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"A jargon-free, highly visual guide to every aspect of politics, from political philosophy to 21st-century activism. Discover everything you need to know about political history and thought, and the inner workings of governments around the world with this unique graphic guide."--

. Packed with features to promote learning this text is ideal for use on an introductory methods course or for readers carrying out their own research project. It presents: - an overview of the philosophy and principles of research - qualitative and quantitative research methods and research design - a critical review of selected methods - methods of gathering information, such as interviews and focus groups, and discusses issues associated with ensuring quality of information - appropriate methods for analysing and interpreting data, and covers the process of communicating research. The inclu

Rapid urbanization and political liberalization is changing the nature of African politics and societies. This book develops a framework for the study of democracy and development that emphasizes informal institutions and the politics of belonging in the context of daily life, in contrast to the formal and electoral paradigms that dominate the social sciences. Based on fifteen months of field research including ethnographic observation, focus group interviews, and original quantitative survey analysis in Ghana, this book intervenes in major debates about public goods provision, civic participation, ethnic politics and democratization, and the future of urban sustainability in a rapidly changing world. By developing new understandings of democracy, as well as providing novel explanations for good governance and development in poor urban neighborhoods, the book transcends the narrative of a failing and corrupt Africa and charts a new way forward for the study of democracy and development.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Foundations and Context in Arkansas Politics and Government -- 1. The Antievolution Law: Church and State in Arkansas -- 2. Low Villains and Wickedness in High Places: Race and Class in the Elaine Race Riots -- 3. A Place at the Table: Hot Springs and the GI Revolt -- 4. The Arkansas Electorate -- 5. Arkansas: Trump is a Natural for the Natural State -- Part II. Institutions and Actors in Arkansas Politics and Government -- 6. "The Great Negro State of the Country"? Black Legislators in Arkansas, 1973-2000 -- 7. Term Limits in Arkansas: Opportunities and Consequences -- 8. Orval E. Faubus: Out of Socialism into Realism -- 9. Noblesse Oblige and Practical Politics: Winthrop Rockefeller and the Civil Rights Movement -- 10. The Big Three of Late Twentieth-Century Arkansas Politics: Dale Bumpers, Bill Clinton, and David Pryor -- 11. The Evolution of Judicial Selection in Arkansas: External and Internal Explanations of Change and Potential Future Directions -- 12. A Practitioner's Guide to Arkansas's New Judicial Article -- 13. The Natural State in a Time of Change: A Survey-Based Analysis of State Party Organizations in Arkansas, 1999-2013 -- 14. The Arkansas State Budget Process: A Unique and Reliable Approach -- Part III. Public Policy Conflicts in Arkansas Politics and Government -- 15. "Dedicated People": Little Rock Central High School's Teachers during the Integration Crisis of 1957-1958 -- 16. Going Off the Deep End: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Desegregation of Little Rock's Public Swimming Pools -- 17. A Crime Unfit to Be Named: Arkansas and Sodomy -- 18. Keeping Hope Alive: A Case Study of the Continuing Argument for Ratification of the ERA -- 19. Effects of Prohibition in Arkansas Counties.

`The truth will set you free' is a maxim central to both theories and practices of resistance. Nonetheless, it is a claim that has come under fire from an array of critical perspectives in the second half of the 20th century. Iain MacKenzie analyses two of the most compelling of these perspectives: the poststructuralist politics of truth formulated by Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze and the alternative post-foundational account of truth and militancy developed by Alain Badiou. He argues that a critically oriented version of poststructuralism provides both an understanding of the deeply entwined nature of truth and power and a compelling account of the creative practices that may sustain resistance.