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5/22/2013

The RSS feeds for the new books list is updated every Wednesday and contains a list of books added to the Ellis Library collection for the last six weeks. The titles are grouped by call number classification, and are listed by week and alphabetically by title.

Books for the most recent weeks are currently on the New Books Shelves inside the north entrance of Ellis Library. They can be checked out.

Digital divide : civic engagement, information poverty, and the Internet worldwide / Pippa Norris. (5/22/2013)

5/22/2013

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Review

"This path-breaking study in comparative political communication deserves a wide audience and is vital reading for anyone interested in the political impact of new information technologies." Press / Politics

"...Digital Divide is one of those rare works that can fairy be labeled as groundbreaking..." Governance

"It will likely become a standard in its area during the next few years." Bruce Bimber, University of California, Santa Barbara

"In this valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion about the effect of the Internet on social, political, and economic life within and between nations, Norris offers a general model to describe developments thus far.... Norris makes a valuable contribution to understanding the present situation, offers a descriptive model, and hints at future trends in an intellectually worthwhile manner." Choice

"Pippa Norris in Digital Divide presents an extensively documented, well-reasoned, carefully argued, and well-balanced analysis of the role of the Internet..." Perspectives on Politics

"Digital Divide is exciting, thought-provoking, and engaging...I expect it will make its way into future generations. If you read only one book on this topic, make it this one." Edward J. Valauskas

Call #: HN49.I56 N67 2001

Innovation and the social economy : the Québec experience / edited by Marie J. Bouchard. (5/22/2013)

5/22/2013

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Call #: HN110.Q4 I55 2013

Revolution stalled : the political limits of the internet in the post-Soviet sphere / Sarah Oates. (5/22/2013)

5/22/2013

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Review

"Revolution Stalled is a very thorough, balanced assessment of the impact of the internet on Russian politics. It is an important contribution to the fields of political communication, Russian area studies and internet studies more generally."--Bruce Etling, Director of the Internet & Democracy Project, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School

"In Revolution Stalled Sarah Oates offers a unique and highly instructive insight into the world of Russian politics on the Web. Starting from the crucially important premise that 'context matters' in determining how political actors' make use of the Net, the book shows that nowhere is this perhaps more the case than in Russia. Stopping short of predicting a 'Russian Spring' to match that witnessed in the Middle East, Oates skillfully identifies the central tension that the growth of the internet brings to non-democratic states."--Rachel Gibson, Professor of Political Science and Director, Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester

Call #: HN530.2.Z9 I5665 2013

The eclipse of equality : arguing America on Meet the press / Solon Simmons. (5/15/2013)

5/15/2013

Call #: HN90.S6 S56 2013

The meta-power paradigm : impacts and transformations of agents, institutions, and social systems : capitalism, state, and democracy in a global context / Tom R. Burns, Peter M. Hall, (eds.). (5/15/2013)

5/15/2013

Call #: HN49.P6 M48 2012

The quest for security : protection without protectionism and the challenge of global governance / edited by Mary Kaldor and Joseph E. Stiglitz. (5/15/2013)

5/15/2013

Call #: HN18.3 .Q47 2013

The wrong side : living on the Mexican border / Jérôme Sessini [translation, Ruth Taylor]. (5/15/2013)

5/15/2013

Call #: HN120.N67 S477 2012

Varieties of right-wing extremism in Europe / edited by Andrea Mammone, Emmanuel Godin and Brian Jenkins. (5/15/2013)

5/15/2013

Call #: HN380.Z9 R394 2013

Unsettled : children in a world of gangs / Donna De Cesare foreword by Fred Ritchin translation by Javier Auyero = Desasosiego : los niños en un mundo de las pandillas / Donna De Cesare prefacio de Fred Ritchin traducción de Javier Auyero. (5/8/2013)

5/8/2013

Call #: HN125.2.V5 D4 2013

After the public turn : composition, counterpublics, and the citizen bricoleur / Frank Farmer. (5/1/2013)

5/1/2013

Call #: HN17.5 .F34 2013

Connecting social problems and popular culture : why media is not the answer / Karen Sternheimer. (5/1/2013)

5/1/2013

Call #: HN90.M3 S75 2013

Life in debt : times of care and violence in neoliberal Chile / Clara Han. (5/1/2013)

5/1/2013

Call #: HN293.5 .H36 2012

Occupying political science : the Occupy Wall Street movement from New York to the world / edited by Emily Welty, Matthew Bolton, Meghana Nayak, and Christopher Malone. (5/1/2013)

5/1/2013

Call #: HN59.2 .O238 2013

Social policy and social justice / Michael Reisch. (4/17/2013)

4/17/2013

Call #: HN65 .R458 2014

The end of power : from boardrooms to battlefields and churches to states, why being in charge isn't what it used to be / Moisés Naím. (4/17/2013)

4/17/2013

Call #: HN49.P6 N35 2013

Social capital and health inequality in European welfare states / Mikael Rostila, Center for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University. (4/10/2013)

4/10/2013

Call #: HN373.5 .R67 2013

Transformations of religiosity : religion and religiosity in Eastern Europe 1989-2010 / Gert Pickel, Kornelia Sammet (eds.). (4/10/2013)

4/10/2013

Call #: HN380.7.A8 T734 2012

Changing welfare states / Anton Hemerijck. (4/3/2013)

4/3/2013

Call #: HN380.5 .H46 2013

Engaging with violent Islamic extremism : local policies in Western European cities / Floris Vermeulen & Frank Bovenkerk FORUM Institute for Multicultural Affairs. (4/3/2013)

4/3/2013

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Call #: HN380.Z9 R395 2012

A place we call home : gender, race, and justice in Syracuse / K. Animashaun Ducre. (3/27/2013)

3/27/2013

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Call #: HN80.S94 D83 2012

Algebraic geometry : a problem solving approach / Thomas Garrity [and ten others]. (3/27/2013)

3/27/2013

Call #: HN80.S94 D83 2012

DIY style : fashion, music and global digital cultures / Brent Luvaas. (3/27/2013)

3/27/2013

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About the Author

Brent Luvaas is Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Culture and Communication at Drexel University.

Call #: HN710.Z9 I5358 2012

Entrepreneurship, social capital and governance : directions for the sustainable development and competitiveness of regions / edited by Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson, Roger R. Stough. (3/27/2013)

3/27/2013

Call #: HN49.C6 E668 2012

The entangled state : sorcery, state control, and violence in Indonesia / Nicholas Herriman. (3/27/2013)

3/27/2013

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About the Author

Nicholas Herriman lectures in anthropology, Southeast Asian history, and Indonesian language, culture, and politics. His doctoral thesis was awarded Best Thesis by the Australian Anthropological Society in 2008.

Call #: HN710.Z9 V544 2012