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AbstractThis work, divided in four sections, is a critical assessment of Canadian perspectives on the role of the media in electoral behaviour, notably on the roles media play in setting or responding to the agenda in the heat of election campaigns. The first section of the article highlights important Canadian methodological and empirical contributions to behaviouralism. The second section of the article, on culture, ideology, and discourse, illustrates general patterns of contrast between the Canadian and American political cultures through an exploration of the comparative role of negative and attack advertisements in election campaigns. The third section of the article illustrates how facets of the Political Economy of Canada exert an impact on media/campaign interactions. The fourth and final section of the article undertakes the task of situating media/campaign interactions within the legal-institutional regulatory context of the Canadian state. Here, while the potential impact on media content is apparent, the critical approach to the role of the media incorporates both the unacknowledged conditions and the unanticipated outcomes of the regulatory apparatus.

"This ground-breaking collection recalibrates the study of political psychology by providing a detailed and much needed analysis of the discipline's most important and hotly contested issues. Advancing our understanding of the psychological mechanisms that drive political phenomena, this study showcases a range of approaches in the study of these phenomena in Europe and the world and underscores the valuable contribution political psychology has made in generating answers to timely research questions. Individual chapters from the world's top experts in the field explores the ways in which political psychology impacts on issues as diverse as migration, conflict and violence as well as electoral politics while also situating the discipline within the realm of political decision-making and policy on important debates relating to foreign policy and relations, political participation and terrorism amongst a variety of other issues. Furthermore, the collection offers analytical illustrations of Social Identity Theory, psychoanalytic approaches, Dialogical Self Theory, Social Representations Theory and Self-Categorisation Theory, allowing for an in-depth engagement across theoretical contributions to the field. Using theoretical and methodological approaches in conjunction with empirical evidence, this Handbook maps the diverse field of political psychology in its entirety and explores its future direction. The resulting volume is a KEY addition to the libraries of all those who study or harbour an interest in political psychology. "--

Despite criticism that his leadership has been authoritarian and his regime tyrannical, President Xi Jinping has experienced continued success, influence, and widespread support among the Chinese people. This article investigates the ways in which Xi has successfully integrated his personal narrative, an account of personal integrity through ordeal, into the broader metanarratives of Chinese political development. Theoretically grounded in the Social Identity approach, Narrative Analysis, and theories of hegemony, the article specifies how Xi's prototypical leadership, articulated through his personal narrative, has successfully linked Xi's policy preferences with Chinese public policy and public opinion. These linkages are examined across five major policy focuses: The China Dream—From Poverty to Prosperity; Economic Equality; Socialist Values and the Role of the CCP; Democracy with Chinese Characteristics; Disciplining the PartyState, Anti-corruption, and the Rule of Law.(J Contemp China / GIGA)

Introduction / Paul Nesbitt-Larking 1. - Reflections on the Journey / Nawaz Tahir16. - 1. Democracy and Islam: The Incompatible Puzzle / Maryam A. al-Sayyed 20. - 2. Islam and Democracy in the Thought of Fazlur Rahman and Sayyid Abuʻl-A'la Mawdudi / Jon Armajani 37. - 3. Beyond Jamaat-e-Islami: The Political Rise of the Deobandis, the Mystic Leaders, and Islamism in Bangladesh / Humayun Kabir 50. - 4. From the Canadian Shari'a Debates to the Arab World: Developing a Qurʻan-Based Theology of Democracy / Nevin Reda 78. - 5. Kharijites and Qarmatians: Islamic Pre-Democratic Thought, a Political-Theological Analysis / Marco Demichelis101. - 6. Could Civil Marriage Help "Preserve Religion" in Muslim-Majority Countries? / Ingrid Mattson128. - 7. Fragmented Egyptian Islamism: Contesting Islamist Theories and Practice / Gillian Kennedy 147. - 8. Framing Islam and Democracy: Civic Engagement in a Canadian Muslim Organization / Katherine Bullock 171. - 9. Islam and Democracy: The Political Culture of Muslims in Europe / Sabrina de Regt 195. - 10. Islam and Democracy: Voices of Muslims amongst Us / Davide Tacchini and Amédée Turner 228. - 11. Islam and Democracy: Prospects and Pathways / Susan Khazaeli and Daniel Stockemer 242. - 12. Religiosity and Support for Democracy: A Contribution to the Compatibility Debate Through a Comparative Perspective / Nazli Çağin Bilgili 263. - Closing Reflection / Mahdi Tourage and Jonathan Geen 292. - Conclusion / Nawaz Tahir and Ingrid Mattson 296