Civics category: 1212 books

In 1919, while traveling in Japan on sabbatical leave, John Dewey was invited by Peking University to visit China. Dewey and his wife, Alice, arrived in Shanghai on May 1, 1919, just days before student demonstrators took to the streets of Peking to protest the decision of the Allies in Paris to cede...

Looking at the history of America, this author questions what makes certain white Americans display many acts of evil and demonstrate so much hate toward black Americans? How can America call itself a Christian nation while demonstrating very little spirit of cooperation toward black Ameri-cans, beginning...

Examining various cultural products-music, cartoons, travel guides, ideographic treaties, film, and especially the literary arts-the contributors of these thirteen essays invite readers to conceptualize citizenship as a narrative construct, both in Canada and beyond. Focusing on indigenous and diasporic...

Selon la définition admise, la citoyenneté est la qualité du « citoyen » qui jouit de ses droits civils et politiques et notamment du droit de vote. Mais en allant au-delà des mots, la citoyenneté se définit surtoutpar ses valeurs, celles du respect des autres et des choses, une reconnaissance...

En France, le Parlement est composé de deux chambres, le Sénat et l'Assemblée nationale, c'est le bicaméralisme. Cette ouvrage vous apprendra l'histoire de cette institution et son fonctionnement. Comment les sénateurs sont-ils élus et quel est leur rôle dans le vote des lois ou dans le contrôle...

Cette nouvelle édition prend en compte la nouvelle répartition et les nouvelles appellations des régions sur le territoire français. Depuis plus de deux siècles, les préfets sont au coeur de l’État : ils sont les garants du fonctionnement républicain de l'Administration et des collectivités...

Citizen Journalism as Conceptual Practice provides a conceptualization of citizen journalism as a political practice developed through analyses of an historical and postcolonial case. Arguing that citizen journalism is first and foremost situated, embodied and political rather than networked and technology-based,...

Legends & Stories for a Compassionate America The American dream has been abused, neglected, and nearly completely discredited. It is now turning into a nightmare: witness the extreme and still-growing social disparity, and the aspirations to world empire that consume precious resources in war...

(A5, 104 PÁGINAS) - Embora muito se tenha avançado em direção aos pressupostos que servem como base para uma educação progressista, pouco se tem dado saltos qualitativos quando o assunto é especificamente sobre os procedimentos de ensino. A problemática acerca dos princípios metodológicos...

What's going on? Inflation eating at your budget; migrants pushing through your borders; mortgage and interest rates threatening your house and savings; your 'pouvoir d'achat' –your income- shortened; safety in your cities being menaced; your democracy rigged and freedom restrained; racial...

Thémistocle annonce aux Athéniens que, pour accroître la puissance de la république et la délivrer d’un ennemi redoutable, il a un moyen infaillible, mais qui ne peut être révélé au public. Aristide est nommé pour être dépositaire...

Beaucoup ont déjà écrit sur la banlieue, beaucoup ont une opinion sur ces Français qui les peuplent et pourtant très peu on fait la démarche de comprendre la situation actuelle en se mettant à la place de ces hommes et de ces femmes. En cette...

Despite the largest-scale decentralisation of education since 1999, which broadly led to the marketisation of education, it is not clear how school education responds to the multicultural realities of Indonesian society and ethno-religious conflicts. Creating Multicultural Citizens presents a comprehensive...

The Consolation of Philosophy has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West on Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great Western work of the Classical Period. Written while Boethius was in prison awaiting execution, The Consolation...