I gave very little thought to the direction my early life was taking, yet some people considered me to be successful because I avoided the pitfalls of poverty, drugs, crime, and imprisonment.
Presentada como la solución definitiva ante el déficit de participación ciudadana o como medio para que las decisiones políticas más delicadas cuenten con suficiente legitimidad, la democracia directa ocupa cada vez más espacios en las sociedades de hoy.
Scholars across several social science disciplines have indicated that the behavior described by the term "e;civic engagement"e; is girded by a set of attitudes that show knowledge about, and positive evaluations of, government and politics.
A Brookings Institution Press and the Computer Ethics Institute publicationCan we safeguard our nation's security without weakening cherished liberties?
In 1994 genocide in Rwanda claimed the lives of at least 500,000 Tutsisome three-quarters of their populationwhile UN peacekeepers were withdrawn and the rest of the world stood aside.
For the past decade, humanitarian actors have increasingly sought not only to assist people affected by conflicts and natural disasters, but also to protect them.
Of all the issues presented by Chinas ongoing economic and sociopolitical transformation, none may ultimately prove as consequential as the development of the Chinese legal system.
This book documents the emergence of doulas as care professionals in Italy, considers their training, practices, and representation, and analyses their role in national and international context.
Between Systems and Violence offers a compilation and analysis of state-level statutes targeting intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant and/or refugee (IMR) lives.
Between Systems and Violence offers a compilation and analysis of state-level statutes targeting intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant and/or refugee (IMR) lives.
Many people are familiar with the story of Jewish support for the American civil rights movement, but this history has another side-one that has not been fully told until now.
Partizipationsbereite Bürgerinnen und Bürger, die zum Beispiel wählen gehen oder sich an politischen Diskussionen beteiligen, sind zentral für die Demokratie.
Los trabajos reunidos en «Las crisis de la República», pertenecientes a la última etapa de la producción de Hannah Arendt, son genuinos ensayos de comprensión.
The bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing journeys to understand her roots, the Great Migration & the displacement of black people across America.
North Carolina had a big, unfortunate headstart on now-common attacks on democratic institutionsthe lessons learned as NC makes its way out of the chaos can benefit other states.
This volume brings together 11 experts from a range of religious backgrounds, to consider how each tradition has interpreted matters of violence and peace in relation to its sacred text.
This book enriches the discourse around Global Citizenship Education in teacher education through the example of a teacher's experience in a Canada-China Sister School reciprocal learning landscape.
Freedom is something we take for granted-a fundamental human right we assume will always be there, and that we complain about vocally when we feel it's being upon.
Grounded in extensive interviews, longitudinal methods, historical analysis, and archival work, Mikaela Luttrell-Rowland shows how two distinct groups of working young people in Lima, Peru have become political protagonists, resisting and critiquing the daily inequality and injustice they face.
This book documents the emergence of doulas as care professionals in Italy, considers their training, practices, and representation, and analyses their role in national and international context.
CHOICE Award for Outstanding Academic Title Illuminates how global solidarity defined African American politics and invigorated the African diasporaDuring the height of the Cold War, passionate idealists across the US and Africa came together to fight for Black self-determination and the antiracist remaking of society.
