Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> Women in Politics

?I was the only woman.? These words appear again and again in the stories of women planners working in Canada from the 1940s to the 1970s. Despite their small numbers, women were active in the Community Planning Association of Canada and the Town Planning Institute of Canada (later called the Canadian Institute of Planners) from the 1940s to the 1970s. This book tells their stories, expanding our understanding of what constitutes ?planning? and who counts as ?planners.? It challenges us to re-evaluate not only the profession's past, but also its role in creating a more inclusive and...

Total Black Empowerment: A Guide To Critical Thinking in The Age of Trump is a book intended to facilitate the development of a New Mental Attitude in African Americans -- a new mental attitude that will be fueled by powerful ideas that are elevated and transcendent. Total Black Empowerment seeks to encourage the type of thinking that will produce fundamental change. Not in circumstances but in how we think about them and ultimately respond to them. This book is a mind power primer. It is about perfected vision, mind-set reconstruction,...

This beautiful, pocket sized 4x6 inch version of the Constitution of the United States is great to read at home or take with you on-the go

This 57-page pocket book includes The Constitution of the United States, The Bill of Rights, and all 27 Amendments.

Amid the rancor of the 2016 presidential campaign, an uplifting story captured the media’s attention. A website called “I Waited 96 Years!” highlighted the voices of women born before August 1920, when the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. Now they were enthusiastically casting ballots to send a woman to the White House. The election’s shocking result left many asking how the country could possibly overcome its division and move forward. We the Resilient offers compelling answers from those who know best: the same remarkable women, between...

As Georgia seeks to reinvent itself as a nation-state in the post-Soviet period, Georgian women are maneuvering, adjusting, resisting and transforming the new economic, social and political order. In Gender in Georgia, editors Maia Barkaia and Alisse Waterston bring together an international group of feminist scholars to explore the socio-political and cultural conditions that have shaped gender dynamics in Georgia from the late 19th century to the present. In doing so, they provide the first-ever woman-centered collection of research on Georgia, offering a feminist critique of...