Civics and citizenship

Craig Calhoun, one of the most respected social scientists in the world, re-examines nationalism in light of post-1989 enthusiasm for globalization and the new anxieties of the twenty-first century.

This book examines the growing diversity of religions and worldviews across South & Central Asia, and the factors affecting prospects for 'covenantal pluralism' in these regions.

Against the backdrop of the ongoing Rohingya crisis, this book takes a close and detailed look at the rise of militant Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand, and especially at the issues of 'why' and 'how' around it.

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An analysis of international human rights law''s applicability and effectiveness in geographic areas where the State has lost territorial control.

This book tells the remarkable story of Robert F.

This book focuses on how to improve equal and public participation in a range of innovative citizen forums that could revitalize democracy around the world.

The right to vote is the cornerstone of democracy.

The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Mass Atrocity, and Genocide explores the many and sometimes complicated ways in which religion, faith, doctrine, and practice intersect in societies where mass atrocity and genocide occur.

Seeking Inalienable Rights demonstrates that the history of Texans' quests to secure inalienable rights and expand government-protected civil rights has been one of stops and starts, successes and failures, progress and retrenchment.

When the coronavirus pandemic took hold early in 2020, charities were among the first to respond to the resulting social and economic distress.

Examines how and why American women voted since the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920.

Der Autor stellt dar, unter welchen Bedingungen religiöse Begründungen für allgemein verbindliche Normen in die demokratische Willensbildung legitim eingebracht werden können, auch wenn es sich um religiös diverse, pluralistische Gesellschaften handelt.

Die Geschichtsphilosophen haben Gott aus der Welt nur verschieden hinausinterpretiert; es kommt aber darauf an, ihn in ihr wiederzuentdecken.

This book analyzes civil wars over the past twenty years and examines what motivates some rebel groups to abide by international law.

A gripping in-depth look at the presidential election that stunned the worldDonald Trump's election victory resulted in one of the most unexpected presidencies in history.

Why do more people vote--or get involved in other civic and political activities--in some communities than in others?

Few studies look at the treatment of those inside America's prisons.

American democracy is in many ways more vital than ever before.

This book offers the very first collaborative analysis of various conditions and aspects of developmental citizenship in China and its practical and ideological implications for Chinese post-socialism.

This collection of writings offers a glimpse into the minds of three N.

The human rights movement in South Africa's transition to a postapartheid democracy has been widely celebrated as a triumph for global human rights.

This book looks at police reform in Canada, arguing that no significant and sustainable reform can occur until steps are taken to answer the question of 'What exactly do we want police to do?

Gerald Neuman discusses in historical and contemporary terms the repeated efforts of U.

This collective work aims to critically reflect upon contemporary citizenship aspirations and practices in sub-Saharan Africa.

Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder- Michael Savage has the cure.

Nach Erscheinen des vierten Bandes fand die Rubrik "Marineoberstabsarzt Dr.

Various social and political actors are responsible to educate citizens to sustain democracy.

For decades, Latin America has been plagued by civil wars, dictatorships, torture, legacies of colonialism, racism, and inequality.

This is the third volume in Judson L.

New insights into what makes people happy and how policymakers can foster greater satisfaction for allDuring the past forty years, thousands of studies have been carried out on the subject of happiness.

Protecting Your Freedoms in Today's Cultural Warfare In America, the seeds of tyranny have taken rootand we're reaching critical tipping points on many societal battlefronts.

More than just a legal doctrine, color-blind constitutionalism has emerged as the defining metaphor of the post-Civil Rights era.

When newly-liberated African American slaves attempted to enter the marketplace and exercise their rights as citizens of the United States in 1865, few, if any, Americans expected that, a century and a half later, the class divide between black and white Americans would be as wide as it is today.

How American political participation is increasingly being shaped by citizens who wield more resourcesThe Declaration of Independence proclaims equality as a foundational American value.

A religious historian argues that historical revisionism has distorted the religious views of Thomas Jefferson, making him appear far more skeptical than he was.

This is the first book on the landmark 1965 Immigration Act, which ended race-based immigration quotas and reshaped American demographics.

In this long-term community study of the freedom movement in rural, majority-black Claiborne County, Mississippi, Emilye Crosby explores the impact of the African American freedom struggle on small communities in general and questions common assumptions that are based on the national movement.

An exploration of how policies protecting indigenous people''s rights were entwined with reforming them as governable subjects, including through punishment under the law.

This is the first book devoted entirely to exploring Zizek's peculiar kind of Paulinism.

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Why might some students convert their political interests into activism when others do not?

Drawing from theories of world society and from historical-sociological theories the book studies the past, present, and future of Middle East Christianity.

Turkey has leapt to international prominence as an economic and political powerhouse under its elected Muslim government, and is looked on by many as a model for other Muslim countries in the wake of the Arab Spring.

The biblical story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is a cornerstone of Western civilization, yet there are still many mysteries concerning its origins and meaning.

African American religions constitute a diverse group of beliefs and practices that emerged from the African diaspora brought about by the Atlantic slave trade.

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