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This book considers the production of political media content from
the perspective of academics who are increasingly asked to join the
ranks of voices charged with informing the public. The work draws
on the authors' first-hand experience and relationships with media
reporters, managers, producers, and academics offering their
expertise to a wide array of media outlets to understand and report
on the dynamics shaping how the academic voice in political news
may be at its most useful. Featured prominently in the book is the
trade-off between a conventional form of political punditry, which
is often characterized by partisan rancour, and a more analytical,
theoretical, and/or policy-based approach to explaining politics to
both general and diverse audiences. Along the way, the work draws
on original survey, in-depth interview, and experimental data to
garner insights on what academics in media, reporters, and media
managers perceive are the appropriate roles for academics featured
in political media. This book also contains relevant technical tips
for effective media communication by academics.
Algorithms are now widely employed to make decisions that have
increasingly far-reaching impacts on individuals and society as a
whole ("algorithmic governance"), which could potentially lead to
manipulation, biases, censorship, social discrimination, violations
of privacy, property rights, and more. This has sparked a global
debate on how to regulate AI and robotics ("governance of
algorithms"). This book discusses both of these key aspects: the
impact of algorithms, and the possibilities for future regulation.
This book provides original, diverse, and timely insights into the
nature, scope, and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI),
especially machine learning and natural language processing, in
relation to contracting practices and contract law. The chapters
feature unique, critical, and in-depth analysis of a range of
topical issues, including how the use of AI in contracting affects
key principles of contract law (from formation to remedies), the
implications for autonomy, consent, and information asymmetries in
contracting, and how AI is shaping contracting practices and the
laws relating to specific types of contracts and sectors. The
contributors represent an interdisciplinary team of lawyers,
computer scientists, economists, political scientists, and
linguists from academia, legal practice, policy, and the technology
sector. The chapters not only engage with salient theories from
different disciplines, but also examine current and potential
real-world applications and implications of AI in contracting and
explore feasible legal, policy, and technological responses to
address the challenges presented by AI in this field. The book
covers major common and civil law jurisdictions, including the EU,
Italy, Germany, UK, US, and China. It should be read by anyone
interested in the complex and fast-evolving relationship between
AI, contract law, and related areas of law such as business,
commercial, consumer, competition, and data protection laws.
Algorithms permeate our lives in numerous ways, performing tasks
that until recently could only be carried out by humans. Artificial
Intelligence (AI) technologies, based on machine learning
algorithms and big-data-powered systems, can perform sophisticated
tasks such as driving cars, analyzing medical data, and evaluating
and executing complex financial transactions - often without active
human control or supervision. Algorithms also play an important
role in determining retail pricing, online advertising, loan
qualification, and airport security. In this work, Martin Ebers and
Susana Navas bring together a group of scholars and practitioners
from across Europe and the US to analyze how this shift from human
actors to computers presents both practical and conceptual
challenges for legal and regulatory systems. This book should be
read by anyone interested in the intersection between computer
science and law, how the law can better regulate algorithmic
design, and the legal ramifications for citizens whose behavior is
increasingly dictated by algorithms.
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Latinos in the New Millennium - An Almanac of Opinion, Behavior, and Policy Preferences (Hardcover, New)
Luis R. Fraga, John A. Garcia, Rodney E. Hero, Michael Jones-Correa, Valerie Martinez-Ebers, …
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Latinos in the New Millennium is the most current and comprehensive
profile of Latinos in the United States: looking at their social
characteristics, group relations, policy positions, and political
orientations. The authors draw on information from the 2006 Latino
National Survey (LNS), the largest and most detailed source of data
on Hispanics in America. This book provides essential knowledge
about Latinos, contextualizing research data by structuring
discussion around many dimensions of Latino political life in the
U.S. The encyclopedic range and depth of the LNS allows the authors
to appraise Latinos' group characteristics, attitudes, behaviors,
and their views on numerous topics. This study displays the
complexity of Latinos, from recent immigrants to those whose
grandparents were born in the United States.
This book considers the production of political media content from
the perspective of academics who are increasingly asked to join the
ranks of voices charged with informing the public. The work draws
on the authors' first-hand experience and relationships with media
reporters, managers, producers, and academics offering their
expertise to a wide array of media outlets to understand and report
on the dynamics shaping how the academic voice in political news
may be at its most useful. Featured prominently in the book is the
trade-off between a conventional form of political punditry, which
is often characterized by partisan rancour, and a more analytical,
theoretical, and/or policy-based approach to explaining politics to
both general and diverse audiences. Along the way, the work draws
on original survey, in-depth interview, and experimental data to
garner insights on what academics in media, reporters, and media
managers perceive are the appropriate roles for academics featured
in political media. This book also contains relevant technical tips
for effective media communication by academics.
Algorithms are now widely employed to make decisions that have
increasingly far-reaching impacts on individuals and society as a
whole ("algorithmic governance"), which could potentially lead to
manipulation, biases, censorship, social discrimination, violations
of privacy, property rights, and more. This has sparked a global
debate on how to regulate AI and robotics ("governance of
algorithms"). This book discusses both of these key aspects: the
impact of algorithms, and the possibilities for future regulation.
Latinos in the New Millennium is a comprehensive profile of Latinos
in the United States: looking at their social characteristics,
group relations, policy positions and political orientations. The
authors draw on information from the 2006 Latino National Survey
(LNS), the largest and most detailed source of data on Hispanics in
America. This book provides essential knowledge about Latinos,
contextualizing research data by structuring discussion around many
dimensions of Latino political life in the US. The encyclopedic
range and depth of the LNS allows the authors to appraise Latinos'
group characteristics, attitudes, behaviors and their views on
numerous topics. This study displays the complexity of Latinos,
from recent immigrants to those whose grandparents were born in the
United States.
Algorithms permeate our lives in numerous ways, performing tasks
that until recently could only be carried out by humans. Artificial
Intelligence (AI) technologies, based on machine learning
algorithms and big-data-powered systems, can perform sophisticated
tasks such as driving cars, analyzing medical data, and evaluating
and executing complex financial transactions - often without active
human control or supervision. Algorithms also play an important
role in determining retail pricing, online advertising, loan
qualification, and airport security. In this work, Martin Ebers and
Susana Navas bring together a group of scholars and practitioners
from across Europe and the US to analyze how this shift from human
actors to computers presents both practical and conceptual
challenges for legal and regulatory systems. This book should be
read by anyone interested in the intersection between computer
science and law, how the law can better regulate algorithmic
design, and the legal ramifications for citizens whose behavior is
increasingly dictated by algorithms.
During the 1950s, amid increased attention to the problems facing
cities-such as racial disparities in housing, education, and
economic conditions; tense community-police relations; and
underrepresentation of minority groups-local governments developed
an interest in "human relations." In the wake of the shocking 1965
Watts uprising, a new authority was created: the Los Angeles City
Human Relations Commission. Today, such commissions exist all over
the United States, charged with addressing such tasks as fighting
racial discrimination and improving fair housing access. Brian
Calfano and Valerie Martinez-Ebers examine the history and current
efforts of human relations commissions in promoting positive
intergroup outcomes and enforcing antidiscrimination laws. Drawing
on a wide range of theories and methods from political science,
social psychology, and public administration, they assess policy
approaches, successes, and failures in four cities. The book sheds
light on the advantages and disadvantages of different commission
types and considers the stresses and expectations placed on
commission staff in carrying out difficult agendas in highly
charged political contexts. Calfano and Martinez-Ebers suggest that
the path to full inclusion is fraught with complications but that
human rights commissions provide guidance as to how disparate
groups can be brought together to forge a common purpose. The first
book to examine these widely occurring yet understudied political
bodies, Human Relations Commissions is relevant to a range of urban
policy issues of interest to both academics and practitioners.
Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Religion: Identity Politics in
America is an introductory anthology that examines the history,
current issues, and dynamics of select minority groups in the
United States. While other books on these topics usually confine
their coverage to African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Pacific
Islanders, and American Indians, this work also looks at Jewish and
Muslim Americans. Another unique feature of this book is that it
puts the study of diversity and identity politics in a larger
context, thus providing students with a broader perspective on
these issues.
Opening with an essay by the editors on change and continuity in
the minority group experience, the first section of the book
analyzes the effects of globalization on individual, group, and
national identity. It goes on to consider the social implications
of immigration, common challenges faced by immigrants, and the
increasing significance of religious diversity in America. The
second section expounds on the historical, legal, and political
experiences of each minority group as well as their attitudes and
behaviors. Taken together, the selections provide students with the
context to evaluate the roles that race, ethnicity, and religion
play in the outcomes of American politics. They also show how the
structure and operation of our political system sometimes obstruct
the efforts of these groups to gain the full benefits of freedom
and equal treatment promised under the American Constitution.
Featuring contributions from authors who are not only experts in
their fields--which include political science, sociology, history,
and religion--but who also belong to the minority groups that they
arewriting about, Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Religion
provides students with a uniquely personal yet scientifically
informed look at this significant subject.
During the 1950s, amid increased attention to the problems facing
cities-such as racial disparities in housing, education, and
economic conditions; tense community-police relations; and
underrepresentation of minority groups-local governments developed
an interest in "human relations." In the wake of the shocking 1965
Watts uprising, a new authority was created: the Los Angeles City
Human Relations Commission. Today, such commissions exist all over
the United States, charged with addressing such tasks as fighting
racial discrimination and improving fair housing access. Brian
Calfano and Valerie Martinez-Ebers examine the history and current
efforts of human relations commissions in promoting positive
intergroup outcomes and enforcing antidiscrimination laws. Drawing
on a wide range of theories and methods from political science,
social psychology, and public administration, they assess policy
approaches, successes, and failures in four cities. The book sheds
light on the advantages and disadvantages of different commission
types and considers the stresses and expectations placed on
commission staff in carrying out difficult agendas in highly
charged political contexts. Calfano and Martinez-Ebers suggest that
the path to full inclusion is fraught with complications but that
human rights commissions provide guidance as to how disparate
groups can be brought together to forge a common purpose. The first
book to examine these widely occurring yet understudied political
bodies, Human Relations Commissions is relevant to a range of urban
policy issues of interest to both academics and practitioners.
In the decades since Latinas began to hold public office in the
United States in the late 1950s, they have blazed new trails in
public life, bringing fresh perspectives, leadership styles, and
policy agendas to the business of governing cities, counties,
states, and the nation. As of 2004, Latinas occupied 27.4 percent
of the more than 6,000 elected and appointed local, state, and
national positions filled by Hispanic officeholders. The greatest
number of these Latina officeholders reside in Texas, where nearly
six hundred women occupy posts from municipal offices, school
boards, and county offices to seats in the Texas House and Senate.
In this book, five Latina political scientists profile the women
who have been the first Latinas to hold key elected and appointed
positions in Texas government. Through interviews with each woman
or her associates, the authors explore and theorize about Latina
officeholders' political socialization, decision to run for office
and obstacles overcome, leadership style, and representational
roles and advocacy. The profiles begin with Irma Rangel, the first
Latina elected to the Texas House of Representatives, and Judith
Zaffirini and Leticia Van de Putte, the only two Latinas to serve
in the Texas Senate. The authors also interview Lena Guerrero, the
first and only Latina to serve in a statewide office; judges Linda
Yanes, Alma Lopez, Elma Salinas Ender, Mary Roman, and Alicia
Chacon; mayors Blanca Sanchez Vela (Brownsville), Betty Flores
(Laredo), and Olivia Serna (Crystal City); and Latina city
councilwomen from San Antonio, El Paso, Dallas, Houston, and
Laredo.
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