Democracy and Constitutions: Putting Citizens First By Allan C. Hutchinson
2021 | 220 Pages | ISBN: 1487507925 | PDF | 2 MB
As things stand, a commitment to weak democracy and strong constitutionalism ensures that a range of elite groups, actors, and institutions - political, economic, intellectual, and legal - hold considerable sway over constitutional matters, leaving less room for the participation of ordinary people. With the continued primacy of liberal constitutionalism, constitutional law has come to represent and facilitate the centrality of judicial power and authority. In Democracy and Constitutions, Allan C. Hutchinson warns against this deference to a legal elite on questions of constitutional meaning. For Hutchinson, an over-reliance on constitutional law, and a lack of attention to democratic politics, keeps people from influencing the moral and political character of society; it saps civic energies and relegates ordinary people to the sidelines. Engaging and provocative, Democracy and Constitutions charts a course away from the elitism of the present and toward a more democratic future, one that re-balances society's commitment to both democracy and constitutions. Advocating for a strong democracy and weak constitutionalism, this book places ordinary people at the institutional heart of government and politics, arguing that such a re-calibration is better for democracy and for society.

Caitriona Beaumont, "Housewives and citizens: Domesticity and the women's movement in England, 1928-64 "
English | ISBN: 0719086078 | 2013 | 256 pages | EPUB | 722 KB
This book explores the contribution that five conservative, voluntary and popular women's organisations made to women's lives and to the campaign for women's rights throughout the period 1928-64. The book challenges existing histories of the women's movement that suggest the movement went into decline during the inter-war period, only to be revived by the emergence of the Women's Liberation Movement in the late 1960s. It is argued that the term 'women's movement' must be revised to allow a broader understanding of female agency encompassing feminist, political, religious and conservative women's groups who campaigned to improve the status of women throughout the twentieth century. The book provides a radical re-assessment of this period of women's history and in doing so makes a significant contribution to ongoing debates about the shape and impact of the women's movement in twentieth-century Britain.

Nicola Stow, "The Real-Life Murder Clubs: Citizens Solving True Crimes"
English | ISBN: 1802470794 | 2023 | 240 pages | EPUB | 385 KB
The story behind real-life clubs of ordinary citizens who come together to solve true crime mysteries-including the sleuths behind Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer

News and Democratic Citizens in the Mobile Era (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BRYLDWK5 | 2023 | 5 hours and 14 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 291 MB
Author: Johanna Dunaway, Kathleen Searles
Narrator: Kim Niemi
Though people frequently use mobile technologies for news consumption, evidence from several fields shows that smaller screens and slower connection speeds pose major limitations for meaningful reading. In News and Democratic Citizens in the Mobile Era, Johanna Dunaway and Kathleen Searles demonstrate the effects of mobile devices on news attention, engagement, and recall, and identify a key cognitive mechanism underlying these effects: cognitive effort. They advance a theory that is both old and new: the costs of information-seeking curb participatory behaviors unless the benefits outweigh them. For news consumers in the mobile era, for example, mobile devices increase the time, economic, and cognitive costs associated with information-seeking. Only for a small few do the benefits of attending to the news on mobile devices outweigh the costs.

Suzanne W. Morse, "Smart Communities: How Citizens and Local Leaders Can Use Strategic Thinking to Build a Brighter Future"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1118427009 | PDF | pages: 177 | 1.3 mb
The new edition of the acclaimed guide to strategic decision-making in community planning, development, and collaboration

Friends and Citizens: Essays in Honor of Wilson Carey McWilliams By Wilson C. McWilliams; Nancy Lynn Schwartz; Peter Dennis Bathory
2001 | 311 Pages | ISBN: 0847697460 | PDF | 25 MB
This is a collection of essays that honour Wilson Carey McWilliams as a leader and scholar. The 14 essays pay tribute to him as a friend and citizen and seek to share their understanding of McWilliams's thinking through their own analyses of American political life.

Andrew Coddington, "Mass Government Surveillance: Spying on Citizens "
English | ISBN: 1502626721 | 2017 | pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Examines the ways governments spy on their citizens, explores the ways the right to privacy has evolved over time, argues the pros and cons of state surveillance, and discusses new techniques and challenges.

Brian Clements, Alexandra Teague, Dean Rader, "Bullets into Bells: Poets & Citizens Respond to Gun Violence"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 0807025585 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 0.4 mb
A powerful call to end American gun violence from celebrated poets and those most impacted

Stephen C.W. Graves, "A Crisis of Leadership and the Role of Citizens in Black America: Leaders of the New School"
English | ISBN: 0739197908 | 2016 | 202 pages | EPUB | 1041 KB
A theoretical examination of the concepts of the citizen, citizenship, and leadership, A Crisis of Leadership and the Role of Citizens in Black America: Leaders of the New School proposes to develop a prototype or model of effective Black leadership. Furthermore, it examines "citizenship habits" of the Black community based on their economic standing, educational attainment, participation in the criminal justice system, and health and family structure. It tracks data in these four categories from 1970 to today, measuring effective leadership by the improvement or decline in the majority of African Americans standing in these four categories. This book concludes that African Americans have negative perceptions of themselves as U.S. citizens, which thus produce "bad citizenship habits." Additionally, ineffective Black leaders since the Civil Rights era have been unwilling to demonstrate the purpose and significance of service, particularly to the poor and disadvantaged members of the Black community. Contemporary Black leaders (post-Civil Rights Era) have focused primarily on self-promotion, careerism, and middle-class interests. A new type of leader is needed, one that stresses unity and reinforces commitment to the group as a whole by establishing new institutions that introduce community-building.

Rosalind Parr, "Citizens of Everywhere: Indian Women, Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism, 1920-1952 "
English | ISBN: 1108838146 | 2022 | 212 pages | PDF | 6 MB
Citizens of Everywhere traces the international careers of a cohort of extraordinary Indian women leaders during the final decades of colonial rule. Working in pursuit of the dual goals of Indian independence and women's rights, the women featured in this book established productive transnational connections to gain influence on the world stage, all against the backdrop of momentous events in India and beyond. In doing so, they contributed a distinct set of ideas to global conversations about rights and citizenship. By bringing this transnational activism to light, the author offers new perspectives on Indian nationalism. More broadly the book establishes Indian women as actors in the global histories of women's rights and international movements during the era of decolonisation.