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  • Pandemic Communication and Participation

    Learning from Civil Society Engagement in Italy

    by Donatella della Porta, Riccardo Emilio Chesta, Daniela Chironi, Stella Christou, Andrea Felicetti ...
    This innovative book situates research on the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of institutional and grassroots participation, participatory and deliberative democracy, and science and risk communication. The authors analyse the democratic challenges and opportunities faced by social movements and civil society organizations in emergency situations, and emphasize the crucial importance of their ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Contentious Politics of Global Health Movements

    Contesting Patents in Pandemic Times

    by Donatella della Porta, Stella Christou ...
    Series series Elements in Contentious Politics
    While much research has addressed the regressive anti-vax protests, this Element focuses on campaigns by progressive social movements to promote the development of vaccines for Covid-19 and ensure their equal access on a global level. Over the course of the pandemic, health and care have become central claims, mobilising health workers and patients as well as citizens in general. Together with ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

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  • Democratizing Science

    The Political Roots of the Public Engagement Agenda

    by Paola Mattei ...
    Available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Public trust in the scientific community is under extraordinary pressure. Crucial areas of human activity and public policy, such as education, universities, climate and health care are influenced by populist political strategies rather than evidence-based solutions. Moreover, data-driven methods are becoming increasingly subject to delegitimization ... Read more

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  • Social Movements

    An Introduction

    by Donatella della Porta, Mario Diani ...
    A new, fully-revised and updated edition of the leading introduction to social movements and collective action – covers a broad range of approaches in the social sciences.Now in its third edition, Social Movements is the market-leading introductory text on collective action in contemporary society. The text draws from theory-driven, systematic empirical research from across the social sciences to ... Read more

    $37.00 USD

  • About Canada: Health Care, 2nd ed.

    by Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong ...
    Series Book 1 - About Canada
    Health care is Canada’s best-loved social program — and for good reason. For over forty years, Canadians have enjoyed high quality health services based on need rather than on ability to pay. Yet we hear almost daily accounts of problems with the system. We are bombarded with warnings that public health care is unsustainable, especially in light of the baby boomer generation reaching retirement ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Mediation and Protest Movements

    Edited by Bart Cammaerts, Alice Mattoni, Patrick McCurdy ...
    Over the past year, international and national media have been full of stories about protest movements and tumultuous social upheaval from Tunisia to California. But scholars have not yet fully addressed the connection between these movements and the media and communication channels through which their messages spread. Correcting that imbalance, Mediation and Protest Movements explores the nature ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Reproductive Rights and Wrongs

    The Global Politics of Population Control

    by Betsy Hartmann ...
    "Those involved in women's health issues, Third World studies, and economic development should find food for thought" ( Kirkus Reviews).This is an updated edition of the "influential study" ( Publishers Weekly) of issues surrounding childbirth and the history of population control programs.Challenging conventional wisdom about overpopulation, and uncovering the deeper roots of poverty, ... Read more

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  • Comparative Governance

    Rediscovering the Functional Dimension of Governing

    by B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre ...
    Decision-making is at the heart of governing and governance, and is a more challenging task compared to just a few decades ago as a result of increasing social complexity and globalization. In this book, B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre propose a new framework for the comparative analysis of governance, arguing that government remains a central actor in governance. By articulating the functionalist ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

    The Innovation Economy and Society Nexus

    by G. Bruce Doern, David Castle, Peter Phillips ...
    Canadian Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy presents new critical analysis about related developments in the field such as significantly changed concepts of peer review, merit review, the emergence of big data in the digital age, and the rise of an economy and society dominated by the internet and information.The authors scrutinize the different ways in which federal and provincial ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Social Media and Democracy

    Innovations in Participatory Politics

    Edited by Brian D. Loader, Dan Mercea ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Political Communication
    This book critically investigates the complex interaction between social media and contemporary democratic politics, and provides a grounded analysis of the emerging importance of Social media in civic engagement.Social media applications such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, have increasingly been adopted by politicians, political activists and social movements as a means to engage, organize ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Intellectual Property and Human Development

    Current Trends and Future Scenarios

    Edited by Tzen Wong, Graham Dutfield ...
    This book examines the social impact of intellectual property laws. It addresses issues and trends relating to health, food security, education, new technologies, preservation of bio-cultural heritage and contemporary challenges in promoting the arts. It explores how intellectual property frameworks could be better calibrated to meet socio-economic needs in countries at different stages of ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • European Actorness in a Shifting Geopolitical Order

    European Strategic Autonomy Through Differentiated Integration

    by Pernille Rieker, Mathilde T. E. Giske ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This is an open access book. With the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine, European security has been put on high alert. The implications of the Russian military invasion are many and difficult to grasp in full. However, the need for greater European strategic autonomy appears increasingly evident. The book argues that strategic autonomy may be reached—also in the short run—if differentiated ... Read more

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