Subversive Citizens

Subversive Citizens
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Publisher : Policy Press
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 1847422071
ISBN-13 : 9781847422071
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Subversive Citizens by : Marian Barnes

The idea of subversive citizenship is explored through theoretical and empirical analyses by a range of prominent social researchers.

Subversive Citizens

Subversive Citizens
Author :
Publisher : Policy Press
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9781847422071
ISBN-13 : 1847422071
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Subversive Citizens by : Barnes, Marian

The idea of subversive citizenship is explored through theoretical and empirical analyses by a range of prominent social researchers.

An Archipelago of Care

An Archipelago of Care
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 206
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ISBN-10 : 9780253024985
ISBN-13 : 0253024986
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis An Archipelago of Care by : Deirdre McKay

A study of Filipino caregivers in London and what it says for migrant workers and the networks they build in the global marketplace. Focusing on the experience of Filipino caregivers in London, some of whom are living and working illegally in their host country, Deirdre McKay considers what migrant workers must do to navigate their way in a global marketplace. She draws on interviews and participant observations, her own long-term fieldwork in communities in the Philippines, and digital ethnography to present an intricate consideration of how these caregivers create stability in potentially precarious living situations. McKay argues that these workers gain resilience from the bonding networks they construct for themselves through social media, faith groups, and community centers. These networks generate an elaborate “archipelago of care” through which migrants create their sense of self. “A beautifully written ethnography of Filipino migrants in the UK and their experience of living their lives within and across the UK and the Philippines, mediated by physical space, institutions and a series of digital media.” —Heather Horst, coauthor of Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practices “Deirdre McKay takes a novel approach to key concepts undergirding globalization and transnationalism today—citizenship, surveillance, and security. She makes us think differently about the negotiation of belonging in a digital and hyper-securitized age.” —Jennifer Burrell, author of Maya After War: Conflict, Power, and Politics in Guatemala

Sense of Citizens

Sense of Citizens
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Publisher : FriesenPress
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 9781460210215
ISBN-13 : 1460210212
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Sense of Citizens by : Citizen Engdahl

America, the greatest nation in the world, is in decline and now borrows almost half of what it spends in order to sustain itself. Unless this financial decline is reversed, America will surely collapse and join others which have fallen from glory into the trash heap of history. The one thing that makes America different than all the other great powers that have collapsed, is that this nation is owned, and operated by its Citizens. America, if it is to survive its decline, will do so because of the Sense of Citizens. Three trends figure into the Decline of America: Progressivism which began about 100 years ago under the Wilson Administration, Liberalism which began about 10 years ago under the Clinton Administration, and Collectivism which began about 5 years ago under the Obama Administration. Each of these trends is climaxing now and this will cause eminent collapse, unless action is taken immediately. This book, "The Sense of Citizens," analyzes the problem, formulates a solution, proposes a strategic plan, and offers effective tactics. If these actions are taken, then our nation's decline can be reversed and prosperity/liberty/happiness can be returned to its Citizens within one generation.

United States Code

United States Code
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1722
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015066443113
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Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis United States Code by : United States

Subversive Witness

Subversive Witness
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Publisher : Zondervan
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9780310124047
ISBN-13 : 0310124042
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Subversive Witness by : Dominique DuBois Gilliard

Learn to leverage privilege. Privilege is a social consequence of our unwillingness to reckon with and turn from sin. But properly stewarded, it can help us see and participate in God's inbreaking kingdom. Scripture repeatedly affirms that privilege is real and declares that, rather than exploiting it for selfish gain or feeling immobilized by it, Christians have a responsibility to leverage it. Subversive Witness asks us to grapple with privilege, indifference, and systemic sin in new ways by using biblical examples to reveal the complex nature of privilege and Christians' responsibility in stewarding it well. Dominique DuBois Gilliard highlights several people in the Bible who understood this kingdom call. Through their stories, you will discover how to leverage privilege to: Resist Sin Stand in Solidarity with the Oppressed Birth Liberation Create Systemic Change Proclaim the Good News Generate Social Transformation By embodying Scripture's subversive call to leverage--and at times forsake--privilege, readers will learn to love their neighbors sacrificially, enact systemic change, and grow more Christlike as citizens of God's kingdom.

Developing States, Shaping Citizenship

Developing States, Shaping Citizenship
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Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9780472054145
ISBN-13 : 0472054147
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Developing States, Shaping Citizenship by : Erin Hern

At the nexus of political science, development studies, and public policy, Developing States, Shaping Citizenship analyzes an overlooked driver of political behavior: citizens’ past experience with the government through service provision. Using evidence from Zambia, this book demonstrates that the quality of citizens’ interactions with the government through service provision sends them important signals about what they can hope to gain from political action. These interactions influence not only formal political behaviors like voting, but also collective behavior, political engagement, and subversive behaviors like tax evasion. Lack of capacity for service delivery not only undermines economic growth and human development, but also citizens’ confidence in the responsiveness of the political system. Absent this confidence, citizens are much less likely to participate in democratic processes, express their preferences, or comply with state revenue collection. Economic development and political development in low-capacity states, Hern argues, are concurrent processes. Erin Accampo Hern draws on original data from an original large-N survey, interviews, Afrobarometer data, and archival materials collected over 12 months in Zambia. The theory underlying this book’s framework is that of policy feedback, which argues that policies, once in place, influence the subsequent political participation of the affected population. This theory has predominantly been applied to advanced industrial democracies, and this book is the first explicit effort to adapt the theory to the developing country context.

Citizenship Agendas in and beyond the Nation-State

Citizenship Agendas in and beyond the Nation-State
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 230
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ISBN-10 : 9781315453279
ISBN-13 : 1315453274
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis Citizenship Agendas in and beyond the Nation-State by : Martijn Koster

In today’s world, citizenship is increasingly defined in normative terms. Political belonging comes to be equated with specific norms, values and appropriate behaviour, with distinctions made between virtuous, desirable citizens and deviant, undesirable ones. In this book, we analyze the formulation, implementation, and contestation of such normative framings of citizenship, which we term ‘citizenship agendas’. Some of these agendas are part and parcel of the working of the nation-state. Other citizenship agendas, however, are produced beyond the nation-state. The chapters in this book study various sites where the meaning of ‘the good citizen’ is framed and negotiated in different ways by state and non-state actors. We explore how multiple normative framings of citizenship may coexist in apparent harmony, or merge, or clash. The different chapters in this book engage with citizenship agendas in a range of contexts, from security policies and social housing in Dutch cities to state-like but extralegal organizations in Jamaica and Guatemala, and from the regulation of the Muslim call to prayer in the US Midwest to post-conflict reconstruction in Lebanon. This book was previously published as a special issue of Citizenship Studies.

Social Policy and Citizenship

Social Policy and Citizenship
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 415
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ISBN-10 : 9780199754045
ISBN-13 : 0199754047
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Social Policy and Citizenship by : Adalbert Evers

Taking nine European countries as case studies, the contributions to this volume analyze the ways that citizenship has changed in key areas such as social security, labor market policies and social services.

American Immigration

American Immigration
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 2592
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ISBN-10 : 9781317477167
ISBN-13 : 1317477162
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis American Immigration by : James Ciment

Thoroughly revised and expanded, this is the definitive reference on American immigration from both historic and contemporary perspectives. It traces the scope and sweep of U.S. immigration from the earliest settlements to the present, providing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to all aspects of this critically important subject. Every major immigrant group and every era in U.S. history are fully documented and examined through detailed analysis of social, legal, political, economic, and demographic factors. Hot-topic issues and controversies - from Amnesty to the U.S.-Mexican Border - are covered in-depth. Archival and contemporary photographs and illustrations further illuminate the information provided. And dozens of charts and tables provide valuable statistics and comparative data, both historic and current. A special feature of this edition is the inclusion of more than 80 full-text primary documents from 1787 to 2013 - laws and treaties, referenda, Supreme Court cases, historical articles, and letters.