Civics category: 1212 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
The arrival of the participatory web 2.0 has been hailed by many as a media revolution, bringing with it new tools and possibilities for direct political action. Through specialised online platforms, mainstream social media or blogs, citizens in many countries are increasingly seeking to have their...
Civic Media Literacies
Re-Imagining Human Connection in an Age of Digital Abundance
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Civic life today is mediated. Communities small and large are now using connective platforms to share information, engage in local issues, facilitate vibrant debate, and advocate for social causes. In this timely book, Paul Mihailidisexplores the texture of daily engagement in civic life, and the...
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Civil War Opposition in the Pennsylvania Appalachians
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
A “balanced, compelling” study of one rural region in the North where war resistance flourished (Civil War Times).
During the Civil War, there were explosions of resistance to the war throughout the Union—from the deadly draft riots in New York City to other, less well-known outbreaks....
The Gallup Poll
Public Opinion 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
This work is the only complete compilation of polls taken by the Gallup Organization, the world's most reliable and widely quoted research firm. It is an invaluable tool for ascertaining the pulse of American public opinion in a certain year, as well as for documenting changing perceptions over time...
by Kai Brakhage
Language: German
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Language: German
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Der Autor zeigt anhand des Finanzsystems auf, warum es notwendig ist, die ökonomische Bildung in eine sozialwissenschaftliche Bildung zu überführen. Dabei entwickelt er ein Schema zur Darstellung des Finanzsystems und führt aus, warum die Märkte des Finanzsystems immer von einem Marktversagen...
Die Wahrheit über Michael Lüders
Ist er ein Verschwörungstheoretiker?
Language: German
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Michael Lüders ist ein bekannter Autor, der die amerikanische Außenpolitik stark kritisiert.
Er behauptet öffentlich, dass der Westen Syrien ins Chaos gestürzt hat.
Was ist von dieser These aber wirklich zu halten?
Ist Michael Lüders glaubwürdig oder ist er nur ein Verschwörungstheoretiker?
The administration and you – A handbook
Principles of administrative law concerning relations between individuals and public authorities
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
The public administration is above all for us, the protection of our rights and the pursuit of the public good. This handbook will be of interest to all those concerned with the proper functioning of public administration: individuals who apply for public services and action and the public officials...
Protection of whistleblowers
Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)7 and explanatory memorandum
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Recommendation CM/Rec(2014)7 on the protection of whistleblowers encourages member states of the Council of Europe to have in place a normative, institutional and judicial framework that protects the rights and interests of individuals who, in the context of their workbased relationship, report or...
by Gianfranco Fini
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 23, 2014
All’inizio dei lavori della Convenzione Europea, Gianfranco Fini, rappresentante del governo italiano, veniva studiato con curiosità se non con timore, come possibile portatore di istanze “antiunitarie” e nazionaliste. Invece, il suo contributo alla stesura della bozza di Costituzione europea...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
The book explores the current role of nationality from the point of view of international law, reassessing the validity of the ‘classical’, state-centered, approach to nationality in light of the ‘new’ role the human being is gradually acquiring within the international legal order. In this...
Community Conservatives & the Future
Secret to Winning the Hearts & Minds of the Next Conservative Generation
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
Our future is bound up in a decision: Will we view our community through the prism of politics? Or will we view our politics through the prism of our community? If you think we can still get good work done together; if you think our communities should come first and our politics should be seen in that...
Social Motivation, Justice, and the Moral Emotions
An Attributional Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
Social Motivation, Justice, and the Moral Emotions proposes an attribution theory of interpersonal or social motivation that distinguishes between the role of thinking and feeling in determining action. The place of this theory within the larger fields of motivation and attributional analyses is explored....
The Making of Southeast Asian Nations
State, Ethnicity, Indigenism and Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
The idea of the ‘nation’ is a Western concept which has been applied to Southeast Asia. It is a project which has been in progress since the last century but is still incomplete. Various theoretical frameworks which are associated with nation and nation-building in the Southeast Asian region have...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
The Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia is an interdisciplinary resource, covering one of the most dynamically expanding sectors in contemporary Asia. Originally a product of Western thinking, civil society represents a particular set of relationships between the state and either society or...