▪ Abstract Deliberative democratic theory has moved beyond the “theoretical statement”
stage and into the “working theory” stage. Although this essay revisits some of the main …

▪ Abstract Many theorists have long extolled the virtues of public deliberation as a crucial
component of a responsive and responsible democracy. Building on these theories, in …

Bringing together papers written by Norman Fairclough over a 25 year period, Critical
Discourse Analysis represents a comprehensive and important contribution to the …

Americans now face a caring deficit: there are simply too many demands on people's time
for us to care adequately for our children, elderly people, and ourselves. At the same time …

I wrote this book whilst I was co-director and then director of the Institute for Women's
Studies at Lancaster University between 2000 and 2003. Thanks to all colleagues and …

Saba Mahmood's 2005 Politics of Piety is an excellent example of evaluation in action.
Mahmood's book is a study of women's participation in the Islamic revival across the Middle …

Learning is becoming an urgent topic. Nations worry about the learning of their citizens,
companies about the learning of their workers, schools about the learning of their students …

The first two editions of Models of Democracy have proven immensely popular among
students and specialists worldwide. In a succinct and far-reaching analysis, David Held …

" Interpretive Interactionism argues strongly for a new approach to qualitative research
methods. Writing primarily for established practitioners and advanced graduate students …

By addressing questions of culture, identity and politics, Cartographies of Diaspora throws
new light on discussions aboutdifference'anddiversity', informed by feminism and post …