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Is Voting for Young People? by Martin P. Wattenberg
RRP: $47.72$41.96In 2016, Hillary Clinton managed to win the Democratic nomination despite losing young voters to Bernie Sanders by a margin of 73 to 26 percent. The fact that senior citizens were four times more likely to vote in the primaries than young people enabled... -
From Voice to Influence: Understanding Citizenship in a Digital Age by Danielle S. Allen 9780226262260
RRP: $30.96$29.71The 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... -
Establishing the Reign of Natural Liberty: A Common Law Training Manual by Kevin Daniel Annett 9781544239613
RRP: $12.90$10.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544239613Author Kevin Daniel AnnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Individuals and Societies for the IB MYP 3 by Paul Grace
$34.84Exam Board: IBLevel: MYPSubject: Social ScienceFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2017Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused... -
Vote for Honesty and Get Democracy Done: Four Simple Steps to Change by Ann Whitehead 9781910461648
RRP: $15.47$9.79The truth matters. Vital decisions made on our behalf require that the people in government are honest with the electorate. Vote for Honesty and Get Democracy Done seeks solutions to the increasing problem of dishonest behaviour by some UK politicians... -
Turning the Tide: U.S. Intervention in Central America and the Struggle for Peace by Noam Chomsky 9780745335452
RRP: $21.92$14.89For decades, Noam Chomsky has been considered one of the most important critics of American's foreign policy in Central and Latin America and yet Turning the Tide is one of his only written works which makes that region its sole focus. At last back... -
Rationality and Power by Bent Flyvberg
RRP: $30.96$29.71In the Enlightenment tradition, rationality is considered well-defined, independent of context; we know what rationality is, and its meaning is constant across time and space. However, Bent Flyvbjerg argues that rationality is context-dependent and that... -
Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government by Christopher H. Achen 9780691178240
RRP: $25.80$18.99Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human nature of democratic citizens. Christopher... -
The Holy City of Antiracism: Plato, Foucault, and the Possibility of Political Philosophy by Glenn Ellmers 9781641773430
RRP: $23.21$21.62Americans are more divided today than at any time since the Civil War. Our differences are not merely moral and political, but philosophical, and even spiritual. We hardly seem to experience the same reality anymore, preferring to self-select into media... -
How Corrupt is Britain? by David Whyte
$32.83Banks accused of rate-fixing. Members of Parliament cooking the books. Major defence contractors investigated over suspect arms deals. Police accused of being paid off by tabloids. The headlines are unrelenting these days. Perhaps it's high time we ask:... -
Individuals and Societies for the IB MYP 1: by Concept by Paul Grace
$34.84Exam Board: IBLevel: MYPSubject: Social ScienceFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2017Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused... -
Citizenship: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Peter J. Spiro 9780190917296
RRP: $14.18$10.28Almost everyone has citizenship, and yet it has emerged as one of the most hotly contested issues of contemporary politics. Even as cosmopolitan elites and human rights advocates aspire to some notion of "global citizenship," populism and nativism have... -
Voice, Choice, and Action: The Potential of Young Citizens to Heal Democracy by Felton Earls
RRP: $20.58$16.51"A book for these times as we confront the fault lines in our democracy...A deeply provocative work about the place of children in strengthening our sense of community."-Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here"Earls and Carlson have... -
The War Against Cash: The plot to empty your wallet and own your financial future - and why you must fight it by Ross Clark
RRP: $16.76$12.51We are constantly being told that we are on the cusp of a cashless society. The financial services industry would certainly like to see it that way. We are being enticed with contactless cards, mobile phone payment apps, and methods of bank transfer:... -
Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship Since Brown v. Board of Education by Danielle S. Allen
RRP: $29.67$28.55"Don't talk to strangers" is the advice long given to children by parents of all classes and races. Today it has blossomed into a fundamental precept of civic education, reflecting interracial distrust, personal and political alienation, and a profound... -
Politics For Dummies by Ann M. DeLaney
RRP: $24.50$16.96Get up to speed on the U.S. political system Confused by caucuses, primaries, and pollsters? Puzzled by the various parties and special interest groups? Politics For Dummies has everything you need to understand local, state, and national politics; how... -
The Women's Suffrage Movement in Wales, 1866-1928 by Ryland Wallace
RRP: $19.34$15.04An organized women's suffrage movement operated continuously in Britain for more than sixty years, from the mid 1860s until the achievement of equal voting rights with men in 1928. In the decade prior to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, both... -
Protests as Events: Politics, Activism and Leisure by Ian R. Lamond 9781783480777
RRP: $55.47$52.49Can activism be considered a leisure activity? Can the Occupy movement, local campaigns for change and lone acts of personal resistance be understood as events? Within the field of Events Management the content of events is generally analyzed within... -
AN Organizer's Tale: Speeches by Cesar Chavez 9780143105268
RRP: $16.76$14.45One of the most important civil rights leaders in American history, Cesar Chavez was a firm believer in the principles of non-violence, and effectively employed peaceful tactics to further his cause. Through his efforts, he helped achieve dignity, fair... -
The Foundational Economy and Citizenship: Comparative Perspectives on Civil Repair by Filippo Barbera
RRP: $34.82$26.88The 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... -
Liberalism and its discontents: Social movements in West Africa by Ndongo Samba Sylla 9781499324754
RRP: $32.24$21.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781499324754Author Samba Sylla NdongoFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace -
The Matrix As It Is: A Different Point Of View by David E Robinson 9781456309961
RRP: $20.58$18.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456309961Author David E RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Democracy for Busy People by Kevin J. Elliott 9780226826325
RRP: $36.12$35.33Advances an alternative approach to democratic reform that focuses on building institutions that empower people who have little time for politics. How do we make democracy more equal? Although in theory, all citizens in a democracy have the right to... -
The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order by Rush Doshi 9780197645482
RRP: $24.50$21.05For more than a century, no US adversary or coalition of adversaries - not Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, or the Soviet Union - has ever reached sixty percent of US GDP. China is the sole exception, and it is fast emerging into a global superpower that... -
What Unites Us by Dan Rather
RRP: $15.47$10.32AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "I find myself thinking deeply about what it means to love America, as I surely do." -Dan Rather"A tonic for our times . . . Rather's writing shows why he has won the admiration of a new generation. In these essays,... -
By God and Granite by Kristi Noem
RRP: $38.70$25.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538707050Author Kristi NoemFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint TwelvePublisher TwelveWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 160mm * 27mm -
Occupy!: Scenes from Occupied America by Keith Gessen 9781844679409
RRP: $12.89$8.57In the fall of 2011, a small protest camp in downtown Manhattan exploded into a global uprising, sparked in part by the violent overreactions of the police. An unofficial record of this movement, Occupy! combines adrenalin-fueled first-hand accounts of... -
Gender and Citizenship in the Middle East by Suad Joseph 9780815628651
RRP: $33.48$27.66The essays in this work illustrate the various ways in which women in the Middle East fall short of being vested with the rights and privileges that would define them as fully enfranchised citizens. They offer an examination of national legislation on... -
One Thought Scares Me...: We Teach Our Children What We Wish Them to Know; We Don't Teach Our Children What We Don't Wish Them to Know by Richard Dreyfuss
RRP: $24.50$15.83We've let the meaning of America be reduced to guesswork. It might not be too late. Our democratic republic is failing, and it shouldn't be a surprise. We can't fly a plane without training; we can't practice medicine without attending medical school... -
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder 9780804190114
RRP: $15.48$9.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804190114Author Timothy SnyderFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)... -
The Immigration Handbook: A Practical Guide to United States Visas, Permanent Residency and Citizenship by Ivan Vasic 9780786440092
RRP: $37.40$31.02While the United States remains a nation of immigrants, the path to citizenship is not an easy one and has only become more difficult and demanding in recent years. In clear, readable language, this volume explains the steps and procedures necessary for... -
Stateless: Ethnography of Statelessness Written by a Stateless Academic by Tienshi 'Lara' Chen 9789813252325
$44.04"In the springtime of the year that I was twenty-one, I found myself stuck at the border between two familiar countries, unable to enter either. I had never felt my statelessness so keenly."Japan's 1972 termination of diplomatic ties with the Republic of... -
New Advances in the Study of Civic Voluntarism: Resources, Engagement, and Recruitment by Casey Klofstad 9781439913246
RRP: $109.65$96.70Individuals who are civically active have three things in common: they have the capacity to do so, they want to, and they have been asked to participate. New Advances in the Study of Civic Voluntarism is dedicated to examining the continued influence of... -
The Oxford Guide to the United States Government by John J. Patrick 9780195142730
RRP: $41.91$31.21The Oxford Guide to the United States Government is the ultimate resource for authoritative information on the U.S. Presidency, Congress, and Supreme Court. Compiled by three top scholars, its pages brim with the key figures, events, and structures that... -
Specters of Belonging: The Political Life Cycle of Mexican Migrants by Adrian Felix 9780190879365
RRP: $117.39$106.40As the United States hardens its border with Mexico, how do migrants make transnational claims of citizenship in both nation-states? By enacting citizenship in both countries, Mexican migrants are challenging the meaning of membership and belonging from... -
Transforming Citizenship: Democracy, Membership, and Belonging in Latino Communities by Raymond A. Rocco 9781611861334
RRP: $38.64$28.59In Transforming Citizenship Raymond Rocco studies the "exclusionary inclusion" of Latinos based on racialization and how the processes behind this have shaped their marginalized citizenship status, offering a framework for explaining this dynamic... -
Law, Rhetoric, and Irony in the Formation of Canadian Civil Culture by Michael Dorland 9780802081193
RRP: $54.18$48.77In Rhetoric, Irony, and Law in the Formation of Canadian Civil Culture, Michael Dorland and Maurice Charland examine how, over the roughly 400-year period since the encounter of First Peoples with Europeans in North America, rhetorical or discursive... -
Younger Than That Now: The Politics of Age in the 1960s by Holly V. Scott 9781625342171
$35.33Retrospectives of the 1960s routinely include the face of youth rebellion: long-haired students occupying campus buildings, young men burning draft cards, hippies dancing at Woodstock. In Younger Than That Now, Holly V. Scott explores how the idea of... -
America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag by Sarah Palin 9780062010964
RRP: $21.92$21.12In the fall of 2009, with the publication of her number 1 national bestselling memoir, Sarah Palin had the privilege of meeting thousands of everyday Americans on her extraordinary 35-city book tour. Inspired by these encounters, her new book, "America... -
Palace, Political Party and Power: A Story of the Socio-Political Development of Malay Kingship by Kobkua Suwannathat-Pian 9789971695071
RRP: $33.48$27.66After independence in 1957, the Malay monarchy was compelled to embrace Westminster-style constitutional monarchy, under which the role of the monarch is symbolic and affairs of the nation are run by Parliament and the executive branch. Palace, Political...