Russell Jeung's spiritual memoir shares the difficult, often joyful, and sometimes harrowing account of his life in East Oakland's Murder Dubs neighborhood and of his Chinese-Hakka history.
Una de las discusiones que perdura desde el fin de la última dictadura militar en la Argentina es la que se refiere a la naturaleza criminal de los actos perpetrados desde el Estado en aquel período.
'Ground-breaking' - Daily Mail'In explaining the rise to power of Kim Yo Jong, Lee displays his deep knowledge and understanding of North Korea's extreme, ruthless and self-obsessed dynastic autocracy, the creators and rulers of a de-facto nuclear weapon state.
POLITICIAN * PRISONER * PARENTA portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leadersAung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and crusader for democracyin Myanmar, is once again behind bars.
Los artículos, libros y compilaciones sobre temas de derechos humanos, justicia internacional y ética global ocupan un espacio cada vez más destacado en el debate académico e intelectual contemporáneo.
Wir stecken momentan in der größten Krise seit dem zweiten Weltkrieg: Corona, Impfdesaster, Ukrainekrieg, Nahostkrieg, Inflation, Rezession – all das hängt miteinander zusammen.
Dive deep into the vast expanse of intellectual thought with "e;Aristotle's Complete Works,"e; a comprehensive eBook that brings together the works of Aristotle, one of the most revered philosophers in history.
A partir de las voces de las y los periodistas, Periodismo Zoom indaga el rol de la prensa peruana durante la pandemia y cuestiona como, pese a tener mas audiencia, eso no repercutio necesariamente en una mejora en los contenidos y las practicas.
Die Problem- und Zustandsbeschreibung der politisch-gesellschaftlichen Gegenwart mit der Formel der "angegriffene Demokratie(n)" begleitet uns nun schon seit etwa 15 Jahren.
In diesem Band werden anlässlich des Gedenkens an die Gesera 1421 die inter- und transdisziplinären Analysen des aktuellen Antisemitismus dokumentiert sowie die Handlungsperspektiven zu seiner Bekämpfung aufgezeigt.
Algunos temas empíricos de investigación no han recibido hasta el momento un abordaje sistemático por parte de las ciencias histórico-sociales en Argentina.
Partizipation in der Demokratie basiert auf Grundlagen, die zugleich Ziel und Selbstverständnis politischer Bildung sind: Subjektorientierung, freie Urteilsbildung, Handlungsfähigkeit, Kritikfähigkeit, Indoktrinationsverbot, Konflikt- und Kontroversitätsorientierung.
¿Pueden ser considerados los motines como movimientos de emancipación, de independencia local o regional, concebida esta por los indios de una manera propia y particular?
Not only does government bureaucracy often make hiring a cumbersome, slow-moving process, but poor performers enjoy more protection from losing their jobs than their counterparts outside of government.
A SUNDAY TIMES BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY 'A must read and if you think YOU don't need to read it, that's just the clue to know you do' SARAH SILVERMAN'A masterpiece' STEPHEN FRYHow identity politics failed one particular identity.
A gripping in-depth look at the presidential election that stunned the worldDonald Trump's election victory resulted in one of the most unexpected presidencies in history.
This work is the first systematic attempt to measure the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, commonly regarded as the most effective civil rights legislation of the century.
An illuminating look at the transformative role that rituals play in our political livesThe Politics of Ritual is a major new account of the political power of rituals.
How a nineteenth-century lawsuit over the estate of a wealthy Tunisian Jew shines new light on the history of belongingIn the winter of 1873, Nissim Shamama, a wealthy Jew from Tunisia, died suddenly in his palazzo in Livorno, Italy.
The freedom to take part in civic life--whether in the exercise of one's right to vote or congregate and protest--has become increasingly less important to Americans than individual rights and liberties.
This debut book from Andrew Burt details the pivotal moments in American political history when outliers moved to the center, capturing the national spotlight and turning fringe politics mainstream.
The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Rights by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a 1762 book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality (1754).
Shaker Fancy Goods tells the story of the Shaker Sisters of the nineteenth and early twentieth century who responded to the economic perils of the Industrial Revolution by inventing a lucrative industry of their ownFancy Goods, a Victorian term for small adorned household objects made by women for women.
Una trágica historia llena de violaciones a los derechos fundamentales obliga a que en Colombia la investigación sobre Educación en Derechos Humanos sea un deber.
Welche Perspektive haben Schüler*innen mit Fluchterfahrung auf gesellschaftliche Probleme und wie können diese im Rahmen politischer Bildung mit den Jugendlichen bearbeitet werden?
