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Emotional Governance

Politics, Media and Terror

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  • © 2007

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Introduction: The Case for Emotional Governance

  2. A Democracy of Feelings

  3. The Bias Against Hope

  4. The Search for Connection

  5. Terror in the Public Mind

  6. Repairing Leadership

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About this book

This lucid and original work argues for a new style of political leadership, one which pays deliberate and sophisticated attention to the emotional dynamics of the public. A case study of terrorism, as a highly emotional topic and as a key political issue in many liberal democracies, grounds the book's ideas in today's political landscape.

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'This is a rich book and its strengths lie in its capacity to provoke further work on both contemporary political debates and policy: asylum and immigration, international terrorism, possession of economic resources, climate change and environmental risk would all benefit from Richards' approach.' War and Media

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bournemouth University, UK

    Barry Richards

About the author

BARRY RICHARDS is Professor of Public Communication and Deputy Dean of the Media School at Bournemouth University, UK. He was formerly Professor and Head of the Department of Human Relations at the University of East London. He has written extensively on psychosocial dimensions of politics and popular culture.

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