Civics and citizenship

"e;Fascinating profiles"e; of remarkable nuns, from an eighty-three-year-old Ironman champion to a crusader against human trafficking (Daily News [New York]).

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Fifties: An "e;intimate and monumental"e; account of the people at the core of the civil rights movement (Publishers Weekly).

Why religion must be separated from politics if democracy is to thrive around the worldFor eight years the president of the United States was a born-again Christian, backed by well-organized evangelicals who often seemed intent on erasing the church-state divide.

Lord's history of the 1962 Ole Miss riots, sparked by one man's heroic stance against segregation in the American South On September 30, 1962, James H.

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author's firsthand account of the civil rights benefit concert attacked by a violent mob in upstate New York.

Rise of the Spiritual Activist connects faith with social justice and seeks to provide for the would-be activist a spiritual model for advocacy.

An indispensable guide to Islamic political thought from Muhammad to the twenty-first centuryThe first encyclopedia of Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, this comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible reference provides the context needed for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond.

Why the pursuit of state recognition by seemingly marginal religious groups in Egypt and elsewhere is a devotional practiceOver the past decade alone, religious communities around the world have demanded state recognition, exemption, accommodation, or protection.

The voluntary sector was central to the COVID-19 response: fulfilling basic needs, highlighting new and existing inequalities and coordinating action where the state had been slow to respond.

The voluntary sector was central to the COVID-19 response: fulfilling basic needs, highlighting new and existing inequalities and coordinating action where the state had been slow to respond.

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

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

Adult social care was the first major social policy domain in England to be transferred from the state to the market.

Adult social care was the first major social policy domain in England to be transferred from the state to the market.

Are young people blindly self-interested?

Are young people blindly self-interested?

How has the Brexit vote affected EU migrants to the UK?

How has the Brexit vote affected EU migrants to the UK?

We praise those people who do things for others.

We praise those people who do things for others.

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.

The challenge of violence against women should be recognised as an issue for the state, citizenship and the whole community.

The challenge of violence against women should be recognised as an issue for the state, citizenship and the whole community.

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.

The increasing impact of neoliberalism across the globe means that a complex interplay of democratic, economic and managerial rationalities now frame the parameters and practices of community development.

The increasing impact of neoliberalism across the globe means that a complex interplay of democratic, economic and managerial rationalities now frame the parameters and practices of community development.

Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law courts, and overlook the role that informal social practices played in the regulation of the political order.

This book presents a novel approach to the study of contemporary social movements and activism.

As a pioneer of the modern legal novel and a criminal lawyer, Scott Turow has been involved with the death penalty for more than a decade, including successfully representing two different men convicted in death-penalty prosecutions.

A century ago, Britain was caught up in one of the most extraordinary events in the country's history - the struggle of its women to obtain the right to vote.

Pass the British Citizenship Test will enable you to pass the test which will allow you to apply for for indefinite leave to remain or naturalisation as a British citizen.

Nazanin Afshin-Jam was on top of the world.

British social reformers Emma Cons (1838–1911) and Lucy Cavendish (1841–1924) broke new ground in their efforts to better the lot of the working poor in London: they hoped to transform these people’s lives through great art, music, high culture, and elite knowledge.

Previous notions of what constitutes "e;citizenship"e; within a country have been steadily challenged by the movement towards a globalized world.

This collection brings together a wide array of writings on Canadian immigrant history, including many highly regarded, influential essays.

Previous notions of what constitutes "e;citizenship"e; within a country have been steadily challenged by the movement towards a globalized world.

This collection brings together a wide array of writings on Canadian immigrant history, including many highly regarded, influential essays.

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

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

Since the 1960s, the number of immigrants living in liberal democracies has been steadily rising.

Since the 1960s, the number of immigrants living in liberal democracies has been steadily rising.

Contemporary feminists are used to juggling many different identities at once, balancing affiliations based on race, nation, class, and sexuality.

Contemporary feminists are used to juggling many different identities at once, balancing affiliations based on race, nation, class, and sexuality.

This collection of many voices develops more deeply and exhaustively the issues raised in the editors’ earlier volume, Pathways to Self-Determination.

One is usually conscious of tyranny and oppression; domination is more subtle.

These original essays show how the US government repeatedly aided certain regimes as they planned and then carried out crimes against humanity and genocide.

These original essays show how the US government repeatedly aided certain regimes as they planned and then carried out crimes against humanity and genocide.

Uninformed and reactionary responses in the years following the events of 9/11 and the ongoing 'War on Terror' have greatly affected ideas of citizenship and national belonging.

Uninformed and reactionary responses in the years following the events of 9/11 and the ongoing 'War on Terror' have greatly affected ideas of citizenship and national belonging.