Social Policy category: 9249 books
50+
Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006
50+ is a call to arms. It's a groundbreaking look at the revolution that's going on right now among seventy-eight million American baby boomers. From age 50+ on up, Americans are refusing to rock away their retirement. They're starting new careers, rallying for causes close to their hearts, raising...
When Millennials Rule
The Reshaping of America
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
China has swallowed our jobs. Social security is going bankrupt. Radical Islamic terrorists threaten our safety. Our planet is on the brink of environmental disaster. Meanwhile, politicians pound their chests in ideological wars that enrich lobbyists and special interest groups at the expense of the...
by Christopher Handy
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2012
Obama is a tribute to the rise of a man who became the first African-American and 44th President of the United States of America. President Obama's years of public service are based around his unwavering belief in the ability to unite people around a politics of purpose. His story is the American...
by James Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Firenze Sage, pen name for attorney James A. Jackson, served as both Public Defender and Assistant District Attorney in Santa Cruz County, California. Attorney Jackson uses satire and a pithy style to comment on stories making news, U.S. and international. The 5o+ stories concern American politics...
United
Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • United States Senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker makes the case that the virtues of empathy, responsibility, and action must guide our nation toward a brighter future.
Raised in northern New Jersey, Cory Booker went to Stanford University...
Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill
A Call to Action Against TV, Movie & Video Game Violence
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2009
There is perhaps no bigger or more important issue in America at present than youth violence. Columbine, Sandy Hook, Aurora: We know them all too well, and for all the wrong reasons: kids, some as young as eleven years old, taking up arms and, with deadly, frightening accuracy, murdering anyone in...
Policing for Peace in Northern Ireland
Change, Conflict and Community Confidence
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
This is the first in-depth analysis of the transition from the RUC to the PSNI seen through the eyes of key figures, inside and outside the organization. It provides a fresh insight into the wider social and political context in which this change occurred and is a significant contribution to the story of the Northern Ireland peace process.
by Amy L. Stone
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
The passage of the anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 in California in 2008 stunned gay rights activists across the country. Although facing a well-funded campaign in support of the ballot measure, LGBT activists had good reasons for optimism, including the size and strength of their campaign. Since 1974,...
Another Day in the Death of America
A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
A timely chronicle of what is now an ordinary day in America, where gun violence regularly takes the lives of children and teens, and leaves shattered families in its wake.
Winner of the 2017 J. Anthony Lukas Prize
Shortlisted for the 2017 Hurston/Wright Foundation Award
Finalist...
The Fierce Urgency of Now
Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
A majestic big-picture account of the Great Society and the forces that shaped it, from Lyndon Johnson and members of Congress to the civil rights movement and the media
Between November 1963, when he became president, and November 1966, when his party was routed in the midterm elections, Lyndon...
Be Realistic
Demand the Impossible
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
For the 99%, in the language of the 99%, Davis offers experience-based guidance to the Occupy Wall Street movement, in a portable, fun to read, affordable and extraordinarily informative pamphlet.
Much will be written for and about the Occupy Wall Street movement but none with a voice as distinct...
Jesse Ventura's Marijuana Manifesto
How Lies, Corruption, and Propaganda Kept Cannabis Illegal
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
New York Times Bestselling Author!
In this groundbreaking book – for the first time in paperback and fully-updated with all the latest legal information - outspoken freethinker Jesse Ventura lays out his philosophy. Now more than ever before, our country needs full legalization of medical/recreational...
by William John Stapleton
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
With Thailand preparing for the ASEAN Summit of 2015, the welfare of visitors to the so-called Land of Smiles has become a major issue. Every day tourists are bashed, robbed, drugged and murdered; many of these incidents going unreported in the press. European, Australian, American and Chinese governments...
Playbook for Progressives
16 Qualities of the Successful Organizer
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
An organizing manifesto for the twenty-first century, Playbook for Progressives is a must-have for the activist’s tool kit. This comprehensive guide articulates pragmatically what is required in the often mystifying and rarely explained on-the-ground practice of organizing. Here, Eric Mann distills...