The People Shall Rule: Acorn, Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Economic Justice
ISBN: 9780826516565 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the election of a community organizer as president of the United States, the time is right to evaluate the current state of community organizing and the effectiveness of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Since 2002, ACORN has been dramatically expanding and raising its national profile; it has also been weathering controversy over its voter registration campaigns and an internal financial scandal. The twelve chapters in this volume present the perspectives of insiders like founder Wade Rathke and leading outside practitioners and academics. The result is...
With the election of a community organizer as president of the United States, the time is right to evaluate the current state of community organizing ...
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610,17 zł |
King of the Castle: Choice and Responsibility in the Modern World
ISBN: 9780946621217 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines closely many of the unquestioned assumptions by which we live our lives, comparing them with the beliefs that have shaped and guided human life in the past. It begins with a consideration of how secular societies attempt to possess their citizens, body and soul and how, as a consequence, the necessity of redefining human responsibility becomes an ever more urgent imperative. The book continues with a presentation of the traditional view of man as 'God's Viceroy on Earth', with an eye to its practical implications in a world that has all but forgotten, under the pressure of...
This book examines closely many of the unquestioned assumptions by which we live our lives, comparing them with the beliefs that have shaped and guide...
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72,40 zł |
Community Research for Community Development
ISBN: 9781137034731 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the contributions that research, with refugees and with faith-based organizations for example, makes to strengthen community development and consequently promote active citizenship and social justice.
This book explores the contributions that research, with refugees and with faith-based organizations for example, makes to strengthen community develo...
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195,42 zł |
Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence: An International History
ISBN: 9781403979070 / Angielski / Twarda / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On November 11, 1965 the colony of Southern Rhodesia unilaterally and illegally declared itself independent from Britain, the first and only time that this had happened since the American Declaration of Independence in 1776. After fifteen years of internat
On November 11, 1965 the colony of Southern Rhodesia unilaterally and illegally declared itself independent from Britain, the first and only time that...
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390,87 zł |
American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us
ISBN: 9781416566731 / Angielski / Miękka / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. American Grace is "perhaps the most sweeping look yet at contemporary American religion. It lays out the broad trends of the past fifty years, assesses their sociological causes, and then does a bit of fortune-telling" (The Washington Post). Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse, and remarkably tolerant. In recent decades, however, the nation's religious landscape has undergone several seismic shocks. American Grace is an authoritative, fascinating examination of what precipitated these changes and the role that religion plays...
American Grace is "perhaps the most sweeping look yet at contemporary American religion. It lays out the broad trends of the past fifty year...
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99,21 zł |
Philosophical Perspectives on Social Cohesion: New Directions for Educational Policy
ISBN: 9781441104465 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What would the civic relationship between citizens in a socially cohesive society look like? What models might we use to educate young people to support developing these bonds? Do these different models have different implications for how we structure the bonds that support a civic relationship? What would the civic relationship between citizens in a socially cohesive society look like? What models might we use to educate young people to su... |
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The Next Generation: Young Elected Officials and Their Impact on American Politics
ISBN: 9781441119513 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on first-hand interviews, this title looks at the people under 35 years old who run for office in the US. Connecting academic research with practical politics, it includes a range of stories, from Steven Fulop who left Goldman Sachs following 9/11 to become a Marine to Jane Swift, the first governor to give birth while in office.
Based on first-hand interviews, this title looks at the people under 35 years old who run for office in the US. Connecting academic research with prac...
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665,24 zł |
The Next Generation: Young Elected Officials and Their Impact on American Politics
ISBN: 9781441193940 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on first-hand interviews, this title takes a look at the people under 35 years old who run for office in the US. Connecting academic research with practical politics, it includes a range of stories, from Steven Fulop who left Goldman Sachs following 9/11 to become a Marine to Jane Swift, the first governor to give birth while in office.
Based on first-hand interviews, this title takes a look at the people under 35 years old who run for office in the US. Connecting academic research wi...
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179,05 zł |
The Spirit of Philadelphia: Social Justice vs. the Total Market
ISBN: 9781844677542 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1944, the International Labour Organization laid out its "Declaration of Philadelphia," a full-fledged social bill of rights in the same spirit as FDR's State of the Union address of the same year. The welfarist spirit was then at its apex--but Supiot argues that with neoliberalism still rampant, even following the economic crash, the Declaration remains an important baseline. Then as now, social ties had been compromised in favor of market values; now, as then, the law must be reorganized to uphold social values and the spirit of solidarity.
Short, punchy and often rousing, "The... In 1944, the International Labour Organization laid out its "Declaration of Philadelphia," a full-fledged social bill of rights in the same spirit as ...
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91,52 zł |
The Changing Faces of Citizenship: Integration and Mobilization Among Ethnic Minorities in Germany
ISBN: 9781845454531 / Angielski / Twarda / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In contrast to most migration studies that focus on specific "foreigner" groups in Germany, this study simultaneously compares and contrasts the legal, political, social, and economic opportunity structures facing diverse categories of the ethnic minorities who have settled in the country since the 1950s. It reveals the contradictory, and usually self-defeating, nature of German policies intended to keep "migrants" out-allegedly in order to preserve a German Leitkultur (with which very few of its own citizens still identify). The main barriers to effective integration-and socio-economic...
In contrast to most migration studies that focus on specific "foreigner" groups in Germany, this study simultaneously compares and contrasts the legal...
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547,53 zł |
Citizenship Education in Japan
ISBN: 9781847065612 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fascinating volume introduces an international audience to citizenship in Japan. It traces the development of citizenship education from before the Second World war to the present day, demonstrating the role of both the school system and the wider society. The book provides a detailed account anchored in critical analysis of the curriculum, educational resources, pedagogy and assessment. Citizenship Education in Japan explores controversial issues through tracing four themes: global/intercultural education environmental education geographical education historical education. It also...
This fascinating volume introduces an international audience to citizenship in Japan. It traces the development of citizenship education from before t...
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1335,47 zł |
Citizen Participation in Global Environmental Governance
ISBN: 9781849713795 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On one day in 2009, in thirty-eight countries around the world, 4,000 ordinary citizens gathered to discuss the future of climate policy. This project, 'WWViews', was the first-ever global democratic deliberation an attempt to enable ordinary people to reach informed decisions on and impact the global policy process. This book which analyzes the experiences and lessons from this ground-breaking event marks the beginning of a new kind of democratic politics, providing practical lessons on how to increase the impact of global deliberation projects within the media and on official... On one day in 2009, in thirty-eight countries around the world, 4,000 ordinary citizens gathered to discuss the future of climate policy. This proj... |
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281,39 zł |
Political Reform in Indonesia After Soeharto
ISBN: 9789812309204 / Angielski / Twarda / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Three decades of authoritarian rule in Indonesia came to a sudden end in 1998. The collapse of the Soeharto regime was accompanied by massive economic decline, widespread rioting, communal conflict, and fears that the nation was approaching the brink of disintegration. Although the fall of Soeharto opened the way toward democratization, conditions were by no means propitious for political reform. This book asks how political reform could proceed despite such unpromising circumstances. It examines electoral and constitutional reform, the decentralization of a highly centralized regime, the...
Three decades of authoritarian rule in Indonesia came to a sudden end in 1998. The collapse of the Soeharto regime was accompanied by massive economic...
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258,50 zł |
Interactive Policy Making, Metagovernance and Democracy
ISBN: 9781907301568 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traditional forms of top-down government are being challenged by the growing complexity and fragmentation of social and political life and the need to mobilize and activate the knowledge, ideas, and resources of private stakeholders. In response to this important challenge there has been a persistent proliferation of interactive forms of public governance that bring together a plethora of public and private actors in collaborative policy arenas. This book explores how these new forms of interactive governance are working in practice and analyses their role and impact on public policy making...
Traditional forms of top-down government are being challenged by the growing complexity and fragmentation of social and political life and the need to...
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261,00 zł |
Federalism in South Asia
ISBN: 9780415735957 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is one of the first in-depth and systematic studies on the functioning and aspiring federations of South Asia. It examines how federal dynamics in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka are impinged on by the nature of their specific constitutions; their societal, political and cultural fabrics; composition of power elites and ruling classes; structures of political economy and market; electoral and party systems; mass media; and information technology. The authors offer a comparative, analytical, conceptual, and theoretical framework to understand patterns and trends as also... This book is one of the first in-depth and systematic studies on the functioning and aspiring federations of South Asia. It examines how federal dy... |
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665,24 zł |
Federal Constitutionalism: State Legislatures in Constitutional Politics
ISBN: 9780415832397 / Angielski / Twarda / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. State legislatures regularly and recurrently affect constitutional meaning. However, they do so not through legal pathways like constitutional amendment or judicial challenges but by passing resolutions that assert an interpretation different than the one prevailing nationally. These resolutions help rally popular and political resistance and, when successful, alter the wider political environment and constitutional culture. Despite the obvious importance of federalism to American constitutionalism, little is known about the political influence of states in defining the American... State legislatures regularly and recurrently affect constitutional meaning. However, they do so not through legal pathways like constitutional amen... |
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665,24 zł |
Civilization and Self-Government: The Political Thought of Carlo Cattaneo
ISBN: 9780739188125 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Civilization and Self-Government is the first systematic attempt to explicitly articulate the key elements of Carlo Cattaneo's pioneering attempt to advance freedom and self-government in nineteenth-century Europe. His public science combined two elements that constitute the two parts of this book: the study of incivilimento, and the art and science of self-governance. Cattaneo argued that people have to learn the arts of incivilimento before they can practice self-governance. Though a distinguishing feature of Italian political thought has been to stress the multiform nature of political...
Civilization and Self-Government is the first systematic attempt to explicitly articulate the key elements of Carlo Cattaneo's pioneering attempt to a...
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226,23 zł |
Demographic Gaps in American Political Behavior
ISBN: 9780813345963 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Demographic Gaps in American Political Behavior examines the political behavior of various groups in the United States in an effort to demonstrate how demographic backgrounds and socialization affect political behavior. Media coverage has disproportionately focused on the red state versus blue state divide, leaving the impression that American political behavior is determined solely by place of residence. This, however, ignores the numerous other political divides that exist in the United States today. In order to better conceptualize the landscape of American political...
Demographic Gaps in American Political Behavior examines the political behavior of various groups in the United States in an effort to d...
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189,28 zł |
Promoting Global Peace and Civic Engagement through Education
ISBN: 9781522500780 / Angielski / Twarda / 490 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This book outlines the pedagogical practices necessary to inspire the next generation of peace-bringers by addressing strategies to include topics from human rights and environmental sustainability, to social justice and disarmament in a comprehensive method"--
"This book outlines the pedagogical practices necessary to inspire the next generation of peace-bringers by addressing strategies to include topics fr...
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1061,83 zł |
Voting Together: Intergenerational Politics and Civic Engagement Among Hmong Americans
ISBN: 9780804782234 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hmong American immigrants first came to the United States as refugees of the Vietnam War. Forty years on, they have made a notable impact in American political life. They have voter participation rates higher than most other Asian American ethnic groups, and they have won seats in local and state legislative bodies. Yet the average level of education among Hmong Americans still lags behind that of the general U.S. population and high rates of poverty persist in their community, highlighting a curious disparity across the typical benchmarks of immigrant incorporation. Carolyn Wong... Hmong American immigrants first came to the United States as refugees of the Vietnam War. Forty years on, they have made a notable impact in Americ... |
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342,85 zł |