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Over the last decade, anti-government demonstrations worldwide have brought together individuals and groups that were often assumed unlikely to unite for a common cause due to differences in ideological tendencies. They have particularly highlighted the role of youth, women, social media, and football clubs in establishing unusual alliances between far left and far right groups and/or secular a…
Strategic Conspiracy Narratives proposes an innovative semiotic perspective for analysing how contemporary conspiracy theories are used for shaping interpretation paths and identities of a targeted audience. Conspiracy theories play a significant role in the viral spread of misinformation that has an impact on the formation of public opinion about certain topics. They allow connecting different…
This volume presents and interrogates both theoretical and artistic expressions of the revolutionary, militant spirit associated with "1968" and the aftermath, in the specific context of gender. The contributors explore political-philosophical discussions of the legitimacy of violence, the gender of aggression and peaceability, and the contradictions of counter violence; but also women’s a…
This innovative new book argues that diplomacy, which emerged out of the French Revolution, has become one of the central ideological state apparatuses of the modern democratic nation-state. The book is divided into four thematic parts. The first presents the central concepts and theoretical perspectives derived from the work of Slavoj Žižek, focusing on his understanding of politics, ideol…
The contributors examine traditional and non-traditional diplomatic actors, and domestic, regional, continental, and global orders. They argue that African diplomats profoundly shape these orders by situating themselves within in-between-spaces of geographical and functional orders. It is in these borderlands that agency, despite all kinds of constraints, flourishes. Chapters in the book compar…
Sudah sejak lama persoalan negara hukum dan hak asasi manusia, selalu diperbincangkan dikalangan ahli-ahli hukum ketatanegaraan dan dikalangan para pemikir-pemikir politik. Tujuannya untuk mencari suatu konsep yang ideal, tentang negara hukum dan perlindungan hak asasi manusia, namun berabad-abad lamanya konsep negara hukum dan perlindungan hak asasi manusia yang dianggap ideal tersebut, selalu…
Apakah pendidikan bisa dipisahkan dengan kebudayaan? Apakah keduanya sebenarnya satu mata uang yang sama dengan dua sisinya untuk laku kehidupan ini? Buku Pendidikan yang Berkebudayaan dari Yudi Latif menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan mendasar itu dengan menyumberkan pada Ki Hadjar Dewantara dengan visi pendidikannya sebagai proses belajar menjadi manusia seutuhnya untuk dipelajari dan dikembangka…
Corruption is increasingly recognized as a preeminent problem in the developing world. Bribery, extortion, fraud, kickbacks, and collusion have resulted in retarded economies, predator elites, and political instability. In this lively and absorbing book, Robert Klitgaard provides a framework for designing anti-corruption policies, and describes through five case studies how courageous policymak…
The term 'middle power' is conceptually fragile. Some scholars have even argued for abandoning it. This book argues that the concept needs to be analysed more profoundly and that new analytical tools need to be developed to better understand the phenomenon. The traditional approach, based on Western states, is insufficient and has become increasingly irrelevant in a transformed global environme…
President Obama’s former United States chief of protocol looks at why etiquette and diplomacy matter—and what they can do for you. History often appears to consist of big gestures and dramatic shifts. But for every peace treaty signed, someone set the stage and provided the pen. As social secretary to the Clintons for eight years, and more recently as chief of protocol under President Ob…