Civics category: 1212 books
Strongmen
Trump / Modi / Erdoğan / Duterte / Putin
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
Five noted writers and thinkers profile five of the world’s leaders. For some of us, these leaders are heroes; for others, villains; for all of us—strongmen.
We’re edging towards a new kind of global fascism driven by aggression and strident nationalism. In this energetic, focused book,...
by Lt. Col. Robert K. Brown USAR (Ret.)
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
For over thirty years, Soldier of Fortune magazine has been the go to magazine for supporting those individuals who have the courage to fight. Whether they fight for those who cannot defend themselves or they fight simply to uphold their beliefs...whomoever is in service to others and is willing to stand...
Speaking Rights to Power
Constructing Political Will
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
How can "Speaking Rights to Power" construct political will to respond to human rights abuse worldwide? Examining dozens of cases of human rights campaigns and using an innovative analysis of the politics of persuasion, this book shows how communication politics build recognition, solidarity,...
by William Ellis, Hildegarde Hannum
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.
William Ellis has spent over twenty years searching out the people and organizations with the best applications of appropriate technology....
The Art of Influencing Crowds
People Power
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
The main theme of this book is a sociological and psychological examination of crowd behaviour and people power. Written for the general public, it draws on a century of fieldwork, and brings together the opinions and guidance of many scientists eminent in their field to give modern-day insights to this...
Civilising Citizens in Post-Mao China
Understanding the Rhetoric of Suzhi
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Political discourse in contemporary China is intimately linked to the patriotic reverie of restoring China as a great civilisation, a dream of reformers since the beginning of the twentieth century. The concept and use of suzhi – a term that denotes the idea of cultivating a ‘quality’ citizenship...
by John Raymaker
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014
This book addresses the climate change crisis through scientific, historical, and spiritual lenses. Using Bernard Lonergan’s functional specialization method, developed to facilitate collaboration among specialists, Raymaker and Durrani not only analyze data and rebut the claims of climate change...
Blogging the Political
Politics and Participation in a Networked Society
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
The popular blog-tracking site technorati.com reports the existance of well over one hundred million blogs. Despite the medium’s ubiquity, the impact of political blogging on politics and civic engagemment has not been systematically examined. In an era of depressed civic engagement, where access...
Diminished Democracy
From Membership to Management in American Civic Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Pundits and social observers have voiced alarm each year as fewer Americans involve themselves in voluntary groups that meet regularly. Thousands of nonprofit groups have been launched in recent times, but most are run by professionals who lobby Congress or deliver social services to clients. What...
by Hans Schattle
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2007
What is global citizenship, exactly? Are we all global citizens? In The Practices of Global Citizenship, Hans Schattle provides a striking account of how global citizenship is taking on much greater significance in everyday life. This lively book includes many fascinating conversations with global...
Our Compelling Interests
The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
It is clear that in our society today, issues of diversity and social connectedness remain deeply unresolved and can lead to crisis and instability. The major demographic changes taking place in America make discussions about such issues all the more imperative. Our Compelling Interests engages this...
One-Party Classroom
How Radical Professors at America's Top Colleges Indoctrinate Students and Undermine Our Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
“David Horowitz has single-handedly exposed the intellectual corruption that exists within the classrooms of American colleges. Like all forms of corruption, indoctrination flourishes when kept in the dark. Here, Horowitz turns on the bright lights to expose what has become profoundly wrong with...
Digital Labor
The Internet as Playground and Factory
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Digital Labor calls on the reader to examine the shifting sites of labor markets to the Internet through the lens of their political, technological, and historical making. Internet users currently create most of the content that makes up the web: they search, link, tweet, and post updates—leaving...
DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans
No More Gangs in Government
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
DemoCRIPS and ReBLOODlicans uncovers the truth about how corporations have bought the American electoral and legislative process through the power of lobbyists, campaign contributions and political action committees. Covering historical details such as the development of the two-party system and the...