Voice, Choice, and Action: The Potential of Young Citizens to Heal Democracy (Earls Felton)(Pevná vazba)

Voice, Choice, and Action: The Potential of Young Citizens to Heal Democracy (Earls Felton)(Pevná vazba)

Compiling decades of fieldwork, two acclaimed scholars offer strategies for strengthening democracies by nurturing the voices of children and encouraging public awareness of their role as citizens. Voice, Choice, and Action is the fruit of the extraordinary personal and professional partnership of

Open Democracy: Reinventing Popular Rule for the Twenty-First Century (Landemore Hlne)(Pevná vazba)

How a new model of democracy that opens up power to ordinary citizens could strengthen inclusiveness, responsiveness, and accountability in modern societies To the ancient Greeks, democracy meant gathering in public and debating laws set by a randomly selected assembly of several hundred citizens

Chicano Eats: Recipes from My Mexican-American Kitchen (Castillo Esteban)(Pevná vazba)

The creator of the popular Chicano Eats blog and winner of the Saveur Best New Voice People's Choice Award takes us on a delicious tour through the diverse flavors and foods of Chicano cuisine--Mexican food with an immigrant sensibility that weaves seamlessly between Mexican and American genres and

American Women's Suffrage: Voices from the Long Struggle for the Vote 1776-1965 (Loa #332) (Ware Susan)(Pevná vazba)

In their own voices, the full story of the women and men who struggled to make American democracy whole With a record number of female candidates in the 2020 election and women's rights an increasingly urgent topic in the news, it's crucial that we understand the history that got us where we are

5 Voices: How to Communicate Effectively with Everyone You Lead (Kubicek Jeremie)(Pevná vazba)

Discover your leadership voice and unlock your potential to influence others 5 Voices is the code for unlocking your capacity to have honest conversations and build deeper, more authentic relationships with your teams, your families and your friends. In order to lead others effectively, we need a

Digital Suffragists: Women, the Web, and the Future of Democracy (Tessier Marie)(Pevná vazba)

Why women's voices are outnumbered online and what we can do about it, by a New York Times comment moderator. If you've read the comments posted by readers of online news sites, you may have noticed the absence of women's voices. Men are by far the most prolific commenters on politics and public

Forever Prisoners: How the United States Made the World's Largest Immigrant Detention System (Young Elliott)(Pevná vazba)

Stories of non-US citizens caught in the jaws of the immigration bureaucracy and subject to indefinite detention are in the headlines daily. These men, women, and children remain almost completely without rights, unprotected by law and the Constitution, and their status as outsiders, even though

The Stakes: 2020 and the Survival of American Democracy (Kuttner Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Twilight of Democracy - The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends (Applebaum Anne)(Pevná vazba)

Reconstructing Democracy: How Citizens Are Building from the Ground Up (Taylor Charles)(Pevná vazba)

'An urgent manifesto for the reconstruction of democratic belonging in our troubled times.' --Davide PanagiaAcross the world, democracies are suffering from a disconnect between the people and political elites. In communities where jobs and industry are scarce, many feel the government is incapable

My Big Book of the World (Royston Angela)(Pevná vazba)

A lively pictorial atlas for young readers, providing an action-packed and entertaining guide to the fascinating world in which we

The Serpent's Nest: Young Captain Nemo (Henderson Jason)(Pevná vazba)

In Jason Henderson's The Serpent's Nest, the third and final installment of the action-packed middle grade series Young Captain Nemo, a twelve-year-old descendant of Jules Verne's famous antihero must face down giant sea serpents and solve a centuries old mystery, armed only with his wits, his

Retooling Politics: How Digital Media Are Shaping Democracy (Jungherr Andreas)(Pevná vazba)

Donald Trump, the Arab Spring, Brexit: Digital media have provided political actors and citizens with new tools to engage in politics. These tools are now routinely used by activists, candidates, non-governmental organizations, and parties to inform, mobilize, and persuade people. But what are the

We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy (McKenzie Robert Tracy)(Pevná vazba)

The success and survival of American democracy have never been guaranteed. Political polarization, presidential eccentricities, the trustworthiness of government, and the prejudices of the voting majority have waxed and waned ever since the time of the Founders, and there are no fail-safe

The Ten Commandments of Typography/Type Heresy: Breaking the Ten Commandments of Typography (Felton Paul)(Pevná vazba)

A humorous and incisive analysis of the basic tenets of typography and how to turn them on their heads, this book will appeal to the conformist and the non-conformist in everyone - not just the newcomer to

Peace (Paul Miranda)(Pevná vazba)

Peace is on purpose. Peace is a choice. Peace lets the smallest of us have a voice. From a hello and pronouncing your friend's name correctly to giving more than you take and saying I'm sorry, this simple concept book explores definitions of peace and actions small and big that foster it

Success Is a Choice: Make the Choices That Make You Successful (Maxwell John C.)(Pevná vazba)

Are you tired of not reaching your full potential? Do you feel you have the talent to succeed but are unappreciated and trapped?Abridged from his New York Times bestselling book, Beyond Talent, John Maxwell asks if you are tired of not reaching your full potential and feel you have the talent to

Me the People: How Populism Transforms Democracy (Urbinati Nadia)(Pevná vazba)

A timely and incisive assessment of what the success of populism means for democracy. Populist movements have recently appeared in nearly every democracy around the world. Yet our grasp of this disruptive political phenomenon remains woefully inadequate. Politicians of all stripes appeal to the

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings (Gilman Charlotte Perkins)(Pevná vazba)

Part of the Gibbs Smith Women's Voices series: A collection of literary voices written by, and for, extraordinary women--to encourage, challenge, and inspire.Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) championed women's rights in her prolific fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Discover three influential

Building Cultures of Peace: Transdisciplinary Voices of Hope and Action (Amster Randall)(Pevná vazba)

From violence and abuse within family units, to communities and regions torn apart by inter-group conflict and wars among nations, the human condition is rife with turmoil. The consequences of this seemingly perpetual strife weigh heavily on humanity, often creating feelings of powerlessness and

The Feminist Papers: A Vindication of the Rights of Women (Wollstonecraft Mary)(Pevná vazba)

Part of the Gibbs Smith Women's Voices series: A collection of literary voices written by, and for, extraordinary women--to encourage, challenge, and inspire. By the matriarch of feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women tackles womens-rights-as-human-rights decades before

Lake District Quiz Book - The People, Places, Customs and Culture of Cumbria in 635 Fiendish Questions (Felton David)(Pevná vazba)

Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy (Jaffrelot Christophe)(Pevná vazba)

A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intolerance Over the past two decades, thanks to Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national-populism that has ensured its success at the polls,

Democracy, Liberalism and War - Rethinking the Democratic Peace Debates (Barkawi Tarak)(Pevná vazba)

This work challenges the view that the relationship of ''democracy'', ''liberalism'', and ''war'' has been framed in terms of assumptions about the state and the international system. It interrogates the claim that liberal democratic states do not go to war with each