American Politics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Claude C Smith '14 Professor of Political Science Richard M Valelly
Producing and Negotiating Non-Citizenship
by Luin Goldring and Patricia Landolt
Most examinations of non-citizens in Canada focus on immigrants, people who are citizens-in-waiting, or specific categories of temporary, vulnerable workers. In contrast, Producing and Negotiating Non-Citizenship considers a range of people whose pathway to citizenship is uncertain or non-existent. This includes migrant workers, students, refugee claimants, and people with expired permits, all of whom have limited formal rights to employment, housing, education, and health services. The contri...
AP US Government and Politics Premium (Barron's Test Prep)
by Curt Lader
Despite intense media scrutiny, only a small percentage of the American government's most essential information reaches the average person. This withholding of information is dangerous in a democratic society, where openness is a cherished value. Here are some samples of the topics included in Who Needs to Know?: The history, use, and abuse of national security classification; The state of the Freedom of Information Act in the Bush Administration; Examination of the concept of sensitive but uncl...
The essays address the cultural politics of our global present. They offer a contribution towards keeping the spirit of utopia alive by practicing it, promoting that the struggle for liberation may continue in an era whose landscape is not inhabited by the presence of great utopian constructs. The collection adapts the idea of utopia to the intercultural present using it as a metanarrative projected towards the future and rooted in local experiences and actions. The book presents an interdiscipl...
Education for Citizenship is a priority across the world and is firmly established in Scotland, where the attempt is to immerse citizenship as part of the school curriculum and general ethos. Thus, in Scotland, there are three main areas of focus. First, there is the notion of citizenship in the curriculum: suggesting aspects of political literacy, the development of creativity and enterprise in the widest sense, and the development of informed attitudes. Secondly, there is the understanding of...
Zukunft Entwickeln (Salzburger Interdisziplinaere Diskurse, #8) (Salzburger Interdisziplinare Diskurse, #8)
Die 15. Entwicklungspolitischen Hochschulwochen, die Sudwind Salzburg in Kooperation mit der Universitat Salzburg durchfuhrte, nahmen das "Europaische Jahr fur Entwicklung" (2015) zum Anlass, die Herausforderung "Entwicklung" aufzugreifen und einer interdisziplinaren Analyse zu unterziehen. Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter entwicklungspolitischer Organisationen und Initiativen, der Universitat Salzburg sowie weiterer wissenschaftlicher Einrichtungen, die bei den Entwicklungspolitischen Hochschul...
From the e-mail marketing director of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and the co-founder of Run for Something; comes an essential and inspiring guide that encourages and educates young progressives to run for local office, complete with contributions from elected officials and political operatives.
Making Brazil Work: Checking the President in a Multiparty System (Studies of the Americas)
by Marcus Andr Melo and Carlos Pereira
Die Parteigerichtsbarkeit Der Nsdap (Europaische Hochschulschriften Recht, #3377) (Europaeische Hochschulschriften Recht, #3377)
by Nils Block
Die Arbeit analysiert neben den Grunden und Motiven, die zur Errichtung der Parteigerichtsbarkeit fuhrten, auch die Spruchpraxis und vor allem die rechtlichen Grundlagen der Parteigerichtsbarbeit. Es kann gezeigt werden, dass insbesondere durch die nach 1933 erlassenen Vorschriften die Parteigerichtsbarkeit formal immer mehr an die staatliche ordentliche Gerichtsbarkeit angeglichen wurde. Dies fuhrte zu einer dauernden Konkurrenzsituation der Parteigerichtsbarkeit zum beamtenrechtlichen Diszipli...
Sanctuary Regions and the Struggle for Belonging (Mobility & Politics)
by Zeina Sleiman-Long
This book argues that local governments and institutions across the state of California that offer various forms of sanctuaries to undocumented immigrants create "sanctuary regions." These regions are safe zones for undocumented immigrants and facilitate their ability to make claims for human rights. The book also argues that these regions create an important form of resistance to federal state authority in terms of immigration and the management of borders - something that is typically attribut...
A seminal work on the power of nonviolent action, this classic book outlines, in a systematic way, the elements involved in successfully opposing military dictatorships by passive means. This work shows how nonviolent action grows from the fact that all governments depend on the cooperation, or at least the general compliance, of the people they govern and in particular on the loyalty of key institutions. From there, it discusses how, if a governments base of support in society is eroded, it bec...
Politics Is about Relationship: A Blueprint for the Citizens' Century
by Harold H Saunders
The fascinating tale of how a bipartisan coalition worked successfully to lower the voting age "Let Us Vote!" tells the story of the multifaceted endeavor to achieve youth voting rights in the United States. Over a thirty-year period starting during World War II, Americans, old and young, Democrat and Republican, in politics and culture, built a movement for the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution, which lowered the voting age from twenty-one to eighteen in 1971. This was the last time that th...
OKLAHOMA GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS: AN INTRODUCTION
by Brett Sharp and Chris Markwood
"Oklahoma Government and Politics: An Introduction" is a an extremely readable introduction to state government in Oklahoma. It is designed for use in undergraduate courses as either a primary or supplementary text. Special features include: leadership profiles acquaint students with current and emerging leaders in state government and politics; tables, graphs, figures, and list of leadership profiles provide quick accessibility to presented information; contains the most recent election results...
Tory Pride and Prejudice is an authoritative but highly accessible account of the Conservative Party's attitude towards homosexual law reform and gay rights, from the 1950s to the present day.Presented in the context of contemporary social and political developments it draws upon extensive primary research and exclusive interviews to chart the party's progress from an unwillingness to decriminalise homosexuality, via Section 28 in the 1980s, to the current Liberal-Conservative government, which...
This book offers a fascinating insider's perspective from one who happens to be a Muslim woman on U.S. foreign policy making during three Republican presidential administrations. Shirin Tahir-Kheli's life story is a testament to the promise and delivery of the American dream in another era and is a must read for scholars and policy makers.