'A crucial, riveting polemic in support of one of the most precious things humanity has built - democracy itself' OWEN JONES'Graham Smith shows what fools our rotten constitution makes of us, with a monarch as emblem of a country beset by nepotism, backhanders, chumocracy and inherited privilege.
Voices of Freedom: The Middle East and North Africa showcases essays from activists, journalists, novelists, and scholars whose areas of expertise include free speech, peace and reconciliation, alterity-otherness, and Middle Eastern and North African religions and literatures.
At Trickle Creek in northern Alberta, Wiebo Ludwig thought hed buffered his tiny religious community from civilization, but in 1990 civilization came calling.
Following the fatal shooting in broad daylight of unarmed African American Michael Brown by a white cop in August 2014, Ferguson, Missouri became the scene of protests that pitted law enforcement against locals and Black Lives matter activists.
This title gives students and other users a clear understanding of the true state of voting and representative democracy in the United States by impartially examining claims surrounding voter fraud, voter suppression, gerrymandering, and other voting-related issues in the U.
Once one of the wealthiest cities in America, Charleston, South Carolina, established a society built on the racial hierarchies of slavery and segregation.
In this important book, a distinguished group of historians, political scientists, and legal experts explore three related issues: the Immigration and Naturalization Service's historic review of its citizenship evaluation, recent proposals to alter the oath of allegiance and the laws governing dual citizenship, and the changing rights and responsibilities of citizens and resident aliens in the United States.
A groundbreaking history of the last days of the French empire in AfricaAs the French public debates its present diversity and its colonial past, few remember that between 1946 and 1960 the inhabitants of French colonies possessed the rights of French citizens.
Dieser Sammelband betrachtet das Thema Diskriminierung aus der Sicht einer diskriminierungskritischen politischen Bildung und versammelt eine Vielfalt an Themen sowie fachwissenschaftlichen und fachdidaktischen Perspektiven.
In this book, renowned Latin American intellectuals, Pablo Alabarces and Nestor Garcia Canclini, bring us up to date on the changes in the status and role of the popular classes in Latin American democracies over the past two decades.
Mit aktivierenden Methoden, kooperativen Lernformen sowie didaktischen Hilfestellungen und Differenzierungsangeboten sollen Menschen mit unterschiedlichen Lernvoraussetzungen gestärkt werden, politisch-ökonomische Prozesse zu verstehen und sich an ihrer demokratischen Gestaltung zu beteiligen.
Mafia, Macht und Politik in Italien analysiert die Entstehungsgeschichte und Entwicklungsbedingungen Organisierter Kriminalität mafiosen Typs am Beispiel der Cosa Nostra in Sizilien.
Indigenous Nationals/Canadian Citizens begins with a detailed policy history from first contact to the Sesquicentennial with major emphasis on the evolution of Canadian policy initiatives relating to Indigenous peoples.
Un-Canadian: Prejudice and Discrimination Against Muslims in Canada is a provocative warning to Canadians that the values they cherish are being eroded through a pattern of political, legal and social prejudice directed towards Muslims in Canada since September 11, 2001.
Indigenous Nationals/Canadian Citizens begins with a detailed policy history from first contact to the Sesquicentennial with major emphasis on the evolution of Canadian policy initiatives relating to Indigenous peoples.
This book brings together established and emerging scholars from around the globe to highlight new directions for research on young children as active, engaged citizens of classrooms.
Amidst the increasing global trend of cross-border marriage migration, this book offers timely theoretical and empirical insights into contemporary debates about migration and citizenship.
This book brings together established and emerging scholars from around the globe to highlight new directions for research on young children as active, engaged citizens of classrooms.
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.
Multiculturalism and the Nation in Germany: A Study in Moral Conflict examines the new debates surrounding matters of multiculturalism, immigration, and national identity in Germany in the wake of the 2015 Refugee Crisis.
This book engages in a theological critique of the legal frameworks and theoretical approaches of Australia, the US and England to create a peaceful coexistence of difference which supports both religious freedom and equality.
This book engages in a theological critique of the legal frameworks and theoretical approaches of Australia, the US and England to create a peaceful coexistence of difference which supports both religious freedom and equality.
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?
