Daniel C. Hallin & Paolo Mancini 
Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World [PDF ebook] 

With new material and up-to-date information, this book examines the current state of Iran, exploring a wide range of areas including the economy, finance, politics, the media, and the position of wo …

With the demise of European socialist economies and the marketization of Asian communist countries, a new global capitalism has reshaped the configuration of the world economy, with speed a determini …

This work offers analytical examination of the facts that will shape the India of the future and determine whether India emerges as Asia”s new economic tiger, a stabilizing factor in a turbulent reg …

This fascinating book demonstrates the diversity of Connecticut’s women’s feminist activities in pre- and post-suffrage eras and refutes the notion that feminist activism died out with the passage of …

This book explores how the policy-making process is changing in the very volatile conditions of present day mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. It considers the overall background conditions – the …

This work examines the evolution of the RAF”s operational requirements for its home defence air force – for bombers to mount a deterrent counter offensive and for fighters to provide direct defence …

First published in 1928. ”Something more than an historical document of the first importance…his narrative is so readable that one”s interest and admiration are equally divided between the stupen …

First published in 2001. The history of Japan is usually divided into ages and periods corresponding to changes in government. The ancient age, marked by the central authority of the imperial court a …

China’s rapid urbanization has restructured the great socialist cities Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou into mega cities that embrace global capitalism. This book focuses on the urban transformations …

Traditionally, images have played an important role in politics and policy making, mostly in relation to propaganda and public communication. However, contemporary society is inundated with visual ma …