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Hegemony in the digital age the Arab/Israeli conflict online / by Marmura, Stephen M. E., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Introduction : identity and authority in the age of networks -- Aims and scope -- Key terms and concepts -- Political mobilization -- The Web as a mass medium -- War on the Web -- Ideology and civil society -- Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy -- Grassroots mobilization and political opportunity -- Activism and the Net : relevant precedents -- Contemporary peace camp activism -- Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy -- Public opinion -- Backdrop : the mainstream media as a legitimating identity -- The Web as an alternative mass medium -- The voice of legitimacy : CNN.com and the Arab/Israeli conflict -- Introduction -- CNN.com's "land of conflict" -- Dominant themes and validity claims -- Anchoring authority in a de-centered medium -- Closing remarks -- Hate and holy war on the WWW -- Confronting the other -- Stormfront.org : promoting the cause of "White nationalism" -- Kahane.org : fighting to eliminate Israel's "Arab cancer" -- Radioislam.org : defending Islam and the West from the "Jewish threat" -- Closing remarks -- Hate and holy war on the WWW -- The struggle for influence -- Social movement integration and growth -- Building alliances : virtual and real -- Discussion -- Hegemony reconsidered : the Internet, civil society, and social fragmentation.…”
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Crisis, politics and critical sociology

Table of Contents: “…Racism, color blindness, Obama, and the urgent need for social movement politics / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and Victor Ray -- President Obama and political culture in the United States / Marco A. …”
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Middle East authoritarianisms governance, contestation, and regime resilience in Syria and Iran /

Table of Contents: “…/ Thomas Pierret -- Islamic social movements and the Syrian authoritarian regime : shifting patterns of control and accommodation / Teije Hidde Donker -- Contesting governance : authority, protest, and rights talk in postrepublican Iran / Arzoo Osanloo -- Who laughs last : literary transformations of Syrian authoritarianism / Max Weiss -- Prosecuting political dissent : courts and the resilience of authoritarianism in Syria / Reinoud Leenders -- Democratic struggles and authoritarian responses in Iran in comparative perspective / Güneş Murat Tezcür -- Authoritarian resilience and international linkages in Iran and Syria / Anush Ehteshami, Raymond Hinnebusch, Heidi Huuhtanen, Paola Raunio, Maaike Warnaar, and Tina Zintl.…”
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Middle East authoritarianisms governance, contestation, and regime resilience in Syria and Iran /

Table of Contents: “…/ Thomas Pierret -- Islamic social movements and the Syrian authoritarian regime : shifting patterns of control and accommodation / Teije Hidde Donker -- Contesting governance : authority, protest, and rights talk in postrepublican Iran / Arzoo Osanloo -- Who laughs last : literary transformations of Syrian authoritarianism / Max Weiss -- Prosecuting political dissent : courts and the resilience of authoritarianism in Syria / Reinoud Leenders -- Democratic struggles and authoritarian responses in Iran in comparative perspective / Güneş Murat Tezcür -- Authoritarian resilience and international linkages in Iran and Syria / Anush Ehteshami, Raymond Hinnebusch, Heidi Huuhtanen, Paola Raunio, Maaike Warnaar, and Tina Zintl.…”
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The underdevelopment of development : essays in honor of Andre Gunder Frank /

Table of Contents: “…Gills -- World-systems : similarities and differences / Christopher Chase-Dunn -- The art of hegemony / Albert Bergesen -- Social movements in the underdevelopment of development dialectic : a view from below / Gerrit Huizer -- Frank justice rather than Frankenstein injustice : homogenous development as deviance in the diverse world / Pat Lauderdale -- Women's interests and emancipatory processes / Virginia Vargas -- Underdevelopment and its remedies / Immanuel Wallerstein.…”

The underdevelopment of development : essays in honor of Andre Gunder Frank /

Table of Contents: “…Gills -- World-systems : similarities and differences / Christopher Chase-Dunn -- The art of hegemony / Albert Bergesen -- Social movements in the underdevelopment of development dialectic : a view from below / Gerrit Huizer -- Frank justice rather than Frankenstein injustice : homogenous development as deviance in the diverse world / Pat Lauderdale -- Women's interests and emancipatory processes / Virginia Vargas -- Underdevelopment and its remedies / Immanuel Wallerstein.…”

Islamist opposition in authoritarian regimes the Party of Justice and Development in Morocco / by Wegner, Eva

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Islamist opposition in authoritarian regimes the Party of Justice and Development in Morocco / by Wegner, Eva

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Emergencies and the limits of legality

Table of Contents: “…Rueban Balasubramaniam -- The political constitution of emergency powers : some conceptual issues / Mark Tushnet -- A topography of emergency power / Nomi Claire Lazar -- Law, terror and social movements : the repression-mobilisation nexus / Colm Campbell -- Emergency strategies for prescriptive legal positivists : anti-terrorist law and legal theory / Tom Campbell -- Ordinary laws for emergencies and democratic derogation from rights / Kent Roach -- Presidentialism and emergency government / William E. …”
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Unsettled legitimacy : political community, power, and authority in a global era /

Table of Contents: “…Pal -- Contested globalizations : social movements and the struggle for global democracy / Jackie Smith.…”
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Unsettled legitimacy : political community, power, and authority in a global era /

Table of Contents: “…Pal -- Contested globalizations : social movements and the struggle for global democracy / Jackie Smith.…”
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Emergencies and the limits of legality

Table of Contents: “…Rueban Balasubramaniam -- The political constitution of emergency powers : some conceptual issues / Mark Tushnet -- A topography of emergency power / Nomi Claire Lazar -- Law, terror and social movements : the repression-mobilisation nexus / Colm Campbell -- Emergency strategies for prescriptive legal positivists : anti-terrorist law and legal theory / Tom Campbell -- Ordinary laws for emergencies and democratic derogation from rights / Kent Roach -- Presidentialism and emergency government / William E. …”
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Public engagement for public education joining forces to revitalize democracy and equalize schools /

Table of Contents: “…Warren -- Broad-based public engagement : alliances and social movements / Lauren Wells, Jean Anyon, and Jeannie Oakes -- Improving teacher quality through public engagement in Chicago / Sara McAlister, Kavitha Mediratta, and Seema Shah -- "A force to be reckoned with" the campaign for college access in Los Angeles / John Rogers and Ernest Morrell -- "Together we can" in Mobile : a coalition across lines of race and class / Brenda J. …”
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Public engagement for public education joining forces to revitalize democracy and equalize schools /

Table of Contents: “…Warren -- Broad-based public engagement : alliances and social movements / Lauren Wells, Jean Anyon, and Jeannie Oakes -- Improving teacher quality through public engagement in Chicago / Sara McAlister, Kavitha Mediratta, and Seema Shah -- "A force to be reckoned with" the campaign for college access in Los Angeles / John Rogers and Ernest Morrell -- "Together we can" in Mobile : a coalition across lines of race and class / Brenda J. …”
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Handbook of public sociology

Table of Contents: “…Oliver -- Public membership on medical licensing boards : an integrated public and professional project / Ruth Horowitz -- Counting the deaths in Darfur : pitfalls on the pathway to a public sociology / Bill McCarthy and John Hagan -- Engaged social movement scholarship / Robert Kleidman -- Public sociology and universal human rights / Rhoda E. …”
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Handbook of public sociology

Table of Contents: “…Oliver -- Public membership on medical licensing boards : an integrated public and professional project / Ruth Horowitz -- Counting the deaths in Darfur : pitfalls on the pathway to a public sociology / Bill McCarthy and John Hagan -- Engaged social movement scholarship / Robert Kleidman -- Public sociology and universal human rights / Rhoda E. …”
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How Human Rights Can Build Haiti : Activists, Lawyers, and the Grassroots Campaign / by Quigley, Fran, 1962-

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Seeds of Mobilization : The Authoritarian Roots of South Korea's Democracy / by Cho, Joan E.

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Seeds of Mobilization : The Authoritarian Roots of South Korea's Democracy / by Cho, Joan E.

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How Human Rights Can Build Haiti : Activists, Lawyers, and the Grassroots Campaign / by Quigley, Fran, 1962-

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