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Handbook of democratic innovation and governance

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"Democracies are currently undergoing a period of both challenge and renewal. Democratic innovations are currently proliferating in politics, governance, policy, and public administration. This Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance advances understanding of democratic…

Political representation and citizenship in Portugal: from crisis to renewal

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Introduction / Marco Lisi, André Freire and Emmanouil Tsatsanis -- Bridging the gap? : the changing relationship between the socialists and radical left in Portugal / Elisabetta De Giorgi and João Cancela -- Politics in austerity : strategic interactions between social movements…

Gender and media: representing, producing, consuming

by Krijnen, Tonny, Van Bauwel, Sofie

fromCommunication and society (Routledge (Firm))

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"Why do some TV genres have the label feminine or masculine? Why do we worry about boys playing video games too much while girls play just as often? Is the TV show Sex and the City empowering or not? Why are recent television shows like Desperate Housewives post-feminist televis…

Festival cities: culture, planning and urban life

by Gold, John R., Gold, Margaret M.

fromPlanning, history, and environment series

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Introduction -- Ancient and modern -- Biennale -- Salzburg -- Cannes -- Edinburgh -- Proliferation -- Asserting identity -- Conclusion. "Festivals have always been part of city life, but their relationship with their host cities has continually changed. With the rise of industr…

Open democracy: reinventing popular rule for the 21st century

by Landemore, Hélène

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"To the Ancient Greeks, democracy meant gathering in a public space and arguing based on an agenda set by a randomly selected assembly of 500 other citizens. To the Icelandic Vikings in Northern Europe a few centuries later, it meant gathering every summer in a large field, a pl…

Open democracy: reinventing popular rule for the 21st century

by Landemore, Hélène

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"To the Ancient Greeks, democracy meant gathering in a public space and arguing based on an agenda set by a randomly selected assembly of 500 other citizens. To the Icelandic Vikings in Northern Europe a few centuries later, it meant gathering every summer in a large field, a pl…

Social myths and collective imaginaries

by Bouchard, Gérard

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Western or Eastern, ancient or modern, religious or scientific, myths are strikingly underestimated forces in contemporary society. In our rational, enlightened and supposedly civilized society myths have come to be perceived as the exclusive attribute of so-called pre-modern so…

Social myths and collective imaginaries

by Bouchard, Gérard

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"Western or Eastern, ancient or modern, religious or scientific, myths are strikingly underestimated forces in contemporary society. In our rational, enlightened and supposedly civilized society myths have come to be perceived as the exclusive attribute of so-called pre-modern s…

Social myths and collective imaginaries

by Bouchard, Gérard

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"Western or Eastern, ancient or modern, religious or scientific, myths are strikingly underestimated forces in contemporary society. In our rational, enlightened and supposedly civilized society myths have come to be perceived as the exclusive attribute of so-called pre-modern s…

Social myths and collective imaginaries

by Bouchard, Gérard

0 Type: Book

"Western or Eastern, ancient or modern, religious or scientific, myths are strikingly underestimated forces in contemporary society. In our rational, enlightened and supposedly civilized society myths have come to be perceived as the exclusive attribute of so-called pre-modern s…

The Oxford handbook of electoral systems

fromOxford Handbooks

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"No subject is more central to the study of politics than elections. All across the globe, elections are a focal point for citizens, the media, and politicians long before--and sometimes long after--they occur. Electoral systems, the rules about how voters' preferences are trans…

The Oxford handbook of electoral systems

fromOxford Handbooks

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"No subject is more central to the study of politics than elections. All across the globe, elections are a focal point for citizens, the media, and politicians long before--and sometimes long after--they occur. Electoral systems, the rules about how voters' preferences are trans…

Biological learning and control: how the brain builds representations, predicts ev…

by Shadmehr, Reza, Mussa-Ivaldi, Sandro

fromComputational neuroscience

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In Biological Learning and Control, Reza Shadmehr and Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi present a theoretical framework for understanding the regularity of the brain's perceptions, its reactions to sensory stimuli, and its control of movements. They offer an account of perception as the combi…

How Europeans view and evaluate democracy

fromComparative politics (Oxford University Press)

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Based on a new data-set covering 29 European and neighboring countries, this volume shows how, Europeans view and evaluate democracy: what are their conceptions of democracy, how do they assess the quality of democracy in their own country, and to what extent do they consider th…