Civics & Citizenship

The notion of 'the public sphere' has become increasingly central to theories and studies of democracy, media, and culture over the last few decades. It has also gained political importance in the context of the European Union's efforts to strengthen...

This is a practical and passionate resource that provides support for Secondary teachers in teaching Citizenship effectively. Concern about the future of a democratic society is not new. However, the commitment to equip young citizens with the knowledge...

Renowned 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845401795Author Oliver DowlenFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 450gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Many of us may have participated in grassroots groups, changing the world in small and big ways, from building playgrounds and feeding the homeless, to protesting wars and ending legal segregation. Beyond the obvious fruits of these activities, what are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912092505Author Henry PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint ArkboundPublisher ArkboundWeight(grams) 103gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 5mm

Nationally syndicated columnist Walter E. Williams is chairmain of the economic department at George Mason University. This thought-provoking book contains nearly one hundred of William's most popular essays on race and sex, government, education,...

This surprising global history of an indispensable document reveals how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience while helping to define the modern world. In License to Travel, Patrick Bixby takes the reader on a captivating journey...

For 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...

In the past two decades,'civil society' has become a central organizing concept in the social sciences. Occupying the middle ground between the state and private life, the civil sphere encompasses everything from associations to protests to church groups...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062883759Author Arthur C. BrooksFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Broadside BooksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

School Wars tells the story of the struggle for Britain's education system. Established during the 1960s and based on the progressive ideal of good schools for all, the comprehensive system has over the past decades come under sustained attack from...

Whether the recently settled religious minorities, Muslims, in particular, can be accommodated as religious groups in European countries has become a central political question and threatens to create long-term fault lines. In this collection of essays,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957588209Author Philip K HowardFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Rodin BooksPublisher Rodin BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 130mm * 18mm

The 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956887662Author Scott HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Antelope Hill PublishingPublisher Antelope Hill PublishingWeight(grams) 517g

The simple insight that all legally enforceable rights cost money reminds us that freedom is not violated by a government that taxes and spends, but requires it-and requires a citizenry vigilant about how money is allocated. Drawing from these practical,...

This text offers a concise and comprehensive overview of the Federal Republic of Germany post 1945. The chapters will enable students to understand how Germany's political institutions work, their strengths and weaknesses and the relationship between...

The 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...

Apologies 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)...

An introductory survey of the history of the principles and practice of citizenship, based on the premise that the current conditions and debates about citizenship cannot be fully understood without a knowledge of the historical background. This is...

How "We the People" can reclaim our democracy-updated with a discussion guide, author videos, and a new chapter-length Introduction In this updated edition of his prophetic book, renowned author and activist Parker J. Palmer celebrates the power of "We...

Is this the America you want? If not, here's how to claim the power to change your country.We are in an age of epic political turbulence in America. Old hierarchies and institutions are collapsing. From the election of Donald Trump to the upending of the...

“In most accounts of the tumultuous 1960s, Robert Kennedy plays a supporting role…Sullivan corrects this and puts RFK near the center of the nation’s struggle for racial justice.”—Richard Thompson Ford, Washington Post“A profound and uplifting account of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725253643Author Cormac RussellFormat HardbackPage Count 284Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356296893Author Sudha PaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins India

The second edition of this pathbreaking, highly innovative comparative study in state-building by a major political scientist is a fully updated examination of the problems of making democratic government work. Sartori begins by assessing electoral...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789492095510Author B. LafleurFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint ValizPublisher Valiz

Citizenship studies is at a crucial moment of globalizing as a field. What used to be mainly a European, North American, and Australian field has now expanded to major contributions featuring scholarship from Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle...

The first comprehensive history of how Jews became citizens in the modern worldFor all their unquestionable importance, the Holocaust and the founding of the State of Israel now loom so large in modern Jewish history that we have mostly lost sight of the...

This 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...

Fixing American Politics: Solutions for the Media Age brings together original chapters from 34 noted scholars from two disciplines - political science and communication - asked to identify the most pressing problems facing the American people and how...

Citizenship 2.0 focuses on an important yet overlooked dimension of globalization: the steady rise in the legitimacy and prevalence of dual citizenship. Demand for dual citizenship is particularly high in Latin America and Eastern Europe, where more than...

For a state traditionally characterised by the stability and continuity of its political institutions, the United Kingdom has undergone a remarkable period of rapid institutional change in recent times. This title monitors these changes and provides the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979539893Author Laurence OvermireFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Indelible Mark Pub.Publisher Indelible Mark Pub.Weight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568588643Author P. E. MoskowitzFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 460gDimensions(mm) 236mm *...

In 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...

A core text for undergraduates studying the political institutions of contemporary France. It provides an accessible introduction to the government and politics of France by focusing on the institutions of the Fifth Republic. It contains key information...

This new third edition has been fully revised and updated to include the constitutional changes that are being implemented by the labour government. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the current British Constitution and evaluates the law and...

The border is one of the most urgent issues of our times. We tend to think of a border as a static line, but recent bordering techniques have broken away from the map, as governments have developed legal tools to limit the rights of migrants before and...