Civics category: 1212 books
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City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
How do we build cities where we aren't just living within the same urban space, but living together?
Greater Toronto is now home to a larger proportion of foreign-born residents than any other major global metropolis. Not surprisingly, city officials rarely miss an opportunity to tout the region’s...
Demand the Impossible!
A Radical Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Socialism was the most looked-up word of 2015 according to Merriam Webster Dictionary. People are looking for alternatives to the current political system that prioritizes profit before people.
Bill Ayers asks many of the questions that are on people's minds these days: What if we achieved...
by William John Stapleton
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
The Twilight Soi dwells on the dangers of one of the world's most beautiful and intoxicating cities, Bangkok. It is named after one of Bangkok's more infamous small streets, or sois as they are known. Soi Twilight runs off the main thoroughfare of Surawong in the centre of Bangkok's oldest entertainment...
Yes We (Still) Can
Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
From Obama's former communications director and current co-host of Pod Save America comes a colorful account of how politics, the media, and the Internet changed during the Obama presidency and how Democrats can fight back in the Trump era.**
On November...
Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest
Between Control and Emancipation
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Commercial social media platforms have become integral to contemporary forms of protests. They are intensely used by advocacy groups, non-governmental organisations, social movements and other political actors who increasingly integrate social media platforms into broader practices of organizing and...
Universality, Ethics and International Relations
A Grammatical Reading
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Universality Ethics and International Relations introduces students to the key debates about ethics in international relations theory. This book explores the reasons why grappling with universality and ethics seems to be a profound endeavour and where we end up when we do.
By offering a new...
Dilemmas of Inclusion
Muslims in European Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
As Europe’s Muslim communities continue to grow, so does their impact on electoral politics and the potential for inclusion dilemmas. In vote-rich enclaves, Muslim views on religion, tradition, and gender roles can deviate sharply from those of the majority electorate, generating severe trade-offs...
E-government in Europe
Re-booting the State
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2006
This book traces the development of e-government and its applications across Europe, exploring the effects of information and communication technology (ICTs) upon political action and processes.
Explores a range of concepts and topics underpinning e-government in Europe:
the degree to...
Koreans in Central California (1903-1957)
A Study of Settlement and Transnational Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
The Korean Kingdom and the United States signed a Treaty of Amity and Commerce in 1882. This treaty opened Korea to American missionaries who proselytized Christianity to the Koreans. When Hawaii sugar planters recruited Koreans to come to Hawaii to work in the Hawaii sugar plantations, they picked...
Vote First or Die
The New Hampshire Primary: America's Discerning, Magnificent, and Absurd Road to the White House
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
New Hampshire-a small state with a small, distinct population-is nevertheless the beacon of American democracy. Since 1920, its residents have been the first in the nation to cast their votes in the presidential primaries. History has shown that if you want to be commander in chief, you have to win,...
Patriotic Grace
What It Is and Why We Need It Now
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
In this long season of searing political attacks and angry partisan passions, Peggy Noonan's Wall Street Journal column has been must reading for thoughtful liberals and conservatives alike.
Now she issues an urgent, heartfelt call for all Americans to see each other anew, realize what time...
by Lt. Col. Robert K. Brown USAR (Ret.)
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
For over thirty years, Soldier of Fortune magazine has been the go to magazine for supporting those individuals who have the courage to fight. Whether they fight for those who cannot defend themselves or they fight simply to uphold their beliefs...whomoever is in service to others and is willing to stand...
by Lt. Col. Robert K. Brown USAR (Ret.)
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
For over thirty years, Soldier of Fortune magazine has been the go to magazine for supporting those individuals who have the courage to fight. Whether they fight for those who cannot defend themselves or they fight simply to uphold their beliefs...whomoever is in service to others and is willing to stand...
The Battle For Paradise
Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
"Fearless necessary reporting . . . Klein exposes the 'battle of utopias' that is currently unfolding in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico—a battle that pits a pitilessly neoliberal plutocratic ‘paradise' against a community movement with Puerto Rican sovereignty at its center.” —Junot Díaz
"We...