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"This title was first published in 2001. An investigation of the new wave of militant political activity emerging across Europe. The book examines the role of emotions in militant activity, the way in which the body is implicated in militant political actions, and the concept of media modernity as a precondition for the contemporary politics of militancy."--Provided by publisher.

The book provides an empirically based analysis of changes on how various political and denominational actors seek to influence the Church and state relationship, as well as how we understand the idea of the secular state. A set of case studies shows how and why changes in the coverage of the secular state and Church-state relations have followed the dynamics of media logic. By establishing a grounded theory based on media content, legal regulations and political party programs in the years 1989–2015 as well as a current survey, the author throws new light on the theory of mediatization. The book demonstrates that the disseminated idea of the secular state is largely a result of the adaptation of both political and religious representatives to a dynamically changing media logic. "The book is the first study of this kind showing the Polish perspective. It is an interesting and important source of information for those who want to trace the media picture of relations between the Polish state and the institution of the Roman Catholic Church, representing the largest religious community in Poland." Professor Dorota Piontek, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

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AbstractThis article presents a qualitative analysis of profeminist Islamic women public figures' discourses in the abortion debate in Turkey in 2012. The aim is to reveal the possibilities and limitations of achieving an intersectional and egalitarian profeminist collaboration on the Islamic-secular axis in contemporary Turkey. Drawing on recent feminist scholarship on coalition politics, the article exposes the fluctuations of meaning and the shifting frames of reference in these women's narratives and relates this hybrid, dynamic narrative quality to profeminist Islamic women's unique social location. It also elaborates on the blockage points in these narratives that hinder coalitional ways of thinking. Within this frame, this article suggests that in a social and political context that has witnessed a striking upsurge of antifeminist gender politics in the last decade, the building of coalitional profeminist politics beyond the Islamic-secular divide can be facilitated by shifting the focus from the apparently irreconcilable character of ideological positionings and lived experiences toward coalitional rhetorical strategies and intermediary narrative lines in profeminist subjects' accounts.

"Contemporary Chinese Politics: Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies considers how new and diverse sources and methods are changing the study of Chinese politics. Contributors spanning three generations in China studies place their distinct qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches in the framework of the discipline and point to challenges or opportunities (or both) of adapting new sources and methods to the study of contemporary China. How can we more effectively use new sources and methods of data collection? How can we better integrate the study of Chinese politics into the discipline of political science, to the betterment of both? How can we more appropriately manage the logistical and ethical problems of doing political research in the challenging Chinese environment? In addressing these questions, this comprehensive methodological survey will be of immense interest to graduate students heading into the field for the first time and experienced scholars looking to keep abreast of the state of the art in the study of Chinese politics"--

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Political Sex Scandals: How and Why Gender Matters -- Political Sex Scandal as a Social Institution -- Scandal -- Gender -- Power -- The Old Boys' Club of Political Sex Scandals -- Book's Blueprint -- Chapter 2. A Brief History of Political Sex Scandals -- Scandal and the Republic -- Categorizing Scandal -- When are These Scandals Taking Place? -- The Most Popular Years for Scandal -- Elite Versus Local Scandals -- Republican Versus Democrat Scandals -- Where are These Scandals Taking Place? -- Scandal and Gender -- Scandal, Age, and Gender -- Chapter 3. What a Joke: Philandering Politicians Get the Cartoon Treatment -- Which Metaphors Do Cartoonists Employ in Scandal Cartoons? -- How Do Political Cartoons on Sex Scandals Do Gender? -- Selecting Scandals for Cartoon Analysis -- Metaphors in Scandal Cartoons: Underwear -- Metaphors in Scandal Cartoons: Bill Clinton -- Clinton as Hypocrite -- Clinton as Liar -- Clinton as Nonthreatening "Deviant" -- Faltering Masculinity in Scandal Cartoons -- Evaluating the Scandal-Tarnished Politicians -- Ignorant to His Demise -- Idiot/Goof -- Prompts Disgust/Outrage -- Down and Out -- Hypocrisy -- Cartoon Depiction of Political Wives -- Making Sense of How Cartoons "Do" Gender -- Chapter 4. When Mistresses Become Media Starlets: The Ascension of the Political Sex-Scandal Celebrity -- The Newspapers -- The Women -- Female Publicity in Sex Scandals -- Ashley Dupré -- Sydney Leathers -- The Sexpot Versus the Sexter -- Political Clowns -- Life, Post-Scandal -- Female Publicity and Scandal -- Chapter 5. Political Wives, Scandal, and the Double Bind: Press Coverage through a Gendered Lens -- Background on Political Sex Scandals -- Scandal and Wifeness -- Media Coverage of Political Wives and Political Women