Civics and citizenship

This book explains why nations elevate images of their own defeat to the center of their symbolism and understanding of their history.

Democracy and Civilization (1947) is concerned with philosophy, theology and politics, with the nature of history and civilization and politics, using the approach of Christian thinking.

In this groundbreaking work, Kamal Sadiq reveals that most of the world's illegal immigrants are not migrating directly to the US, but to countries in the vast developing world, where they are able to obtain citizenship papers fairly easily.

Running for Freedom, Fourth Edition, updates historian Steven Lawson s classic volume detailing the history of African-American civil rights and black politics from the beginning of World War II to the present day.

The book explores the politics of immigration in Australia through an in-depth study of the 'new generation' of young Korean migrants in Melbourne.

This book is about good government-especially ethical and fair government.

The definitive history of the passport and why it became so important for controlling movement in the modern world.

This book looks at migration through the lens of the Partition of India in 1947.

Because social media and technology companies rule the Internet, only a digital constitution can protect our rights online.

In a world in which change is constant, the principle of self-determination is important.

At the turn of the new millenium, war, political oppression, desperate poverty, environmental degradation and disasters, and economic underdevelopment are sharply increasing the ranks of the world's twenty million forced migrants.

This book explains the concept of social cohesion in the context of a comparative sociological study.

This book describes the Islamisation process that has unfolded in Malaysia over the last fifty years and provides feedback from in-depth interviews with 100 individuals from Malaysia's "e;educated classes"e;, or the "e;elite"e;, regarding their reactions to the changes that have accompanied Islamisation and how they feel it has impacted them.

Vor dem Hintergrund der politischen Diskussion um Migration konzentriert sich das Handbuch auf die pädagogischen Anforderungen, die sich für die Erwachsenenbildung durch den Umgang mit Menschen unterschiedlicher Herkunftskulturen ergeben.

Public school classrooms around the world have the power to shape and transform youth culture and identity.

More than ever, politics seem to be driven by discord.

This book introduces new audiences to Dr.

This book examines the digitalization of longstanding problems of technological advance that produce inequalities and automated governance, which relieves subjects of agency and critical thought, and prompts a need to weaponize thoughtfulness against technocratic designs.

Like most of the nation during the 1930s, St.

The Surprising History and Legacy of the InquisitionThe renowned historian and critic Jonathan Kirsch presents a sweeping history of the Inquisition and the ways in which it has served as the chief model for torture in the West to this day.

Civic matters affect all members of a community and are thus of potential concern to all.

This book offers a re-evaluation of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, the prominent Italian Renaissance philosopher and prince of Concord.

In Search of Power is a history of the era of civil rights, decolonization and Black Power, from 1956 to 1974.

It was family separation andkids in cages that drove Sarah Towle to the U.

Participatory democracy innovations aimed at bringing citizens back into local governance processes are now at the core of the international democratic development agenda.

An unprecedented look at the evolution of American police, from filling their intended role as peacekeepers and guardians of citizen rights to calling themselves-and acting primarily as-"e;law enforcement officers.

In 21st century America, personhood is under daily assault, sometimes with dire consequences.

The South's system of Jim Crow racial oppression is usually understood in terms of legal segregation that mandated the separation of white and black Americans.

In zwei der weltweit ältesten Religionsmuseen wurden zu Ende der 1920er und im Verlauf der 1930er Jahre ähnliche religiöse Objekte mit sehr unterschiedlichen kuratorischen Intentionen inszeniert.

Cities are nothing without the streetsthe arteries through which goods, people, and ideas flow.

Why do people turn to personal connections to get things done?

What does it mean to think, believe, and act like an American?

The Law Officer's Pocket Manual is a handy, pocket-sized, spiral-bound manual that highlights basic legal rules for quick reference and offers examples showing how those rules are applied.

Why you have the right to resist unjust governmentThe economist Albert O.

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

The chapters in this book constitute a timely response to an important moment for early modern cultural studies: the academy has been called to attend to questions of social justice.

New waves of land grabbing are working to dispossess peasants in both the Global South and the Global North.

This book examines the conceptual and political history of the right of self-determination of peoples.

Women in Israel provides a fresh, gendered analysis of citizenship in Israel.

A bold new perspective on the strategic logic of international human rights enforcementWhen a government violates the rights of its citizens, the international community can respond by exerting moral pressure and urging reform.

What, other than numbers and power, justifies Canada’s assertion of sovereignty and jurisdiction over the country’s vast territory?

Why leaders, not citizens, are the driving force in Europe's crisis of democracyAn apparent explosion of support for right-wing populist parties has triggered widespread fears that liberal democracy is facing its worst crisis since the 1930s.

Teaching the Global Dimension specifically responds to concerns such as inequality, justice, environment and conflict in chapters written by leading educationalists in the field.

Im Zeitalter des Postfaktischen wird der Ruf nach einer wahrnehmbaren und relevanten katholischen Stimme in der Gesellschaft wieder laut.

This book explores the changes underwent by the Orthodox Churches of Eastern and Southeastern Europe as they came into contact with modernity.