Civics and citizenship

Each title in the Religions of the World series explores the main beliefs, practices, and places of worship of a major world religion.

A number of features of the contemporary period are preventing people from exercising their citizenship: the acceleration and permanent change in the conditions shaping habitability of planet Earth, the digital and techno-scientific revolution, the rise of religious and political radicalisation, the explosion of social inequalities, the hegemony of the economic drive to maximise individual interests, etc.

In mid-nineteenth-century Canada, the Irish outnumbered the English and Scots two to one.

In mid-nineteenth-century Canada, the Irish outnumbered the English and Scots two to one.

Written from a global perspective, The Institutions of Human Rights examines international human rights institutions and procedures, as well as weighty issues such as the protection of refugee and labor laws.

Written from a global perspective, The Institutions of Human Rights examines international human rights institutions and procedures, as well as weighty issues such as the protection of refugee and labor laws.

Canada has been giving foreign aid now for about fifteen years, and this book is the first to show what Canada has done in this new area of international diplomacy.

The citizen, a figure capable of self-government is both the political and the personal sense, is a central and enduring theme of political thought.

Bentham on Liberty focuses on the crucial formative years, when the English social philosopher Jeremy Bentham was in his twenties and thirties between 1770 and 1790, and draws on the unpublished manuscripts held at University College, London, to throw a new light on his early intellectual development.

The first women's suffrage society in Britain was formed in 1867, following the temporary Committee of the previous year.

Driven by Bismarck's wars and by economic hardship, hundreds of people left eastern Germany between 1858 and 1890 to settle in Canada.

Are the world's oldest democracies failing?

High-profile legal cases involving individuals with mental health challenges often address complex issues that confront previous decisions of the courts, influence or change existing social policies, and ultimately have a profound impact on the daily practice of mental health professionals and the lives of their patients.

High-profile legal cases involving individuals with mental health challenges often address complex issues that confront previous decisions of the courts, influence or change existing social policies, and ultimately have a profound impact on the daily practice of mental health professionals and the lives of their patients.

For millions of Catholic believers, pilgrimage has offered possible answers to the mysteries of sickness, life, and death.

For millions of Catholic believers, pilgrimage has offered possible answers to the mysteries of sickness, life, and death.

Exploring pressing questions around Canadian citizenship, Canada in Question delves into contemporary issues that come into play in identifying what it means to be Canadian.

Exploring pressing questions around Canadian citizenship, Canada in Question delves into contemporary issues that come into play in identifying what it means to be Canadian.

Most Jewish communities continue to cite intermarriage as the most serious threat to Jewish continuity.

Most Jewish communities continue to cite intermarriage as the most serious threat to Jewish continuity.

Female Doctors in Canada is an accessible collection of articles by experienced physicians and researchers exploring how systems, practices, and individuals must change as medicine becomes an increasingly female-dominated profession.

Female Doctors in Canada is an accessible collection of articles by experienced physicians and researchers exploring how systems, practices, and individuals must change as medicine becomes an increasingly female-dominated profession.

This edited collection brings together scholars from Canadian and international institutions to discuss educationalization, a trend in modern societies that involves transferring social responsibilities onto the school system.

This edited collection brings together scholars from Canadian and international institutions to discuss educationalization, a trend in modern societies that involves transferring social responsibilities onto the school system.

Confronting the truths of Canada's Indian residential school system has been likened to waking a sleeping giant.

Confronting the truths of Canada's Indian residential school system has been likened to waking a sleeping giant.

Through close analysis of the Canadian context, Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Canada provides an advanced introduction to the challenges and social consequences presented by terrorism today.

Through close analysis of the Canadian context, Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Canada provides an advanced introduction to the challenges and social consequences presented by terrorism today.

In The Givenness of Desire, Randall S.

In The Givenness of Desire, Randall S.

The basis of human rights remains in need of exploration.

This book reconsiders the concept of Chinese citizenship through the lens of cultural traditions and their deep historical roots.

Since the writing and distribution of my first book The Grooming of an African Monarch, I have received accolades and compliments in manner I have never experienced in my life.

There has been information about shocking crimes against humanity by North Korean authorities over many decades.

Flashmobs, Dîners en blanc und Strategiespiele im öffentlichen Raum - ästhetische In(ter)ventionen erobern seit einigen Jahren unser Stadtbild.

Whereas our nation was once united in purpose, today it is bitterly divided.

Troopers, advance!

I was born in Perth Western Australia and have always thought there .

As a high school teacher of government and AP Us history, I found it compelling to prepare my students to be an educated electorate.

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In Policing Protest Paul A.

In Gestures of Concern Chris Ingraham shows that while gestures such as sending a "e;Get Well"e; card may not be instrumentally effective, they do exert an intrinsically affective force on a field of social relations.

In the West African nation of Togo, applying for the U.

The Flaming Bullet attempts to determine all root causes of the disturbances manifest across England in August 2011.

An Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year, Christopher Award Winner, and Chautauqua Prize Finalist!

Religious liberty is often called "e;the first freedom.

The repression in Iran during the past thirty-three years has spilled into nearly every aspect of common citizens lives.

This book introduces children to the six main religions of the world and the types of buildings where people worship.

What do Sikhs believe?

It's time to celebrate Ramadan.