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The face is central to contemporary politics. In Deleuze and Guattari's work on faciality we find an assertion that the face is a particular politics, and dismantling the face is also a politics. This book explores the politics of such diverse issues as images and faces in photographs and portraits; expressive faces; psychology and neuroscience; face recognition; face blindness; facial injury, disfigurement and face transplants through questions such as:What it might mean to dismantle the face, and what politics this might entail, in practical terms?What sort of a politics is it? Is it already.

"Aimed at politics students in their final year of secondary education or beginning their degrees, this immensely readable book is the ideal introduction to studying politics. Doing Politics is a detailed guide to both the study and the activity of politics which explores why we study politics, what is involved in a politics degree, and the skills and mindset that are needed to tackle the subject. - Key questions are answered, including: - Just what is politics and how does it affect us? - Why does politics, and politicians, get a bad press? - How do we study non-traditional forms of politics? Assuming no prior knowledge, this lively and engaging guide is the perfect introduction to what is actually involved in the academic study of politics"--

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND PAPERBACK EDITION -- PREFACE -- ONE: What Is Muslim Politics? -- Imagining Politics -- The Language of Politics -- Doctrine and Political Action -- Setting Boundaries -- TWO: The Invention of Tradition in Muslim Politics -- The "Modernization" of Muslim Societies -- The Blurring of Tradition and Modernity -- The Objectification of Muslim Consciousness -- THREE: Sacred Authority in Contemporary Muslim Societies -- The Linkage of Religion and Politics -- Authority and the Interpretation of Symbols -- Networks of Authority -- FOUR: The "Firmest Tie" and the Ties That Bind: The Politics of Family and Ethnicity -- The Politics of Family -- Women in the Muslim Political Imagination -- Ethnicity -- FIVE: Protest and Bargaining in Muslim Politics -- Membership and Organization -- The Technologies and Culture of Protest -- The Fragmentation of Authority -- SIX: Muslim Politics: A Changing Political Geography -- Transnational Linkages -- The Civic Geography of Muslim Politics -- Of Paradigms and Policies -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX

Tony Wright's 'Very Short Introduction' is an interpretative essay on the British political system, rather than merely an abbreviated textbook on how it currently works. He identifies key characteristics and shaping ideas of the British tradition, and investigates what makes British politics distinctive.

Chapter 1 Nigeria After a Century of Nationhood -- Chapter 2 Nigeria up to 1914: Some Emerging Political and Economic Issues -- Chapter 3 Nigeria Between 1914 and 1960: Constitutional Changes and Crises in an Era of Colonialism -- Chapter 4 Post-Colonial Nigeria: Power and Politics in the First Republic, 1960-66 -- Chapter 5 The Executive Arm of Government in Nigeria -- Chapter 6 The National Assembly -- Chapter 7 The Judiciary in Nigeria: Its Many Phases and Challenges -- Chapter 8 Federalism in Nigeria -- Chapter 9 Local Government and Governance in Nigeria -- Chapter 10 Political Party and Party Politics in Nigeria -- Chapter 11 Election and Electoral Administration in Nigeria -- Chapter 12 Nigerian Economy during Colonial Era: An Overview -- Chapter 13 The Nigerian Debt Crisis -- Chapter 14 Nationalism and National Integration in Nigeria -- Chapter 15 The Niger Delta, Oil Politics and the Nigerian State -- Chapter 16 Population Census Administration in Nigeria Chapter -- 17 Military Intervention in Nigerian Politics -- Chapter 18 Civil-Military Relations in Nigeria -- Chapter 19 Inter-Group Relations and Party Politics in Nigeria -- Chapter 20 Politics of Pension Reform in Nigeria.

Nation building : making Britain British -- The British body politics -- The British constitution -- Political parties and party government -- Parties in parliament and beyond -- Pressure groups -- Campaigns and elections -- Parliament -- Prime minister and cabinet -- Administering government at the center -- Administering government : town halls and the nations -- Law, courts, and judges

1. Introduction identity, politics and experience -- 2 Consciousness-raising -- 3 Feminism -- 4 Self-denial -- 5 Morality -- 6 Emotional life -- 7 Work --8 Violence -- 9 Fascism -- 10 Therapy̜ -- 11 Politics -- 12 Conclusion recreating politics - socialism, feminism and ecology

State and local governments in the Federal system -- The setting for contemporary Georgia politics -- Georgia's constitution -- Voting and elections -- Political parties and interest groups -- The Legislature -- The Executive Branch -- The legal system -- Local government and politics -- Public policies