An introduction to political communication

An Introduction to Political Communication explores the relationship between politics, the media and democracy in the UK, the USA and other contemporary societies. Brian McNair examines how politicians, trade unions, pressure groups, non-governmental organizations and terrorist organizations make use of the media. Separate chapters look at political media and their effects, the work of politica…

Introduction to global politics

Introduction to Global Politics, Fourth Edition, brings together an expert team of international scholars to provide students with a current, engaging, and non-U.S. perspective on global politics.

Indonesian political thinking, 1945-1965

This collection of more than one hundred excerpts from speeches, lectures, articles, and pamphlets, most of the not previously available in English, is regarded as the principal source book on Indonesian politics for the post-revolution period of 1945-1965.Chosen to define and illuminate the country's complex issues, the selections provide a balanced, comprehensive, and well-ordered survey of I…

Indonesia's changing political economy: governing the roads

Indonesia is Southeast Asia's largest economy and freest democracy yet vested interests and local politics serve as formidable obstacles to infrastructure reform. In this critical analysis of the politics inhibiting infrastructure investment, Jamie S. Davison utilizes evidence from his research, press reports and rarely used consultancy studies to challenge mainstream explanations for low inves…

Decentralization and adat revivalism in Indonesia: the politics of becoming i…

Examines the dynamic process of political transition and indigenous (adat) revivalism in newly decentralized Indonesia. Based on fieldwork and using case studies from Sulawesi to illustrate the key arguments, this book provides an overview of the key analytical concepts, and a concise review of relevant stages in Indonesian history

The conduct of inquiry in international relations: philosophy of science and …

There are different scientifically valid ways to produce knowledge. The field of International Relations should pay attention to these methodological differences, and to their implications for research on world politics. This book offers an introduction to the philosophy of science issues and their implications for the study of global politics

A nation in waiting: Indonesia's search for stability

This second edition of Adam Schwarz's history of Indonesian politics includes an update to bring events up to date. The blow-by-blow account of the fall of Soeharto and the struggle for power, includes detailed background on the political, cultural, religious and economic issues

The study of world politics

The Study of World Politics is two volume set that presents thirty-nine essays of some two hundred essays authored by Professor James Rosenau, a renowned international political theorist. They include both articles recently published and those that have not previously been published. All of them focus on the theme of the study of world politics, with the twenty-three articles in this volume dev…

Soeharto's new order and its legacy : essays in honour of Harold Crouch

Indonesia's President Soeharto led one of the most durable and effective authoritarian regimes of the second half of the twentieth century. Yet his rule ended in ignominy, and much of the turbulence and corruption of the subsequent years was blamed on his legacy. More than a decade after Soeharto's resignation, Indonesia is a consolidating democracy and the time has come to reconsider the place…

Islamic political culture, democracy, and human rights: a comparative study

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780275961879

Collation

xiii, 221 p. ; 24 cm.

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Call Number

[POL-LIB-482]