Forthcoming Politics & Technology Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Politics and the Internet in Comparative Context

   Views from the cloud

   Edited by Paul Nixon, Rajash Rawal, Dan Mercea

   Series: Routledge Research in Political Communication

   For many years now we have witnessed the developing use of the internet and associated technologies by political actors and organisations. Claims and counter claims have been made as its suitability as a tool to help in the struggle to re-invigorate political participation in democracies across the...

   To Be Published July 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Development in an Era of Neoliberal Globalization

   Edited by Henry Veltmeyer

   Series: Rethinking Globalizations

   This book analyses the progress and failures of capitalist development against the backdrop of an increasingly globalised world economy organised on neoliberal principles. It brings together eminent writers on the political economy of international development such as Kari Polanyi-Levitt, Norman...

   To Be Published July 29th 2013 by Routledge
3. Audiovisual Regulation under Pressure

   Comparative Cases from North America and Europe

   By Thomas Gibbons, Peter Humphreys

   In the face of globalization and new media technologies, can policy makers and regulators withstand deregulatory pressures on the ‘cultural policy toolkit’ for television? This comparative study provides an interdisciplinary investigation of trends in audiovisual regulation, with the focus on...

   To Be Published September 6th 2013 by Routledge
4. Digital Political Economy and Virtual Globalization

   Edited by Gillian Youngs

   Series: Routledge Research in Political Communication

   This work brings prime concepts together that define the world we now live in – virtuality and globalization – to explain the nature of digital political economy. Its central focus is the interconnected exploration of the theoretically rich fields of virtuality and globalization studies to produce...

   To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge
5. Digital Technologies for Democratic Governance in Latin America

   Opportunities and Risks

   Edited by Anita Breuer, Yanina Welp

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

   This book is the first to comprehensively analyse the political and societal impacts of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in a region of the Global South. It evaluates under what conditions some Latin American governments and people have succeeded in taking up the opportunities...

   To Be Published October 29th 2013 by Routledge
6. Public Administration Reformation

   Market Demand from Public Organizations

   Edited by Yogesh Dwivedi, Mahmud Shareef, Sanjay K Pandey, Vinod Kumar

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management

   In an attempt to instil trust in their performance, credibility, integrity, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and good governance, many public organizations are in effect viewing tax-paying citizens as consumers. Little research exists to explore synergies between the market economy, public...

   To Be Published November 17th 2013 by Routledge
7. Politics and the Internet

   Edited by William H. Dutton

   Series: Critical Concepts in Political Science

   SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE!(Valid until 3 months after publication) It is commonplace to observe that the Internet—and the dizzying technologies and applications which it continues to spawn—has revolutionized human communications. But, while the medium’s impact has apparently been immense, the...

   To Be Published November 18th 2013 by Routledge
8. Cyberactivism on the Participatory Web

   Edited by Martha McCaughey

   Series: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

   Cyberactivism already has a rich history, but over the past decade the participatory web—with its de-centralized information/media sharing, portability, storage capacity, and user-generated content—has reshaped political and social change. This volume examines the impact these new digital...

   To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. Critical International Relations - An Introduction

   From the Barbarian to the Cyborg

   By James Der Derian

   In Critical International Relations - An Introduction, the radical IR theorist James Der Derian provides an innovative text based on the critical encounters throughout history that have transformed international relations. Unlike other books on world politics which focus on the perspective...

   To Be Published December 29th 2013 by Routledge
10. Global Justice and the Politics of Information

    The struggle over knowledge

    By Sky Croeser

    Series: Rethinking Globalizations

    The global social justice movement attempts to build a more equitable, democratic, and environmentally sustainable world. However, this book argues that actors involved need to recognise knowledge - including scientific and technological systems - to a greater extent than they presently do. The...

    To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge