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Habermasby Pauline Johnson
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 39.95Reconstructs developments in Habermas' thinking about the public sphere. This book marshals the significance of Habermas' lifetime of work on this topic to illuminate what is at stake in a contemporary interest in rescuing an embattled modern public sphere. It describes Habermas' project as one that is still informed by utopian energies. more...
Boards That Love Fundraisingby Robert M. Zimmerman; Ann W. Lehman
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004; US$ 35.00Written by Robert Zimmerman and Ann Lehman--leading experts in the field of fundraising and board development-- Boards That Love Fundraising not only shows that all board members (no matter the level of experience) can learn to raise funds but also provides effective tips to the more experienced fundraisers. This workbook explains your fundraising responsibility as a board member while it: Provides information on board structure and its impact on raising money Outlines the concepts that will empower you to ask for money effectively and fearlessly Describes the wide variety of methods nonprofits use to raise money and?? the board's role in each area Shows how to recruit board members who can help with fundraising Explores the vital issues... more...
Realizing Communityby Vered Amit
Routledge 2002; US$ 41.95Contributes various new analyses and approaches to the issue of community - such as destabilization in the global context, cultural absoluteness, separation of community and culture, compartmentalized communities. more...
Communitarian Politics in Asiaby Beng Huat Chua
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 44.95This book examines instances in Southeast and East Asian countries where communitarianism is both articulated as national ideology and embedded as the ethos of social life. more...
Cultures, Communities, Identitiesby Marjorie Mayo; Jo Campling
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2000; US$ 140.00Cultures, Communities, Identities explores a wide range of cultural strategies to promote participation and empowerment in both First and Third World settings. The book starts by analysing contemporary debates on cultures, communities and identities, in the context of globalization. This sets the framework for the discussion of cultural strategies to combat social exclusion and to promote community participation in transformative agendas for local economic and social development. The final chapter focuses upon the use of cultural strategies and new technologies across national boundaries, at the global level. more...
Community, Solidarity and Belongingby Andrew Mason
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 37.00Communities can be of different kinds, and exist at different levels in society. This book systematically explores the relationship between the state, and communities existing at local, national and global levels. It will be of interest to students of political theory, philosophy and international relations. more...
Conceptualising Communityby David Studdert
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2005; US$ 100.00Community is the dark shadow of sociology - an issue around which sociologists always duck and dive. This book examines the reasons for this reticence through an exegesis of contemporary debates. It utilizes the work of Hannah Arendt to propose an alternative anti-mechanistic and anti-essentialist approach to community and sociality. more...
Creating a Life Togetherby Diana Leafe Christian; Patch Adams
New Society Publishers 2003; US$ 27.95Everything you need to know to create and manage an intentional community from scratch. more...
Community and Everyday Lifeby Graham Day
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 45.95Grounded in a wide-ranging review of empirical research, this textbook provides an overview of sociological debates surrounding the idea of community, and relates them to the part community plays in people's everyday conceptions of identity. more...
The Church on the World's Turfby Paul A. Bramadat
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 95.00This text is an ethnographic study of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship group at McMaster University, who espouse fundamentalist interpretations of the Bible and the necessity of a personal relationship with Christ. more...









