3,040円 Expert analysis of American governance challenges and recommendations for reform Two big ideas serve as the catalyst for the essays collected in this book. The first is the state of governance in the United States, which Americans variously perceive as broken, frustrating, and unresponsive. Edito...

421円 Building a New Reality is a non-partisan, evidence-based social movement dedicated to the decentralization of power and to participatory decision-making in every facet of society: learning, governance, care, justice, enterprise, and spirit. True Representation is the key goal of representative go...

3,517円 Since the end of the Rwandan genocide, the new political elite has been challenged with building a unified nation. Reaching beyond the better-studied topics of post-conflict justice and memory, the book investigates the project of civic education, the upsurge of state-led neo-traditional institut...

3,517円 Since the explosion of the indignados movement beginning in 2011, there has been a renewed interest in the concept of the “public sphere” in a Spanish context: how it relates to society and to political power, and how it has evolved over the centuries. The Configuration of the Spanish Public Sphe...

3,517円 Why do people turn to personal connections to get things done? Exploring the role of favors in social welfare systems in postwar, postsocialist Bosnia and Herzegovina, this volume provides a new theoretical angle on links between ambiguity and power. It demonstrates that favors were not an instru...

3,517円 Scholarship related to environmental questions in Latin America has only recently begun to coalesce around citizenship as both an empirical site of inquiry and an analytical frame of reference. This has led to a series of new insights and perspectives, but few efforts have been made to bring thes...

1,923円 In 12 Rules for Christian Activists, Ellen Louden and a host of contributors present 12 accessible and practical principles to encourage a new generation to create a movement for positive social change.

4,729円 What does the term ‘common good’ means to thinkers of different, primarily – but not exclusively – Christian traditions. This book will explore how the term is used both practically and theoretically.

1,088円 Popular political pundit Bill Scher--whom the Hartford Advocate has called "one of the sharpest political minds around"--presents a bold, pragmatic plan to revitalize America Frustrated liberals are mired in the political wilderness, while disgruntled Democrats and Republicans have grown weary of...

661円 Oy kullanmak onaylama mı yoksa bir seçme eylemi midir? Seçmenlerin tercihlerinde hangi faktörler etkilidir? Seçmen davranışlarına etki eden birçok faktör bulunmakta olup hangi faktörün seçmen nezdinde daha etkili olduğu öteden beri tartışma konusudur. Bu faktörlere yönelik yaklaşımlar; Sosyolojik...

150円 In "Citizenship: A Manual for Voters," Emma Guy Cromwell presents a compelling exploration of civic responsibility and the mechanics of democratic participation. Written in a clear, accessible style, the book serves as both a practical guide and a philosophical treatise on the nature of citizensh...

3,047円 From the pundits to the polls, nearly everyone seems to agree that US politics have rarely been more fractious, and calls for a return to “civil discourse” abound. Yet it is also true that the requirements of polite discourse effectively silence those who are not in power, gaming the system again...