Civics and citizenship Books

In diesem Buch ""Die Organisation der Centralverwaltung in Kleve-Mark vor der brandenburgischen Besitzergreifung im Jahre 1609"" von Kurt Adolf Heinrich Schottm�����ller, das im Jahr 1897 ver������ffentlicht wurde, wird die Verwaltungsorganisation des...

Le livre ""Catalogue Des Emigres Francais A Fribourg, En Suisse De 1789 A 1798 (1884)"" de Sainte-Colombe, Rodolphe De est un catalogue qui r�����pertorie les �����migr�����s fran�����ais qui se sont install�����s ������ Fribourg, en Suisse, pendant la...

O livro ""Catalogo Alphabetico: Bibliotheca Do Senado Federal Da Republica Dos Estados Unidos Do Brazil (1898)"" ����� uma obra publicada pela editora Imprensa Nacional. O cat�����logo apresenta uma lista completa e organizada de todos os livros e...

""Origine e Progressi delle Istituzioni della Monarchia di Savoia sino alla Costituzione del Regno d'Italia, Parte 1"" ����� un libro scritto da Luigi Cibrario nel 1869. Il libro esplora la storia delle istituzioni monarchiche della dinastia dei Savoia,...

This book presents a critical account of how citizenship unfolds among socially marginalised groups in democratic welfare states. Legal, political and sociological perspectives are applied to offer an assessment of the extent and depth of citizenship for...

This open access book discusses how national citizenship is being transformed by economic, social and political change. It focuses on the emergence of global markets where citizenship is for sale and on how new reproduction technologies impact...

Since the end of the nineteenth century, city planners have aspired not only to improve the physical living conditions of urban residents but also to strengthen civic ties through better design of built environments. From Ebenezer Howard and his vision...

The governance of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has come to represent a multi-faceted and complex operation in which the World Bank has set and sustained the global agenda for by the World Bank. The governance of HIV/ AIDS. Through economic incentive they have...

American Political Process examines both the formal institutions of government and organizations such as political parties and pressure groups. It analyzes how these bodies interact in the making of public policy in the United States in order to provide...

This timely and important new work takes a critical look at government in the American states and illustrates the disconnect between state government institutions and their constituents. The text illuminates three basic political problems of state...

Examines the problem of social change in a modern, mediated democracy. Argues that civility is not simply a virtue but a functional set of tools that must be adapted to specific situations.

This book is a timely classic.You will be entertained, enlightened, enriched and energized by the wisdom and frankness of Paul and Paulette, as an archetypal couple, participating on a national opinion poll panel.Believing...

Die Arbeit befasst sich mit Anwendungsproblemen der Eu-Güterrechtsverordnungen. Diese ergeben sich aus Inkohärenzen des Systems des europäischen Internationalen Privat- und Zivilverfahrensrechts. Gleichzeitig bestehen Abgrenzungsprobleme zu nationalen...

This book aims to explore the changing scope of the humanitarian response of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, comprised by the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Committee of the Red Cross, and the...

This book provides a critical analysis of literature about nuclear policy and nuclear waste disposal while presenting major arguments in favor of retracing the regulative profile of concurrent diversification processes in the context of renewable energy...

BACK IN PRINT!In 1990 William Gairdner published The Trouble with Canada and it sparked a conservative renewal and inspired a generation.In 1910 he completely this update, The Trouble with Canada ... Still! Gairdner rejoins the battle, showing that...

Empowering voters. Defending democracy. Improving lives. "Raising Our Voices: League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis 1960-2022" demonstrates how League members advocated for change during six decades of tremendous upheaval. As a sequel to Avis...

First, this book is unique in subject. Dr. Wayne Baker is reporting a surprising truth about Americans: We are united by 10 Core Values. This truth is empowering because it enables us to rise above and see beyond political polarization, Washington...

What the students who pass the Life in the UK Test on their first attempt know, that you don't...Maybe you're worried about not passing your examination on the first attempt?Or maybe you have no idea where to begin with preparing for the test?If that's...

The book explores the relationship between leadership, language and sustainable peace through a case study of the Northern Ireland peace process. The author challenges traditional approaches to conflict resolution and argues that a new political paradigm...

The 'Western' green movement has grown rapidly in the last three decades: green ministers are in government in several European countries, Greenpeace has millions of paying supporters, and green direct action against roads, GM crops, the WTO and...

This book on the differentiated politicisation of European governance provides an overview of research on the growing salience of EU governance, polarisation of opinion and expansion of actors and audiences engaged in monitoring and influencing EU...

In this book, Mary McThomas examines how individuals can claim their own subjecthood while still evading the identity-forming powers of state surveillance.　 Building on post-colonial theories, Queer theories, and surveillance studies, McThomas analyzes...

The UK National Curriculum states that schools should reaffirm commitment to the virtues of truth, justice, honesty, trust and a sense of duty. This aim, loosely defined as 'character' education, is widely agreed to be critical to healthy development and...

This book empowers teachers to support student activists. The authors examine arguments for promoting student activism, explore state and national curriculum standards, suggest activist projects, and report examples of student individual and group...

Nine cornerstones inAmerican freedom in one volume:Magna CartaMayflower CompactCommon SenseDeceleration ofIndependenceArticles of ConfederationThe Federalist PapersThe Constitution of the United StatesThe Bill of Rights 1-10The Bill of Rights 11-27

Explores the contradictory nature of public opinion.

Examines why some democratic innovations succeed while others fail, using Venezuela, Ecuador, and Chile as case studies.

Defending the Good Society - The Assault on Order, Justice, and Freedom The good society is inhabited by a people who have constructed and maintain a high degree of moral and social order founded upon and held together by the glue of eternal truths,...

Social Motivation, Justice, and the Moral Emotions proposes an attribution theory of interpersonal or social motivation that distinguishes between the role of thinking and feeling in determining action. The place of this theory within the larger fields...

The Time of the City is a trans-disciplinary work with a focus on genre-city relationships as they articulate the micropolitics of urban life in diverse cities. Shifting the territorial emphasis of political studies from the mosaic of states to the...

Can twenty-first century global challenges be met through the limited adaptation of existing political institutions and prevailing systemic norms, or is a more fundamental reconstitution of governing authority unavoidable? Are the stresses evident in...

This text introduces students to the key debates about ethics in international relations theory.

This book is a critical inquiry into sovereignty and argues that the meaning and functions performed by this concept have changed significantly during the past decades, with profound implications for the ontological status of the state and the modus...

This handbook questions, debates and subverts commonly held assumptions about disability and citizenship in the global postcolonial context. Discourses of citizenship and human rights, so elemental to strategies for addressing disability-based inequality...

Amis lecteurs et lectrices,Avez-vous déjà lu la Constitution ? Pourtant, elle conditionne nos vies à un point que nous n'imaginons pas. C'est pourquoi nous invitons chacun(e) à un exercice singulier : la lire...

Written by Karim F Hirji, a retired professor of Medical Statistics, Religion, Politics and Society focuses on the four major global religions-Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam-together with minor religions like the Ahmadiyya,...

Since the end of the Rwandan genocide, the new political elite has been challenged with building a unified nation. Reaching beyond the better-studied topics of post-conflict justice and memory, the book investigates the project of civic education, the...

This book discusses topics which are lost to time and renews the original intent of the Founding Fathers while the Constitution FOR the United States was being developed. Please read this book with an open mind and above all, verify and question...