Political Communication Books

New and Published Books

1. Political Marketing

   Strategic 'Campaign Culture'

   Edited by Kostas Gouliamos, Antonis Theocharous, Bruce I. Newman

   Series: Routledge Research in Political Communication

   A guiding principle in creating Political Marketing has been to examine the ways in which culture, politics, and society interrelate in the field of political marketing. In the course of the book, the editors and contributors consider ‘culture’ as a distinctive concept with transformative...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Relational, Networked and Collaborative Approaches to Public Diplomacy

   The Connective Mindshift

   Edited by R.S. Zaharna, Amelia Arsenault, Ali Fisher

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Information, Politics and Society

   Over the past decade, scholars, practitioners, and leading diplomats have forcefully argued for the need to move beyond one-way, mass-media-driven campaigns and develop more relational strategies. In the coming years, as the range of public diplomacy actors grows, the issues become more complexly...

   Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. Party Politics in Central and Eastern Europe

   Does EU Membership Matter?

   Edited by Tim Haughton

   What impact has EU membership had on party politics in Central and Eastern Europe? Although there is an emerging body of literature on the Europeanization of political parties, most of these accounts focus exclusively on Western Europe. Drawing on a range of qualitative and quantitative approaches...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
4. Russia after 2012

   From Putin to Medvedev to Putin – Continuity, Change, or Revolution?

   Edited by J.L. Black, Michael Johns

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

   This book provides an overview of the state of Russia after the 2012 presidential election. It considers a wide range of both domestic and international issues, examining both the run up to and the consequences of the election. It covers political, economic, and social topics. It assesses the...

   Published April 22nd 2013 by Routledge
5. The Media, Political Participation and Empowerment

   Edited by Richard Scullion, Roman Gerodimos, Daniel Jackson, Darren Lilleker

   Series: Routledge Research in Political Communication

   Technological, cultural and economic forces are transforming political communication, posing challenges and opportunities for politicians and media organisations, while at the same time many governments and civil society express concerns about the extent and nature of political empowerment and...

   Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge
6. Contested and Shared Places of Memory

   History and politics in North Eastern Europe

   Edited by Jorg Hackmann, Marko Lehti

   The Baltic–Russian debates on the past have become a hot spot of European memory politics. Violent protests and international tensions accompanying the removal of the "Bronze Soldier" monument, which commemorated the Soviet liberation of Tallinn in 1944, from the city centre in April 2007 have...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Public Relations and Nation Building

   Influencing Israel

   By Margalit Toledano, David McKie

   Series: Routledge New Directions in Public Relations & Communication Research

   All public relations emerges from particular environments, but the specific conditions of Israel offer an exceptional study of the accelerators and inhibitors of professional development in the history of a nation. Documenting and analyzing the contribution of one profession to building one...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
8. Talking Criminal Justice

   Language and the Just Society

   By Michael Coyle

   Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society

   The words we use to talk about justice have an enormous impact on our everyday lives. As the first in-depth, ethnographic study of language, Talking Criminal Justice examines the speech of moral entrepreneurs to illustrate how our justice language encourages social control and punishment. This...

   Published February 17th 2013 by Routledge
9. North Africa’s Arab Spring

   Edited by George Joffé

   This book addresses issues surrounding the evolution of the Arab Spring in North Africa. After a general introduction and explanation of the events on a region-wide basis, it turns to examine aspects of each of the countries concerned. The role of the Muslim Brotherhood during the Nasser regime and...

   Published February 11th 2013 by Routledge
10. Arab Revolutions and World Transformations

    Edited by Anna Agathangelou, Nevzat Soguk

    Series: Rethinking Globalizations

    Stories about institutions and regimes that have failed us are echoing worldwide. This book critically engages the multiple uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) following the self-immolation of Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi in December 2010. It brings together authors who...

    Published January 21st 2013 by Routledge