations are reproduced under the guise of 'democracy'.
This collection of essays acknowledges the enormous expectations
placed on the shoulders of the South African revolution to produce
an alternative political regime in response to apartheid and global
neo-liberalism. It does not lament the inability of South Africa's
democracy to provide deeper freedoms, or suggest that since it
hasn't this is some form of betrayal. Freedom is made possible
and/or limited by local political choices, contemporary global
conditions and the complexities of social change. This book
explores the multiplicity of spaces within which the dynamics of
social change unfold, and the complex ways in which power is
produced and reproduced. In this way, it seeks to understand the
often non-linear practices through which alternative possibilities
emerge, the lengthy and often indirect ways in which new
communities are imagined and new solidarities are built. In this
sense, this book is not a collection of hope or despair. Nor is it
a book that seeks to situate itself between these two poles.
Instead it aims to read the present historically, critically and
politically, and to offer insights into the ongoing, iterative and
often messy struggles for freedom.
This book critically examines how countries across Europe have
dealt with the COVID crisis from a policing and security
perspective. Across the chapters, contributors from different
countries examine the data, press coverage, and provide
professional observations on how policing, law enforcement, police
powers and community relations were managed. They focus on how
security and governmental actors often failed to align with the
formal scripts that were specifically designed for
crisis-management, resulting in the wavering application of
professional discretion and coercive powers. Their different
approaches were evident: in some regions police were less
dominantly visible compared to other regions, where the police used
a top-down visible and repressive stance vis-a-vis public alignment
with COVID rules, including the imposition of lockdown and curfews.
Some contributors draw on data from the COROPOL (Corona Policing)
Monitor which collated data on crime, plural policing and public
order in Europe and around the world during the early phases of the
COVID crisis. Overall, this book seeks to provide comparative
critical insights and commentary as well as a practical and
operational understanding of security governance during the
COVID-19 crisis and the lessons learned to improve future
preparedness.
Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan in October 2007, after eight
years of exile, hopeful that she could be a catalyst for change.
Upon a tumultuous reception, she survived a suicide-bomb attack
that killed nearly two hundred of her compatriots. But she
continued to forge ahead, with more courage and conviction than
ever, since she knew that time was running out--for the future of
her nation and for her life.
In Reconciliation, Bhutto recounts in gripping detail her final
months in Pakistan and offers a bold new agenda for how to stem the
tide of Islamic radicalism and to rediscover the values of
tolerance and justice that lie at the heart of her religion. She
speaks out not just to the West but also to the Muslims across the
globe. Bhutto presents an image of modern Islam that defies the
negative caricatures often seen in the West. After reading this
book, it will become even clearer what the world has lost by her
assassination.
Worldwide supplies of sugar and cotton were impacted dramatically
as the U.S. Civil War dragged on. New areas of production entered
these lucrative markets, particularly in the South Pacific, and
plantation agriculture grew substantially in disparate areas such
as Australia, Fiji, and Hawaii. The increase in production required
an increase in labor; in the rush to fill the vacuum, freebooters
and other unsavory characters began a slave trade in Melanesians
and Polynesians that continued into the twentieth century. ""The
White Pacific"" ranges over the broad expanse of Oceania to
reconstruct the history of ""blackbirding"" (slave trading) in the
region. It examines the role of U.S. citizens (many of them
ex-slaveholders and ex-confederates) in the trade and its roots in
Civil War dislocations. What unfolds is a dramatic tale of unfree
labor, conflicts between formal and informal empire, white
supremacy, threats to sovereignty in Hawaii, the origins of a White
Australian policy, and the rise of Japan as a Pacific power and
putative protector. It also pieces together a wonderfully
suggestive history of the African American presence in the Pacific.
Based on deft archival research in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji,
Hawaii, the United States, and Great Britain, ""The White Pacific""
uncovers a heretofore hidden story of race, labor, war, and
intrigue that contributes significantly to the emerging
intersectional histories of race and ethnicity.
Social media has emerged as a powerful tool that reaches a wide
audience with minimum time and effort. It has a diverse role in
society and human life and can boost the visibility of information
that allows citizens the ability to play a vital role in creating
and fostering social change. This practice can have both positive
and negative consequences on society. Examining the Roles of IT and
Social Media in Democratic Development and Social Change is a
collection of innovative research on the methods and applications
of social media within community development and democracy. While
highlighting topics including information capitalism, ethical
issues, and e-governance, this book is ideally designed for social
workers, politicians, public administrators, sociologists,
journalists, policymakers, government administrators, academicians,
researchers, and students seeking current research on social
advancement and change through social media and technology.
A better understanding of regime changes, and their drivers, is
vital to understanding the root causes of conflict and instability.
In doing so, national and international actors can develop
appropriate strategies to address, curb and prevent escalations of
violence when these transitions occur. This innovative book
explores the motivations and impacts of regime change and political
transition in the contemporary era. Systematically examining the
drivers, formats and long term impacts of transitions, the
contributors seek to identify patterns, commonalities, and
disjunctures between them. Bringing together leading scholars and
practitioners with longstanding relationships to the conflicts they
have covered, this book provides systematic cross-case examinations
of regime change. It examines the structural and immediate triggers
of transitions both external and internal, as well as shedding
light on the ways in which everyday life is changed by them --? for
better or worse. Providing a framework for typological and
comparative analysis, this book provides ontological and
epistemological perspectives on 14 case studies of regime change
following civil wars, secessionist conflicts, popular revolutions,
military rule and foreign intervention. This book is a vital tool
for academics and students of political science, development,
history, regional, peace and conflict studies. Reflecting on regime
change processes spanning different regions and types of
transition, The Elgar Companion to Post Conflict Transition is an
accessible way to cover key debates. Contributors include: A.-G.
Abdulai, B. Austin, R.K. Bhandari, E. Blakaj, U. Bozkurt, G.
Crawford, G. Culaj, N. Dzuverovic, C. Emery, B. Engels, G. Gabusi,
H.J. Giessmann, F. Kuhn, R. Mac Ginty, A. Mazrreku, S. Pogodda, R.
Read, S. Robins, S. Ruzza, C. Seifert, G. Tepsic, M. van Leeuwen,
A. Weber
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