Civics category: 1212 books
Der Witz und seine Beziehung zum Unbewussten
Mit einem einleitenden Essay von Manuel Metzig
Language: German
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Dass sich Freud später dazu entschloss, ein Buch über Witze zu veröffentlichen, mag nur auf den ersten Blick verwundern. In dieser Schrift versuchte Freud die Theorien der "Traumdeutung" auf die Techniken des Witzes anzuwenden. Freud selbst sprach von einer "sehr weitgehende Übereinstimmung...
Dignity, Mental Health and Human Rights
Coercion and the Law
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
This book explores the human rights consequences of recent and ongoing revisions of mental health legislation in England and Ireland. Presenting a critical discussion of the World Health Organization's 'Checklist on Mental Health Legislation' from its Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and...
Law, Politics, and the Constitution
New Perspectives from Legal and Political Theory
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
The fourth Yearbook of the Central and Eastern European Forum of Young Legal, Political and Social Theorists reassesses central concepts of modern constitutionalism between the poles of law and politics: separation of powers, constitutional review, and constitutional rights and obligations. Fourteen...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2007
Archaeology as a Tool of Civic Engagement is an indispensable resource for archaeologists and the communities in which they work. The authors are intensely committed to developing effective models for participating in the civic renewal movement - through active engagement in community life, in development...
Bargaining with the State from Afar
American Citizenship in Treaty Port China, 1844-1942
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2001
In the early 1990s, when organizations representing the 2.6 million U.S. nationals living abroad appealed to Congress for their own non-voting representative, the response of one Senator was to dismiss these "moans of the mink-swathed Americans abroad." However, the image of a life of luxury...
The People's Mandate
Referendums and a More Democratic Canada
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 1991
A mood of anger with the political system has been stirring across Canada; yet rather than turning away from the system, many Canadians are actually seeking a greater say in matters that affect them. they want to become more effective participants in the political process.
In this timely book,...
Gatekeepers
Reshaping Immigrant Lives in Cold War Canada
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2006
An in-depth study of European immigrants to Canada during the Cold War, Gatekeepers explores the interactions among these immigrants and the “gatekeepers”—mostly middle-class individuals and institutions whose definitions of citizenship significantly shaped the immigrant experience. Iacovetta’s...
The Road to Citizenship
What Naturalization Means for Immigrants and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Between 2000 and 2011, eight million immigrants became American citizens. In naturalization ceremonies large and small these new Americans pledged an oath of allegiance to the United States, gaining the right to vote, serve on juries, and hold political office; access to certain jobs; and the legal...
Where Did You Get This Number?
A Pollster's Guide to Making Sense of the World
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
CBS News’ Elections and Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto takes you behind the scenes of polling to show you how to think about who we are and where we’re headed as a nation.
As Elections and Surveys Director for CBS News, it’s Anthony Salvanto’s job to understand you—what you think...
Lotteries in Public Life
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Lotteries have been used to make all kinds of public decisions ever since the days of Ancient Greece. They can contribute to some of our most important values, such as rationality, justice, and democracy. But until recently, there was no theory to make sense of lotteries and what they can do. The past...
The Human Rights Act and the Assault on Liberty
Rights and Asylum in the UK
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
A major objective of the Human Rights Act (HRA) was to bring about a culture of rights in the UK. Its introduction fore-grounded questions about the use of rights to advance social justice issues and was the impetus for this research. At about the same time as the Act came into effect another law,...
Becoming American
Why Immigration Is Good for Our Nation's Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
For policy makers, business leaders, and American citizens, immigration reform is one of the defining issues of our time. In turns both personal and analytical, remaining factual and well-argued throughout, Fariborz Ghadar’s Becoming American makes the case for common sense immigration policies...
by Stephen H. Balch, Patrick J. Deneen, Anthony M. Esolen
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
This volume brings together leading thinkers who offer reflections on the place of Western civilization in the academy, at a time when there is indifference or even antipathy toward the study of the West at most institutions of higher learning. Alternative narratives—including multiculturalism,...
Broken Bonds
What Family Fragmentation Means for America’s Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
The United States has the highest family fragmentation rates in the industrial world. Nonmarital birth rates for the nation as a whole are 40%, with proportions dramatically higher in many communities as defined by race, ethnicity, or geography. Divorce rates, while moderating in recent decades, are...