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Why Jury Duty Matters: A Citizenas Guide to Constitutional Action
ISBN: 9780814729021 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It s easy to forget how important the jury really is to America. The right to be a juror is one of the fundamental rights guaranteed to all eligible citizens. The right to trial by jury helped spark the American Revolution, was quickly adopted at the Constitutional Convention, and is the only right that appears in both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. But for most of us, a jury summons is an unwelcome inconvenience. Who has time for jury duty? We have things to do. In Why Jury Duty Matters, Andrew Guthrie Ferguson reminds us that whether we like it or not, we are all...
It s easy to forget how important the jury really is to America. The right to be a juror is one of the fundamental rights guaranteed to all eligible c...
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Why Jury Duty Matters: A Citizenas Guide to Constitutional Action
ISBN: 9780814729038 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's easy to forget how important the jury really is to America. The right to be a juror is one of the fundamental rights guaranteed to all eligible citizens. The right to trial by jury helped spark the American Revolution, was quickly adopted at the Constitutional Convention, and is the only right that appears in both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. But for most of us, a jury summons is an unwelcome inconvenience. Who has time for jury duty? We have things to do. In Why Jury Duty Matters, Andrew Guthrie Ferguson reminds us that whether we like it or not, we are all...
It's easy to forget how important the jury really is to America. The right to be a juror is one of the fundamental rights guaranteed to all eligible c...
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The New Arab Revolt: What Happened, What It Means, and What Comes Next
ISBN: 9780876095287 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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100,85 |
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Restore the Future: The Second American Revolution
ISBN: 9781462083848 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Politically and economically, the future of the United States is at stake. In "Restore the Future," author Donald H. Young seeks to galvanize the American people to guarantee a traditional future for our children and grandchildren through participation in a nonviolent Second American Revolution.
This Revolution of the people is as justified as the first one, and it would be accomplished by using the extraordinary voting power granted to them by the Constitution to restore constitutional government. Without this Revolution, it can truly be said that the best days of the United States are... Politically and economically, the future of the United States is at stake. In "Restore the Future," author Donald H. Young seeks to galvanize the Amer...
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Restore the Future: The Second American Revolution
ISBN: 9781462083855 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Politically and economically, the future of the United States is at stake. In "Restore the Future," author Donald H. Young seeks to galvanize the American people to guarantee a traditional future for our children and grandchildren through participation in a nonviolent Second American Revolution.
This Revolution of the people is as justified as the first one, and it would be accomplished by using the extraordinary voting power granted to them by the Constitution to restore constitutional government. Without this Revolution, it can truly be said that the best days of the United States are... Politically and economically, the future of the United States is at stake. In "Restore the Future," author Donald H. Young seeks to galvanize the Amer...
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Untempered Mortar: A Time for Moral Leaders
ISBN: 9781468067613 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Democrats want to keep paying out money even if we have no money. We can print more, they seem to think. The Republican's are cutting entire programs, many of which the average citizen is dependent on, while approving the same old contracts to "select" government contractors. No one is saying, "hey lets cut this 20% across the board." Just cut entirely, or don't cut at all. "Lets cut that position, but lets create a toll road system in North Carolina without the people voting on it to hire road workers. Who cares if it might impact small business owners. " Small business owners pay the...
The Democrats want to keep paying out money even if we have no money. We can print more, they seem to think. The Republican's are cutting entire progr...
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Global Citizenship-A Path to Building Identity and Community in a Globalized World
ISBN: 9781468190373 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is intended to help readers learn about the principles and practices of global citizenship; it contains stories and examples of ways in which we all can play a more active role in building a prosperous, sustainable world community
This book is intended to help readers learn about the principles and practices of global citizenship; it contains stories and examples of ways in whic...
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American Government
ISBN: 9780205251735 / Angielski / Miękka / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Updated in its 14th edition, " American Government "provides a concise overview of the American political system and its institutions using the Constitution as a backdrop and touchstone in every chapter. Concentrating on the most significant issues necessary to understanding American government, this book is specifically structured to engage today's readers through a concise, stimulating style that is free of ideological and political bias.
Updated in its 14th edition, " American Government "provides a concise overview of the American political system and its institutions using the Consti...
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Citizens Without Frontiers
ISBN: 9781441116055 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. States define who their citizens are and exert control over their life and movements. But how does such power persist in a global world where people, ideas, and products constantly cross the borders of what the states see as their sovereign territory? This groundbreaking work sets to examine and interprets such challenges to offer a new way of thinking about citizenship. Abandoning the sovereignty principle, it develops a new image of citizenship using the connectedness principle. To do so, it interprets acts of citizenship by following "activist citizens" across the world through... States define who their citizens are and exert control over their life and movements. But how does such power persist in a global world where peopl... |
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Islam in the West: Key Issues in Multiculturalism
ISBN: 9780230238749 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contributes to understanding of the contemporary relationship between Muslims and the Western societies in which they live, focusing particularly on the UK. Chapters reflect on the nature of multiculturalism, as well as a wide range of specific aspects of daily life, including religious dialogue, gender, freedom of speech and politics.
This book contributes to understanding of the contemporary relationship between Muslims and the Western societies in which they live, focusing particu...
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Majority-Minority Relations in Contemporary Women's Movements: Strategic Sisterhood
ISBN: 9780230246584 / Angielski / Twarda / 335 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines contemporary relations between ethnic majority and ethnic minority women's movements in Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom, and women's movements' participation in and influence on public policy that focuses on violence against women.
This book examines contemporary relations between ethnic majority and ethnic minority women's movements in Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom, and w...
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Representing History, Class, and Gender in Spain and Latin America: Children and Adolescents in Film
ISBN: 9781137030863 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This anthology explores the role of children and teenagers in Latin American and Spanish Film as protagonists, victims and witnesses of societies polarized by and still grappling with the consequences of political divisions.
This anthology explores the role of children and teenagers in Latin American and Spanish Film as protagonists, victims and witnesses of societies pola...
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Goodbye, American Dream? How We Got Here and What to Do about It
ISBN: 9780985177904 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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A Disquisition on Government and a Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States
ISBN: 9781584771272 / Angielski / Twarda / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. AN INFLUENTIAL THEORY OF MINORITY RIGHTS "In Calhoun's last years he drafted two essays that set forth his ideas on political theory. The first and shorter essay, 'The Disquisition on Government, ' is the more significant in that Calhoun sought to develop a consistent theory of minority rights within the context of majority rule. He urged universal recognition of the inequality of mankind and the diff erentiation of social and economic concerns. For an organized society to work in a harmonious and practical sense, these differences, Calhoun contended, had to be recognized and then...
AN INFLUENTIAL THEORY OF MINORITY RIGHTS "In Calhoun's last years he drafted two essays that set forth his ideas on political theory. The first and sh...
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Oxford Handbook of New York State Government and Politics
ISBN: 9780195387230 / Angielski / Twarda / 1056 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New York remains the Empire State. Its trillion dollar economy makes the state a national-and often world-leader in banking, finance, publishing, soft services (law, accounting, insurance, consulting), higher education, culture, and the arts. With more than one in five of its residents having immigrated from elsewhere, New York State is an ethnic and social harbinger for an increasingly diverse nation. Recent years have found it, like many other big states, challenged to achieve effective governance. How is, can, or should such a state be governed? What is its history? What is its future? The...
New York remains the Empire State. Its trillion dollar economy makes the state a national-and often world-leader in banking, finance, publishing, soft...
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Time to Change Corporations: Closing the Citizenship Gap
ISBN: 9781463776510 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. JUST RELEASED Time to Change Corporations: Closing the Citizenship Gap By Robert C. Hinkley When good citizens realize they are harming the public interest, they stop. They don't wait for a new law to make them stop. They don't lobby to keep the law from making them stop. They simply stop. When citizenship is lacking, the behavior causing the harm continues until a law can be passed to make it stop. Sometimes this can take a very long time. Modern corporations tend not to be very good citizens. Rather than stop, they continue operating in the Citizenship Gap, harming the environment and other...
JUST RELEASED Time to Change Corporations: Closing the Citizenship Gap By Robert C. Hinkley When good citizens realize they are harming the public int...
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Participation and Empowerment at the Grassroots: Chinese Village Elections in Perspective
ISBN: 9780739174791 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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 from some 140 in-depth interviews of villagers and local officials up to the prefectural level. The major objective of this book is as much a critical assessment of the research literature of Chinese village elections published over the last fifteen years as to sharpen the reader's sight for the...
This monograph ties in the scholarly debate on Chinese village elections and their consequences for China's political system. It draws on comparative ...
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Postapocalyptic Fiction and the Social Contract: We'll Not Go Home Again
ISBN: 9780739176481 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Postapocalyptic Fiction and the Social Contract: 'We'll Not Go Home Again' provides a framework for our fascination with the apocalyptic events. The popular appeal of the end of the world genre is clear in movies, novels, and television shows. Even our political debates over global warming, nuclear threats, and pandemic disease reflect a concern about the possibility of such events. This popular fascination is really a fascination with survival: how can we come out alive? And what would we do next? The end of the world is not about species death, but about beginning again. This book uses...
Postapocalyptic Fiction and the Social Contract: 'We'll Not Go Home Again' provides a framework for our fascination with the apocalyptic events. The p...
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Quips and Quotes Vol. 3: Patriots, Politicians & Pundits
ISBN: 9781470089153 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection will inspire and perhaps shock you There's a lot of public discussion about the founders of this country, what they said and how relevant they are for today. Now you can get the whole story and decide for yourself.
This collection will inspire and perhaps shock you There's a lot of public discussion about the founders of this country, what they said and how rele...
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Remaking Citizenship in Multicultural Europe: Women's Movements, Gender and Diversity
ISBN: 9780230276284 / Angielski / Twarda / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a ground-breaking analysis of how women's movements have been remaking citizenship in multicultural Europe. Presenting the findings of a large scale, multi-disciplinary cross-national feminist research project, FEMCIT, it develops an expanded, multi-dimensional understanding of citizenship as practice and experience.
This book offers a ground-breaking analysis of how women's movements have been remaking citizenship in multicultural Europe. Presenting the findings o...
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