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In this book, the authors describe and challenge the pervasive and often unconscious ease in our everyday communication. By both raising critical awareness of ease and introducing cognitive, emotional and communicative resources, the authors provide readers with strategies to engage in effective communication about difficult subjects.

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This book is an in-depth reflection and analysis on why and how unsettling empathy is a crucial component in reconciliatory processes.

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This book is an in-depth reflection and analysis on why and how unsettling empathy is a crucial component in reconciliatory processes.

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* The language of everyday deception stripped bare

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Updike & Politics presents the first collection of essays devoted to the political aspects of Updikes work and showcases a variety of international perspectives.

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This book revises our understanding of US intervention in Northern Ireland, 2001-2007. Within the context of 9/11 and America's subsequent response, this work will reveal the vital role played by the George W. Bush administration in the region and why this was critical to the restoration of the Good Friday Agreement's institutions in May 2007.

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This book interrogates the altered nominating processes of the 2020 U.S. election, illustrating the importance of the national nominating convention, both as an ongoing custom that speaks to the unique political structure of the nation and as a source of valuable information that goes well beyond the explicit purposes conceptualized by the parties.

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This book explores how prominent sites across the National Mall remember US history, both individually and in concert with other sites throughout the Mall. Collectively, these sites reveal how the nation remembers itself and convey key elements of its collective nature.

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Conville has assembled a collection of essays that share a consideration of structure as it manifests itself in human communication.

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A study of the land, people, and politics of Venezuela.

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The only handbook on Vietnam that combines colorful, discursive chapters and supporting reference materials.

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Viewpoints on Media Effects: Pseudo-reality and Its Influence on Media Consumers continues the ongoing research of media effects by illuminating not only the negative effects of media consumption but also some of the pro-social aspects, with a special focus on social media.

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What lessons can be learned for the future of early warning, early action, and preventive diplomacy This volume examines whether those lessons can be discerned, whether continuing hostilities around the globe can be held in check, and in particular whether nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) can contribute to peace through preventive diplomacy.

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A highly original, multi-contributed interdisciplinary investigation into organised violence across a wide range of geographical and academic areas, which argues that violence cannot be completely divorced from 'traditional' political objectives. -- .

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A comprehensive examination of the causes of Africas violent electoral clashes, and the consequences for African democratization and peace-keeping.

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A comprehensive examination of the causes of Africas violent electoral clashes, and the consequences for African democratization and peace-keeping.

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Visibility and Control: Cameras and Certainty in Governing addresses the ways in which camera-produced images are used to support governmental authority in contemporary Western culture.

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Dominic J. Pulera offers a compelling roadmap to its future. His analysis includes detailed coverage of America's five "racial" groups: whites, blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans and Native Americans.

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A wide-ranging volume exploring the many aspects of women's political empowerment and development in post-war Sierra Leone.

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Public discourse receives the concerted attention of linguists, political analysts, and others involved with language as a persuasive tool of communication.