Political Communication Books

New and Published Books

1. The Arab Spring

   Critical Analyses

   Edited by Khair Haseeb

   This volume provides a wealth of in-depth, country-specific analyses of the Arab Spring, in addition to works that examine the larger theoretical framework and socio-political implications of events. Unlike other analyses, often from the perspective of Western scholarship from the outside looking...

   Published March 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. North Africa’s Arab Spring

   Edited by George Joffé

   This book addresses issues surrounding the evolution of the Arab Spring in North Africa. After a general introduction and explanation of the events on a region-wide basis, it turns to examine aspects of each of the countries concerned. The role of the Muslim Brotherhood during the Nasser regime and...

   Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge
3. Political Marketing in Retrospective and Prospective

   Edited by Christine B. Williams, Bruce I. Newman

   Political marketing coalesced as a subfield in the mid-1990s, and in 2002 the Journal of Political Marketing began publication. This anniversary collection reviews the existing theory, empirical evidence and practice of political marketing and explores emerging topics and lines of inquiry within...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Politicization of Europe

   Contesting the Constitution in the Mass Media

   By Paul Statham, Hans-Jörg Trenz

   Series: Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe

   This book examines how mass media debates have contributed to the politicization of the European Union. The public controversies over the EU’s attempted Constitution-making (and its failure) sowed the seeds for a process of politicization that has advanced ever since: an increasing visibility for...

   Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge
5. E-Participation in Southern Europe and the Balkans

   Issues of Democracy and Participation Via Electronic Media

   Edited by Euripidis Loukis, Ann Macintosh, Yannis Charalabidis

   The rapid development and the growing penetration of information and communication technologies (ICT) provide tremendous opportunities for a wide and cost effective application of the ideas of participative democracy and public participation in government decision and policy making. ICT can drive...

   Published September 19th 2012 by Routledge
6. Routledge Handbook of Political Management

   By Dennis W. Johnson

   The Routledge Handbook of Political Management is a comprehensive overview of the field of applied politics, encompassing political consulting, campaigns and elections, lobbying and advocacy, grass roots politics, fundraising, media and political communications, the role of the parties, political...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
7. Political Communication in China

   Convergence or Divergence Between the Media and Political System?

   Edited by Wenfang Tang, Shanto Iyengar

   It is widely recognised that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses the media to set the agenda for political discourse, propagate official policies, monitor public opinion, and rally regime support. State agencies in China control the full spectrum of media programming, either through ownership or...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
8. Encoding the Olympics

   The Beijing Olympic Games and the Communication Impact Worldwide

   Edited by Luo Qing, Giuseppe Richeri

   Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives

   Encoding the Olympics assembles a uniquely representative international team of media experts to provide a comprehensive review of the global impact of media and cultural communications associated with the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Commissioned by the IOC, this pioneering comparative study – the...

   Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
9. Neoliberalism and Applied Linguistics

   By David Block, John Gray, Marnie Holborow

   This book explores neoliberalism – a view of the world that puts the market at its centre- from the perspective of applied linguistics. Neoliberalism and Applied Linguistics argues that while applied linguistics has become more interdisciplinary in orientation, it has ignored or downplayed the...

   Published February 8th 2012 by Routledge
10. Political Discourse Analysis

    A Method for Advanced Students

    By Isabela Fairclough, Norman Fairclough

    In this accessible new textbook, Isabela and Norman Fairclough present their innovative approach to analysing political discourse. Political Discourse Analysis integrates analysis of arguments into critical discourse analysis and political discourse analysis. The book is grounded in a view of...

    Published January 22nd 2012 by Routledge