From People To Citizen

Author : Dipankar Gupta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351244176

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From 'People' to 'Citizen' by Dipankar Gupta Pdf

From ‘People’ to ‘Citizen’ brings together social theory with policy practice to enlarge our understanding of the difference that democracy makes to the life of a nation. Unlike nationalism, democracy takes our attention away from the past to the future by focusing on the specific concerns of ‘citizenship’. Historical victories or defeats, blood and soil are now nowhere as relevant as the creation of a foundational base where individuals have equal, and quality, access to health, education, and even urban services. The primary consideration, therefore, is on empowering ‘citizens’ as a common category and not ‘people’ of any specific community or class. When citizens precede all other considerations, the notion of the ‘public’ too gets its fullest expression. Differences between citizens are not denied, in fact encouraged, but only after achieving a basic unity first. This book argues that the call of citizenship not only advances democracy, but social science as well. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Author : Dipankar Gupta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Citizenship
ISBN : 9383166231

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From 'people' to 'citizen' by Dipankar Gupta Pdf

Author : Jay P. Childers
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780271060002

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The Evolving Citizen by Jay P. Childers Pdf

It has become a common complaint among academics and community leaders that citizens today are not what they used to be. Nowhere is this decline seen to be more troubling than when the focus is on young Americans. Compared to the youth of past generations, today’s young adults, so the story goes, spend too much time watching television, playing video games, and surfing the Internet. As a result, American democracy is in trouble. The Evolving Citizen challenges this decline thesis and argues instead that democratic engagement has not gotten worse—it has simply changed. Through an analysis of seven high school newspapers from 1965 to 2010, this book shows that young people today, according to what they have to say for themselves, are just as enmeshed in civic and political life as the adolescents who came before them. American youth remain good citizens concerned about their communities and hopeful that they can help make a difference. But as The Evolving Citizen demonstrates, today’s youth understand and perform their roles as citizens differently because the world they live in has changed remarkably over the last half century.

Author : Joel Westheimer
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807756355

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What Kind of Citizen? by Joel Westheimer Pdf

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Author : Alan C. Cairns
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774841351

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Citizens Plus by Alan C. Cairns Pdf

In Citizens Plus, Alan Cairns unravels the historical record to clarify the current impasse in negotiations between Aboriginal peoples and the state. He considers the assimilationist policy assumptions of the imperial era, examines more recent government initiatives, and analyzes the emergence of the nation-to-nation paradigm given massive support by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. We are battered by contending visions, he argues - a revised assimilation policy that finds its support in the Canadian Alliance Party is countered by the nation-to-nation vision, which frames our future as coexisting solitudes. Citizens Plus stakes out a middle ground with its support for constitutional and institutional arrangements which will simultaneously recognize Aboriginal difference and reinforce a solidarity which binds us together in common citizenship. Selected as a BC Book for Everybody

Author : Irene Bloemraad
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520248991

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Becoming a Citizen by Irene Bloemraad Pdf

"Becoming a Citizen is a terrific book. Important, innovative, well argued, theoretically significant, and empirically grounded. It will be the definitive work in the field for years to come."—Frank D. Bean, Co-Director, Center for Research on Immigration, Population and Public Policy "This book is in three ways innovative. First, it avoids the domestic navel-gazing of U.S .immigration studies, through an obvious yet ingenious comparison with Canada. Second, it shows that official multiculturalism and common citizenship may very well go together, revealing Canada, and not the United States, as leader in successful immigrant integration. Thirdly, the book provides a compelling picture of how the state matters in making immigrants citizens. An outstanding contribution to the migration and citizenship literature!"—Christian Joppke, American University of Paris

Author : Judith Perlman
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780292774216

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Citizen's Primer for Conservation Activism by Judith Perlman Pdf

Is there anything you can do when development threatens your local forest, beach, prairie, or wetland? Yes, there is. Across America, citizen activists are fighting and winning battles against unwanted development in their own communities. To help you resist the urban sprawl and absentee landowners that can wreck small towns and cities alike, this book is a practical, hands-on guide for building a grassroots campaign to defeat undesirable development. Written by a successful activist, Citizen's Primer for Conservation Activism takes you through all the steps necessary to stop unplanned development in your community: Identifying the issues at stake Getting involved and developing leadership Devising a strategy Hiring and working with legal counsel Building coalitions and partnerships Influencing local government Conducting a media campaign Raising money Countering developer tactics Managing the whole process With the proven strategies in this easy-to-access book, you can quickly gear up to challenge unwanted development and preserve the character of your local community.

Author : Stephen E. Frantzich
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780742564459

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Citizen Democracy by Stephen E. Frantzich Pdf

Through a series of carefully chosen vignettes, Stephen E. Frantzich portrays citizens from every walk of life-rich and poor, old and young, black and white, male and female, left and right, famous and obscure engaged in extraordinary civic activity. Their causes run the gamut from civil rights to flag burning, from the Internet to the environment-but their common cause is the fact that they creatively entered the arena of national public policy making and made a difference.

Author : Tony Woodlief
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781641772112

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I, Citizen by Tony Woodlief Pdf

This is a story of hope, but also of peril. It began when our nation’s polarized political class started conscripting everyday citizens into its culture war. From their commanding heights in political parties, media, academia, and government, these partisans have attacked one another for years, but increasingly they’ve convinced everyday Americans to join the fray. Why should we feel such animosity toward our fellow citizens, our neighbors, even our own kin? Because we’ve fallen for the false narrative, eagerly promoted by pundits on the Left and the Right, that citizens who happen to vote Democrat or Republican are enthusiastic supporters of Team Blue or Team Red. Aside from a minority of party activists and partisans, however, most voters are simply trying to choose the lesser of two evils. The real threat to our union isn’t Red vs. Blue America, it’s the quiet collusion within our nation’s political class to take away that most American of freedoms: our right to self-governance. Even as partisans work overtime to divide Americans against one another, they’ve erected a system under which we ordinary citizens don’t have a voice in the decisions that affect our lives. From foreign wars to how local libraries are run, authority no longer resides with We the People, but amongst unaccountable officials. The political class has stolen our birthright and set us at one another’s throats. This is the story of how that happened and what we can do about it. America stands at a precipice, but there’s still time to reclaim authority over our lives and communities.

Author : Guy Gran
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0275917738

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Development by People by Guy Gran Pdf

Author : Nancy C. Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317458814

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The Age of Direct Citizen Participation by Nancy C. Roberts Pdf

Citizen involvement is considered the cornerstone of democratic theory and practice. Citizens today have the knowledge and ability to participate more fully in the political, technical, and administrative decisions that affect them. On the other hand, direct citizen participation is often viewed with skepticism, even wariness. Many argue that citizens do not have the time, preparation, or interest to be directly involved in public affairs, and suggest instead that representative democracy, or indirect citizen participation, is the most effective form of government. Some of the very best writings on this key topic - which is at the root of the entire "reinventing government" movement - can be found in the journals that ASPA publishes or sponsors. In this collection Nancy Roberts has brought together the emerging classics on the ongoing debate over citizen involvement. Her detailed introductory essay and section openers frame the key issues, provide historical context, and fill in any gaps not directly covered by the articles. More than just an anthology, "The Age of Direct Citizen Participation" provides a unique and useful framework for understanding this important subject. It is an ideal resource for any Public Administration course involving citizen engagement and performance management.

Author : Malcolm Torry
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,7 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 : Ernst Hirsch Ballin
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004223202

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Citizens' Rights and the Right to Be a Citizen by Ernst Hirsch Ballin Pdf

Citizens’ rights are the essential connecting link between human rights and life in a democratic society. The right to be a citizen can bridge the gap between the universality of human rights and the changing political and social settings of people’s lives.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2146 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Legislation
ISBN : SRLF:DD0001686419

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : Torry, Malcolm
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447343165

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Why We Need a Citizen’s Basic Income by Torry, Malcolm Pdf

In the five years since Money for Everyone was published the idea of a Citizen’s Basic Income has rocketed in interest to an idea whose time has come. In moving the debate on from the desirability of a basic income this fully updated and revised edition now includes comprehensive discussions on feasibility and implementation. Using the consultation undertaken by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales as a basis, Torry examines a number of implementation methods for Citizen’s Basic Income and considers the cost implications. Including real-life examples from the UK, and data from case studies and pilots in Alaska, Namibia, India, Iran and elsewhere, this is the essential research-based introduction to the Citizen’s Basic Income.