Why Politics Matters: Making Democracy Work (Stoker Gerry)(Paperback)

Why Politics Matters: Making Democracy Work (Stoker Gerry)(Paperback)

Profound social changes have made governance and political leadership more challenging than ever. The result is that politics in the democratic world faces a crisis in the 21st century. The revised edition of this highly successful text reassesses the gap between citizen expectation and the

Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy (Putnam Robert D.)(Paperback)

Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of civic community in developing successful

Politics: Why It Matters (Gamble Andrew)(Paperback)

People so often focus on the negative aspects of politics, like greed and corruption, but without politics we would be lost. It frames everything we do, and it has the power to bring about real and positive change. Politics, Andrew Gamble reminds us, defeated slavery and secured equal rights for

Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth Von Arnim (Kimber Gerri)(Paperback)

By bringing the work of Mansfield and von Arnim together - including on matters of artistry, on mourning, on gardens, on female resistance - this book establishes shared preoccupations in ways that refine and extend our knowledge of writing in the

Transforming Local Governance: From Thatcherism to New Labour (Stoker Gerry)(Paperback)

Why Race Still Matters (Lentin Alana)(Paperback)

'Why are you making this about race?' This question is repeated daily in public and in the media. Calling someone racist in these times of mounting white supremacy seems to be a worse insult than racism itself. In our supposedly post-racial society, surely it's time to stop talking about race? This

Local Politics Matters: A Citizen's Guide to Making a Difference (Meagher Richard)(Paperback)

A political scientist's handy, entertaining guide to influencing and being effective in local and state politics, where vital decisions are made and it's easier to make a difference. It feels like politics counts more today than it ever has. At the same time, people are frustrated by 'the mess in

Why Induction Matters (Reed Rachel)(Paperback)

Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain (Gerhardt Sue)(Paperback)

Why Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in the early years, and how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future emotional and physical health. This second edition follows on from the success of the first, updating the scientific

Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better (Reich Rob)(Paperback)

The troubling ethics and politics of philanthropyIs philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today's democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for society's benefit, Just Giving shows how such generosity not only isn't the unassailable good we think it to be

Why Music Matters (Hesmondhalgh David)(Paperback)

Listen to David Hesmondhalgh discuss the arguments at the core of 'Why Music Matters' with Laurie Taylor on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03q9q2n/Thinking_Allowed_Why_Music_Matters_Bhangra_and_Belonging/ In what ways might music enrich the lives of people and

Modern Languages: Why It Matters (Kohl Katrin)(Paperback)

It might seem as if globalization is making the whole world speak English. But spend time in any major city and you are likely to encounter a cornucopia of languages. Even monolingual people have different ways of speaking to their bosses or teachers, their intimate friends or their pets. And if

Why Dylan Matters (Thomas Richard F.)(Paperback / softback)

Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics for a New Age (Barber Benjamin R.)(Paperback)

Why Wall Street Matters (Cohan William D.)(Paperback / softback)

Why Deliberative Democracy? (Gutmann Amy)(Paperback)

The most widely debated conception of democracy in recent years is deliberative democracy--the idea that citizens or their representatives owe each other mutually acceptable reasons for the laws they enact. Two prominent voices in the ongoing discussion are Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson. In Why

Political Advocacy and American Politics: Why People Fight So Often about Politics (Richey Sean)(Paperback)

Political Advocacy and American Politics provides a detailed explanation as to why citizens engage in interpersonal advocacy in the United States. Sean Richey and J. Benjamin Taylor eloquently show how the campaigns, social media, and personality and partisanship affect one's propensity for

Why Motherhood Matters: An Invitation to Purposeful Parenting (McCarthy September)(Paperback)

Mama, Your Work Has Deep Worth Do you ever wonder if your efforts as a mom make any difference? Take heart. Whether you're struggling through sleepless nights with your toddler or endless battles with your teen, September

Democracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies: Communicative Capitalism and Left Politics (Dean Jodi)(Paperback)

Why It's OK to Ignore Politics (Freiman Christopher)(Paperback)

What the Qur'an Meant: And Why It Matters (Wills Garry)(Paperback)

Nihilism (Gertz Nolen)(Paperback)

An examination of the meaning of meaninglessness: why it matters that nothing matters.When someone is labeled a nihilist, it's not usually meant as a compliment. Most of us associate nihilism with destructiveness and violence. Nihilism means, literally, 'an ideology of nothing. ' Is nihilism, then,

How Propaganda Works (Stanley Jason)(Paperback)

How propaganda undermines democracy and why we need to pay attentionOur democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox News commentators, all using language to influence the way we think and reason about public issues. Even so, many of us believe that

Why Global Justice Matters: Moral Progress in a Divided World (Armstrong Chris)(Paperback)