Civics category: 1212 books
Los Republicanos
Why Hispanics and Republicans Need Each Other
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
Hispanics comprise one of America's largest business-minded, faith-based, culturally-conservative entities—and their numbers continue to grow. Long assumed to be aligned with the Democrats, Hispanics have been ignored by many Republicans. Noted Hispanic marketing expert and political commentator...
Secessionism and the European Union
The Future of Flanders, Scotland, and Catalonia
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
This study examines three different cases—Flanders in Belgium, Scotland in the UK, and Catalonia in Spain—to investigate how secessionist political parties are approaching the issue of independence. All of the cases are different with respect to history, governmental structure, and economic situation....
E Pluribus ONE
Reclaiming Our Founders' Vision for a United America
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
OUR FOUNDERS understood that America was the greatest experiment on earth. And they sealed it with these words: E pluribus Unum: "Out of Many We Are One."
"America is the story of us. And us isn't doing so great right now." Says award winning journalist and author Sophia...
by Snarky Jane
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
What is it like for a Progressive or Liberal to live in Trump Country? How do you combat the daily misinformation that your neighbors are gleefully sharing? How do you combat a president who lies and misinforms the country on a daily basis? What do you do about a Congress too spineless to check an...
Canadian Democracy from the Ground Up
Perceptions and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Canada is often held up as an example of a healthy democracy. However, the Canadian public is less enthusiastic about the way our democracy works. Rather than focusing on institutional performance, this book approaches the “democratic deficit” from the perspective of the Canadian public and assesses...
Mastering The U.S. Legal System
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2014
Mastering the U.S. Legal System: A Beginner’s Guide provides an introduction to the U.S. legal system through easy to understand text accompanied by explanatory cases and other materials. Topics include the U.S. Constitution, the system of courts, sources of law, and the U.S. system of litigation.
Voting Deliberatively
FDR and the 1936 Presidential Campaign
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
The 1932 election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt seemed to hold the promise of Democratic domination for years to come. However, leading up to the 1936 election, persistent economic problems, a controversial domestic agenda, and the perception of a weak foreign policy were chipping away at public support....
Liberty for All
A Manifesto for Reclaiming Financial and Political Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Americans are increasingly dismayed with a broken political system and the big institutions they blame for a Darwinian economy (in which it's getting harder to get ahead). What they've lost sight of is the importance of self-reliance and personal initiative in every individual's quest for prosperity....
Reasoning With Democratic Values 2.0, Volume 1
Ethical Issues in American History, 16071865
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The extensively updated and revised edition of Reasoning with Democratic Values 2.0 presents an engaging approach to teaching U.S. history that promotes critical thinking and social responsibility. In Volume 1, students investigate 20 significant historical episodes, arranged chronologically, beginning...
Citizenship and Democracy in an Era of Crisis
Essays in honour of Jan W. van Deth
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
Democracies are transforming worldwide, but at the same time political inequality is increasing. This development threatens to leave growing portions of mass publics effectively ‘outside’ the political process.
This volume brings together leading authorities in the field of democratic citizenship...
by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Democratic institutions and laws are essential, but they cannot bring about democracy on their own. They will only function if they build on a culture of democracy, and our societies will not be able to develop and sustain such a culture unless education plays an essential role. Student engagement...
Young Citizens and New Media
Learning for Democratic Participation
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
This book integrates four distinct topics: young people, citizenship, new media, and learning processes. When taken together, these four topics merge to define an arena of social and research attention that has become compelling in recent years.
The general international concern expressed of...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
On one day in 2009, in thirty-eight countries around the world, 4,000 ordinary citizens gathered to discuss the future of climate policy. This project, 'WWViews', was the first-ever global democratic deliberation – an attempt to enable ordinary people to reach informed decisions on and impact...
The Star and the Stripes
A History of the Foreign Policies of American Jews
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
How do American Jews envision their role in the world? Are they tribal—a people whose obligations extend solely to their own? Or are they prophetic—a light unto nations, working to repair the world? The Star and the Stripes is an original, provocative interpretation of the effects of these worldviews...