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Popular Is Not Enough: The Political Voice of Jo - A Case Study in the Biographical Method by Markus Jaeger
RRP: €40.45€33.33In his study, Markus Jaeger explores the coalescence of Joan Baez's work as a singer and songwriter with her endeavors as a political activist throughout the last fifty years. He illustrates an American popular singer's significance as a political... -
D.i.y Resistance by Anthony Alvarado
RRP: €14.27€9.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609808129Author Anthony AlvaradoFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. -
Anchor Babies and the Challenge of Birthright Citizenship by Leo R. Chavez
RRP: €13.08€11.42Birthright citizenship has a deep and contentious history in the United States, one often hard to square in a country that prides itself on being "a nation of immigrants." Even as the question of citizenship for children of immigrants was... -
Human Rights and Community-LED Development: Lessons from Tostan by Ben Cislaghi
RRP: €34.50€32.02This book investigates work of the NGO Tostan as a working model of human development. The study is grounded in the ethnographic study of the actual change that happened in one West African village.Book InformationISBN 9781474453035Author Ben... -
American Democracy: 21 Historic Answers to 5 Urgent Questions Nicholas Lemann 9781598536621
RRP: €24.98€16.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598536621Author Nicholas LemannFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America -
Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary by Timothy Snyder
RRP: €14.28€8.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593238899Author Timothy SnyderFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA... -
Making a Place for Community: Local Democracy in a Global Era by Thad Williamson
RRP: €49.97€44.21When pundits refer to the death of community, they are speaking of a number of social ills, which include, but are not limited to, the general increase in isolation and cynicism of our citizens, widespread concerns about declining political participation... -
Religious Communities and Civil Society in Europe: Analyses and Perspectives on a Complex Interplay, Volume II by Rupert Strachwitz
RRP: €66.64€50.36The seemingly vitalizing impact of religiosity on civil society is a research topic that has been extensively looked into, not only in the USA, but increasingly also in a European context. What is missing is an evaluation of the role of institutionalized... -
Plough Quarterly No. 24 – Faith and Politics by Cornel West
RRP: €9.51€6.55No matter who wins the next election, Caesar will remain Caesar, doing some good and some bad. But Christians report to a different king. This issue starts with a provocation. In his opening letter, editor Peter Mommsen suggests Christians are too... -
We Need To Build: Field Notes for Diverse Democracy by Eboo Patel
RRP: €28.56€17.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807024065Author Eboo PatelFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
South Africa's Struggle for Human Rights by Saul Dubow
RRP: €15.46€14.01The human rights movement in South Africa's transition to a postapartheid democracy has been widely celebrated as a triumph for global human rights. It was a key aspect of the political transition, often referred to as a miracle, which brought majority... -
The American Passport in Turkey: National Citizenship in the Age of Transnationalism by OEzlem Altan-Olcay
RRP: €73.78€63.74The American Passport in Turkey explores the diverse meanings and values that people outside of the United States attribute to U.S. citizenship, specifically those who possess or seek to obtain U.S. citizenship while residing in Turkey. OEzlem... -
Citizenship, Identity and Immigration in the European Union: Between Past and Future Theodora Kostakopoulou 9780719081194
RRP: €23.79€17.28European citizenship, identity and immigration are constitutive issues facing the European polity and have important consequences for domestic political systems. There has been a great deal published about citizenship within the setting of the... -
Civilising Citizens in Post-Mao China: Understanding the Rhetoric of Suzhi Delia Lin 9780367172633
RRP: €52.35€45.74Political discourse in contemporary China is intimately linked to the patriotic reverie of restoring China as a great civilisation, a dream of reformers since the beginning of the twentieth century. The concept and use of suzhi - a term that denotes the... -
Ethnic Nationalism in Korea: Genealogy, Politics, and Legacy by Gi-Wook Shin
RRP: €117.81€44.23This book explains the roots, politics, and legacy of Korean ethnic nationalism, which is based on the sense of a shared bloodline and ancestry. Belief in a racially distinct and ethnically homogeneous nation is widely shared on both sides of the Korean... -
Internet-Mediated Participation Beyond the Nation State by Bart Cammaerts
RRP: €23.79€17.28This book addresses one of the greatest challenges of post-modern democracy: how to bridge the perceived gap between citizens and democratic institutions. It examines internet-mediated multi-stakeholder processes of international and regional... -
Voting in Indian Country: The View from the Trenches by Jean Reith Schroedel
RRP: €36.89€32.56Voting in Indian Country uses conflicts over voting rights as a lens for understanding the centuries-long fight for Native self-determination. Among the American public, there is a collective amnesia about the U.S. government's shameful policies toward... -
Civil Society through the Lifecourse Sally Power (WISERD and Cardiff University) 9781447354840
RRP: €32.12€24.80Are young people blindly self-interested? How does university shape students' political participation? Can busy parents and grandparents find time to volunteer? Challenging conventional thinking, leading academics explore how individuals' relationships... -
U.S. Citizenship For Dummies by Jennifer Gagliardi
RRP: €26.17€17.33Become a U.S. immigration wiz with this hands-on and practical guide to U.S. citizenship In U.S. Citizenship For Dummies, expert citizenship and ESL instructor Jennifer Gagliardi walks you through the ins and outs of the complicated process of... -
Migration and Integration in Singapore: Policies and Practice by Yap Mui Teng
RRP: €57.11€49.75Between 2000 and 2010, Singapore witnessed a huge influx of foreign migrants. The proportion of permanent residents in the total population increased from 7% to 11%, while the share of non-resident foreigners has risen from 19% to 25%. This was as much... -
Investing in Democracy: Engaging Citizens in Collaborative Governance by Carmen Sirianni
RRP: €49.98€44.42The health of American democracy ultimately depends on our willingness and ability to work together as citizens and stakeholders in our republic. Government policies often fail to promote such collaboration. But if designed properly, they can do much to... -
Democracy, States, and the Struggle for Social Justice by Heather D. Gautney
RRP: €57.11€49.75Democracy, States, and the Struggle for Social Justice draws on the fields of geography, political theory, and cultural studies to analyze experiments with novel forms of democracy, highlighting the critical issue of the changing nature of the state and... -
Young Citizens and New Media: Learning for Democratic Participation by Peter Dahlgren
RRP: €64.25€55.78This book integrates four distinct topics: young people, citizenship, new media, and learning processes. When taken together, these four topics merge to define an arena of social and research attention that has become compelling in recent years. The... -
Anti-Muslim Prejudice: Past and Present by Maleiha Malik
RRP: €160.65€140.04This collection makes a unique contribution to the study of anti-Muslim prejudice by placing the issue in both its past and present context. The essays cover historical and contemporary subjects from the eleventh century to the present day. They examine... -
Negotiating Ethnicity in China: Citizenship as a Response to the State by Chih-yu Shih
RRP: €160.65€140.04This challenging study brings together anthropology and political science to examine how ethnic minorities are constructed by the state, and how they respond to such constructions. Disclosing endless mini negotiations between those acting in the name of... -
The Consumer Citizen by Ethan Porter
RRP: €29.14€22.66Citizens are asked to buy, and asked to consider to buy, goods of all sizes and all prices, nearly all of the time. Appeals to political decision-making are less common. In The Consumer Citizen, Ethan Porter investigates how the techniques of everyday... -
Art and Economics in the City: New Cultural Maps by Caterina Benincasa
RRP: €46.40€38.06Emerging forms of alternative economy are changing the structure of society, redefining the relationship between center and periphery in the urban fabric. In this context, the arts can play a crucial role in formulating a concept of complex and plural... -
European Citizenship in Perspective: History, Politics and Law by Jan van der Harst
€118.54Since 1992 the EU has incorporated a concept previously exclusive to states: citizenship. In embracing supranational citizenship the EU entered terra incognita, creating a concept resembling, but essentially different to traditional citizenship. This... -
Controles democraticos no electorales y regimenes de rendicion de cuentas en el Sur Global: Mexico, Colombia, Brasil, China y Sudafrica by Ernesto Isunza
RRP: €68.13€59.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787073647Author Ernesto IsunzaFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Peter Lang LtdPublisher Peter Lang LtdWeight(grams) 480g -
The British Question by Arthur Aughey
RRP: €35.70€25.36There is a sustained interest amongst students of British politics, as well as an informed public, about the future state of the United Kingdom. The issue at stake is whether the UK's multinational institutions can endure the challenge of political... -
Cultivating Democracy: Civic Environments and Political Socialization in America by James G. Gimpel
RRP: €29.75€26.41Scholars across several social science disciplines have indicated that the behavior described by the term ""civic engagement"" is girded by a set of attitudes that show knowledge about, and positive evaluations of, government and... -
Forging the Franchise: The Political Origins of the Women's Vote by Dawn Langan Teele
RRP: €23.80€18.91The important political motivations behind why women finally won the right to voteIn the 1880s, women were barred from voting in all national-level elections, but by 1920 they were going to the polls in nearly thirty countries. What caused this massive... -
Plurality and Citizenship in Israel: Moving Beyond the Jewish/Palestinian Civil Divide by Dan Avnon
RRP: €52.35€45.74Israel's political process is too often framed in terms of a dichotomy between Jewish and Arab/Palestinian citizens of the state, a framing which perpetuates political inequality and consequent injustices. This book focuses on the conflict within Israel... -
From Voice to Influence: Understanding Citizenship in a Digital Age by Danielle S. Allen
RRP: €95.20€91.64The ways in which we gather information about current events and communicate it with others have been transformed by the rapid rise of digital and social media platforms. The political is no longer confined to the institutional and electoral arenas, and... -
Putting Civil Society in Its Place: Governance, Metagovernance and Subjectivity by Bob Jessop
RRP: €95.19€72.42Renowned social and political theorist Bob Jessop explores the idea of civil society as a mode of governance in this bold challenge to current thinking. Developing theories of governance failure and metagovernance, the book analyses the limits and... -
Socializing Development – Transnational Social Movement Advocacy and the Human Rights Accountability of Multilateral Development Banks by Leon Valentin Schettler
RRP: €66.63€54.57As Multilateral Development Banks increasingly gained influence in shaping global development, transnational social movements pushed to hold them accountable for their human rights impact towards communities. Leon Valentin Schettler presents a novel... -
City Regions and Devolution in the UK: The Politics of Representation David Beel (Manchester Metropolitan University) 9781447355021
RRP: €32.12€24.80ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. In recent years, the 'city region' has seen a renaissance as the de facto spatial centre of governance for economic and social development. Rich in case study insights, this book provides a... -
Sexual Citizenship and Disability: Understanding Sexual Support in Policy, Practice and Theory Julia Bahner 9781032083285
RRP: €46.40€40.72What does 'sexual citizenship' mean in practice for people with mobility impairmentswho may need professional support to engage in sexual activity?The book explores this subject through empirical investigation based oncase studies conducted in four... -
Citizen Action and National Policy Reform: Making Change Happen by John Gaventa
€46.11How does citizen activism win changes in national policy? Which factors help to make myriad efforts by diverse actors add up to reform? What is needed to overcome setbacks, and to consolidate the smaller victories? These questions need answers. Aid... -
The Foundational Economy and Citizenship: Comparative Perspectives on Civil Repair Filippo Barbera (University of Turin) 9781447353362
RRP: €32.12€24.80The principles of the modern foundational economy and its role in renewing citizenship and informing public policy are explored for the first time in this instructive collection. Challenging mainstream social and economic thinking, it shows how...