The New Pragmatist Sociology. Inquiry, Agency, and Democracy, Paperback - ***

In The New Pragmatist Sociology, Neil Gross, Isaac Ariail Reed, and Christopher Winship assemble a range of sociologists to address essential ideas...

News Literacy and Democracy invites readers to go beyond surface-level fact checking and to examine the structures, institutions, practices, and ro...

DescriptionAmerica is turning away from support for democrats in Arab countries in favor of 'pragmatic' deals with tyrants to defeat violent Islami...

In addition to being one of the greatest technical philosophers of the twentieth century, John Dewey (1859-1952) was an educational innovator, a Pr...

In a follow-up to "Justice and the Politics of Difference", Young contributes to the debates about democracy in a multicultural society. She consid...

Our Values gives readers their first taste of some of the most important values in today's world. Here children can explore what it means to be par...

Reducere. What forces lead to democracy's creation? Why does it sometimes consolidate only to collapse at other times? Written by two of the foremost authori...

This book is concerned with the place of communication in the troubled relations between the police and young people. Ian Loader presents a forcefu...

Reducere. The current U.S. immigration nightmare is a product of capitalism. The familiar, heartbreaking stories of dangerous treks, migrant exploitation, as...

Publisher: Symposium BooksIllustration(s): illustrationsNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 178 x 112 x 14Cover type: Paperback /...

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Reducere. Justice (al-'adl) is one of the principal values of the Islamic faith. In Islam, Justice, and Democracy, Sabri Ciftci explores the historical, phil...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdIllustration(s): 65 b 130 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 392Collection: The MIT PressPublication date: 2014Dime...

Over the last five years, widespread concern about the effects of social media on democracy has led to an explosion in research from different disc...

DescriptionIn 2011, political protests sprang up across the world. In the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, the United States unlikely people spa...

This book explains how and why information literacy can help to foster critical thinking and discerning attitudes, enabling citizens to play an inf...

This widely used and popular text provides a broad-ranging analysis of the relationship between the media and politics, covering the representation...

Reducere. The 23 essays (or "love songs") that make up the now classic volume Air Guitar trawl a "vast, invisible underground empire" of pleasure, through re...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 5 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Tables, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber...

The crisis of multiculturalism in the West and the failure of the Arab uprisings in the Middle East have pushed the question of how to live peacefu...

aeo This is Habermasa s long--awaited work on law and democracy. aeo It develops a distinctive account of the nature of law and an original concept...

Reducere. America is at a crossroads. Conflicting political and social perspectives reflect a need to collectively define our moral imperatives, clarify cult...

US government has been repeatedly renewed during its over 230 years. Major aspects of the federal system were broken again during the Trump adminis...

DescriptionAcross the globe, people are challenging the agro-industrial food system and its exploitation of people and resources, reduction of loca...

Reducere. Corruption is a threat to democracy and economic development in many societies. It arises in the ways people pursue, use and exchange wealth and po...

Publisher: Temple University Press, U.S.Author(s): Robert G. DunnNumber of pages: 198Publication date: 2018Dimensions: 146 x 217 x 22Cover type: Ha...

The contributors to this volume probe the nature of the case and the ways in which different understandings of the concept affect the conduct and t...

By comparing the scholarship of both Wilbur Schramm and Noam Chomsky with that of Harold Innis, and by making detailed use of Innis's neglected wri...

Reducere. How can we . . .Help students see themselves in a more positive, confident, and personally fulfilling light?Cultivate the conditions for agency and...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Joseph PlummerIntroduction by: G. Edward GriffinThe information contained in this book contradicts nearly everything you've...

This book provides the first detailed and comprehensive examination of all the materials making up the Star Wars franchise relating to the portraya...

Reducere. DescriptionJudiciary is an essential and integral part of a state, and its independence is a prerequisite of a liberal democratic state. Bangladesh...

DescriptionThe Fate of Empires asks why many civilizations throughout human history have risen to greatness but later collapse into ruin. Can there...

DescriptionFrom the Pirate Parties in Northern Europe to Podemos in Spain and the 5-Star Movement in Italy, from the movements behind Bernie Sander...

Reassembling the Collection presents innovative approaches to the study of historical and contemporary engagements between museums and the various ...

Reducere. This landmark book addresses the central problem in anthropological theory today: the paradox that humans are products of social discipline yet pro...

Reducere. "Keep your government hands off my Medicare " Such comments spotlight a central question animating Suzanne Mettler's provocative and timely book: w...

A deeply informed and unflinching look at the way corporations have slyly rebranded themselves as socially conscious entities ready to tackle socie...

Contributor(s): Author: Sheldon S. WolinIntroduction by: Chris HedgesDemocracy is struggling in America--by now this statement is almost clich . Bu...

Pragmatism was America's first major contribution to philosophy, and it is an ideal rooted in the American ethos of no-nonsense solutions to real p...

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Twenty-first-century constitutions now typically include a new 'fourth branch' of government, a group of institutions charged with protecting const...

Reducere. Kylie Gets a Cochlear Implant is the heartwarming story of a little girl who loses her hearing and is heartbroken about the things she believes she...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Andrew ImbrieIllustration(s): 8 figuresNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 235 x 30Cover...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen Tyler is teased by the other boys, his good friend, Danae, encourages him to give the boys A Bug and a Wish. When Tyler finds a lad...

DescriptionBorn to Slovenian peasants, Louis Adamic commanded crowds, met with FDR and Truman, and built a prolific career as an author and journal...

Reducere. Woodrow Wilson, a disciple of Walter Bagehot, considered the United States Constitution to be cumbersome and open to corruption. He favored a parli...

Learning and Teaching in Early Childhood: Pedagogies of Inquiry and Relationships is an introduction for early childhood educators beginning their ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Martin SlatteryIllustration(s): 20 Line drawings, black and white; 16 Halftones, black and white; 36 Illu...