Civics category: 1212 books
by Henley & Partners
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Global Residence and Citizenship Programs 2016 provides a comprehensive, systematic analysis and benchmarking of the world’s most relevant investor immigration and citizenship-by-investment programs. A distinguished panel of independent experts – immigration and citizenship lawyers, economists, country...
by Dr. Christian H. Kälin
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
This book is the quintessential guide for global citizens and their advisers, such as law firms, tax consultants, private banks and family offices. At the same time the handbook is also invaluable for business owners, entrepreneurs and investors who are interested in expanding their horizons. “The...
No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies
Women and the Obligations of Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
This pioneering study redefines women's history in the United States by focusing on civic obligations rather than rights. Looking closely at thirty telling cases from the pages of American legal history, Kerber's analysis reaches from the Revolution, when married women did not have the same obligation...
Sovereigns Peacefully Take Charge
An Agenda for Liberty and Justice
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2006
Reviewing how we the people became sovereigns, this book encourages citizens to become peaceful activists to supplement representative government. The author declares seventy-five grievances against the United States government. He proposes or endorses remedies in the forms of constitutional amendments...
by Prakash Madhusudan Apte
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
What should be a city's Vision Plan? How should a Region and City development plan be prepared? What is the impact of ïliberalization' and policies like the establishment of Special Economic Zones? Can a sustainable development model be evolved in a city? Should slums be redeveloped or remodelled? Are...
The Cosmopolites
The Coming of the Global Citizen
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
The cosmopolites are literally "citizens of the world," from the Greek word kosmos, meaning "world," and polites, or "citizen." Garry Davis, aka World Citizen No. 1, and creator of the World Passport, was a former Broadway actor and World War II bomber pilot who renounced...
Justice as Right Actions
An Original Theory of Justice in Conversation with Major Contemporary Accounts
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Justice as Right Actions presents an original theory of justice anchored in the analytical philosophical tradition. In contrast to many contemporary approaches, the theory provides normative guidance, rather than focusing solely on political structures and institutions, as the question of justice...
Carole Pateman
Democracy, Feminism, Welfare
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Carole Pateman’s writings have been innovatory precisely for their qualities of engagement, pursued at the height of intellectual rigour. This book draws from her vast output of articles, chapters, books and speeches to provide a thematic yet integrated account of her innovations in political theory...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2010
Globality, Democracy and Civil Society explores the relationship between the concepts of democracy and civil society through a comparison of their meaning and function in different historical and cultural contexts.
This volume presents detailed contextual studies in Europe, North America, Japan,...
Michael J. Shapiro
Discourse, Culture, Violence
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Michael J. Shapiro’s writings have been innovatory with respect to the phenomena he has taken to be political, and the concomitant array of methods that he has brilliantly mastered. This book draws from his vast output of articles, chapters and books to provide a thematic yet integrated account...
Utopian Politics
Citizenship and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
In the context of global problems such as the economic downturn, escalating inequality, terrorism, resource depletion and climate change, cynicism prevails in contemporary politics, which need not be the case. Utopian Politics confronts a world intensely aware of the problems that we face and sadly...
Intimate Citizenships
Gender, Sexualities, Politics
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
This volume responds to the need to extend the theory of citizenship, in order to bridge the gap between the public and the private sphere. Through the application of intersectional methodology, the authors document how people’s most private decisions and practices are intertwined with public institutions...
Equal as Citizens
The tumultuous and troubled history of a great Canadian idea
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
No matter where they live, Canadians expect and receive equal benefits from their government when it comes to old age pensions, consular services when travelling abroad, and airline safety. Canadians also expect the same quality of education, medical care, and social benefits anywhere in the country....
Participation and Empowerment at the Grassroots
Chinese Village Elections in Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
This monograph ties in the scholarly debate on Chinese village elections and their consequences for China’s political system. It draws on comparative fieldwork conducted in six villages in two counties in Jiangxi and Jilin Provinces and one district in Shenzhen between 2002 and 2005, producing data...