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The Routledge International Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy is a
multidisciplinary collection of writings by leading scholars and
practitioners from around the world. It reflects on the
geopolitical and technological shifts that have led to the global
emergence of this form of diplomacy and provides detailed examples
of how governments, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs),
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and corporations are engaging
diasporas as transnational agents of intervention and change. The
organization in six thematic parts provides for focused coverage of
key issues, sectors and practices, while also building a
comprehensive guide to the growing field. Each section features an
introduction authored by the Editor, designed to provide useful
contextual information and to highlight linkages between the
chapters. Cross-disciplinary research and commentary is a key
feature of the Handbook, providing diverse yet overlapping
perspectives on diaspora diplomacy. • Part 1: Mapping Diaspora
Diplomacy • Part 2: Diaspora Policies and Strategies • Part 3:
Diaspora Networks and Economic Development • Part 4:
Long-Distance Politics • Part 5: Digital Diasporas, Media and
Soft Power • Part 6: Advancing Diaspora Diplomacy Studies The
Routledge International Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy is a key
reference point for study and future scholarship in this nascent
field.
The Routledge International Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy is a
multidisciplinary collection of writings by leading scholars and
practitioners from around the world. It reflects on the
geopolitical and technological shifts that have led to the global
emergence of this form of diplomacy and provides detailed examples
of how governments, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs),
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and corporations are engaging
diasporas as transnational agents of intervention and change. The
organization in six thematic parts provides for focused coverage of
key issues, sectors and practices, while also building a
comprehensive guide to the growing field. Each section features an
introduction authored by the Editor, designed to provide useful
contextual information and to highlight linkages between the
chapters. Cross-disciplinary research and commentary is a key
feature of the Handbook, providing diverse yet overlapping
perspectives on diaspora diplomacy. * Part 1: Mapping Diaspora
Diplomacy * Part 2: Diaspora Policies and Strategies * Part 3:
Diaspora Networks and Economic Development * Part 4: Long-Distance
Politics * Part 5: Digital Diasporas, Media and Soft Power * Part
6: Advancing Diaspora Diplomacy Studies The Routledge International
Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy is a key reference point for study
and future scholarship in this nascent field.
Photography has visualized international relations and conflicts
from the midnineteenth century onwards and continues to be an
important medium in framing the worlds of distant, suffering
others. Although photojournalism has been challenged in recent
decades, claims that it is dead are premature. The Violence of the
Image examines the roles of image producers and the functions of
photographic imagery in the documentation of wars, violent
conflicts and human rights issues; tackling controversial ideas
such as 'witnessing', the making of appeals based on displays of
human suffering and the much-cited concept of 'compassion fatigue'.
In the twenty-first century, the advent of digital photography,
camera phones and socialmedia platforms has altered the
relationship between photographers, the medium and the audience- as
well as contributing to an ongoing blurring of the boundaries
between news and entertainment and professional and amateur
journalism. The Violence of the Image explores how new vernacular
and artistic modes of photographic production articulate
international friction.This innovative, timely book makes a major
contribution to discussions about the power of the image in
conflict.
The city of Birmingham offers a particularly rich case-study on
urban regeneration as it strives to build a new city image.
Positioned between decline and regeneration, the landscape of the
city and its environs collages old and new, producing dramatic
contrasts - of industrial and postindustrial urbanisms of crumbling
brutalism and spectacular flagship developments, of Victorian
housing and diverse cultural lifestyles - that compound the
aesthetic and socio-economic means of regeneration. This visually
exciting book also reflects upon and extends current debates about
public space, cultural zoning and the futures of cities. The volume
is multi-disciplinary in content, including contributions from
specialists in architecture, public and community arts, photography
and urban studies - their critical perspectives linked by interest
in urban visual culture. Joe Holyoak, Wendy Shillam, Glenn Howells,
Wil Alsop, Sylvia King, Deborah Kermode, Nigel Prince, Tim Hall,
Peter James, Nick Hedges, Roger Shannon, Maria Balshaw, Deborah
Parsons and Jane Lutz.
The Troubles claimed the lives of almost four thousand people in
Northern Ireland, most of them civilians; forty-five thousand were
injured in bombings and shootings. Relative to population size this
was the most intense conflict experienced in Western Europe since
the end of the Second World War. The central question posed in this
book is fundamental, yet it is one that has rarely been asked: Who
was primarily responsible for the prosecution of the Troubles and
their attendant toll of the dead, the injured, and the emotionally
traumatized? Liam Kennedy, who lived in Belfast throughout most of
the conflict, was long afraid to raise the question and its
implications. After years of reflection and research on the matter
he has brought together elements of history, politics, sociology,
and social psychology to identify the collective actors who drove
the conflict onwards for more than three decades, from the days of
the civil rights movement in the late 1960s to the signing of the
Good Friday Agreement in 1998. The Troubles in Northern Ireland are
a world-class problem in miniature. The combustible mix of
national, ethnic, and sectarian passions that went into the making
of the conflict has its parallels today in other parts of the
world. Who Was Responsible for the Troubles? is an original and
controversial work that captures the terror and the pain but also
the hope of life and the pursuit of happiness in a deeply divided
society.
Ulster Since 1600 surveys the history of the province from
plantation to partition, and onwards from the formation of the
Northern Ireland state to the 'Troubles' of recent decades. It
synthesises existing historical knowledge and also brings new
insights to bear on the political, social, and economic evolution
of the province and its peoples. The word 'Ulster' conjures up
images of communal conflict, sectarianism, and peace processes of
indefinite duration but, as this volume shows, there is much more
to the history of Ulster and its peoples. From the Plantation of
Ulster in the early seventeenth century, the province has been home
to three major ethnic and religious groups. It was this radically
reconstituted society that produced a precociously early emigration
to North America, that celebrated the outbreak of the French
Revolution, and that in the Victorian era hosted Ireland's first
industrial city. Its rural poor suffered destruction and death
during the Great Famine of the 1840s, along with their counterparts
in the south of Ireland. Its urban working classes had much in
common with the industrial classes of England and Scotland, in
terms of religiosity, popular entertainment, labour movements,
gender, and family relationships. This multi-authored volume is a
major contribution to the history of Ireland and to Ireland's
contested place in the British and the wider world.
Photography has visualized international relations and conflicts
from the midnineteenth century onwards and continues to be an
important medium in framing the worlds of distant, suffering
others. Although photojournalism has been challenged in recent
decades, claims that it is dead are premature. The Violence of the
Image examines the roles of image producers and the functions of
photographic imagery in the documentation of wars, violent
conflicts and human rights issues; tackling controversial ideas
such as 'witnessing', the making of appeals based on displays of
human suffering and the much-cited concept of 'compassion fatigue'.
In the twenty-first century, the advent of digital photography,
camera phones and socialmedia platforms has altered the
relationship between photographers, the medium and the audience- as
well as contributing to an ongoing blurring of the boundaries
between news and entertainment and professional and amateur
journalism. The Violence of the Image explores how new vernacular
and artistic modes of photographic production articulate
international friction.This innovative, timely book makes a major
contribution to discussions about the power of the image in
conflict.
Explores the cultural and political significance of the election of
President Trump Donald J. Trump's presidency has delivered a
seismic shock to the American political system, its public sphere,
and to our political culture worldwide. Written by leading scholars
across a range of disciplines, as well as professionals in the
field of political journalism, this collection of essays offers a
deeper understanding of Trump and the impact that his rise to power
has had both domestically and worldwide. The first section provides
varied perspectives on the realignments of political culture in the
United States that signify a paradigm shift, a radical disruption
of fundamental beliefs and values about the political process and
national identity. The second section of the book focuses on US
foreign policy and diplomacy, taking stock of how the Trump
presidency has disturbed the international system and US primacy
within it. The third section of the book addresses the dynamics and
consequences of what has come to be called "post-truth" politics,
where conviction surpasses facts and the norms of political
communication have been profoundly disrupted. Liam Kennedy is
Professor of American Studies and Director of the Clinton Institute
for American Studies at University College Dublin.
This innovative collection argues that modern sport can be
characterized by problematic power relations linked to violence,
harm, deviance, and punishment. On the one hand, sport is a
mainstay of community building, an expression of solidarity, and a
means to mental and social health. On the other, there is the star
player who commits sexual violence, the trans athlete whose
achievements are dismissed as fraudulent, or the racist nationalism
of the impassioned sports fan. Power Played illuminates how
criminal/judicial discourses and practices reinforce social
inequalities and blows the whistle on the harm, violence, and
exploitation embedded in sport.
The Troubles claimed the lives of almost four thousand people in
Northern Ireland, most of them civilians; forty-five thousand were
injured in bombings and shootings. Relative to population size this
was the most intense conflict experienced in Western Europe since
the end of the Second World War. The central question posed in this
book is fundamental, yet it is one that has rarely been asked: Who
was primarily responsible for the prosecution of the Troubles and
their attendant toll of the dead, the injured, and the emotionally
traumatized? Liam Kennedy, who lived in Belfast throughout most of
the conflict, was long afraid to raise the question and its
implications. After years of reflection and research on the matter
he has brought together elements of history, politics, sociology,
and social psychology to identify the collective actors who drove
the conflict onwards for more than three decades, from the days of
the civil rights movement in the late 1960s to the signing of the
Good Friday Agreement in 1998. The Troubles in Northern Ireland are
a world-class problem in miniature. The combustible mix of
national, ethnic, and sectarian passions that went into the making
of the conflict has its parallels today in other parts of the
world. Who Was Responsible for the Troubles? is an original and
controversial work that captures the terror and the pain but also
the hope of life and the pursuit of happiness in a deeply divided
society.
Explores the cultural and political significance of the election of
President Trump Donald J. Trump's presidency has delivered a
seismic shock to the American political system, its public sphere,
and to our political culture worldwide. Written by leading scholars
across a range of disciplines, as well as professionals in the
field of political journalism, this collection of essays offers a
deeper understanding of Trump and the impact that his rise to power
has had both domestically and worldwide. The first section provides
varied perspectives on the realignments of political culture in the
United States that signify a paradigm shift, a radical disruption
of fundamental beliefs and values about the political process and
national identity. The second section of the book focuses on US
foreign policy and diplomacy, taking stock of how the Trump
presidency has disturbed the international system and US primacy
within it. The third section of the book addresses the dynamics and
consequences of what has come to be called "post-truth" politics,
where conviction surpasses facts and the norms of political
communication have been profoundly disrupted. Liam Kennedy is
Professor of American Studies and Director of the Clinton Institute
for American Studies at University College Dublin.
This innovative collection argues that modern sport can be
characterized by problematic power relations linked to violence,
harm, deviance, and punishment. On the one hand, sport is a
mainstay of community building, an expression of solidarity, and a
means to mental and social health. On the other, there is the star
player who commits sexual violence, the trans athlete whose
achievements are dismissed as fraudulent, or the racist nationalism
of the impassioned sports fan. Power Played illuminates how
criminal/judicial discourses and practices reinforce social
inequalities and blows the whistle on the harm, violence, and
exploitation embedded in sport.
Neoliberalism is the rare buzzword that has fully crossed over from
academic theorizing into mainstream discussion. Neoliberalism and
Contemporary American Literature is the first book to examine the
ways that US literature has responded to the dominance of our
neoliberal regime. The essays collected here reveal how
contemporary American writers have both propped up and interrogated
the foundations of neoliberalism. The contributors look at a host
of literary genres and styles, from the utopian sci-fi of Kim
Stanley Robinson and the dark fantasy of Karen Russell to the
poetic memoir-fiction hybrids of Ben Lerner, exploring how the
relationships between politics, economics, and literary form have
become both distorted and revitalized in the age of neoliberalism.
Most pressingly, they ask if contemporary literature can still
imagine either the end of capitalism or any realistic alternative
to it.
This collection of essays assesses the work of a number of American
intellectuals, including Susan Sontag, F.O. Mathieson, Daniel Bell
and Hannah Arendt, who have addressed issues of culture and its
multifaceted relations to politics, history, sociology and literary
criticism. Concentrating on writing since 1940, the essays examine
the central themes of American postwar intellectual history,
including the continuing reaction to (or against) modernity and
technology, the legacies of Marxism and psychoanalysis, and the
re-examination of American founding principles and figures in
conservative or liberal terms.
Neoliberalism is the rare buzzword that has fully crossed over from
academic theorizing into mainstream discussion. Neoliberalism and
Contemporary American Literature is the first book to examine the
ways that US literature has responded to the dominance of our
neoliberal regime. The essays collected here reveal how
contemporary American writers have both propped up and interrogated
the foundations of neoliberalism. The contributors look at a host
of literary genres and styles, from the utopian sci-fi of Kim
Stanley Robinson and the dark fantasy of Karen Russell to the
poetic memoir-fiction hybrids of Ben Lerner, exploring how the
relationships between politics, economics, and literary form have
become both distorted and revitalized in the age of neoliberalism.
Most pressingly, they ask if contemporary literature can still
imagine either the end of capitalism or any realistic alternative
to it.
The city of Birmingham offers a particularly rich case-study on
urban regeneration as it strives to build a new city image.
Positioned between decline and regeneration, the landscape of the
city and its environs collages old and new, producing dramatic
contrasts - of industrial and postindustrial urbanisms of crumbling
brutalism and spectacular flagship developments, of Victorian
housing and diverse cultural lifestyles - that compound the
aesthetic and socio-economic means of regeneration. This visually
exciting book also reflects upon and extends current debates about
public space, cultural zoning and the futures of cities. The volume
is multi-disciplinary in content, including contributions from
specialists in architecture, public and community arts, photography
and urban studies - their critical perspectives linked by interest
in urban visual culture. Joe Holyoak, Wendy Shillam, Glenn Howells,
Wil Alsop, Sylvia King, Deborah Kermode, Nigel Prince, Tim Hall,
Peter James, Nick Hedges, Roger Shannon, Maria Balshaw, Deborah
Parsons and Jane Lutz.
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