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almahu_9947421616102882
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PDFs (412 pages) :
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illustrations.
ISBN:
9781522500827
Inhalt:
"This book examines the effects of unstable democratic systems of government in modern society, providing an imperative analysis on political communications from such nations and highlighting real-world examples on the constraints seen in malfunctioning or emerging governments"--Provided by publisher.
Anmerkung:
The verbal fuel for ethnic hatred and political violence in Kenya / Tom Onditi Luoch -- Sarcasm and irony as a political weapon: social networking in the time of crisis / Natalia Knoblock -- Of drag and push democracies: the construction of Zimbabwe as a failed-partially resuscitated state in popular songs / Mickias Musiyiwa, Marianna W. Visser -- Real-name registration regulation in China: an examination of Chinese netizens' discussions about censorship, privacy, and political freedom / Kenneth C. C. Yang, Yowei Kang -- Tearing up nationalist discourses?: appraisal analysis of representations of Joice Mujuru and the ZANU PF factionalism dialectic in Zimbabwean newspapers / Collen Sabao, Marianna Visser -- Politics and promises: a multimodal social semiotic interpretation of political party emblems and slogans as discourse of hope in a democratic Nigeria / Ikenna Kamalu -- Argumentation and appraisal in divergent Zimbabwean parliamentary debates / Ernest Jakaza, Marianna W. Visser -- Media coverage of the 2009 Afghan presidential election / Christopher Strelluf -- A critical political discourse analysis of President Goodluck Jonathan's declaration of state of emergency on Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states of Nigeria / Angulu Samson Abaya -- ISIS rhetoric for the creation of the Ummah / Amaryllis Maria Georges -- Metaphors for nation and war in Chinua Achebe's memoir / Onwu Inya --
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Multilayered political systems and the politics of monitoring local government programmes for engendered service delivery: a case of Apac District in northern Uganda / David Mugambe Mpiima -- Impediments to Nigerian democracy: ambivalent role of vigilante groups in maintaining security in the wake of the Boko Haram insurgence in northern Nigeria / Ibrahim Sani Kankara -- Ethnic stereotyping on Kenyan blog sites in the 2013 political elections: a spurious harbinger of ethnic discord / Nabea Wendo -- Symbols and not manifestoes are the selling point here: a multimodal critical discourse analysis of two contemporary Nigerian political parties' images and slogans / Adegboye Adeyanju -- Legislating for a de jure one-party state in 1982 and "party hopping" in 2012: reconstructing elite discourse on political parties in Kenya / Sammy Gakero Gachigua -- Shades of the GNU in Zimbabwe (2009 - 13): linguistic discourse analyses of representations of transitional politics in Zimbabwean newspapers / Collen Sabao -- On the threshold of democratic fragility: a macrospeech act explication of media representation of the Nigerian 2011 post-presidential election news reports / Asiru Hameed Tunde, Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo -- Revolutionary politics and theater of semiotics: challenges and solutions in northern Nigeria / Esther Nyam -- Are we all equal?: immunity of parliament members and criminal responsibility of cabinet members in Greece / Konstantinos Margaritis.
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: ISBN 1522500812
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781522500810
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4018/978-1-5225-0081-0
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