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"This book identifies and examines political activities of selected religious actors in both domestic and international contexts, in relation to democracy, human rights and civilisational interactions. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 examines the controversial issue of how, why and when religious actors affect democratisation - that is, transition to democracy - and democracy itself. These chapters examine religion's impact on democratisation and human rights, with particular attention to secularisation, Islam, and globalisation. They indicate that numerous religious actors have had major importance in helping determine democratisation outcomes in various countries. Part 2 is concerned with relationships between different civilisational actors, especially in relation to human rights, a controversial political, cultural and religious issue. These chapters examine how intercivilisational concerns, centrally involving real or perceived religious and cultural differences, affect political outcomes in both domestic and international contexts. This book will be of great interest to postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of religion and politics, religion and international relations, democratisation and democracy, and global governance, especially studies of the United Nations. It will also interest practitioners and scholars who work on religion and politics, in both domestic and international contexts"--

"As religion and politics become ever more intertwined, relationships between religion and political parties are of increasing global political significance. This handbook responds to that development, providing important results of current research involving religion and politics"--

"This monograph investigates the International, European and Commonwealth Caribbean approaches to human trafficking from an Analytical Eclectic perspective. It presents a compelling, empirically based argument that although there is currently a panoply of measures aimed at preventing human trafficking, prosecuting offenders and protecting trafficked victims in both Europe and the Commonwealth Caribbean, these measures have in practice been fraught with a number of challenges, whether of a normative, institutional or individual nature. The continued existence of these challenges strongly suggests that there exists a 'disconnect' between anti-trafficking law and practice which is not peculiar to small-island developing States since they also extend to developed States, including the United Kingdom. Although these challenges are not insurmountable, this monograph advances the argument that sustained social, economic, political and legal commitments are both necessary and desirable, and that without such commitments, only pyrrhic victories would be won in the fight to eradicate the scourge of the twenty-first century. Given the importance of the issue of human trafficking and its inescapable impact on victims, families, communities, nations, regions and the international community as a whole, this monograph will serve as an important resource for policy makers, scholars, students and practitioners actively working in this increasingly dynamic area of law."--Bloomsbury Publishing

From Huntington to Trump argues that the "clash of civilizations," an idea first raised three decades ago by Bernard Lewis and endorsed by Samuel Huntington, has created a template for understanding the world which has been adopted by both the United Nations and right-wing populist politicians in Europe and the United States of America. Haynes traces the development of the "clash of civilizations" from the colonial period through the end of the Cold War and 9/11 and analyzes its effects on society. -- Provided by publisher

A point of view -- Journalists and bias -- Loaded language -- Above the fold -- Corporate bias -- Advertising bias -- Says who? -- Combating bias -- False balance -- Can bias be good? -- Reader bias -- How to detect bias -- The more you know -- Glossary

This book, which is based on 15 months of ethnographic research in the city of Alto Hospicio in northern Chile, describes how its inhabitants use social networks and the effects on their daily lives. Nell Haynes argues that social networks are a place where residents of Alto Hospicio, or hospice, express their feelings of marginalization as a result of living in a city far from the national capital and with a notoriously low quality of life compared to other areas urban in Chile. - Este libro, que está basado en 15 meses de investigación etnográfica en la ciudad de Alto Hospicio en el norte de Chile, describe cómo sus habitantes usan las redes sociales y los efectos en sus vidas diarias. Nell Haynes sostiene que las redes sociales son un lugar donde los residentes de Alto Hospicio, u hospiceños, expresan sus sentimientos de marginación como resultado de vivir en una ciudad lejos de la capital nacional y con una calidad de vida notoriamente baja en comparación con otras áreas urbanas en Chile.

Cracking the code -- Sections of a newspaper -- What is news? -- Types of news -- What is opinion? -- Types of opinion -- Words matter -- Spotting the difference -- Identifying opinion online -- Television news -- Bias in the news -- Why it matters -- Go forth and learn!

chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Methodology: towards a representation of complex system dynamics -- chapter 2 The method: introducing Dynamic Pattern Synthesis -- chapter 3 Macro examples of Dynamic Pattern Synthesis -- chapter 4 A meso case study example: London boroughs -- chapter 5 Micro case study example: older people in Sweden -- chapter 6 Conclusions.

AYCGTNL_OpinionVsNews_F -- AYCGTNL_OpinionVsNews_T -- Cracking the Code -- Sections of a Newspaper -- What Is News? -- Types of News -- What Is Opinion? -- Types of Opinion -- Words Matter -- na -- Spotting the Difference -- Identifying Opinion Online -- Television News -- Bias in the News -- Why It Matters -- Go Forth and Learn! -- GLOSSARY -- WEBSITES -- INDEX -- AYCGTNL_OpinionVsNews_B.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1: Planning in the Public Sector -- 2: Complexity Theory, Social Science and Social Planning -- 3: The Evolution of Personal Social Services Planning -- 4: An Analysis of Community Care Plans -- 5: Planning and the Social Care Market -- 6: The Planning of Need and Demand -- 7: Demand Side Planning and Equity -- 8: Conclusion: A Complex Method for Planning -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

"How is it possible to undiferstand society and the problems it faces? What sense can be made of the behaviour of markets and government interventions? How can citizens undiferstand the course that their lives take and the opportunities available to them? There has been much debate surrounding what methodology and methods are appropriate for social science research. In a larger sense, there have been differences in Quantitative and qualitative approaches and some attempts to combine them. In addition, there have also been questions of the influence of competing values on all social activities versus the need to find an objective undiferstanding. Thus, this aptly named volume strives to develop new methods through the practice of 'social synthesis', describing a methodology that perceives societies and economies as manifestations of highly dynamic, interactive and emergent complex systems. Furthermore, helping us to undiferstand that an analysis of parts alone does not always lead to an informed undiferstanding, Haynes presents to the contemporary researcher an original tool called Dynamic Pattern Synthesis (DPS) - a rigorous method that informs us about how specific complex social and economic systems adapt over time. A timely and significant monograph, Social Synthesis will appeal to advanced undifergraduate and postgraduate students, research professionals and academic researchers informed by Sociology, Economics, Politics, Public Policy, Social Policy and Social Psychology."--Provided by publisher