Civics category: 1212 books
America Ascendant
A Revolutionary Nation’s Path to Addressing Its Deepest Problems and Leading the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
America is poised to lead the 21st Century, as it led the 20th. That will happen because the country is at a tipping point in the battle for its own renewal, a renewal that will allow America to be exceptional again.
Our economy is on the move, fueled by revolutions in energy, immigration,...
Migration Theory
Talking across Disciplines
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
During the last decade the issue of migration has increased in global prominence and has caused controversy among host countries around the world. To remedy the tendency of scholars to speak only to and from their own disciplinary perspective, this book brings together in a single volume essays dealing...
The Good Citizen
How a Younger Generation Is Reshaping American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
The Good Citizen uses a new 2014 national opinion survey to describe how Americans’ views of what it means to be a good citizen is changing. Russell J. Dalton shows that contrary to conventional wisdom, younger generations are more politically engaged, more politically tolerant, and more supportive...
Producing and Negotiating Non-Citizenship
Precarious Legal Status in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Most examinations of non-citizens in Canada focus on immigrants, people who are citizens-in-waiting, or specific categories of temporary, vulnerable workers. In contrast, Producing and Negotiating Non-Citizenship considers a range of people whose pathway to citizenship is uncertain or non-existent....
Beautiful Rising
Creative Resistance from the Global South
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
**"Beautiful Rising offers insights and lessons for creative resistance from across the Global South, making it a crucial resource for change-makers."—Archbishop Desmond Tutu
"Beyond a brilliantly innovative toolkit for making social change, you will find here a 'deep structure'...
Populism in Latin America
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
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This updated edition of Populism in Latin America discusses new developments in populism as a political phenomenon and the emergence of new populist political figures in Mexico, Argentina, and Venezuela in particular.
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by Andrew Bushard
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
In America, the two major parties monopolize our political system, but despite this, political independents, 3rd party candidates, and mavericks still press on. Bold political independents, mavericks, and 3rd party candidates refuse to lie down and accept less than God's best. Instead, these political...
Quiet No More
New Political Activism in Canada and Around the Globe
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Spontaneous and creative protest movements have burst onto the political stage in Canada and around the world. Joel D. Harden, an activist, writer, and educator, offers a ground-level account of the most important of these recent expressions of large-scale political engagement, mostly by young people....
Schooling and the Making of Citizens in the Long Nineteenth Century
Comparative Visions
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
This book is a comparative history that explores the social, cultural, and political formation of the modern nation through the construction of public schooling. It asks how modern school systems arose in a variety of different republics and non-republics across four continents during the period from...
by David Brower, Hildegarde Hannum
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 1992
The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.
The first stage of the James Bay hydro-electric development project submerged four thousand square acres of northern Canadian forest. In the...
by Paul Grace
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused approach to Individuals and Societies presented in global contexts.
- Develop conceptual understanding with key MYP concepts and related concepts...
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How You Will Change the World with Social Networking
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010
Shows how both activists and the casually progressive can leverage the power of social networks for social change Helps readers maintain credibility, establish new connections, deal with common fears, and have a good time Authoritative but aggressively non-technical—like talking to a real person...
by Iraj Abedian, Reuel Khoza, Vuyo Mathlati
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
This book is the culmination of a project started by the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection five years ago. Its aim was to reflect on the past 23 years of South Africa's young democracy with a view to understanding the ethical issues and challenges facing various sectors of our society...
The Contradictions of Israeli Citizenship
Land, Religion and State
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
This book provides an integrated analysis of the complex nature of citizenship in Israel. Contributions from leading social and political theorists explore different aspects of citizenship through the demands and struggles of minority groups to provide a comprehensive picture of the dynamics of Israeli...