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9780415641258 | Routledge, December 2, 2014, cover price $145.00
The Arab Spring was but the most prominent example of political activism that made extensive use of social mediaâeverything from petitions to constituent communications have been affected by the rise of new communications technologies. But in New Media and Public Activism, John Michael Roberts poses a troubling question: Is this activism actually new and effective, or are we instead being transformed into subjects of online consumption and orderly surveillance, rather than being committed social and political campaigners? Taking a political economy perspective, Roberts offers an indispensable guide to understanding the relationship between the state, new media activism, and neoliberal practices.
Hardcover:
9781447308225 | Policy Pr, November 15, 2014, cover price $115.00
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9781447308218 | Policy Pr, October 15, 2014, cover price $44.95 | About this edition: The Arab Spring was but the most prominent example of political activism that made extensive use of social mediaâeverything from petitions to constituent communications have been affected by the rise of new communications technologies.
Product Description: Suggesting that an expressive ideology has arisen within the workplace public sphere around the theme of 'competence', this book explores the hegemony of global finance and the fetishism of the new economy, exposing the dilemmas of the competence agenda, and illustrating how competence is played out in the workplace public sphere...read more
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9780230008731 | Palgrave Macmillan, September 15, 2009, cover price $115.00 | About this edition: Suggesting that an expressive ideology has arisen within the workplace public sphere around the theme of 'competence', this book explores the hegemony of global finance and the fetishism of the new economy, exposing the dilemmas of the competence agenda, and illustrating how competence is played out in the workplace public sphere.
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9781403946737 | Palgrave Macmillan, July 11, 2006, cover price $125.00
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9781405123655 | Blackwell Pub, August 27, 2004, cover price $41.95
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9781403905666 | Palgrave Macmillan, March 4, 2004, cover price $150.00
Theories of discourse bring to realism new ideas about how knowledge develops and how representations of reality are influenced. We gain an understanding of the conceptual aspect of social life and the processes by which meaning is produced. This collection reflects the growing interest realist critics have shown towards forms of discourse theory and deconstruction. The diverse range of contributions address such issues as the work of Derrida and deconstruction, discourse theory, Eurocentrism and poststructuralism. What unites all of the contributions is a sense that it is essential to provide a realist alternative to the hitherto dominance of social constructionism, hermeneutics and postmodernism, over many of the issues discussed. By developing a realist perspective the different authors attempt to embed discourse within the structured nature of the reality of the world. Realism can situate language, discourse and ideology within context specific, or 'causally efficacious' circumstances. Realism can help to uncover issues of power, representation, and subjectivity and how discursive and other social practices produce real effects. This can help us understand the manner in which (non-discursive) social structures are reproduced through various forms of ideology and discourse. And by knowing this, we can start to address questions concerning human emancipation and how the world is to be transformed.
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9780415322638 | Routledge, November 1, 2003, cover price $180.00 | About this edition: Theories of discourse bring to realism new ideas about how knowledge develops and how representations of reality are influenced.
Paperback:
9780415436861 | 1 edition (Routledge, March 31, 2007), cover price $54.95
Miscellaneous:
9780203300473 | Routledge, September 11, 2003, cover price $39.95
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