Citizen Gain

Author : John A. Cigliano,Heidi L. Ballard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781317272601

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Citizen Science for Coastal and Marine Conservation by John A. Cigliano,Heidi L. Ballard Pdf

In recent years, citizen science has emerged as a powerful new concept to enable the general public, students, and volunteers to become involved in scientific research. A prime example is in biodiversity conservation, where data collection and monitoring can be greatly enhanced through citizen participation. This is the first book to provide much needed guidance and case studies from marine and coastal conservation. The novelty and rapid expansion of the field has created a demand for the discussion of key issues and the development of best practices. The book demonstrates the utility and feasibility, as well as limitations, of using marine and coastal citizen science for conservation, and by providing critical considerations (i.e.which questions and systems are best suited for citizen science), presents recommendations for best practices for successful marine and coastal citizen science projects. A range of case studies, for example, on monitoring of seabird populations, invasive species, plastics pollution, and the impacts of climate change, from different parts of the world, is included. Also included are discussions on engaging youth, indigenous communities, and divers and snorkelers as citizen scientists, as well as best practices on communication within citizen science, building trust with stakeholders, and informing marine policy as part of this exciting and empowering way of improving marine and coastal conservation. .

Author : Malcolm Torry
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788117876

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A Modern Guide to Citizen’s Basic Income by Malcolm Torry Pdf

Debate on the desirability, feasibility and implementation of a Citizen’s Basic Income – an unconditional, nonwithdrawable and regular income for every individual – is increasingly widespread among academics, policymakers, and the general public. There are now numerous introductory books on the subject, and others on particular aspects of it. This book provides something new: It studies the Citizen’s Basic Income proposal from a variety of different disciplinary perspectives: the economics of Citizen’s Basic Income, the sociology of Citizen’s Basic Income, the politics of Citizen’s Basic Income, and so on. Each chapter discusses the academic discipline, and relevant aspects of the debate, and asks how the discipline enhances our understanding, and how the Citizen’s Basic Income debate might contribute to the academic discipline.

Author : Brian E. Adams
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1592135714

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Citizen Lobbyists by Brian E. Adams Pdf

How do ordinary citizens become involved in local politics?

Author : Silva, Carlos Nunes
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466641709

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Citizen E-Participation in Urban Governance: Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Creativity by Silva, Carlos Nunes Pdf

The relationship between citizens and city governments is gradually transforming due to the utilization of advanced information and communication technologies in order to inform, consult, and engage citizens. Citizen E-Participation in Urban Governance: Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Creativity explores the nature of the new challenges confronting citizens and local governments in the field of urban governance. This comprehensive reference source explores the role that Web 2.0 technologies play in promoting citizen participation and empowerment in the city government and is intended for scholars, researchers, students, and practitioners in the field of urban studies, urban planning, political science, public administration, and more.

Author : Kate Rousmaniere
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791464881

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Citizen Teacher by Kate Rousmaniere Pdf

The first book-length biography of Margaret Haley (1861–1939) focuses on her political vision, her activities as a public school activist, and her life as a charismatic woman leader.

Author : Jiménez-Gómez, Carlos E.,Gascó-Hernández, Mila
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781522507185

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Achieving Open Justice through Citizen Participation and Transparency by Jiménez-Gómez, Carlos E.,Gascó-Hernández, Mila Pdf

Open government initiatives have become a defining goal for public administrators around the world. However, progress is still necessary outside of the executive and legislative sectors. Achieving Open Justice through Citizen Participation and Transparency is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the implementation of open government within the judiciary field, emphasizing the effectiveness and accountability achieved through these actions. Highlighting the application of open government concepts in a global context, this book is ideally designed for public officials, researchers, professionals, and practitioners interested in the improvement of governance and democracy.

Author : Dave Stangis,Katherine Valvoda Smith
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781786356093

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21st Century Corporate Citizenship by Dave Stangis,Katherine Valvoda Smith Pdf

This book presents a step-by-step process aimed at helping you create the most successful business possible in the 21st century competitive landscape, empowering corporate citizenship professionals to accelerate their credibility within their company as an effective contributor who understands their company’s strategy and who creates value.

Author : Joseph R. Blasi,Richard B. Freeman,Douglas L. Kruse
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780300192254

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The Citizen's Share by Joseph R. Blasi,Richard B. Freeman,Douglas L. Kruse Pdf

In the largest study of profit-sharing and employee ownership in years, Joseph R. Blasi, Richard B. Freeman and Douglas L. Kruse investigated dozens of large- and medium-sized companies across all sectors of the United States' economy. The ten-year effort involved nearly 50,000 employees, and the findings were unequivocal: when rank-and-file employees - not just top executives - are given an ownership stake in their company, the result is better worker engagement, more loyalty, more innovation, and drastically lower turnover. The common notion that profit sharing creates a free rider mentality among workers proves totally unfounded. In The Citizen's Share, Blasi, Freeman and Kruse argue that the concept of employee ownership has deep roots extending back to the political and economic vision of America's founders. Thomas Jefferson, for example, conceived of the Louisiana Purchase as a path that would lead to widespread economic independence through individual land ownership. The authors discuss the founding generation's seminal ideas about personal economic independence, explain how we have strayed from those ideas, and propose practical solutions for bringing employment practices back in line with the nation's founding principles.

Author : Malcolm Torry
Publisher : Springer
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137530783

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The Feasibility of Citizen's Income by Malcolm Torry Pdf

This book is the first full-length treatment of the desirability and feasibility of implementing a citizen’s income (also known as a basic income). It tests for two different kinds of financial feasibility as well as for psychological, behavioral, administrative, and political viability, and then assesses how a citizen’s income might find its way through the policy process from proposal to implementation. Drawing on a wide variety of sources of evidence from around the world, this new book from the director of the Citizen’s Income Trust, UK, provides an essential foundation for policy and implementation debates. Governments, think tanks, economists, and public servants will find this thorough encompassing book indispensable to their consideration of the economic and social advantages and practicalities of a basic income.

Author : William Simonsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429981265

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Citizen Participation In Resource Allocation by William Simonsen Pdf

Not all citizens seek to extract a free lunch from government by demanding more services at the same time that they eschew taxes. It is possible to gather the insights of an representative and informed citizenry in sophisticated and reliable form. Citizen Participation in Resource Allocation explores the means to obtaining informed insight from ci

Author : T. Alexander Aleinikoff,Douglas Klusmeyer
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780870033391

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From Migrants to Citizens by T. Alexander Aleinikoff,Douglas Klusmeyer Pdf

Citizenship policies are changing rapidly in the face of global migration trends and the inevitable ethnic and racial diversity that follows. The debates are fierce. What should the requirements of citizenship be? How can multi-ethnic states forge a collective identity around a common set of values, beliefs and practices? What are appropriate criteria for admission and rights and duties of citizens? This book includes nine case studies that investigate immigration and citizenship in Australia, the Baltic States, Canada, the European Union, Israel, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and the United States. This complete collection of essays scrutinizes the concrete rules and policies by which states administer citizenship, and highlights similarities and differences in their policies. From Migrants to Citizens, the only comprehensive guide to citizenship policies in these liberal-democratic and emerging states, will be an invaluable reference for scholars in law, political science, and citizenship theory. Policymakers and government officials involved in managing citizenship policy in the United States and abroad will find this an excellent, accessible overview of the critical dilemmas that multi-ethnic societies face as a result of migration and global interdependencies at the end of the twentieth century.

Author : Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118282519

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Bringing Citizen Voices to the Table by Carolyn J. Lukensmeyer Pdf

This important resource offers seven field-tested strategies for public managers to help them maximize citizen engagement as they implement the President's Open Government Directive. The Core Strategies for Citizen Engagement are: Establish Links to Decision-Makers; Ensure Demographic Diversity; Create Opportunities for Informed Participation; Maximize Tools of Facilitated Deliberation; Discover Shared Priorities; Establish Clear Recommendations for Action; and Sustain Citizen Engagement. The book includes project and leadership case studies from major federal agencies that elucidate the seven strategies in the context of real-world issues and challenges.

Author : Catherine Lee
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610448123

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Fictive Kinship by Catherine Lee Pdf

Today, roughly 70 percent of all visas for legal immigration are reserved for family members of permanent residents or American citizens. Family reunification—policies that seek to preserve family unity during or following migration—is a central pillar of current immigration law, but it has existed in some form in American statutes since at least the mid-nineteenth century. In Fictive Kinship, sociologist Catherine Lee delves into the fascinating history of family reunification to examine how and why our conceptions of family have shaped immigration, the meaning of race, and the way we see ourselves as a country. Drawing from a rich set of archival sources, Fictive Kinship shows that even the most draconian anti-immigrant laws, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, contained provisions for family unity, albeit for a limited class of immigrants. Arguments for uniting families separated by World War II and the Korean War also shaped immigration debates and the policies that led to the landmark 1965 Immigration Act. Lee argues that debating the contours of family offers a ready set of symbols and meanings to frame national identity and to define who counts as “one of us.” Talk about family, however, does not inevitably lead to more liberal immigration policies. Welfare reform in the 1990s, for example, placed limits on benefits for immigrant families, and recent debates over the children of undocumented immigrants fanned petitions to rescind birthright citizenship. Fictive Kinship shows that the centrality of family unity in the immigration discourse often limits the discussion about the goals, functions and roles of immigration and prevents a broader definition of American identity. Too often, studies of immigration policy focus on individuals or particular ethnic or racial groups. With its original and wide-ranging inquiry, Fictive Kinship shifts the analysis in immigration studies toward the family, a largely unrecognized but critical component in the regulation of immigrants’ experience in America.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Law
ISBN : CORNELL:31924021901784

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The Citizen's Law Book: Containing the Constitution of the United States, and of the State of New York by Anonim Pdf

Author : K. Wheeler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137283672

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Fair Trade and the Citizen-Consumer by K. Wheeler Pdf

As sales of fair-trade goods explode across the globe, Fair Trade and the Citizen-Consumer provides a timely analysis of the organizations, institutions and grassroots networks behind this growing movement. Drawing on examples from the UK, Sweden and USA, this book moves away from models of individualized consumer choice and instead explores the collective cultures and practices that motivate and sustain fair-trade consumer behaviour. Although the fair-trade citizen-consumer has been called to action and publicly represented as an individual 'voting' in the marketplace, this book reveals how market interventions are editing the choices available to consumers, at the same time as 'Fairtrade Town' consumer networks are flourishing. Offering new and critical insights into the fair-trade success story, this book also contributes to debates about sustainable consumption behaviour and the growth of 'new' forms of political participation and citizenship.