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An essential exploration of the DRCs hybrid forms of governance and the challenges posed in delivering vital public services.

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This authoritative, thorough volume covers a broad range of topics from history to culture to current struggles in these fascinating countries.

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Nervous Laughter examines 40 years of situation comedy, decade by decade, providing the first truly panoramic view of TV's most popular dramatic form. Within this context, Hamamoto traces what he describes as the dominant liberal democratic ideology implicit within situation comedy and explains its enduring popularity.

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In this landmark collection, the voices of pathMakers and innovators in peacebuilding evaluation are assembled to provide new direction for the field.

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In this landmark collection, the voices of pathMakers and innovators in peacebuilding evaluation are assembled to provide new direction for the field.

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A magnum opus in the now vast domain of discourse studies, whose history, methods, and subdomains mobody knows as well as Robert de Beugrande.

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This volume addresses the influence of new media on instruction, higher education, and pedagogy. It specifically examines the practical and theoretical implications of new media and the influence of new media on higher education.

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This volume addresses the influence of new media on instruction, higher education, and pedagogy. It specifically examines the practical and theoretical implications of new media and the influence of new media on higher education.

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Respected commentator Trevor Barr tells the story behind the exponential growth of media and information technology

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This volume centers on a critical examination of press coverage of peace-related issues and of the relationships between newspaper journalism and the peace movement in Canada in the 1980s.

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Rachlin contends that a press, free from legal constraints imposed by an oppressive government, can still undermine the possibility of pluralism and the requirements of democracy if it is constrained by its own narrow vision of the world.

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News Coverage of Global Disasters: Journalism's Power to Aid Healing and Recovery analyzes news from eight natural disasters, demonstrating how news potentially aided readers. Ten news themes that promote healing, hope and recovery were found across the local and international news sources, providing some evidence of a common journalistic culture.

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Federal recognition enables tribes to govern themselves and make decisions for their citizens that have the power to retain their cultures. This book examines how news coverage has prioritized gaming over sovereignty and interfered in tribes' ability to be federally recognized.

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The title of Donald Blohowiak's engrossing and highly informative new book reflects the often strained relationship between two of America's most powerful institutions: the news media and business.

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This work shows that the prevention of war is built on key pillars including democratic governance, economic development, and non-violent problem solving in dangerous situations. Perhaps most important, a civil society that embraces differences rather than exploiting them is an evolving need.

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Nonverbal Communication in Political Debates presents a framework for understanding the role of nonverbal behavior in political debates, including an examination of candidates attempts to undermine opponents while presenting themselves as likeable. Theory and historical examples underline the importance of nonverbal elements in political contests.

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This book presents a framework for understanding the role of nonverbal behavior in political debates, including an examination of candidates attempts to undermine opponents while presenting themselves as likeable. Theory and historical examples underline the importance of nonverbal elements in political contests.

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The conventional history of nations, even continents, is a history of warfare.

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Fifty-five years after its founding at the dawn of the cold war, North Korea remains a land of illusions. Isolated and anachronistic, the country and its culture seem to be dominated exclusively by the official ideology of Juche, which emphasizes national self-reliance, independence, and worship of the supreme leader, General Kim Jong Il.

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