Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square.
This book on black churches and urban politics uses case studies from various cities to examine the strategies and tactics of activist clergy and congregations.
In The Politics of White Rights, Joseph Bagley recounts the history of school desegregation litigation in Alabama, focusing on the malleability and durability of white resistance.
In the last few years, issues related to human rights, including encouraging the democratization of Muslim societies from the Middle East to Southeast Asia, have acquired great importance in shaping the character of U.
This book provides original source documents-from firsthand accounts to media responses to legislation-regarding the Chicano movement of the 1960s through 1970s.
The simple yet challenging goal of this book is to deliberate the legitimacy, and advance the feasibility, of an important new concept the notion of "e;"e;global civics.
In a world of ageing populations, and in the midst of a global shift from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) pensions, the onus is increasingly on individuals rather than employers to bear the risks of retirement provision.
In a world of ageing populations, and in the midst of a global shift from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) pensions, the onus is increasingly on individuals rather than employers to bear the risks of retirement provision.
With pervasive use of mobile devices and social media, there is a constant tension between the promise of new forms of social engagement and the threat of misuse and misappropriation, or the risk of harm and harassment.
With pervasive use of mobile devices and social media, there is a constant tension between the promise of new forms of social engagement and the threat of misuse and misappropriation, or the risk of harm and harassment.
Military analyst Michael O'Hanlon shows how outside forces could successfully intervene to stop an ongoing cycle of warfare in a country whose government has collapsed or come under severe internal challenge.
Den Rechtsstaat gegen Rechtsextremismus verteidigen: Der jährliche ReportDer Report »Recht gegen rechts« deckt rechte Tendenzen innerhalb der Justiz, der Verwaltung und der Parlamente auf und analysiert erfolgreiche rechtliche Gegenstrategien.
Ante tantos diagnósticos de época que ponen el acento en la eficacia de las nuevas derechas para canalizar las pasiones tristes de amplios sectores sociales tomados por el resentimiento y la frustración, ¿qué implicancia tiene asociar al feminismo con las pasiones alegres?
Ante el aborto existen muchos puntos de vista opuestos que causan problemas en la sociedad en lo que se refiere a su regulación para la protección de la vida.
El estudio muestra la relevancia y la fuerza que alcanzó la "cuestión campesina", especialmente durante los gobiernos de centro-izquierda liderados por presidentes radicales (1938-1947); así como la intensa resistencia patronal.
Everything You Know About the Constitution Is WrongUncover the shocking truth about the Constitution's original intent—and how nearly everything Americans believe about it today is wrong.
Focusing on social robots, play, and democracy, this volume explores how AI can be used in connective ways to advance the common good and support democratic practice.
Focusing on social robots, play, and democracy, this volume explores how AI can be used in connective ways to advance the common good and support democratic practice.
Crafting Ram Mandir, Shaping Practice: The Evolution of Bharatiya Social Work is a landmark academic monograph that rigorously applies all six classical social work methods — community organisation, group work, casework, social welfare administration, social action, and research — to analyse the Ram Mandir movement spanning five centuries (1528–2024).
This edited volume chronicles the University of Notre Dame’s efforts to promote child development and learning systems amidst conflict and crises in Haiti throughout the last eighteen years.
This edited volume chronicles the University of Notre Dame’s efforts to promote child development and learning systems amidst conflict and crises in Haiti throughout the last eighteen years.
Betrayed by the System is a fearless exposé and emotional reckoning with a country's slow-burning betrayal of its most essential workers and the lives lost because of it.
What makes a neighborhood livable, and what do urban inhabitants need to learn in order to be able to use the city according to their needs, wishes, and aspirations?
What makes a neighborhood livable, and what do urban inhabitants need to learn in order to be able to use the city according to their needs, wishes, and aspirations?
This book demonstrates how tolerance and ethnocultural empathy can be taught in secondary school citizenship classrooms through the application of sociology and social psychology.
This book demonstrates how tolerance and ethnocultural empathy can be taught in secondary school citizenship classrooms through the application of sociology and social psychology.
Gemeinschaft stärken, Zukunft gestalten: Schule als Labor für Demokratie und TeilhabeAllen gesellschaftlichen Spaltungstendenzen zum Trotz: In der Schule kommen alle zusammen.
