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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This book aims to be a comprehensive guide for students, scholars and anyone interested inthe complex mechanisms of political communication. Exploring key questions and issuesin the field sheds light on how messages are created, disseminated and received in thepolitical arena. Readers will gain an understanding of the strategies used by political actors, the role of the media in shaping discourse, and the impact of new technologies on thedemocratic process. The book is divided into 50 research questions that address criticalaspects of political communication, offering theoretical frameworks, empirical evidence, andpractical examples to illustrate key points. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The erosion of democratic trust is no longer a phenomenon confined to Europe but has become a shared challenge across advanced democracies, including the United States. The evidence collected throughout this book shows that the decline in confidence toward governments, parliaments, media systems and political parties reflects not a temporary fluctuation but a structural transformation in how citizens form, interpret and revise expectations of political authority. Across Europe and the United States, citizens accustomed to long periods of state competence and institutional reliability now interpret political outcomes through more individualised, polarised and affectively charged lenses, creating a volatile environment in which expectations escalate faster than institutions can respond. The conditions that once anchored political judgment-stable party loyalties, broadly trusted media institutions, predictable economic patterns and clear hierarchies of expertise-are now far less cohesive. As a result, the standards against which performance is measured shift more quickly than the institutions responsible for delivering that performance can adapt.This book argues that these developments are best understood through the lens of the process-based theory of (un)justified expectations introduced in earlier chapters. Expectations become unjustified when they rest on misinterpretations of institutional capacity, communicative distortions or historically inherited assumptions that no longer reflect contemporary realities. In both Europe and the United States, successive generations internalised narratives in which democratic governance was associated with expanding welfare provision, technological mastery and steady economic growth. Even as structural conditions changed-through deindustrialisation, globalisation, regulatory interdependence and the digital transformation of public communication-these cognitive baselines persisted. Citizens continued to assume that governments could intervene decisively in markets, protect collective welfare and maintain national coherence. When institutions proved less capable of doing so, disappointment accumulated not simply because performance deteriorated, but because expectations had ceased to align with what governments could realistically achieve. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This book offers a full-year analysis of social media strategies by all major German chancellor candidates from September 2020 to election day, 26 September 2021. It highlights the topics candidates emphasized, their leadership styles, and cross-platform communication strategies. By examining Facebook and Twitter activity, including the cross-posting of identical content, the study reveals how messaging adapted to polls, unfolding events, and voter priorities. A valuable resource for anyone interested in digital political communication, campaign strategy, and the evolution of online electoral engagement. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Volume 1 of Political Science Concepts under Review: Political Theory delves into the core ideas of political theory, exploring their evolution through history and evaluating their significance in today's political landscape. This book delves into the dynamic concepts of power, legitimacy, authority, freedom, justice, representation, and citizenship. These analytical tools evolve in meaning, influenced equally by historical discourse and the challenges of the present day. This volume takes a fresh approach by exploring the evolution of these ideas, examining their development and transformation through the lens of successive theorists, and assessing their relevance in today's shifting political landscape. The book opens by placing each concept within the intellectual landscapes that initially shaped them, illustrating how early interpretations mirrored specific assumptions regarding human behavior, social structure, and the function of institutions. These historical foundations serve not as eternal truths but as starting points for grasping how contemporary political contexts unveil new insights or highlight existing constraints. As the analysis progresses, the book explores how debates in political theory evolved in reaction to significant developments, including the emergence of mass democracy, the broadening of rights-based discourse, the transformation of state authority, and the increasing importance of identity, inequality, and global interdependence. This approach demonstrates how theoretical arguments were not merely extended but were fundamentally transformed by evolving political landscapes. The essence of the book is found in its thorough evaluation of these concepts in relation to the present timeline. Current political dynamics, such as the decline of democracy, emerging mobilization methods, the splintering of public discourse, and the reshaping of sovereignty and citizenship, serve as critical assessments of the relevance of traditional concepts. This volume explores the ability of classical concepts of freedom to tackle the intricacies of digital societies, investigates if traditional ideas of legitimacy can shed light on institutions grappling with waning trust, and assesses whether established theories of representation can effectively address the increasing friction between formal processes and the calls for meaningful inclusion. This evaluation highlights that concepts should be assessed based on their ability to illuminate the political landscape as it exists today, rather than solely on their historical background. The volume highlights the significant advantages that political theory gains from a thorough engagement with empirical research. By leveraging insights from political sociology, comparative politics, and institutional analysis, we delve into the dynamics of power, the negotiation of authority, and the formation of political identities within existing political frameworks. The dynamic relationship between theoretical reflection and empirical evidence illuminates the areas where established concepts continue to hold their explanatory power and where they need to be refined to stay analytically relevant. This outcome presents political theory as a field that evolves by constantly challenging its own language in relation to the realities it aims to articulate. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This book examines contemporary political communication through the lens of paradox, arguing that many developments celebrated as democratic advances produce counterintuitive and often contradictory effects. Rather than strengthening participation, accountability, or deliberation in linear ways, increased information, visibility, and digital connectivity frequently intensify polarisation, inequality, and strategic control over public discourse.Across forty-three paradoxes, the book shows how mechanisms such as transparency, exposure, personalisation, and platform governance undermine the very goals they are meant to serve. Classic dynamics like negative partisanship and hostile media perceptions are analysed alongside newer phenomena including algorithmic curation, performative transparency, endogenous popularity in authoritarian regimes, and the automation of political speech through artificial intelligence. Together, they reveal a political communication environment defined by ambivalence rather than progress.The book brings together political communication research with political sociology and democratic theory to explain why reforms and technological innovations so often fail to deliver their promised effects. It shows how power operates through perception, visibility, and attention rather than persuasion alone, and why legitimacy can be simultaneously fragile and resilient under digital conditions.Adopting a diagnostic rather than prescriptive approach, the book offers a conceptual framework for understanding why contemporary politics feels hyper-visible yet opaque, participatory yet exhausting, and dynamic yet resistant to change. It is written for scholars, students, and readers seeking a clear, theoretically grounded account of how political communication actually works in the digital age. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This book offers a concise exploration of how contradictions lie at the heart of political life, showing that many of the most persistent patterns in both international relations and authoritarian politics emerge from situations in which purposeful actions generate counter-productive results. The first part examines how strategic interaction between states produces recurring tensions such as the security dilemma, the credibility problem, the instability hidden within stability, and the conflicting effects of trade, interdependence, sanctions, alliances, and deterrence. These cases reveal that even rational strategies can create insecurity, misperception, and unintended escalation because each actor's defensive move becomes another's threat.The second part turns to authoritarian politics, where rulers confront their own distinct paradoxes. Efforts to collect information undermine its reliability; repression encourages dissent; co-optation weakens competence; elections designed to reinforce power expose vulnerability; and performance-based legitimacy risks collapse when growth slows. Elite dynamics intensify these tensions as power-sharing, succession, corruption tolerance, digital control, and modernisation all strengthen regimes while simultaneously creating fragile equilibria. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The current volume presents political theory as a disciplined reflection on the concepts through which people understand and justify their collective lives. It avoids treating theory as detached speculation and instead portrays it as an inquiry shaped by historical experience, linguistic evolution, and the social conditions that give political ideas their force. Its central argument is that political theory remains indispensable because it clarifies the assumptions underlying political judgement, reveals the normative commitments embedded in institutions, and resists the conceptual imprecision that undermines public debate. The text therefore follows the lineage of thinkers who confronted the dilemmas of authority, freedom, legitimacy, and justice, drawing on their insights not to reproduce a canon but to illuminate the tensions that continue to structure contemporary political life. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.