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  • Deliberation, Democracy, and the Media

    by James Bohman, Andrew Calabrese, Heather Fraizer, Roderick P. Hart, Gerard A. Hauser, Shanto Iyengar, Alison M. Jaggar, Mark Kingwell, Doug McAdam, James W. Nickel, Phil Weiser ...
    Series series Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
    Is deliberative democracy the ideal goal of free speech? How do social movement organizations, activists, and political candidates use the media to frame their discourse? What responsibilities does the media have in maintaining or promoting democracy? In this broadly interdisciplinary volume, top scholars in communication, political science, sociology, law, and philosophy offer new perspectives on ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

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    The Second Betrayal of Black Freedom in America

    by Shelby Steele ...
    Award-winning author Shelby Steele's essay collection A Dream Deferred reveals the untold story behind the polarized racial politics in America today.A New York Times Notable BookThrough thought-provoking insights, National Book Critics Circle Award Winner Shelby Steele argues that a second betrayal of black freedom in the United States—the first one being segregation—emerged from the civil rights ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Razing Africville

    A Geography of Racism

    by Jennifer Nelson ...
    In the 1960s, the city of Halifax razed the black community of Africville under a program of urban renewal and 'slum clearance.' The city defended its actions by citing the deplorable living conditions in Africville, ignoring its own role in the creation of these conditions through years of neglect and the refusal of essential services. In the 1980s, the city created a park on Africville's former ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • When the People Speak:Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation

    Deliberative Democracy and Public Consultation

    by James Fishkin ...
    All over the world democratic reforms have brought power to the people-but under conditions where the people have little opportunity to think about the power that they exercise. Do we want a democracy inspired by Madison or by Madison Avenue? A democracy animated by deliberation or by manipulation? This book examines each of the principal democratic theories and makes the case for a democracy in ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Social Reproduction Theory

    Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression

    Edited by Tithi Bhattacharya ...
    Series series Mapping Social Reproduction Theory
    This groundbreaking collection explores the profound power of Social Reproduction Theory to deepen our understanding of everyday life under capitalism. While many Marxists tend to focus on the productive economy, this book focuses on issues such as child care, health care, education, family life and the roles of gender, race and sexuality, all of which are central to understanding the relationship ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Politics, Society, and the Media, Second Edition

    by Paul Nesbitt-Larking ...
    Politics, Society, and the Media is the first comprehensive political sociology of the media to be published in Canada. Paul Nesbitt-Larking draws upon a range of disciplines, including cultural and media studies, political economy, social theory, and political science to provide an analysis of the relationship between power and representation in Canada.The framework for the book presents a model ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • The State of Democratic Theory

    by Ian Shapiro ...
    What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those expectations? In The State of Democratic Theory, Ian Shapiro offers a critical assessment of contemporary answers to these questions, lays out his distinctive alternative, and explores its implications for policy and political action.Some accounts of democracy's purposes focus on aggregating ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • For a Left Populism

    by Chantal Mouffe ...
    What is the “populist moment” and what does it mean for the left?We are currently witnessing in Western Europe a “populist moment” that signals the crisis of neoliberal hegemony. The central axis of the political conflict will be between right- and left-wing populism. By establishing a frontier between “the people” and “the oligarchy,” a left–populist strategy could bring together the manifold ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Human Rights

    Concepts, Contests, Contingencies

    Edited by Austin Sarat, Thomas R. Kearns ...
    Series series The Amherst Series In Law, Jurisprudence, And Social Thought
    Today the language of human rights, if not human rights themselves, is nearly universal. Human Rights brings together essays that attend to both the allure and criticism of human rights. They examine contestation and contingency in today's human rights politics and help us rethink some of the basic concepts of human rights. Questions addressed in Human Rights include: Can national self ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Why Democracies Need an Unlovable Press

    by Michael Schudson ...
    Journalism does not create democracy and democracy does not invent journalism, but what is the relationship between them? This question is at the heart of this book by world renowned sociologist and media scholar Michael Schudson.Focusing on the U.S. media but seeing them in a comparative context, Schudson brings his understanding of news as at once a story-telling and fact-centered practice to ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • White Bound

    Nationalists, Antiracists, and the Shared Meanings of Race

    by Matthew Hughey ...
    Discussions of race are inevitably fraught with tension, both in opinion and positioning. Too frequently, debates are framed as clear points of opposition—us versus them. And when considering white racial identity, a split between progressive movements and a neoconservative backlash is all too frequently assumed. Taken at face value, it would seem that whites are splintering into antagonistic ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Strangers in Our Midst

    The Political Philosophy of Immigration

    by David Miller ...
    How should Western democracies respond to the many millions of people who want to settle in their societies? Economists and human rights advocates tend to downplay the considerable cultural and demographic impact of immigration on host societies. Seeking to balance the rights of immigrants with the legitimate concerns of citizens, Strangers in Our Midst brings a bracing dose of realism to this ... Read more

    $18.89 USD