The research for this book was made possible by the prize money from the 2014 Tietgen Award, which funded Sarah Anne Ganter’s position as a postdoc- toral research fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and the associated research costs. The work has since continued at the institute as well as at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University where Sarah i…
This book investigates the role of arts practitioners in the formation and implementation of cultural policy. In so doing, it challenges a still-recurrent perception that practitioners have little or no involvement in cultural pol- icy activity. The perception is apparent in cultural policy research litera- ture—as will be illustrated in the next chapter—as well as being encountered …
Every book, like its author, is the product of multiple communities. I am fortunate to have met many wonderful people while researching and writing this book and have greatly benefited from their perspec- tives. I thank my teachers, friends, colleagues, and interview partners for their generous engagement and for deepening my understanding of the world.
From the phone phreaks of the 1970s to Anonymous, how how hackers deploy persuasion, helpfulness, manipulation, and deception to gain access to sensitive information
The ubiquity of new technologies in our everyday lives has led to the lead-in of emerging technologies in the public sector. In a recent report by Microsoft and EY [1], entitled ‘Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: European Vision for 2020 and Beyond’, two-thirds of respondents rated AI as a digital priority. Although many local, state, and national governments see the promise…
Mixed Media offers students of journalism, advertising, and public relations the tools for making ethical and moral decisions within their professional disciplines. The fourth edition of this popular text features more recent ethical theories that acknowledge and address intersectionality within the communicative landscape, including issues of gender, race, ability, and age. The author also tak…
This book focuses on the administration streamlining aligned with the market-oriented reform process in China. The book is divided into two parts. The first part clarifies why administration is necessary and important, what it covers, and how to deal with the relation between the central and the local governments. The second part presents empirical analysis in specific areas, including agricult…
Pariwisata telah memasuki milenium ini dengan prospek ekspresi berkelanjutan dan kepentingan yang lebih besar dalam ekonomi dunia, menghadapi banyak tantangan (Buhalis et al., 2011; Kumar and Choudhury, 2016). Signifikansi pariwisata diakui baik di agen maju dan berkembang dan bermanfaat baik dari perubahan ekonomi dan sosial. Memang, pariwisata telah mendorong lapangan kerja dan investasi, men…
This book originates from its author’s interest in language policy and migrant integration and from an awareness of the importance of public policies as instruments able to shape social phenomena. It is the result of circa three years of research at the intersection between the policy sciences and the applied linguistics domain, and it has been preceded by the publi cation by the author hers…
Territorial politics, intergovernmental relations and federalism Territorial politics has become a field of study that covers a diverse range of disciplines, including geography, economics, sociology, law and of course politics, to study social and political communities as well as the multi- level structures within and also beyond state boundaries (Hepburn and Detterbeck 2018, 2–3).1…
We live in interesting times, yet humanity is at a crossroad. Industrialization and digitalization have brought immense economic growth, but relatively few fully enjoy this prosperity. Products and services have been personalized and made available to consumers with increased accessibility and variety, but hunger and despair have become more pervasive in deprived regions. Production and distrib…
This book connects the work of US private foundations, the United States government, and Brazilian intellectuals to explore how they worked collaboratively to address racial disparities in Brazil during the Cold War. It reveals not only how anti-racism was promoted during this period, shaping the political and academic agenda, but also demonstrates the importance of American foundations, especi…
The purpose of this book is to provide some information on the context of the war, as well as to offer an assessment of the way the EU reacted to the confict. The war waged by Russia against Ukraine is a defning moment for Europe, as the strong emotional reactions and momentous strategic as well as political consequences witness. This book advances two interrelated key arguments. First, th…
This book discusses the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on international relations theories. As a phenomenon, AI is everywhere in the real world and growing. Through its transformative nature, it is simultaneously simplifying and complicating processes. Importantly, it also overlooks and “misunderstands”. Globally, leaders, diplomats and policymakers have had to familiarise themselve…
Focusing on recent United Nations initiatives, this book combines innovative theorizing, methodological guidance, and empirical analysis to show that global policies always embody a particular vision of the common good at the expense of alternative perspectives
This volume presents contributions made by Daniel Druckman on the topics of negotiation, national identity, and justice. Containing research conducted and published over a half century, the volume is divided into seven thematic parts that cover: the multifaceted career, flexibility in negotiation, values and interests, turning points, national identity, and process and outcome justice. It roun…
Why do states still need diplomats? Despite instantaneous electronic communication and rapid global travel, the importance of ambassadors and embassies has in many ways grown since the middle of the nineteenth century. However, in theories of international relations, diplomats are often neglected in favor of states or leaders, or they are dismissed as old-fashioned. David Lindsey develops a …
This book analyzes international affairs in the post-Cold War era by taking a special look at identity, norms and interests and the limits of liberal normative universalism. The book assesses the causes of the deterioration of Russian – Western relations, the management of the liberal international order, the challenges liberal democracies face today, the rise of China and its consequences on…
There is hardly any aspect of social, political, and economic life today that is not also governed internationally. Drawing on debates around hierarchy, hegemony, and authority in international politics, this volume takes the study of the international “beyond anarchy” a step further by establishing the concept of rule as the defining feature of order in the international realm. The co…
This multidisciplinary volume examines the meaning of global conflict and cooperation by international actors that can be caused by dis- or misinformation to people and discusses how to build diplomacy for peace and regional cooperation. The book further identifies boundaries of the relationships among the various governments of the world, transatlantic alliances, international organizations, n…
The present book proposes a framework for understanding long- term change in world politics in terms of social evolution. ‘Change’ deliberately includes the very emergence of world politics as a recognizable realm in its own right within the social world and its constant transformation thereafter. In order to provide such a framework, this book offers a condensed, yet quite far-reaching, r…
A response to the depletion of the rhetoric of sociology and the spiritual capital of theology, this volume explores the remains of Christianity that still lurk as portents in a progressively de-Christianised society seeking replacements for belief. With the sociologist set in the role of an oracle seeking traces of Christianity in a discipline in which the intrusion of theological understandin…
This SAGE Handbook brings together cutting edge social scientific research and theoretical insight into the emerging contours of digital society. Chapters explore the relationship between digitisation, social organisation and social transformation at both the macro and micro level, making this a valuable resource for postgraduate students and academics conducting research across the social scie…
This book is about homemaking in situations of migration and displacement. It explores how homes are made, remade, lost, revived, expanded and contracted through experiences of migration, to ask what it means to make a home away from home. We draw together a wide range of perspectives from across multiple disciplines and contexts, which explore how old homes, lost homes, and new homes connect a…
This book is concerned with applying the top-down approach of systems engineering to the development of a contribution to our understanding of society and the forces that drive its evolution. It is motivated by my assertion that we are currently at a critical point in this evolution and that a failure to recognise this could have unfortunate consequences. But for such recognition to develop and…
It was shortly after dawn one morning in May 1979 when my rattling Soviet-made black Volga passed through the mist-covered mountains of northern Vietnam and descended into Lang Son, near the border with China. A key bridge south of the town had collapsed and lay buckled on its side as a makeshift bamboo raft ferried people across the river. The ruins of the former brick hospital could be recogn…