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Book Synopsis Career Opportunities in Politics, Government, and Activism by : Joan Axelrod-Contrada
Download or read book Career Opportunities in Politics, Government, and Activism written by Joan Axelrod-Contrada and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book tells you everything you need to know to start an career or change the direction of your current career in politics, government, or activism.
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Book Synopsis Research Anthology on Citizen Engagement and Activism for Social Change by : Management Association, Information Resources
Download or read book Research Anthology on Citizen Engagement and Activism for Social Change written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-11-26 with total page 1611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activism and the role everyday people play in making a change in society are increasingly popular topics in the world right now, especially as younger generations begin to speak out. From traditional protests to activities on college campuses, to the use of social media, more individuals are finding accessible platforms with which to share their views and become more actively involved in politics and social welfare. With the emergence of new technologies and a spotlight on important social issues, people are able to become more involved in society than ever before as they fight for what they believe. It is essential to consider the recent trends, technologies, and movements in order to understand where society is headed in the future. The Research Anthology on Citizen Engagement and Activism for Social Change examines a plethora of innovative research surrounding social change and the various ways citizens are involved in shaping society. Covering topics such as accountability, social media, voter turnout, and leadership, it is an ideal work for activists, sociologists, social workers, politicians, public administrators, sociologists, journalists, policymakers, social media analysts, government administrators, academicians, researchers, practitioners, and students.
Book Synopsis The Transformation of American Politics by : Paul Pierson
Download or read book The Transformation of American Politics written by Paul Pierson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contemporary American political landscape has been marked by two paradoxical transformations: the emergence after 1960 of an increasingly activist state, and the rise of an assertive and politically powerful conservatism that strongly opposes activist government. Leading young scholars take up these issues in The Transformation of American Politics. Arguing that even conservative administrations have become more deeply involved in managing our economy and social choices, they examine why our political system nevertheless has grown divided as never before over the extent to which government should involve itself in our lives. The contributors show how these two closely linked trends have influenced the reform and running of political institutions, patterns of civic engagement, and capacities for partisan mobilization--and fueled ever-heightening conflicts over the contours and reach of public policy. These transformations not only redefined who participates in American politics and how they do so, but altered the substance of political conflicts and the capacities of rival interests to succeed. Representing both an important analysis of American politics and an innovative contribution to the study of long-term political change, this pioneering volume reveals how partisan discourse and the relationship between citizens and their government have been redrawn and complicated by increased government programs. The contributors are Andrea Louise Campbell, Jacob S. Hacker, Nolan McCarty, Suzanne Mettler, Paul Pierson, Theda Skocpol, Mark A. Smith, Steven M. Teles, and Julian E. Zelizer.
Book Synopsis The New Citizenship by : Craig A Rimmerman
Download or read book The New Citizenship written by Craig A Rimmerman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do so many Americans fail to participate in their communities' affairs? What role should the citizenry play in our political system? In addressing these concerns, this revised and updated text evaluates the dilemma of participation, civility, and stability at a time when civic indifference is a national problem. In addition to outlining the sources of this indifference, The New Citizenship suggests ways in which Americans can conquer their apathy toward government.In this fourth edition, author and Dilemmas in American Politics series editor Craig A. Rimmerman provides new material on ACORN, the 2008 presidential election, the Obama presidency, and the impact of these recent events for college students and their conceptions of participation and citizenship.
Download or read book Who Cares? written by Katherine S. Newman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why major changes to America's social safety net have always required bold presidential leadership Americans like to think that they look after their own, especially in times of hardship. Particularly for the Great Depression and the Great Society eras, the collective memory is one of solidarity and compassion for the less fortunate. Who Cares? challenges this story by examining opinion polls and letters to presidents from average citizens. This evidence, some of it little known, reveals a much darker, more impatient attitude toward the poor, the unemployed, and the dispossessed during the 1930s and 1960s. Katherine Newman and Elisabeth Jacobs show that some of the social policies that Americans take for granted today suffered from declining public support just a few years after their inception. Yet Americans have been equally unenthusiastic about efforts to dismantle social programs once they are well established. Again contrary to popular belief, conservative Republicans had little public support in the 1980s and 1990s for their efforts to unravel the progressive heritage of the New Deal and the Great Society. Whether creating or rolling back such programs, leaders like Roosevelt, Johnson, Nixon, and Reagan often found themselves working against public opposition, and they left lasting legacies only by persevering despite it. Timely and surprising, Who Cares? demonstrates not that Americans are callous but that they are frequently ambivalent about public support for the poor. It also suggests that presidential leadership requires bold action, regardless of opinion polls.
Book Synopsis Nationalism, Social Movements, and Activism in Contemporary Society: Emerging Research and Opportunities by : Stacey, Emily
Download or read book Nationalism, Social Movements, and Activism in Contemporary Society: Emerging Research and Opportunities written by Stacey, Emily and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationalist movements have become a force in contemporary American politics regardless of the political party. As social issues plague America, civilian participation in activism is experiencing a resurgence. Nationalism, Social Movements, and Activism in Contemporary Society: Emerging Research and Opportunities provides vital information on the most current issues facing the American public and political system while also exploring nationalist ideology and its application in modern politics. While highlighting the challenges facing America’s democracy and social structure, this book explores how civilians and movements are working to make progress in the current political climate. This book is an important resource for researchers, activists, political scientists, journalists, professors, students, and professionals seeking current research on nationalism, social activism, civilian protest, and the current American political climate.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Politics in the Computer Age by : Solo, Ashu M. G.
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Politics in the Computer Age written by Solo, Ashu M. G. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology and particularly the Internet have caused many changes in the realm of politics. Aspects of engineering, computer science, mathematics, or natural science can be applied to politics. Politicians and candidates use their own websites and social network profiles to get their message out. Revolutions in many countries in the Middle East and North Africa have started in large part due to social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter. Social networking has also played a role in protests and riots in numerous countries. The mainstream media no longer has a monopoly on political commentary as anybody can set up a blog or post a video online. Now, political activists can network together online. The Handbook of Research on Politics in the Computer Age is a pivotal reference source that serves to increase the understanding of methods for politics in the computer age, the effectiveness of these methods, and tools for analyzing these methods. The book includes research chapters on different aspects of politics with information technology, engineering, computer science, or math, from 27 researchers at 20 universities and research organizations in Belgium, Brazil, Cape Verde, Egypt, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, and the United States of America. Highlighting topics such as online campaigning and fake news, the prospective audience includes, but is not limited to, researchers, political and public policy analysts, political scientists, engineers, computer scientists, political campaign managers and staff, politicians and their staff, political operatives, professors, students, and individuals working in the fields of politics, e-politics, e-government, new media and communication studies, and Internet marketing.
Download or read book Doing Democracy written by Nancy S. Love and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 in political activism, and create new, more democratic societies. This volume demonstrates how ordinary people use the creative and visionary capacity of the arts and popular culture to shape alternative futures. It is unique in its insistence that democratic theorists and activists should acknowledge and employ affective as well as rational faculties in the ongoing struggle for democracy.
Download or read book Activism Journal written by Media A F and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-23 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being politically active is especially important right now, but it can be difficult to know where to start. We all know that Ghandi said "Be the change you want to see in the world," and we want to help, but at this point in our lives, we simply do not know where to start. It's been years and years since government class in high school, we've been involved in our own lives and careers, and frankly, we simply do not remember all of the branches of state and legislative government like we should. This leads to embarrassment or self-consciousness, and this keeps us from taking action. You know you want/need to do something, but you don't want to ask your most politically active friend or relative, because you don't want them to know how out of touch you are. We feel your pain. Luckily, this is a totally solvable problem. You will actually be realized surprised how quickly you can get up to speed with representatives and political issues when you know where to look. Once you know what the issues are and who represents you, you'll have no problem taking weekly (or daily!) action to help make changes in the world. We've included guided setup pages at the front of the book, then two years of weekly planner pages (undated, of course-- start whenever you want!).
Book Synopsis Why Government Can't Save You by : John F. MacArthur
Download or read book Why Government Can't Save You written by John F. MacArthur and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2000-09-16 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lord did not come as a political deliverer or social reformer. He did not rally supporters in a grandiose attempt to "capture the culture" for morality or greater political and religious freedom. Rather, His divine calling was to rescue the lost souls of individual men and women from sin and hell. In Why Government Can't Save You: An Alternative to Political Activism, author John MacArthur illustrates through Scripture that, regardless of the numerous immoral, unjuust, and ungodly failures of secular government, believers are to pray and seek to influence the world for Christ by godly, selfless, and peaceful living under that authority, not by protests against the government or by acts of civil disobedience. Dr. MacArthur will explore these areas: Christians' responsibility to authority How and why we should support our leaders How to live righteously in a pagan culture The principle of paying taxes Jesus' lessons on tax exemptions The biblical purpose of government The principle and reasons for civil obedience. "To devote all, or even most, of our time, energy, money, and strategy to putting a façade of morality on the world or the appearance of 'rightness' over our governmental and political institutions is to badly misunderstand our roles as Christians in a spiritually lost world." ?John MacArthur
Download or read book Political Action written by Media A F and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-23 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being politically active is especially important right now, but it can be difficult to know where to start. We all know that Ghandi said "Be the change you want to see in the world," and we want to help, but at this point in our lives, we simply do not know where to start. It's been years and years since government class in high school, we've been involved in our own lives and careers, and frankly, we simply do not remember all of the branches of state and legislative government like we should. This leads to embarrassment or self-consciousness, and this keeps us from taking action. You know you want/need to do something, but you don't want to ask your most politically active friend or relative, because you don't want them to know how out of touch you are. We feel your pain. Luckily, this is a totally solvable problem. You will actually be realized surprised how quickly you can get up to speed with representatives and political issues when you know where to look. Once you know what the issues are and who represents you, you'll have no problem taking weekly (or daily!) action to help make changes in the world. We've included guided setup pages at the front of the book, then two years of weekly planner pages (undated, of course-- start whenever you want!).
Book Synopsis The Political Power of Protest by : Daniel Q. Gillion
Download or read book The Political Power of Protest written by Daniel Q. Gillion and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to provide quantifiable evidence that protest shifts the policy positions of national political leaders for each branch of government. Drawing on daily presidential rhetoric, roll call votes of congressional leaders, and Supreme Court decisions, the book demonstrates that national politicians take cues from minority protest activity that later lead to major shifts in public policy, rivaling the influence that minorities have through elections and public opinion.
Book Synopsis Political Opportunities for Climate Policy by : Roger Karapin
Download or read book Political Opportunities for Climate Policy written by Roger Karapin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the causes of effective climate policies in the US, through statistical analysis and three longitudinal case studies.
Book Synopsis Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics by : Paul Kevin Wapner
Download or read book Environmental Activism and World Civic Politics written by Paul Kevin Wapner and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on case studies of three transnational groups, it argues that in addition to lobbying governments, activists operate within and across societies to effect widespread change. They work through transnational social, economic, and cultural networks to alter corporate practices, educate vast numbers of people, pressure multilateral development banks, and shift standards of good conduct. Wapner argues that because this activity takes place outside the formal arena of inter-state politics, environmental activists practice "world civic politics"; they politicize global civil society.
Book Synopsis Women, Politics and Change by : Louise A. Tilly
Download or read book Women, Politics and Change written by Louise A. Tilly and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1990-06-21 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women, Politics, and Change, a compendium of twenty-three original essays by social historians, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists, examines the political history of American women over the past one hundred years. Taking a broad view of politics, the contributors address voluntarism and collective action, women's entry into party politics through suffrage and temperance groups, the role of nonpartisan organizations and pressure politics, and the politicization of gender. Each chapter provides a telling example of how American women have behaved politically throughout the twentieth century, both in the two great waves of feminist activism and in less highly mobilized periods. "The essays are unusually well integrated, not only through the introductory material but through a similarity of form and extensive cross-references among them....in raising central questions about the forms, bases, and issues of women's politics, as well as change and continuity over time, Tilly, Gurin, and the individual scholars included in this collection have provided us with a survey of the latest research and an agenda for the future." —Contemporary Sociology "This book is a necessary addition to the scholar's bookshelf, and the student's curriculum." —Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, professor of sociology, City University of New York Graduate Center
Book Synopsis Black Women in Politics by : Michael Mitchell
Download or read book Black Women in Politics written by Michael Mitchell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research included in this volume examines the competing pressures felt by black women as political agents in the domains of elections, public policy, and social activism. Their challenges and initiatives are explored in public spaces, institutional behaviours, and public policy. The volume features cutting-edge research exploring black women's political engagement. The first group of contributors interrogates the treatment of black women within the discipline of political science. The second group examines the relationship between cultural politics and policymaking. The third and final group outlines the politics of race-gendered identity and black feminist practice. Black Women in Politics includes chapters on black leadership, radical versus moderate politics in New Orleans, and the Shelby vs. Holder Supreme Court decision. The editors introduce a new series highlighting trends in black politics. Finally, the work notes the passing of William (Nick) Nelson and Hanes Walton, Jr., prominent members of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.
Book Synopsis Community-based Rehabilitation by : World Health Organization
Download or read book Community-based Rehabilitation written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume numbers determined from Scope of the guidelines, p. 12-13.
