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  • Reporting US Politics

    The Local TV Perspective

    by Brian Calfano ...
    With a particular focus on the United States, this book offers a practical guide to writing and delivering sound political TV news coverage.Beginning with a historical overview of political reporting, and contextualizing political journalism and local TV news within wider industry issues, this book goes on to offer an essential understanding of the complex decision-making inherent in this critical ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Muslims, Identity, and American Politics

    by Brian Calfano ...
    Calfano provides an examination of the pressures faced by Muslims, often considered political and social outsiders in western nations, especially in the United States. Identity is a complex concept, especially when considering the role that group attachments play in affecting how one sees her/his role in the political environment of their country of residence. Perhaps the greatest tension in this ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Exploring the Public Effects of Religious Communication on Politics

    by Brian Calfano ...
    Though not all people are religious believers, religion has played important historic roles in developing political systems, parties, and policies—affecting believers and nonbelievers alike. This is particularly true in the United States, where scholars have devoted considerable attention to a variety of political phenomena at the intersection of religious belief and identity, including social ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Human Relations Commissions

    Relieving Racial Tensions in the American City

    by Prof Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Prof. Brian Calfano ...
    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 ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • What Is Enlightenment?

    Continuity or Rupture in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings

    by Hani Albasoos, Brian Calfano, John Entelis, Azza Karam, Solon Simmons, Radwan Ziadeh, Albena Azmanova, Mohammed D. Cherkaoui, Richard Rubenstein ...
    Political sociology has struggled with predicting the next turn of transformation in the MENA countries after the 2011 Uprisings. Arab activists did not articulate explicitly any modalities of their desired system, although their slogans ushered to a fully-democratic society. These unguided Uprisings showcase an open-ended freedom-to question after Arabs underwent their freedom-from struggle from ... Read more

    $129.59 USD

  • Human Relations Commissions

    Relieving Racial Tensions in the American City

    by Prof Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Prof. Brian Calfano ...
    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 ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • A Matter of Discretion

    The Politics of Catholic Priests in the United States and Ireland

    by Brian R. Calfano, Melissa R. Michelson, Elizabeth A. Oldmixon ...
    Clergy are pillars of local religious communities, and Roman Catholic priests are perhaps the quintessential examples of pastors functioning as political elites. The political science literature demonstrates that priests (indeed, clergy more generally) are well-positioned to influence the faithful, even if this influence is somewhat inconsistent. At their core, priests are opinion leaders and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Assessing MENA Political Reform, Post-Arab Spring

    Mediators and Microfoundations

    by Brian Robert Calfano, Abdelhak Azzouzi, Jason Gainous, Mehmet Gurses, Lynne Alisé Lofftus, Marcus Marktanner, Christina Michelmore, Mahmoud Sadri, Emile Sahiyeh, B. Todd Spinks0, Kevin Wagner1, Nader Hashemi2 ...
    The euphoria and promise that accompanied the Arab Spring has been replaced with a business-as-usual tone in the MENA. Revolutionary shifts in political and religious power have been tempered and, in some cases, reversed. Observers should not be surprised at these outcomes, but skeptics would be advised to remain attentive to regional factors that continue to present potentials for reform. This ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • Religion, Race, and the American Presidency

    by Brian Robert Calfano, David G. Dalin, Paul A. Djupe, Gastón Espinosa, John C. Green, Melissa V. Harris-Lacewell, Lyman A. Kellstedt, So Young Kim, David C. Leege, Laura R. Olson, Corwin E. Smidt, Katherine E. Stenger, Adam L. Warber ...
    The role that race and religion play in American presidential elections is attracting national attention like never before. The 2008 presidential candidates reached out to an unprecedented number of racial and religious voting constituencies including African Americans, Latinos, Muslims, Mainline Protestants, Catholics, Evangelicals, Jews, women, the non-religious, and more. Religion, Race, and ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • The Catholic Church in Ireland Today

    by John C. Waldmeir, Brian R. Calfano, John Littleton, Eamon Maher, Matthew J. O'Brien, Elizabeth A. Oldmixon, James Silas Rogers, Andrew Auge, Agata Piekosz0, Michele Dillon1, Dr Bernadette Flanagan2 ...
    From a Church that once enjoyed devotional loyalty, political influence, and institutional power unrivaled in Europe, the Catholic Church in Ireland now faces collapse. Devastated by a series of reports on clerical sexual abuse, challenged publicly during several political battles, and painfully aware of plunging Mass attendance, the Irish Church today is confronted with the loss of its ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • The American Professor Pundit

    Academics in the World of US Political Media

    by Brian R. Calfano, Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Aida Ramusovic ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    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 ... Read more

    $116.09 USD