Politics Recoded

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The first detailed history of Code for America that examines how democratically designed government systems can collectively improve technology’s impact on society. For decades, tens of thousands of volunteers and employees of Code for America have taken a different path to institutional change: through designing and implementing infrastructure. In Politics Recoded, Aure Schrock employs a robust, organizational ethnography to analyze how Code for America’s infrastructural organizing changed how politics get exercised, showing how we citizens can work directly with the government on projects to improve our collective livelihoods. Drawing from theories of organizing, social infrastructure, racialized organizations, technical cultures, and intersectionality, Schrock argues that our “post-techlash society” must no longer presume that corporate platforms or social networks can level social inequities. An underrecognized yet influential organization, Code for America emerged from a tech culture background that prioritized networks and publicity over the long, slow work of institutional change. But its evolution demonstrates how to push beyond the fundamental flaws of tech-forward organizing. This, the first history of Code for America, shows how promoting agentic citizenship and brokering in empathy let the organization influence policy at all levels of government—and demonstrates why we need to bolster institutions to ensure that everyone is justly represented and receiving the benefits. Appealing to those in political science, communication, and information studies, Politics Recoded will empower practitioners and activists to revolutionize technological design and participate in alternative forms of civic engagement.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Aure Schrock
Publisher : MIT Press
Release : 2024-09-24
File : 251 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780262549455


The Social Logic Of Politics

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Re-establishes the connection between social life and political behavior.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Alan S. Zuckerman
Publisher : Temple University Press
Release : 2005
File : 376 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1592131492


Culture And Politics

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Culture and Politics provides a comprehensive introduction to the enduring phenomenon of culture and its impact on contemporary society and politics. Combining a substantial theoretical overview with intricate comparative empirical research, it assesses the complex interplay of ethnicity, religion, history and values on macro- and micro-level outcomes. Striking a judicious balance between the use of global data on the topic and their selection of six key in-depth country studies, the book draws extensively on statistical material and 'hard data' rather than the literary evidence usual in studies of this kind. This second edition of a well-established text has been expanded and fully updated in line with new events. More student-friendly, this volume now contains useful references for further reading and new material on ethnicity and religion. Readers will find that the values section is now more lucid. This clearly structured book's stringent approach to the topic and its readable, accessible style make this book one that no serious scholar or student of political culture should be without.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Jan-Erik Lane
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2016-05-13
File : 392 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781317155980


Culture And Politics

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This title was first published in 2002: Examining problems that have caused much debate within political science, this book seeks to identify a proper place for the analysis of culture and values within political science. It goes on to explore the impact of globalization upon society.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Lane Jan-Erik
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2020-07-26
File : 335 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781000160765


Anger And Racial Politics

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Anger and Racial Politics examines the place of emotion in the scheme of politics and political preferences.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Antoine J. Banks
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2014-05-12
File : 219 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781107049833


Generations Political Participation And Social Change In Western Europe

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This new comparative analysis shows that there are reasons to be concerned about the future of democratic politics. Younger generations have become disengaged from the political process. The evidence presented in this comprehensive study shows that they are not just less likely than older generations to engage in institutional political activism such as voting and party membership - they are also less likely to engage in extra-institutional protest activism. Generations, Political Participation and Social Change in Western Europe offers a rigorously researched empirical analysis of political participation trends across generations in Western Europe. It examines the way in which the political behaviour of younger generations leads to social change. Are younger generations completely disengaged from politics, or do they simply choose to participate in a different way to previous generations? The book is of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of political sociology, political participation and behaviour, European Politics, Comparative Politics and Sociology.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Maria T. Grasso
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2016-03-31
File : 342 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781317407959


An Spss Companion To Political Analysis 4th Edition

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Featuring examples, over 120 screenshots and step-by-step instructions, this workbook will be an invaluable resource for students facing the task of undertaking statistical research as part of their politics course.

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Genre : Computers
Author : Philip H. Pollock
Publisher : CQ Press
Release : 2011-07-22
File : 288 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781608716876


Democracy Without Engagement

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How do post-communist citizens engage in the new democracies of Eastern Europe after decades of repressive control exerted by the communist regimes? Are people’s involvement in post-communist politics influenced by generic socioeconomic and attitudinal traits, or is it primarily driven by selective mobilization opportunities provided by social networks and organizations? Democracy without Engagement?: Understanding Political Participation in Post-Communist Romania presents a broad framework for conceptualizing and measuring citizen participation and applies it to Romania as a typical post-communist democracy illustrating the low rates of political activism in the region. Separate chapters examine post-communist citizens’ participation in elections, attempts to influence authorities beyond voting, cognitive engagement in politics, and direct involvement in local decision-making. Using large-N statistical analyses, the author argues that individuals’ socioeconomic and attitudinal characteristics have relatively weak influences on citizen participation in the post-communist context. Instead, various organizations and social networks act as politically recruiting and mobilizing agents, driving citizen participation into political actions that can challenge or strengthen democracy. In the absence of a well-developed participatory political culture that would enable citizens to act autonomously in the political sphere, the persistence of post-communist democracies largely depends on the goals and methods pursued by these mobilizing agents.

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Marius I. Tatar
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release : 2022-02-16
File : 255 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781498535250


Political Knowledge In The Czech Republic

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The book examines the origins, nature, and impact of different facets of political knowledge in the Czech Republic between 1967 and 2014. The central argument presented in this book is that evaluating citizens on the basis of objective, or factual, knowledge alone makes little sense. What citizens know about politics comes from a variety of sources that are complementary. This is the first detailed study of how much Czechs know about politics, and why it matters. Here are some of the key findings of this book. There are many forms of political knowledge.Citizens make decisions using different forms of political knowledge.Czechs knowledge of politics has remained constant over time.How people answer knowledge questions in surveys matters.Political knowledge is shaped by personality traits.Factual knowledge is linked with forecasting social change, but is not always linked with making correct voting.Experts with high levels of knowledge do not agree on what is a correct answer.

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Genre : Social Science
Author : Pat Lyons
Publisher : Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Release : 2017-06-01
File : 564 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9788073302962


Making Political Choices

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"A timely and important contribution to voting literature. Both Canadians and Americans will develop a better understanding of their neighbours' elections, but will also gain many new insights into the politics of their own country." - Larry LeDuc, University of Toronto

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Genre : Political Science
Author : Harold D. Clarke
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Release : 2009-01-01
File : 310 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0802096743