Civics category: 1212 books
Democracy's Lot
Rhetoric, Publics, and the Places of Invention
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Candice Rai’s Democracy’s Lot is an incisive exploration of the limitations and possibilities of democratic discourse for resolving conflicts in urban communities. Rai roots her study of democratic politics and publics in a range of urban case studies focused on public art, community policing,...
Systemic and Non-Systemic Opposition in the Russian Federation
Civil Society Awakens?
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Over the period December 2011-July 2013 a tidal wave of mass protests swept through the Russian Capital and engulfed scores of cities and regions. Civil society, it appeared, had at last woken up. This fascinating book examines the rise and fall of the non-systemic opposition and the role of the systemic...
Subjects, Citizens and Law
Colonial and independent India
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
This volume investigates how, where and when subjects and citizens come into being, assert themselves and exercise subjecthood or citizenship in the formation of modern India. It argues for the importance of understanding legal practice – how rights are performed in dispute and negotiation – from...
We Must Not Be Enemies
Restoring America's Civic Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
At the end of his first inaugural address, delivered to a nation deeply divided and on the brink of civil war, Abraham Lincoln concluded, “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies.” Lincoln’s words ring true today, especially for a new generation raised on political discourse...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
There is no recent literature that underscores the transition from Pan-Africanism to Diaspora discourse. This book examines the gradual shift and four major transformations in the study of Pan-Africanism. It offers an "academic post-mortem" that seeks to gauge the extent to which Pan-Africanism...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
This book provides unique and detailed perspectives on different aspects of dissent, protest and disputes and how these have, in turn, continued to pose challenges in Africa. The contributors argue that, dissent, protest and most forms of disputes in Africa are the result of daily challenges that...
How to Have Impossible Conversations
A Very Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2019
"This is a self-help book on how to argue effectively, conciliate, and gently persuade. The authors admit to getting it wrong in their own past conversations. One by one, I recognize the same mistakes in me. The world would be a better place if everyone read this book." -- Richard Dawkins, author...
The Effective Republic
Administration and Constitution in the Thought of Alexander Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 1992
The United States has been distinguished among free governments as a “presidential” republic. In The Effective Republic, Harvey Flaumenhaft shows how the study of Alexander Hamilton’s political thought opens the way to understanding the nature of this republic and the reasons for its development.
Although...
The Quest for an Ideal Youth in Putin's Russia I
Back to Our Future! History, Modernity, and Patriotism according to Nashi, 2005-2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
This book analyzes the dubious role of the Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement "Nashi" in contemporary Russia. Part of the Putinist project of political stabilization, Nashi mobilizes young Russians through its emotional appeal, skillful use of symbolic politics, and promise of professional self-realization.
Changing Images of the Left in Bulgaria
An Old-and-New Divide?
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Boris Popivanov reassesses the Bulgarian Socialist Party—arguably, the most important political entity in Bulgaria's post-communist history. Considering its internal problems and challenges from a radical grassroots Left, Popivanov explores how the party was the only political organization to remain...
by Bronwen Manby, Richard Dowden, Alex de Waal
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Hundreds of thousands of people living in Africa find themselves non-persons in the only state they have ever known. Because they are not recognised as citizens, they cannot get their children registered at birth or entered in school or university; they cannot access state health services; they cannot...
The Good Immigrant
26 Writers Reflect on America
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
"This collection is a resounding success on multiple fronts. Its righteous rage is perfectly matched by its literary rewards...a surround-sound chorus that bristles with an unpredictable, electric energy." -- The Washington Post
From Trump's proposed border wall and travel ban to...
Lion in the Lobby
Clarence Mitchell, Jr.'s Struggle for the Passage of Civil Rights Laws
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Lion in the Lobby chronicles Clarence Mitchell's life story and mission of getting Congress to join the courts and the Executive Branch in upholding the Constitution in order to fulfill the NAACP's egalitarian philosophy. This revised edition features a detailed account of the bitter battle within...
The Suppression of Dissent
How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Despite longstanding traditions of tolerance, inclusion, and democracy in the United States, dissident citizens and social movements have experienced significant and sustained - although often subtle and difficult-to observe - suppression in this country. Using mechanism-based social-movement theory,...