Multidiscipline – Page 8 – Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Media Rhetoric

How Advertising and Digital Media Influence Us

Edited By: Samuel Mateus

From £29.99

This volume considers how media alters persuasive communication—how we think, argue, and feel. Focusing on advertising and digital media, scholars from around the world demonstrate how persuasive speech is exerted in, through, and by the media in the 21st century.

Media, the State and Marginalisation

Tackling Challenges

Edited By: Rachna Sharma

£64.99

Containing twenty-one chapters, this title deals with Indian perspectives in relation to the media, the state and the marginalized sections of society. It will be of interest to academics, scholars and students of social sciences, and those working in the media industry.

Media/Democracy

A Comparative Study

Edited By: Alec Charles

£39.99

The mass media have a crucial role in democracy, but is their influence constructive? This collection explores media's impact on democratic structures worldwide, from the press in Britain to social media in the Arab Region, and asks if we can become active citizens.

The mass media have a crucial role in democracy, but is their influence constructive? This collection explores media’s impact on democratic structures worldwide, from the press in Britain to social media in the Arab Region, and asks if we can become active citizens.

Mediation across the Globe

Excerpts from the World Mediation Summit

Edited By: Kevin Brown, Santiago Madrid Liras, Emilio Navas Paús

£61.99

This eye-opening book provides insights into what success looks like in a mediation practice. It will appeal to anyone interested in practical experiences in meditation across the globe, or wanting to discover how the most successful mediators operate.

Metamorphoses of the Absolute

Edited By: Otto Neumaier, Daina Teters

£64.99

This collection of essays is devoted to the diversity of the conceptual and terminological definitions of the notion of the “absolute”. The question here is not what the absolute is, but what possibilities exist with regard to perceiving and conceptualizing it in human terms.

Metaphor in Legal Discourse

Edited By: Inesa Šeškauskienė

From £30.99

This book explores metaphor in legal discourse. Linguists and law professionals from six countries investigate metaphor as a conceptual phenomenon through actual linguistic contexts, from court proceedings to judges’ argumentation.

Migration and Development

Factoring Return into the Equation

By: Savina Ammassari

£44.99

This book finds that highly-skilled Ghanaian and Ivorian return migrants can be key development agents. Bringing back financial, human, and social capital, they create new businesses and community initiatives, supporting the idea of 'brain circulation'.

Migration, Development and Environment

Migration Processes from the Perspective of Environmental Change and Development Approach at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Edited By: Jiří Novosák, Robert Stojanov

£39.99

This book explores the pressing linkages between migration, development, and environment. Focusing on environmentally-induced migration and its relation to development, prominent scholars offer answers to today's most urgent challenges.

Mobile Participation

Access, Interaction and Practices

Edited By: Christelle Scharff, Caroline Wamala-Larsson

£41.99

This collection of proceedings from the fourth conference on “Mobile Communications for Development” provides empirical evidence and analysis of the opportunities and limitations of mobile technologies’ contributions to development in areas ranging from literacy to governance.

Modern Cities

Ten Variations

By: William Solesbury

From £30.99

This book explores ten types of city born from modernization. Some, like national capitals and resorts, are modern takes on old forms. Others, like megacities and boom towns, are unique to our time. Discover over 50 cities, from Singapore to Shenzhen, through analysis and photos.

Modernising Agrifood Chains in China

Implications for Rural Development

By: Scott Waldron

£39.99

China faces major challenges in agricultural development. While it seeks to fast-track high-value agrifood chains, this book's case study finds a more viable and inclusive strategy is to incrementally develop mid-value chains through facilitative policies.

China faces major challenges in agricultural development. While it seeks to fast-track high-value agrifood chains, this book’s case study finds a more viable and inclusive strategy is to incrementally develop mid-value chains through facilitative policies.

Motherhood Online

Edited By: Michelle Moravec

£44.99

It takes a virtual village to raise a child. Millions of mothers worldwide are creating online communities to construct modern motherhood together. Motherhood Online explores the multifaceted lives they live online and the new space they create to maintain sanity.

Negotiating a Meta-Pedagogy

Learning from Other Disciplines

Edited By: Toni Glover, Emily Golson

From £19.99

A vital new resource for rhetoric and composition teachers. While other collections are not updated to reflect current research, the field needs this book. Rhetoric now has an official meta-pedagogy resource to call its own. -- Cynthia Haynes, Clemson University

Negotiating Privately for an Effective Role in Public Space

A Case Study of Women in Panchayats of Orissa, India

By: Hiranmayee Mishra

£39.99

A 1992 quota thrust rural Indian women into politics. This book reveals how they negotiated their new roles, converting the strong patriarchal set-up into a support system and achieving social and economic empowerment.

Neoliberal Globalization

Edited By: Paul C. Mocombe

From £32.99

America’s project to privatize the world's resources via the dollar is igniting a nationalist backlash. As these forces clash, the entire global system faces a greater, existential threat: climate change.

America’s project to privatize the world’s resources via the dollar is igniting a nationalist backlash. As these forces clash, the entire global system faces a greater, existential threat: climate change.

New Challenges for the EU Internal Security Strategy

Edited By: Maria O'Neill, Ken Swinton, Aaron Winter

£49.99

Building on original research, this collection examines the EU's Internal Security Strategy. Experts from law, politics, and other fields analyze its approach to terrorism, cybercrime, and cross-border crime, and its implications for democracy and human rights.

Building on original research, this collection examines the EU’s Internal Security Strategy. Experts from law, politics, and other fields analyze its approach to terrorism, cybercrime, and cross-border crime, and its implications for democracy and human rights.

New Communication Approaches in the Digitalized World

Edited By: Mehmet Serdar Erciş, Enes Emre Başar

From £37.99

This readable, non-technical collection of essays explores the digitalized world, offering a comprehensive presentation of communication issues, trends, data, and future developments.

New Frontiers in Latin American Borderlands

Edited By: Leslie Cecil

£34.99

500 years after the first colonial borders were drawn, new boundaries are still being created in Latin America. This volume examines how the concept of the border has expanded beyond political lines to include those constructed by art, gender, and social policy.

New Media Politics

Rethinking Activism and National Security in Cyberspace

Edited By: Lemi Baruh, Banu Baybars

£47.99

New Media Politics explores the challenges of cyberspace, from cyber-activism and resistance to cyberterrorism and national security. This collection uses international case studies to debate the clash between civil liberties and government regulations.

Niger Delta

Constraints and Pathways to Development

Edited By: Ibaba Samuel Ibaba

£39.99

Since the 1970s, Nigeria's Niger Delta has been engulfed by oil-related conflicts. This book explores the complex constraints and pathways to development in the region, bringing to the fore the challenges and options for a sustainable future.

Since the 1970s, Nigeria’s Niger Delta has been engulfed by oil-related conflicts. This book explores the complex constraints and pathways to development in the region, bringing to the fore the challenges and options for a sustainable future.