Civics category: 1212 books
The Beholden State
California’s Lost Promise and How to Recapture It
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
California is at a tipping point. Severe budget deficits, unsustainable pension costs, heavy taxes, cumbersome regulation, struggling cities, and distressed public schools are but a few of the challenges that policymakers must address for the state to remain a beacon of business innovation and economic...
Give Me Liberty
A Handbook for American Revolutionaries
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
As the practice of democracy becomes a lost art, Americans are increasingly desperate for a restored nation. Many have a general sense that the "system" is in disorder -- if not on the road to functional collapse. But though it is easy to identify our political problems, the solutions are not always...
One Vote
Make Your Voice Heard
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Discover the True Power of the Ballot
The vast majority of Americans feel that our nation is moving in the wrong direction, but we feel powerless to do anything about it. Maybe, that’s why in the presidential election of 2012, more people did not vote than voted for either candidate. We, the people,...
by Capitol Reader
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2013
This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Anthony Lewis in his book “Freedom for the Thought That we Hate: A biography of the First Amendment”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work...
Civil Peace and the Quest for Truth
The First Amendment Freedoms in Political Philosophy and American Constitutionalism
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2004
The freedoms of speech and religion assumed a sacrosanct space in American notions of civil liberty. But it was not until the twentieth century that these freedoms became prominent in American constitutional law; originally, the first ten amendments applied only to the federal government and not to...
The Resistance Handbook
45 Ways to Fight Trump
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
It's time to fight back.In November 2016, Donald Trump lost the national popular vote—by a lot!—yet managed to stumble into the White House. Trump's presidency is not just an indictment of our political system—it's an affront to our core values as a nation. How could such an ignorant autocratic...
The Citizen Lobbyist
A How-to Manual for Making Your Voice Heard in Government
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
A handbook for anyone who wants to learn about how to be active in local, state, and federal government, The Citizen Lobbyist shows how to have a voice in creating public policy. More citizen involvement is needed in our government processes to ensure the voices of the people are heard over the money...
by Steve Johnson, Graeme Roffe
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
An OCR endorsed textbook.
Association for Citizenship Teaching Quality Mark resource.
Encourage students of all abilities to develop an enthusiastic interest in contemporary UK society with knowledge-boosting activities and assessment support for the changed content and assessment criteria; produced...
by Howard Zinn
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Howard Zinn's views on social movements, freedom, history, democracy, and our own human potential are educational and transformative. In few places is his voice more clear and accessible than in the dozens of articles he penned for The Progressive magazine from 1980 to 2009, offered together here...
The Gift of Ford
Rob Ford: How Toronto's Unlikeliest Man Became its Most Notorious Mayor
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Following widespread news that Toronto Police are in possession of the alleged Rob Ford crack cocaine video, there has never been a better time to read the essential backgrounder to Rob Ford's increasingly wild and erratic mayoralty.
When people talk about recalling politicians, it's usually...
#NeverAgain
A New Generation Draws the Line
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From two survivors of the Parkland, Florida, shooting comes a declaration for our times, and an in-depth look at the making of the #NeverAgain movement.
On February 14, 2018, seventeen-year-old David Hogg and his fourteen-year-old sister, Lauren, went to school...
The Truth Matters
A Citizen's Guide to Separating Facts from Lies and Stopping Fake News in Its Tracks
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Distinguish fake news from reliable journalism with this clear and concise handbook by New York Times best-selling author Bruce Bartlett.
Today’s media and political landscapes are littered with untrustworthy sources and the dangerous concept of “fake news.” This accessible guide helps...
Slow Democracy
Rediscovering Community, Bringing Decision Making Back Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Reconnecting with the sources of decisions that affect us, and with the processes of democracy itself, is at the heart of 21st-century sustainable communities.
Slow Democracy chronicles the ways in which ordinary people have mobilized to find local solutions to local problems. It invites us...
by Doug Griffiths, Kelly Clemmer
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Let's suppose you have a really ambitious goal in life - you want to kill your community! You want to drive away people, eliminate jobs, undermine businesses, and you won't quit until the whole place is in ruins. Here is the perfect manual, filled with proven ideas, taht every town wrecker needs to make his dreams come true!