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Rhetorical Public Speaking / 4th edition
Social Influence in the Digital Age
2022 || Paperback || Nathan Crick || Taylor & Francis
Public speaking textbook grounded in traditional rhetorical theory with historical and contemporary examples
Core text for public speaking or rhetoric courses
Distinguished from other public speaking texts by its grounding in traditional rhetoric and its focus on speaking as an engaged citizen on matters of public concern, compared with texts more focused on business communication
Online resources include instructor's manual with discussion and test questions, web links, and sample materials
Pure Strategy
Power and Principle in the Space and Information Age
2005 || Paperback || Everett Dolman || Taylor & Francis
A stimulating new inquiry into the fundamental truth of strategy - its purpose, place, utility, and value. This new study is animated by a startling realization: the concept of strategic victory must be summarily discarded. This is not to say that victory has no place in strategy or strategic planning.
The outcome of battles and campaigns are variables within the strategist's plan, but victory is a concept that has no meaning there. To the tactical and operational planner, wars are indeed won...
Rekindling Democracy
2020 || Paperback || Cormac Russell || Cascade Books
Finally, a book that offers a practical yet well-researched guide for practitioners seeking to hone the way they show up in citizen space.
At a time when public trust in institutions is at its lowest, expectations of those institutions to make people well, knowledgeable, and secure are rapidly increasing. These expectations are unrealistic, causing disenchantment and disengagement among citizens and increasing levels of burnout among many professionals. Rekindling Democracy is not just a prac...
Homo Ludens and No End
A Bibliography of International Reflections on Johan Huizinga’s Masterwork
2022 || Paperback || Léon Hanssen || Open Press Tilburg University
Johan Huizinga’s theory of play as set out in his Homo Ludens encouraged many other scholars all over the world to reflect upon play and games in culture. The wish to get an overview of this productive reception is the aim of this open bibliography (open, because reflection on Huizinga is ongoing and updates will be welcomed in next editions). The compiler is Léon Hanssen, an eminent Dutch cultural historian and writer. Hanssen wrote a dissertation on Johan Huizinga (Huizinga en de troost ...
Socioeconomic Deprivation and the Support for Populism
A Study on Individual and Contextual Determinants
2022 || Paperback || Michael Kolander || Open Press Tilburg University
While there is evidence suggesting that an unfavorable socioeconomic status does foster voting in favor of populist parties, multiple previous studies agree that cultural or political concerns surpass the explanatory power of economic insecurity. Nonetheless, economic approaches of populist voting should not be discarded.
Next to the substantial investigation on which aspects of socioeconomic hardship increase support for populism, another objective of this thesis is to illustrate the method...
Reflections on European Values
2022 || Paperback || Ruud Luijckx Tim Reeskens || Open Press Tilburg University
This book on Reflections on European Values is a Liber Amicorum honouring Loek Halman’s contribution to the European Values Study. For years, he has been a key figure in this longitudinal and cross-national research project on moral, social, and political values, dedicating his academic life to advancing the understanding of values in Europe. This Liber Amicorum is published at the occasion of Loek’s retirement after a long career at the Department of Sociology at Tilburg University. It b...
This is Not a New World Order
Europe Rediscovers Geopolitics, from Ukraine to Taiwan
2024 || Paperback || Sven Biscop || Owl Press
If every event in international politics is a turning point, one can only go and lie down, out of sheer dizziness. In reality, we have been living in the same multipolar world for more than three decades. Europeans are only now again getting used to how such a world of great powers works. In the process, the European Union has rediscovered the importance of geopolitics. Without geopolitical awareness, crafting good strategy is impossible. But not every problem is geopolitical, and strategy co...
Providing for National Security
A Comparative Analysis
2014 || Paperback || Andrew M. Dorman e.a. || Stanford University Press
Providing for National Security: A Comparative Analysis argues that the provision of national security has changed in the 21st century as a result of a variety of different pressures and threats. In this timely volume experts from both the academic and policy worlds present 13 different country case studies drawn from across the globe-including established and newer states, large and smaller states, those on the rise and those in apparent decline-to identify what these key players consider to...
Atlas of European Values
Change and Continuity in Turbulent Times
2022 || Paperback || Loek Halman e.a. || Open Press Tilburg University
Do Europeans really feel European? Do they look at the future Times with confidence or concern? Do they trust each other, and do they show solidarity? How do they think about migration and the refugee influx? Do they want a greener Europe, and at what cost? Are democracy and human rights ingrained in Europe or are they eroding?
A new edition of the Atlas of European Values answers these and other questions related to pressing issues such as identity, welfare, migration, sustainability, solida...
The Human Recipe
Understanding your genes in today’s society
2017 || Paperback || Pascal Borry e.a. || Leuven University Press
A smart and witty guide to all you want to know about human genetics.
Human genetics is not the playground of science alone. Genetics concerns all of us, for we all have DNA, genes, genomes, and chromosomes. Our genes determine partly our appearance and our behaviour, our talents and our health risks.
The authors of 'The Human Recipe' use humour to explain what we understand about human genetics. With anecdotes and topical examples, they demonstrate how genetics affects our everyday lives. Wh...