Signing an e-petition as a transition from lurking to participation.
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Cruickshank, P., Edelmann, N., & Smith, C. F. (2009)
Signing an e-petition as a transition from lurking to participation. In J. Chappellet, O. Glassey, M. Janssen, A. Macintosh, J. Scholl, E. Tambouris, & M. Wimmer (Eds.), Electronic Government and Electronic Participation, 275-282. Trauner
As one form of online political participation, the e-petitioning is seen as a response to a perceived decline in public trust of political institutions and the associated sym...
Power
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Maglione, G. (2018)
Power. In B. Arrigo (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and PrivacySAGE Publications
The concept of power is acknowledged as one of the few steady axes around which social sciences have been revolving at least since the first half of the XX th century. In fact...
Introducing Psychological Factors into E-Participation Research
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Edelmann, N., & Cruickshank, P. (2011)
Introducing Psychological Factors into E-Participation Research. In A. Manoharan, & M. Holzer (Eds.), E-Governance and Civic Engagement, 338-361. IGI Global Publishing. doi:10.4018/978-1-61350-083-5.ch017
This chapter looks at e-petitioning as a successful application of e-participation from a psychological perspective. It notes that e-participation should not be viewed uncriti...
Performing the Local and the Global: The Theatre Festivals of Lake Constance
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Wilkinson, J. (2007)
Performing the Local and the Global: The Theatre Festivals of Lake Constance. Peter Lang
This book explores the interplay between global and local influences in theatre festivals in the German-speaking border region around Lake Constance. Whilst opening up a fasci...
“Can such goodness be profitably discarded?” Benedict Anderson and the politics of nationalism.
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Wollman, H., & Spencer, P. (2006)
“Can such goodness be profitably discarded?” Benedict Anderson and the politics of nationalism. In A. McCleery, & B. Brabon (Eds.), The Influence of Benedict Anderson, 1-20. Merchiston Press
Imagined Communities has been extraordinarily successful and one of the most (if not the most) influential books in the contemporary literature on nationalism. Anderson’s defi...
‘New’ technologies and journalism practice in Africa: Towards a critical sociological approach.
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Mabweazara, H. (2009)
‘New’ technologies and journalism practice in Africa: Towards a critical sociological approach. In N. Hyde-Clarke (Ed.), Citizen Journalism and Alternative Avenues of Communication, 11-30. Juta & Co
This chapter suggests a critical sociological approach in terms of which we can closely examine the use of ‘new’ technologies by journalists in Africa. It argues that to under...
Using applied drama in nursing and healthcare education: A handbook for educators
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Kyle, R., Mermikides, A., Tizzard-Kleister, K., Mahoney, C., Dinetto, S., & Richardson, S. (in press)
Using applied drama in nursing and healthcare education: A handbook for educators. United Kingdom: Routledge
In recent years there has been increasing interest in the interconnection between the performing arts and the performance of care. Applied drama has been used by educators to ...
They went, they saw and they observed UK international marketing strategy factors upon entry modes in to host markets.
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Omar, M., & Lewrick, M. (2007)
They went, they saw and they observed UK international marketing strategy factors upon entry modes in to host markets. Edinburgh Napier University
There is substantial research to indicate that a correlation exists between the firm-specific characteristics of multi-national corporations (MNC’s) and the mode of entry sele...
Dolorosa Sinaga: Body, Form, Matter - Analysis, Artistic Geneology, and Archive
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Supartono, A., & Karsono, S. (Eds.)
(2020). Dolorosa Sinaga: Body, Form, Matter - Analysis, Artistic Geneology, and Archive. Jakarta, Indonesia: Jakarta Art Institute Press
Dolorosa Sinaga: Body, Form, Matter brings together 40 years of work explored through inter-disciplinary readings. Dolorosa Sinaga (b. 1953) is one of the most accomplished, c...
Radical and Engaged Cinema in Scotland.
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MacPherson, R. (2014)
Radical and Engaged Cinema in Scotland. In Directory of World Cinema ScotlandIntellect
A short history of radical and engaged films and filmmakers in Scotland from 1917 to the present.