The notion of ‘silence’ in Politics and International Relations has come to imply the absence of voice in political life and, as such, tends to be scholastically prescribed as the antithesis of political power and political agency. However, from Emma Gonzáles’s three minutes of silence as part of her address at the March for Our Lives, to Trump’s attempts to silence the investigation i…
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…
TAHUKAH ANDA BAHWA BERBICARA ITU ADA SENINYA? Ketika komunikasi menjadi hal yang penting untuk bersaing, pakar komunikasi Oh Su Hyang mengeluarkan buku yang sangat berarti. Selain berisi tentang pengalaman peningkatan diri, buku ini juga memuat berbagai konten mengenai teknik komunikasi, persuasi, dan negosiasi. Lalu bagaimana cara berbicara yang baik? Apakah berbicara dengan artikulasi yang…
Buku ini membahas tentang beberapa model analisis data kualitatif yang didasarkan pada analisa Bogdan & Biklen, Miles & Hubermann, Strauss & Corbin, Spradley dan analisis isi oleh Philipp Mayring. Penggunaan program komputer dalam menganalis data kualitatif juga dibahas dalam model Program Komputer NVivo. Data dalam sebuah penelitian merupakan komponen penting dalam suatu penelitian kualitatif.…
Masyarakat kita hidup dengan stres, kecemasan, ketakutan, keresahan, rasa sakit, penderitaan, dan depresi. Alkoholisme dan kecanduan lainnya, obesitas, masalah seksual, masalah penuaan, kanker, hingga penyakit-penyakit baru yang dikaitkan dengan bakteri dan virus tertentu diberitakan oleh media sepanjang waktu. Umat manusia secara umum hanya memiliki sedikit informasi tentang bagaimana menghada…
Seth Godin telah mengajar dan menginspirasi jutaan pengusaha, pemasar, pemimpin, dan penggemar dari segala bidang kehidupan lewat blog, kursus online, kuliah, dan buku terlaris yang ditulisnya. Dia adalah penemu dari tak terhitung banyaknya gagasan yang telah menjadi bagian dari kosakata bisnis, mulai dari Permission Marketing, Purple Cow, Tribes, sampai The Dip. Untuk pertama kalinya, Godin…
Orang mengira ketika Anda ingin mengubah hidup, Anda perlu memikirkan hal-hal besar. Namun pakar kebiasaan terkenal kelas dunia James Clear telah menemukan sebuah cara lain. Ia tahu bahwa perubahan nyata berasal dari efek gabungan ratusan keputusan kecil—dari mengerjakan dua push-up sehari, bangun lima menit lebih awal, sampai menahan sebentar hasrat untuk menelepon. Ia menyebut semua t…
Dari bangun sampai tidur, ketika berjalan, bekerja, makan, bersantai, hidup kita tak lepas dari kebiasaan. Organisasi dan perusahaan pun memiliki kebiasaan. Kebiasaan bisa mendatangkan keuntungan maupun kerugian—bagi diri kita, orang lain, maupun masyarakat. The Power of Habit mengungkapkan temuan ilmiah terbaru yang menjelaskan mengapa kebiasaan ada, apa unsur-unsurnya, dan bagaimana cara k…
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…
Buku ini membimbing Anda melalui salah satu kunci paradoks dalam kehidupan Anda: bagaiman cara menyelaraskan kebutuhan orang lain dengan kebutuhan Anda, bagaimana cara memberi dan menerima. Haruskah saya berkorban demi orang lain atau memberi kepada diri sendiri? Bermurah hati atau membatasi diri? Tetap menjalin hubungan atau memutuskan hubungan? Tekanan seperti itu wajar dan merupakan pembentu…
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…
This book examines what counts regarding the role and conceptualization of regions in world politics. It presents a fresh look at which narratives awake, persist, fall dormant or re-emerge amidst diverse interlocking processes of environmental, technological and global political changes. It puts forward a thorough and multidimensional conceptualization of regions as embedded in changing, overla…
In Global Maritime Safety & Security Issues and East Asia, Suk Kyoon Kim offers a multi-disciplinary perspective on various issues of maritime safety and security, focusing on East Asia. Defining the concepts of maritime safety and security, the book examines important issues such the legal frameworks for maritime safety and security and IMO law-making; safety of navigation; port state control;…
This book examines how Rwandan elites within the government, private sector and civil society perceive the nation’s political and economic relationship with the international community. Using testimonies and interviews of Rwandan political, military and economic leaders, and bureaucrats, this book examines the intersubjective beliefs that formulate how Rwanda engages with the international co…
The effective management of differences between groups within democracies means moving beyond the examination of individual rights. In the field of national minorities conflict prevention diplomacy, promoting the effective participation of national minorities in public life is a primary objective. Enhancing participation encourages a sense of belonging, contributes to societal integration, and …
Banyak hal yang perlu kamu ketahui dari sosok seorang introver. Buku ini khusus untuk orang yang memiliki kepribadian introver mapupun orang yang ingin mengenal karakteristik sosok introver. Banyak yang mengira seseorang kepribadian introver adalah sosok yang pendiam, pemalu, dan tertutup. Padahal, sejatinya sosok introver adalah orang yang berkepribadian menarik jika kamu mengenalnya lebih dal…
Biopolitical Disaster employs a grounded analysis of the production and lived-experience of biopolitical life in order to illustrate how disaster production and response are intimately interconnected. The book is organized into four parts, each revealing how socio-environmental consequences of instrumentalist environmentalities produce disastrous settings and political experiences that are evid…
How does globalisation affect the ability of human rights to constrain power? This is the central question of this volume that tackles the issue from a variety of perspectives. It covers such branches of international law and human rights as diplomatic protection, powers of the UN Security Council, responsibility of international organisations, accountability of multinational corporations, thir…
Language is Politics discusses power relations between languages in the world, with a particular focus on English. Even though English is the most widely spoken and the most powerful language worldwide, it is not the lingua franca it is often supposed to be. The basic tenet of this book is that languages do not exist in the natural world; they are artefacts made by humans. The book debunks some…
Dalam buku magnet rezeki, kita akan memiliki sudut pandang bahwa semua adalah “energi”. Manusia adalah energi, handphone adalah energi, buku yang Anda sedang pegang adalah energi, kata-kata yang tersusun adalah energi. Energi baik, akan bertemu dengan energi baik. Energi tidak baik dalam diri, maka energi baik dari luar tidak akan mendekat. Rezeki adalah energi baik. Maka untuk mendatangkan…
Sebagian Besar Hal yang anda Ketahui tentang Kesuksesan Adalah Salah Besar Banyak saran yang diberikan kepada kita tentang kesuksesan terdengar masuk akal, serius-dan jelas-jelas salah. Eric Barker mengungkap fakta-fakta luar biasa tentang penentu kesuksesan-yang mungkin sebelumnya tidak kita pikirkan, seperti: - Mengapa murid paling pintar di sekolah jarang menjadi miliarder dan bagaimana kele…
Political Science: An Introduction shows readers how the fundamental tenets of political science have helped important leaders make critical decisions for centuries. The authors present a balance of theoretical abstractions and applied reasoning to help readers understand how to make calm, rational choices when it comes to political manipulation. The Fourteenth Edition asks readers to explo…