Civics and citizenship

A history of colonial legacies in United Nations peacekeeping operations in the aftermath of the Second World War.

This book examines a diverse range of community food initiatives in light of their everyday practices, innovations, and contestations.

This book examines a diverse range of community food initiatives in light of their everyday practices, innovations, and contestations.

Explores the fluctuating relationship between human rights and humanitarianism and the changing nature of the politics and practices of humanity.

"e;A landmark dissenting opinion arguing against the death penalty.

Welche Perspektive haben Schüler*innen mit Fluchterfahrung auf gesellschaftliche Probleme und wie können diese im Rahmen politischer Bildung mit den Jugendlichen bearbeitet werden?

In Noncitizen Power Tendayi Bloom applies her novel politics of 'noncitizenism' to global governance.

In Noncitizen Power Tendayi Bloom applies her novel politics of 'noncitizenism' to global governance.

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 discusses opportunities and limitations to democratic participation in institutions and organizations across the life course.

The KJV Paragraph-style Large Print Thinline Bible features the timeless beauty of the trustworthy King James Version Bible.

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.

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.

In The Privacy Pirates, former National Security Agency intelligence officer Dr.

How do we define patriotism in a diverse society?

A provocative new history of how the news media facilitated the Reagan Revolution and the rise of the religious Right.

In a time when citizens are deeply dissatisfied with the basic institutions and elected officials that govern them, the participatory budgeting movement empowers citizens to get results for pressing community needs.

Why does the world speak English?

This powerful volume challenges the conventional view that the concept of human rights is peculiar to the West and, therefore, inherently alien to the non-Western traditions of third world countries.

In Democratic Failures and the Ethics of Democracy, political philosopher Adam Lovett argues that when it comes to democratic ideals, the United States is a failed democracy.

With an overview essay, timeline, reference entries, and annotated bibliography, this resource is a concise, one-stop reference on antisemitism in today's society.

More than the story of one man's case, this book tells the story of entire generations of people marked as "e;mixed race"e; in America amid slavery and its aftermath, and being officially denied their multicultural identity and personal rights as a result.

Seeking Justice explores when and why victims of corporate human rights abuse have access to remedy mechanisms.

This book provides an honest look at the life and times of Civil Rights icon James Howard Meredith within the context of the America that created him and his generation.

The coerced displacement of people within the borders of their own countries by armed conflicts, internal strife, and systematic violations of human rights has become a pervasive feature of the post Cold War era.

From the global geopolitical arena to the smart city, control over knowledgeparticularly over data and intellectual propertyhas become a key battleground for the exercise of economic and political power.

A comprehensive global account of the past ''century of genocide'', from the Holocaust to Bosnia, and from Stalin to the Rohingyas.

From the global geopolitical arena to the smart city, control over knowledgeparticularly over data and intellectual propertyhas become a key battleground for the exercise of economic and political power.

This book gives readers a comprehensive introduction to the topic of the Civil Rights Movement-arguably the most important political movement of the 20th century-and provides a road map for future study and historical inquiry.

This single-volume work provides a concise, up-to-date, and reliable reference work that students, teachers, and general readers can turn to for a comprehensive overview of the civil rights movement-a period of time incorporating events that shaped today's society.

It was like a scene out of a thriller: one morning in April 2012, China's most famous political activist-a blind, self-taught lawyer-climbed over the wall of his heavily guarded home and escaped.

Das Kontroversitätsgebot ist ein Kernprinzip politischer Bildung in einer pluralistischen Gesellschaft, die durch zunehmende Heterogenität und Polarisierung herausgefordert ist.

Ob bei Klimawandel, Krieg oder Pandemie: Wissenschaft wird immer wieder in Frage gestellt und delegitimiert – sei es durch wissenschaftsexterne extreme Akteur*innen oder sogar durch Mitglieder des Wissenschaftsbetriebs selbst.

Though today she is little known, Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) was one of the most remarkable women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Though today she is little known, Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954) was one of the most remarkable women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties.

"e;Few are agnostic about atheism and agnosticism; this eloquent, wide-ranging volume should appeal to many, as well as supporting recent academic interest in its subject.

Using extensive documentation, this book examines how President Jimmy Carter's troop withdrawal and human rights policiesconceived in abstraction from East Asian realitiescontributed to the demise of Korean President Park Chung Hee.

America is experiencing a boom of voluntarism and civic mindedness.

For decades, the outside world mostly knew Myanmar as the site of a valiant human rights struggle against an oppressive military regime, predominantly through the figure of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.

Provides an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and political observers who want a comprehensive picture of the past and present of the U.

Drawing on Scripture, church history, and his own story, Shane Claiborne explores how a passion for social justice issues surrounding life and death--such as war, gun ownership, the death penalty, racial injustice, abortion, poverty, and the environment--intersects with our faith as we advocate for life in its totality.

This book studies how marginality impacts the everyday lives of Indian Muslims.

The field of conflict resolution has evolved dramatically during the relatively short duration of the discipline's existence.

The field of conflict resolution has evolved dramatically during the relatively short duration of the discipline's existence.

This A-Z encyclopedia surveys the history, meaning, and enduring impact of the Liberty Bell in American culture.

Politische Bildung steht angesichts einer enormen Komplexitätssteigerung gesellschaftlicher Vielfalt vor vielschichtigen Herausforderungen.

This edited volume examines the implications of misinformation and youth digital life in a new information environment.