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Analysing the Trust–Transparency Nexus: Multi-level Governance in the UK, France and Germany by Ian Stafford 9781447355229
RRP: $52.63$40.64Is transparency a necessary condition to build and restore citizen and civil society trust in governance and democracy? Throughout Europe, there is a growing demand for effective forms of citizen engagement and decentralisation in policy-making to... -
Citizen Democracy: Political Activists in a Cynical Age by Stephen E. Frantzich 9780742564459
$213.76Apathy and antipathy toward politics are epidemic. Citizen Democracy provides the antidote. In this revised and updated edition, Stephen E. Frantzich portrays citizens from every walk of life—rich and poor, old and young, black and white, male and... -
Citizenship and Identity in the Welfare State by Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski 9783832970611
RRP: $72.15$70.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783832970611Author Ireneusz Pawel KarolewskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 191Imprint Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftPublisher Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftWeight(grams)... -
American Catholics and Civic Engagement: A Distinctive Voice by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels 9780742531598
$100.02Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year... -
Being a Young Citizen in Estonia: An Exploration of Young People's Civic and Media Experiences by Anne Kaun 9789949322749
RRP: $44.85$43.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789949322749Author Anne KaunFormat PaperbackPage Count 133Imprint University of Tartu PressPublisher University of Tartu PressWeight(grams) 145g -
Deliberative Democracy: Understanding the Indian Experience by Teresa Joseph 9781032653433
RRP: $77.98$68.37Deliberative democracy can be seen as a part of the agenda of deepening democracy, wherein the public deliberation of citizens forms the basis of legitimate decision-making, with the people participating directly in the deliberations or making of... -
The Character of American Democracy: Preserving Our Past, Protecting Our Future by Jill Long Thompson 9780253050434
RRP: $31.18$27.77"We live in an age that demonstrates the powerful need for ethics in government. Democracy is a privilege that carries with it important responsibilities for the people and their representatives. As we look back on this era and determine the future of... -
Civil Society through the Lifecourse by Sally Power 9781447354833
RRP: $155.98$118.68Are 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'... -
Borders and Migration: The Canadian Experience in Comparative Perspective by Asad G. Kiyani 9780776638058
RRP: $51.68$44.93Since 2015, the cross-border movement of migrants and refugees has reached unprecedented levels. War, persecution, destitution, and desertification impelled millions to flee their homes in central Asia, the Levant, and North Africa. The responses in the... -
Stepping Forward: A Positive, Practical Path to Transform Our Communities and Our Lives by Richard C Garwood 9781626346765
RRP: $34.13$28.28How do we bring people together when our society is breaking apart? What will it take to bridge our divides, overcome mistrust, and restore our belief that we can get things done together as Americans. In Stepping Forward, Richard C. Harwood gives us a... -
Civil Society in an Age of Uncertainty: Institutions, Governance and Existential Challenges by Paul Chaney 9781447353416
RRP: $156.00$118.70This book explores how the uncertainties of the 21st century present existential challenges to civil society. These include changing modes of governance (through devolution and Brexit), austerity, migration, growing digital divides, issues of (mis)trust... -
Resistance in the Bluegrass: Empowering the Commonwealth by Farrah Alexander 9780813195261
RRP: $44.85$37.93From the anti-segregation sit-ins of the 1960s to the protests in response to the killing of Breonna Taylor, the rest of the nation - and often the world - has watched as Kentuckians boldly fought against instances of injustice. In Resistance in the... -
Democracy, States, and the Struggle for Social Justice by Heather D. Gautney 9780415989824
RRP: $263.25$229.48Democracy, 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... -
Intimate Citizenships: Gender, Sexualities, Politics by Elzbieta H. Oleksy 9780415648752
RRP: $93.58$81.53This volume responds to the need to extend the theory of citizenship, in order to bridge the gap between the public and the private sphere. Through the application of intersectional methodology, the authors document how people's most private decisions... -
Making a Place for Community: Local Democracy in a Global Era by Thad Williamson 9780415947411
RRP: $81.88$72.44When 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... -
South Korean Social Movements: From Democracy to Civil Society by Gi-Wook Shin 9780415857659
RRP: $74.08$65.09This book explores the evolution of social movements in South Korea by focusing on how they have become institutionalized and diffused in the democratic period. The contributors explore the transformation of Korean social movements from the democracy... -
Diaspora and Citizenship by Claire Sutherland 9780415847032
RRP: $85.78$74.96This collection of papers discusses the impact of diasporas on the articulations and practices of legal, political, cultural and social citizenship in their country of origin. While the majority of current citizenship debates focus on the challenges and... -
Anti-Muslim Prejudice: Past and Present by Maleiha Malik 9780415815987
RRP: $93.58$81.53This 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... -
Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society by Partick Baert 9780415534130
RRP: $85.78$74.96This book provides readers - students, researchers, academics, policy-makers, activists and interested non-specialists - with a sophisticated understanding of contemporary discussion, analysis and theorizing of issues pertaining to conflict, citizenship... -
Plurality and Citizenship in Israel: Moving Beyond the Jewish/Palestinian Civil Divide by Dan Avnon 9780415557764
RRP: $263.25$228.70Israel'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... -
Religion, Identity and Politics: Germany and Turkey in Interaction by Haldun Gulalp 9780367866839
RRP: $89.68$78.25German-Turkish relations, which have a long history and generally unrecognized depth, have rarely been examined as mutually formative processes. Isolated instances of influence have been examined in detail, but the historical and still ongoing processes... -
Civility in Crisis: Democracy, Equality and the Majoritarian Challenge in India by Suryakant Waghmore 9780367545918
RRP: $66.28$58.50This book critically examines the relationship between civility, citizenship and democracy. It engages with the oft-neglected idea of civility (as a Western concept), to explore the paradox of high democracy and low civility that plagues India. This... -
Civility in Crisis: Democracy, Equality and the Majoritarian Challenge in India by Suryakant Waghmore 9780367506414
RRP: $224.25$193.75This book critically examines the relationship between civility, citizenship and democracy. It engages with the oft-neglected idea of civility (as a Western concept), to explore the paradox of high democracy and low civility that plagues India. This... -
Learning One's Native Tongue: Citizenship, Contestation, and Conflict in America by Tracy B Strong 9780226623191
RRP: $152.10$145.74Citizenship is much more than the right to vote. It is a collection of political capacities constantly up for debate. From Socrates to contemporary American politics, the question of what it means to be an authentic citizen is an inherently political one... -
Civil Society and Governance in Europe: From National to International Linkages by William A. Maloney 9781847207586
$215.69The research presented in this book - based on new primary data - demonstrates that in terms of civil society actors adapting to the European political space the Europeanization process has an uneven development. This innovative book integrates... -
Citizenship and Social Movements: Perspectives from the Global South by Lisa Thompson 9781848133891
$75.56Debates over social movements have suffered from a predominate focus on North America and western Europe, often neglecting the significance of collective action in the global South. Citizenship and Social Movements seeks to partially redress this... -
Citizens' Solidarity in Europe: Civic Engagement and Public Discourse in Times of Crises by Christian Lahusen 9781789909494
$186.44Citizens' Solidarity in Europe systematically dissects the manifestations of solidarity buried beneath the official policies and measures of public authority in Europe. This critical book provides a comparative analysis of eight European countries,... -
Civility and Participatory Democracy: The Importance of Civil Society and Active Citizenship by Thomas P. Boje 9781789907766
$172.79This thought-provoking book conceptualizes the importance of civil society and citizenship in building a sustainable and participatory democracy. It considers the ways in which networks and organizations promoting common interests contribute to this... -
Crossing Borders and Queering Citizenship: Civic Reading Practice in Contemporary American and Canadian Writing by Zalfa Feghali 9781784993092
RRP: $165.75$52.63Can reading make us better citizens? In Crossing borders and queering citizenship, Feghali crafts a sophisticated theoretical framework to theorise how the act of reading can contribute to the queering of contemporary citizenship in North America... -
Handbook of Political Citizenship and Social Movements by Hein-Anton van der Heijden 9781783479030
RRP: $95.45$87.46Since the 1960s, social movements and political citizenship have become buzzwords not only in social and political life but also in social and political science. The impact of the environmental and women's movements, and the advance of multicultural,... -
Diaspora and Citizenship by Claire Sutherland 9780415594127
RRP: $263.25$228.70This collection of papers discusses the impact of diasporas on the articulations and practices of legal, political, cultural and social citizenship in their country of origin. While the majority of current citizenship debates focus on the challenges and... -
Accompanying: Pathways to Social Change by Staughton Lynd 9781604866667
RRP: $29.23$19.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604866667Author Staughton LyndFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 167g -
Federalism In Africa Vol. 2: The Imperative of Democratic Development by Aaron T. Gana 9781592210800
RRP: $58.40$38.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592210800Author Aaron T. GanaFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 572g -
Citizenship in Uncertain Times: Life in the Waiting Room by Anne-Marie Fortier 9781526139085
RRP: $165.75$135.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526139085Author Anne-Marie FortierFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Manchester University PressPublisher Manchester University PressWeight(grams) 138g -
Arab New York: Politics and Community in the Everyday Lives of Arab Americans by Emily Regan Wills 9781479897650
RRP: $156.00$125.68From Bay Ridge to Astoria, explore political action in Arab New York Arab Americans are a numerically small proportion of the US population yet have been the target of a disproportionate amount of political scrutiny. Most non-Arab Americans know... -
Women, Citizenship, and Sexuality: The Transnational Lives of Renée Vivien, Romaine Brooks, and Natalie Barney by Melanie C. Hawthorne 9781837644186
RRP: $58.48$53.39Until well into the twentieth century, the claims to citizenship of women in the US and in Europe have come through men (father, husband); women had no citizenship of their own. The case studies of three expatriate women (Renée Vivien, Romaine Brooks,... -
Digital Media and Participatory Cultures of Health and Illness by Stefania Vicari 9781032169583
RRP: $76.03$66.73Accessible and engaging, the book is ideal for scholars and students interested in digital media, digital activism, health activism and digital health, as well as areas of media and communication and sociologyThis book looks at the complex scenario of... -
Britannia Waives The Rules: Story of the Quandary of My Status of British Citizenship by Dr Narhari Patel 9781805140573
RRP: $37.03$26.54Britannia Waives The Rules gives an example of the folly of the U.K. Citizenship and Immigration Act proven by the story of the quandary of the author’s national status on passports, with contradictory endorsements and written advices by various... -
Gender, Violence and Governmentality: Legal and Policy Initiatives in India by Skylab Sahu 9780367678562
RRP: $77.98$68.37This book critically examines gender-based violence in India and interrogates the legal and policy discourse surrounding it. It discusses various forms of violence faced by women such as sex selective abortion, trafficking, rape, domestic violence, as... -
Dual Citizenship in Europe: From Nationhood to Societal Integration by Thomas Faist 9781138275584
RRP: $89.68$78.25In an age of terrorism and securitized immigration, dual citizenship is of central theoretical and political concern. The contributors to this timely volume examine policies regarding dual citizenship across Europe, covering a wide spectrum of countries...