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Peterson's How to Become a U.S. Citizen is the perfect resource to help you pass the U.S. citizenship exam with flying colors! Learn about the benefits and responsibilities of citizenship, eligibility requirements, and what's involved in becoming naturalized. Follow step-by-step guidance on applying for U.S. citizenship. Prepare with practice questions for each portion of the new naturalization test, including civics and English speaking, reading,...
2) Summary, Analysis & Review of Christopher H. Achen's & Larry M. Bartels's Democracy for Realists by
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Christopher H. Achen's & Larry M. Bartels's Democracy for Realists by Instaread Preview: Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government offers a critique of conventional wisdom surrounding popular theories of democracy. Authors Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels argue that the public, journalists, and political scientists rely on a group of common-sense understandings of democracy. The authors...
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There is an urgent need to rethink the relationships between systems of government and those who are 'governed'. The contemporary transfer of state regulation to the market-based regulation of corporate interests has marginalized many communities in the regulatory systems of everyday life. Exploring a broad range of intersecting areas including immigration, social work, food regulation, space and surveillance, older people, ethnicity and faith, this...
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The efficient functioning of democracies depends on social inclusion and societal integration, and these in turn depend on an understanding of, respect for and engagement with linguistic and cultural diversity. The Council of Europe advocates plurilingual and intercultural education as a means of achieving these goals. Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)1 draws on previous Council of Europe documents to define the key concepts that underpin plurilingual and...
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Esta obra, dirigida a profesionales en ciencia política, derecho, relaciones internacionales y demás ciencias sociales, contiene reflexiones y resultados de investigaciones que abordan, desde diferentes perspectivas conceptuales, un mismo sujeto de estudio: la acción internacional de las administraciones y gobiernos locales. el propósito de la obra, liderada por el Instituto de desarrollo político e Institucional (idepi) de la Universidad del...
7) Redes y jerarquías, Volumen 1: Participación, representación y gobernanza local en América Latina
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Este libro propone un análisis de las experiencias de gobernanza en Venezuela, Nicaragua, México y Brasil para hallar respuesta a diversos aspectos como el resultado del encuentro entre nuevas iniciativas de participación y viejos mecanismos políticos jerárquicos, qué tan genuinamente novedosas son estas experiencias, qué significados adquieren estas experiencias desde la perspectiva de los actores, cuáles son los circuitos de representación...
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Thomas Blom Hansen and Finn Stepputat previously coedited States of Imagination: Ethnographic Explorations of the Postcolonial State. Hansen is Professor of Anthropology at Yale University. His recent books include Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay and The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India (both Princeton). Stepputat is Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies.
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Esta obra describe las instituciones emergentes de la democracia participativa, analizando su relación con el sistema político, lo mismo que sus fines y objetivos. Se indaga en diversas preguntas: ¿se responsabiliza más a los gobiernos y a los funcionarios electos que a las elecciones?, ¿estas nuevas instituciones sostienen o cuestionan las formas tradicionales de clientelismo?, ¿inducen a que el sistema político sea más receptivo en términos...
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Demonstrates how activists and others use art and popular culture to strive for a more democratic future.
Doing Democracy examines the potential of the arts and popular culture to extend and deepen the experience of democracy. Its contributors address the use of photography, cartooning, memorials, monuments, poetry, literature, music, theater, festivals, and parades to open political spaces, awaken critical consciousness, engage marginalized groups...
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Durante las últimas décadas del siglo XX, la mayoría de los países de la región introdujo reformas constitucionales de gran calado, que en algunos casos acercaron a sus poblaciones a modelos neoliberales, mientras que en otros se hizo todo lo contrario, apostándole a nuevas formas de socialismo. Sin embargo, en casi todas ellas los movimientos sociales indígenas, afro y LGTBI, entre otros, han demostrado que existen nuevas ciudadanías que...
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In June 2010 activists opposing the G20 meeting held in Toronto were greeted with arbitrary state violence on a scale never before seen in Canada. Whose Streets? is a combination of testimonials from the front lines and analyses of the broader context, an account that both reflects critically on what occurred in Toronto and looks ahead to further building our capacity for resistance. Featuring reflections from activists who helped organize the mobilizations,...
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Le bon fonctionnement de toute démocratie dépend de l'inclusion et de l'intégration sociales qui, à leur tour, dépendent de la compréhension, du respect et de l'engagement à l'égard de la diversité linguistique et culturelle. Le Conseil de l'Europe préconise l'éducation plurilingue et interculturelle en tant que moyen d'atteindre ces objectifs. Cette recommandation s'appuie sur des documents antérieurs du Conseil de l'Europe pour définir...
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A reference manual for all immigrants looking to become citizens.
This pocket study guide will help you prepare for the naturalization test. If you were not born in the United States, naturalization is the way that you can voluntarily become a US citizen. To become a naturalized U.S. citizen, you must pass the naturalization test. This pocket study guide provides you with the civics test questions and answers, and the reading and writing vocabulary...
15) Bringing the Nation Back In: Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and the Struggle to Define a New Politics
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Argues that concern with the nation and national community will be a key factor in redefining twenty-first-century politics.
Bringing the Nation Back In takes as its starting point a series of developments that shaped politics in the United States and Europe over the past thirty years: the end of the Cold War, the rise of financial and economic globalization, the creation of the European Union, and the development of the postnational. This book contends...
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When white nationalists and their supporters clashed with counter-demonstrators in the college town of Charlottesville over the removal of a Confederate statue, resulting in the death of one anti-racist activist and the wounding of thirty-five more, a signal moment in American history was reached. Suddenly, U.S. citizens who had previously thought of themselves as moderate began to wonder whether violence in defending their values against fellow citizens...
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Throughout Indian history, various individuals and groups have questioned, censured and debated authority-be it the state or empire, religious or political traditions, caste hierarchies, patriarchy or even the idea of god. These dissenting voices have persisted despite all attempts made to silence them. They have inspired revolutions and uprisings, helped preserve individual dignity and freedom, and promoted tolerance and a plurality in thought and...
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With more than 2 million members, MoveOn is at the cutting edge of a new model for political activism. In their firstever book, they take their message offline with MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country: How to Find Your Political Voice and Become a Catalyst for Change, in an effort to jumpstart an even broader civic dialogue and inspire all to become involved in our political process. With introductions by Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Gail Sheehy, David...
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L'administration publique est avant tout au service de nous tous, de la protection de nos droits et de l'intérêt public.
Ce manuel intéressera tous ceux qui sont concernés par le bon fonctionnement de l'administration publique: les personnes qui soumettent des demandes d'actions ou de services publics et les agents publics qui traitent ces demandes; les avocats, les juges et les médiateurs (ombudspersons) qui sont impliqués dans le contrle des...
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La participation des jeunes à l'heure du numérique est aujourd'hui un sujet de grand intérêt dans la sphère publique. Les auteurs de cette publication livrent de nouvelles perspectives et des visions diversifiées permettant de mieux comprendre comment les jeunes interagissent avec les opportunités qu'offre l'espace numérique et comment ils peuvent utiliser cet espace non seulement pour leurs propres besoins mais aussi pour démocratiser la...
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