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Author : Kevin Hora Publisher : Taylor & Francis Page : 229 pages File Size : 49,5 Mb Release : 2017-04-28 Category : Business & Economics ISBN : 9781317572152
This book examines the origins of Ireland in its first independent incarnation, the Irish Free State (1922-1937). It explores how contemporary public relations and propaganda techniques were used to construct an identity for this new state – a state which after enduring seven years of insurrection and civil war, became one of the most stable democracies in Europe. This stability, the book argues, was constructed not solely through policies enacted by governments, but through the construction of a Gaelic, Catholic and Celtic national identity. By shifting the perspective to how nation building was communicated, it weaves an interdisciplinary narrative that initiates a new understanding of nation building - providing insights of increasing relevance in current world events. Avoiding a simplistic cause and effect history of public relations, the book examines the uses and effects of early public relations from a political and societal perspective and suggests that while governments were only modestly successful in their varied propaganda efforts, cumulatively they facilitated a transition from violence to peace. This will be of interest to researchers and advanced students with an interest in public relations, propaganda studies, nation building and Irish studies.
Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa by Dominic Thomas Pdf
The relationship between literature & the state is examined in this discussion of Francophone African literature. Dominic Thomas considers the case of the Congo, where the recent transition to democracy was in part inspired by the works of Sony Labou Tansi, Henri Lopes, & Emmanuel Dongala among others.
Public Relations and Nation Building by Margalit Toledano,David McKie Pdf
All public relations emerges from particular environments, but the specific conditions of Israel offer an exceptional study of the accelerators and inhibitors of professional development in the history of a nation. Documenting and analyzing the contribution of one profession to building one specific nation, this book tells the previously-untold story of Israeli public relations practitioners. It illustrates their often-unseen, often-unacknowledged and often-strategic shaping of the events, narratives and symbols of Israel over time and their promotion of Israel to the world. It links the profession’s genesis – including the role of the Diaspora and early Zionist activists – to today’s private and public sector professionals by identifying their roots in Israel’s cultural, economic, media, political, and social systems. It reveals how professional communicators and leaders nurtured and valued collectivism, high consensus, solidarity, and unity over democracy and free speech. It investigates such key underpinning concepts as Hasbara and criticizes non-democratic and sometimes unethical propaganda practices. It highlights unprecedented fundraising and lobbying campaigns that forged Israeli identity internally and internationally. In situating Israeli ideas on democracy in the context of contemporary public relations theory, Public Relations and Nation Building seeks to point ways forward for that theory, for Israel and for the public relations of many other nations.
Nationhood shall appear as a conundrum to the coeval elements of power; thus, evoking an automatic propaganda campaign to label the endeavor as disingenuous. Nation Building will garner the attention of those designated to lower class status. The process shall call for an egression from the prevalent system. A noncompliant attitude toward acceptance of an inferior position will signal the need for both economic and social recalibration. By an ongoing disparity practice of the wealth and resources of the world, nationhood status for the imperfect people and the impoverished people will present a predicament or quandary to the commerce arena as currently in universal practice. Up to this point, the imperfect people and the impoverished people have failed to control any industry domestically or globally. However, the practice of collective economics by them can re-arrange the methods that current industries exercise in the manner that they conduct commerce with the less fortunate. Nation Building will reveal itself as a riddle, awaiting to be resolved by both the recipients of nationhood status and those who will vehemently oppose its mission. When the Doctrine of Nation Building has been fully exposed to the multitudes who have been confined in the valley of decision, "the powers that be" and "the people in the valley" will seek a more transparent resolution. "The powers that be" will recognize a people have arrived at a strength that will demand change. "The people (who will most likely enter the citizenry of a new nation)" shall finally realize the capacity of their potential to make a significant change work. The raising of a new nation will alter the existing order and those who have been subject to its existing edicts. A venture that will order the construct of power re-configuration shall command attention far beyond a small political caucus. The origin of an initiative that shall depict "transcending values" will refuse corner isolation, nor can the subject matter be relegated to a vacuum status. Whatever the insightful basis or the centripetal reflective of a new concept, the opposition shall swell and escalate. The dissemination of an antipodal message will accelerate with energy. In fact, the opposition will help propel the message with avid communication across the landscape. The key for the Nation Builder will always remain to keep tight control of the message. The very pronouncement of nationhood shall issue an invitation for persecution. Skepticism will attach itself to any hardihood or resoluteness, and the expectation of the label of a rebel or radical shall be imminent. Any caliber of robustness that can move multitudes of the imperfect people and the impoverished people in a united positive front toward self-reliance will be perceived as a disgruntled effort to upset the poor of society. When the poor of society have been stirred to seek change, the designated upper class can feel the shaking when wealth re-distribution has become the clarion call. The controllers of the architects of imagery, the operators of propaganda machines, and the representatives of governance authority shall present a counter-insurgency methodology to protect the interests of the wealthy. To any voice (messenger - message) that shall fight to alert and uplift the imperfect people and the impoverished people, the policy makers will always portray such leadership as disingenuous and exploitative. Nation Builders should not expect anything less to be pointed in their direction. Nation Builders must understand the role of designated leaders and gatekeepers. They have a dual task to undermine the move toward nationhood, while spewing the venomous speech of the opposition. In spite of these anticipatory opposition factors, Nation Builders have no option other than to press forward with the agenda of Nation Building.
Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa by Dominic Thomas Pdf
What characterizes the relationship between literature and the state? Should literature serve the needs of the state by constructing national consciousness, espousing state propaganda, and molding good citizens? Or should it be dedicated to a different kind of creative social endeavor? In this important book about literature and the politics of nation-building, Dominic Thomas assesses the contributions of Francophone African writers whose works have played a key role in the recent transition to democracy in the Congo. Exploring the works of Sony Labou Tansi, Henri Lopes, and Emmanuel Dongala, among others, Thomas highlights writers intimately involved with government and politics -- whether in support of the state's vision or with the intention of articulating a more open view of citizens and society. Focusing on themes such as collaboration, reconciliation, identity, history, and memory, Nation-Building, Propaganda, and Literature in Francophone Africa elaborates a broader understanding of the circumstances of African colonization, modern African nation-state formation, and the complex cultural dynamics at work in Africa since independence.
Propaganda, Power and Persuasion by David Welch Pdf
As Philip Taylor has written, 'The challenge (of the modern information age) is to ensure that no single propaganda source gains monopoly over the information and images that shape our thoughts. If this happens, the war propagandists will be back in business again.' Propaganda came of age in the Twentieth Century. The development of mass- and multi-media offered a fertile ground for propaganda while global conflict provided the impetus needed for its growth. Propaganda has however become a portmanteau word, which can be interpreted in a number of different ways. What are the characteristic features of propaganda, and how can it be defined? The distinguished contributors to this book trace the development of techniques of 'opinion management' from the First World War to the current conflict in Afghanistan. They reveal how state leaders and spin-doctors operating at the behest of the state, sought to shape popular attitudes - at home and overseas - endeavouring to harness new media with the objective of winning hearts and minds. The book provides compelling evidence of how the study and practice of propaganda today is shaped by its history.
A new and comprehensive look at the reasons behind successful or failed nation building Nation Building presents bold new answers to an age-old question. Why is national integration achieved in some diverse countries, while others are destabilized by political inequality between ethnic groups, contentious politics, or even separatism and ethnic war? Traversing centuries and continents from early nineteenth-century Europe and Asia to Africa from the turn of the twenty-first century to today, Andreas Wimmer delves into the slow-moving forces that encourage political alliances to stretch across ethnic divides and build national unity. Using datasets that cover the entire world and three pairs of case studies, Wimmer’s theory of nation building focuses on slow-moving, generational processes: the spread of civil society organizations, linguistic assimilation, and the states’ capacity to provide public goods. Wimmer contrasts Switzerland and Belgium to demonstrate how the early development of voluntary organizations enhanced nation building; he examines Botswana and Somalia to illustrate how providing public goods can bring diverse political constituencies together; and he shows that the differences between China and Russia indicate how a shared linguistic space may help build political alliances across ethnic boundaries. Wimmer then reveals, based on the statistical analysis of large-scale datasets, that these mechanisms are at work around the world and explain nation building better than competing arguments such as democratic governance or colonial legacies. He also shows that when political alliances crosscut ethnic divides and when most ethnic communities are represented at the highest levels of government, the general populace will identify with the nation and its symbols, further deepening national political integration. Offering a long-term historical perspective and global outlook, Nation Building sheds important new light on the challenges of political integration in diverse countries.
Public Relations and Nation Building by Margalit Toledano,David McKie Pdf
All public relations emerges from particular environments, but the specific conditions of Israel offer an exceptional study of the accelerators and inhibitors of professional development in the history of a nation. Documenting and analyzing the contribution of one profession to building one specific nation, this book tells the previously-untold story of Israeli public relations practitioners. It illustrates their often-unseen, often-unacknowledged and often-strategic shaping of the events, narratives and symbols of Israel over time and their promotion of Israel to the world. It links the profession's genesis - including the role of the Diaspora and early Zionist activists - to today's private and public sector professionals by identifying their roots in Israel's cultural, economic, media, political, and social systems. It reveals how professional communicators and leaders nurtured and valued collectivism, high consensus, solidarity, and unity over democracy and free speech. It investigates such key underpinning concepts as Hasbara and criticizes non-democratic and sometimes unethical propaganda practices. It highlights unprecedented fundraising and lobbying campaigns that forged Israeli identity internally and internationally. In situating Israeli ideas on democracy in the context of contemporary public relations theory, Public Relations and Nation Building seeks to point ways forward for that theory, for Israel and for the public relations of many other nations.
Politics and Peasants in Interwar Romania by Sorin Radu,Oliver Jens Schmitt Pdf
"The volume discusses the integration of peasants into the nation building project of Greater Romania with a focus on social and cultural practices. Thus, it addresses one of the key questions of the new political system in post-imperial East Central and Southeast Europe. It advocates a shift from a multiple top-down perspective (capital-province, urban political elites-rural voters) to an analysis concentrating on regionally diverse rural societies with a special interest in the predominantly ethnic Romanian population."
Old Gods, New Nations celebrates a life lived intensely on the far horizons of the world while America built something like an empire on the ruins of World War II and the victory of the Cold War. As a Marine Corps fighter pilot, author Eugene (¿Rocky¿) Staples flew Corsairs in combat against the Japanese in World War II. As a journalist and foreign service officer in the postwar years, he reported on and subsequently fought in the political and propaganda wars of the Cold War in Latin America and the Soviet Union. Staples then devoted his career to institution and nation-building in Asia and the new republics emerging from the wreckage of the Soviet Union. Drawing on those decades of experience, Staples suggests how we might reorder our foreign affairs priorities more effectively. The American response to the challenge of terrorism rests heavily on military and security approaches. It devotes little serious attention to the long-term questions of how best to go about nation-building or how to fight propaganda wars. Staples believes we have little choice but to reform that approach. The new challenges in foreign policy won¿t go away, and only rarely is the military option the right answer. Foresight, patience, pragmatism¿and international cooperation¿are the names of the cards we must play. A veteran globetrotter exhaustively reminisces about the Cold War and its aftermath. A former World War II pilot, journalist, Foreign Service diplomat and foundation executive, Staples has had a front-row seat for many of the major events of the past half-century. He was aboard presumably the first aircraft carrier to enter Japanese waters in the closing months of war, a reckless incursion that ended with the loss of many lives to an enemy attack. He served as mission director for the Agency for International Development bureau in Pakistan in the years of the United States's proxy war against the Soviets in Afghanistan. The views that emerge diverge sharply from what Staples calls the "rigid world-view" of the current Bush administration, "a poor paradigm for running the affairs of America and the world." Incisive and astute -Kirkus Discoveries
Leading authority on media literacy education shows secondary teachers how to incorporate media literacy into the curriculum, teach 21st-century skills, and select meaningful texts.
"The book details the vast sums Global Affairs Canada, Veterans Affairs and the Department of National Defence spend articulating a one-sided version of Canada's foreign policy. A Propaganda System traces the long history of government information control during war, including formal censorship, as well as extreme media bias on topics ranging from Haiti to Palestine, investment agreements to the mining industry. The book also details the corporate elite's funding for university programs and think tanks"--Provided by publisher.
