Political control and freedoms Books

Cultural competence in education promotes civic engagement among students. Providing students with educational opportunities to understand various cultural and political perspectives allows for higher cultural competence and a greater understanding of...

Recent technological advancements have made it possible to use moderated discussion threads on social media to provide citizens with a means of discussion concerning issues that involve them. With the renewed interest in devising new methods for public...

Social media has emerged as a powerful tool that reaches a wide audience with minimum time and effort. It has a diverse role in society and human life and can boost the visibility of information that allows citizens the ability to play a vital role in...

Public opinion is an important factor affecting the political decision-making process. In almost every community, the ones in power-no matter what type of political system is established-want to be aware of the ideas and opinions of the rules regarding...

Linda's book of political poetry, "Thoughts in Rhyme From a Contentious Time," includes poems and song parodies written over six years, from the day Donald Trump rode down the escalator to announce his candidacy in 2015 to the final poem, written for the...

About the Book: Voice for the Voiceless is Dr. Olusegun Bamidele Abejide's memoir to Nigerians that there is optimism for their democracy to blossom. Though crestfallen by the daily happenings in Nigeria, he is persuaded to think that the personalities...

Hugo H. Dorzel is misogynistic, xenophobic, foulmouthed, ill-tempered, oversexed, and a pathological liar. He is also the President of the United States--and the best friend the Russians have ever had in the White House. But Dorzel faces a serious...

2024 Reprint of the 1900 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. According to Peggy Noonan, award winning journalist from the Wall Street Journal, "The Manual of Patriotism: For Use in the...

Technological advancements have always influenced politics in society, but never in as strong and direct a manner as in the Internet Age. E-Politics and Organizational Implications of the Internet: Power, Influence, and Social Change charts this...

Is knowledge power? In Teach the Nation , Anne-Elizabeth Murdy explores the history and contradictions in the notion that education and literacy are vital means for improving social and political status in the US. By closely examining the rapidly...

A Profile of the American Electorate takes an extensive look at the political foundations and behaviors of citizens, yesterday and today. Presenting decades of data on voter choice, voter turnout, and public opinion in a way that is clear and accessible...

This book looks at the Rohingya in the South Asian region, primarily India and Bangladesh. It explores the broader picture of the historical and political dimensions of the Rohingya crisis, and examines subjects of statelessness, human rights, and...

The unprecedented arrival of more than a million refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants - plus the political, public, and policy reactions to it - is redefining Europe. The repercussions will last for generations on such central issues as security,...

This book presents a systematic account on Poles' attitudes toward ethnic, religious, political, and sexual minorities. It investigates Poland's reputation as an intolerant, anti-Semitic, and homophobic country. Counter to a simplistic image of...

This volume is a collection of the best essays of Professor Benjamin Miller on the subjects of international and regional security.The book analyses the interrelationships between international politics and regional and national security, with a special...

This volume explores the rich history of radio monitoring during the Second World War and the Cold War. As such it offers original case studies that shed light on previously unknown radio histories. It was originally published in Media History.

This book introduces a new conceptual framework for impunity within state crime theory and uses Turkish state criminality against Kurds between 1990 and 2000 as a case study.

An interdisciplinary collection, <i>Gender and Culture at the Limit of Rights</i> examines the potential and limitations of the "women's rights as human rights" framework as a strategy for seeking gender justice. Drawing on...

Surveying the two centuries that preceded Jim Crow's demise, Race and Education in New Orleans traces the course of the city's education system from the colonial period to the start of school desegregation in 1960. Walter C. Stern's timely...

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Jim Crow strengthened rapidly and several southern states adopted new constitutions designed primarily to strip African American men of their right to vote. Since the Fifteenth Amendment to the United...

Few historical events lend themselves to such a sharp delineation between right and wrong as does the civil rights struggle. Consequently, many historical accounts of white resistance to civil rights legislation emphasize the ferocity of the opposition,...

Constituting what may be the most impressive research to date of state supreme court records, Slavery, the Civil Law, and the Supreme Court of Louisiana analyzes the evolution of Louisiana's slave laws from the territorial period to the Civil War...

For more than thirty years, Douglas Laycock has been studying, defending, and writing about religious liberty. In this second volume of the comprehensive collection of his writings on the subject, he has compiled articles, amicus briefs, and actual court...

At the turn of the twenty-first century, manipulation of the democratic process coupled with preexisting political and economic grievances led to years-long civil wars in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire. During and after these conflicts,...

The central concern ofThe Europeanization of National Polities? is to know and describe how far EU 'legal' citizens feel that they are actually part of a functioning European political system and how much they think of themselves as EU citizens. The...

Canal Commission: Letter To The Honorable The Secretary Of State, From The Canal Commissioners (1871) is a historical document written by Hugh Allan. The book is a letter addressed to the Secretary of State, discussing the Canal Commission and its...

La Science De La Legislation V2 (1786) est un livre �����crit par Gaetano Filangieri. Ce livre est une �����uvre majeure de la pens�����e politique et juridique de l'�����poque. Il traite de la science de la l�����gislation et de la mani�����re de...

Le livre ""Le Vray Estat De La France, Comme Elle Est Gouvernee A Present"" a �����t����� �����crit par Jean Pinsson de La Martini�����re et publi����� en 1654. Ce livre est une description compl�����te de la France telle qu'elle �����tait gouvern�����e...

This book examines military operations other than war (MOOTW) of the Indonesian military in the post-Suharto period and argues that the twin development of democratic consolidation, marked by 'stable' civil-military relations from 2004 to 2014 under...

This book addresses the hidden dynamics of race within the European Union.

New York Times Best Seller 2015 RFK Book Awards Special Recognition 2015 Lillian Smith Book Award 2015 AAUP Books Committee "Outstanding" Title When Strong Inside was first published ten years ago, no one could have predicted the impact the book would...

This book tells two intertwined stories in the development of Western Australia's southwest: the conflicting interests of forests preservation and agricultural settlement, and the experiences of the timber industry's immigrant workforce.In search of a...

When Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment in August 1920, giving women the right to vote, one group of women expressed bitter disappointment and vowed to fight against this feminist disease. Why this fierce...

The Terrible Mysteries of the Ku-Klux-Klan is a book written by an anonymous author who goes by the pseudonym ""Scalpel."" The book was originally published in 1868 and provides a detailed account of the Ku Klux Klan, a secret society that was formed in...

""The Miller of Wandsworth: Or The Tragical Story of the Surrey Petition, 16th May, 1648"" is a historical book written by Richard Lovelace and published in 1879. The book is set in Surrey, England during the 17th century and tells the story of a miller...

The Grand Army Blue Book is a comprehensive guide to the rules and regulations of the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War. Originally published in 1884, the book was written by Robert...

Il libro ""Ricordi Storici: I Fatti Delle Calabrie Nel Luglio Ed Agosto 1860"" scritto da Cesare Morisani nel 1872, ����� una raccolta di eventi storici che si sono verificati nelle Calabrie durante i mesi di luglio ed agosto del 1860. L'autore,...

Hypocrisy Unveiled, And Calumny Detected, In A Review Of Blackwood�������s Magazine (1818) is a book written by James Grahame. The book is a critical review of Blackwood�������s Magazine, a popular literary magazine of the time. Grahame exposes the...

""History Of The Parliamentary Representation Of Preston"" is a book written by William Dobson and published in 1868. The book provides a comprehensive account of the parliamentary representation of the town of Preston in Lancashire, England. It details...

""History of the Delhi Massacre: Its Supposed Origin, and the Means Being Adopted to Avenge the Murder of the British Subjects"" is a book written by an anonymous female author in 1858. The book provides a detailed account of the events leading up to the...

Histoire Politique Des Grandes Querelles Entre L�������Empereur Charles V, Et Francois I, Roi De France V1 (1777) est un livre �����crit par De Goetzmann, Louis Valentin. Ce livre traite de l'histoire politique des grandes querelles entre l'Empereur...