Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Youth, multiculturalism and community cohesion Youth, multiculturalism and community cohesion Thomas, Paul "This book discusses the meaning and practice of British community cohesion policies, youth identities in racially-tense areas and the British government's attempts to "prevent violent extremism" amo… OL16985110W
What Happened What Happened Hillary Rodham Clinton The former secretary of state relates her experiences as the first woman candidate nominated for president by a major party, discussing the sexism, criticism, and double standards she had to confront… OL18147676W
The making of a dream The making of a dream Laura Wides-Muñoz "A timely and powerful chronicle of a generation's great civil rights battle as witnessed through the experiences of five young undocumented immigrants fighting to become Americans. We often call the… OL19742494W
Madison's music Madison's music Burt Neuborne "Are you sitting down? It turns out that everything you learned about the First Amendment is wrong. For too long, we've been treating small, isolated snippets of the text as infallible gospel without… OL19996533W
White backlash White backlash Marisa Abrajano "White Backlash provides an authoritative assessment of how immigration is reshaping the politics of the nation. Using an array of data and analysis, Marisa Abrajano and Zoltan Hajnal show that fears… OL19998427W
Blue in a red state Blue in a red state Justin Krebs "Imagine if you felt out of step with every other member of the parent association at your kid's school, your quilting circle, or even your workout group. What if casual conversations revolved around… OL20022606W
The star and the stripes The star and the stripes Michael N. Barnett "How do American Jews envision their role in the world? Are they tribal--a people whose obligations extend solely to their own? Or are they prophetic--a light unto nations, working to repair the worl… OL20023352W
What Washington gets wrong What Washington gets wrong Jennifer Bachner "Each year unelected federal administrators write thousands of regulations possessing the force of law. What do these civil servants know about the American people whom they ostensibly serve? Not muc… OL20037487W
The formation of civil society in modern Iran The formation of civil society in modern Iran Melody Mohebi "Drawing on in-depth elite interviews and documents, this book investigates how and why the Iranian reformists used the language and concept of civil society to enhance the reformists' positions of p… OL23185634W
ASEAN's engagement of civil society ASEAN's engagement of civil society Kelly Gerard "ASEAN has embarked on an ambitious reform program, a key aspect being its inclusion of civil society organizations in policymaking. This "people-oriented" agenda parallels developments in regional a… OL23189052W
Mediated citizenship Mediated citizenship Bettina Von Lieres,Laurence Piper "This book sets out to answer what appears to be a deceptively simple question: how do poor and marginalized citizens engage the state in the global South? Drawing on twelve case studies from the glo… OL23196834W
Nationalism, identity and the governance of diversity Nationalism, identity and the governance of diversity Fiona Barker "Fiona Barker examines what happens when the 'new' diversity arising from immigration and the 'old' politics of substate nationalism intersect. Depending on their integration patterns, migrants could… OL23213989W