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  • Inequality in Americaby Stephen M. Caliendo

    Westview Press 2014; US$ 28.00

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  • Race-Baiterby Eric Deggans

    Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 27.99

    Gone is the era of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, when news programs fought to gain the trust and respect of a wide spectrum of American viewers. Today, the fastest-growing news programs and media platforms are fighting hard for increasingly narrow segments of the public and playing on old prejudices and deep-rooted fears, coloring the conversation... more...

  • Citizenship and Identityby Engin F. Isin; Patricia K Wood

    SAGE Publications 1999; US$ 60.00

    Through a detailed introductory discussion of the relation between the civil and the political, and between recognition and representation, this book provides a comprehensive vocabulary for understanding citizenship. more...

  • The Glass Palaceby Nasser M. Beydoun

    Algora Publishing 2012; US$ 22.95

    Is Qatar actually a suitable ally or a legitimate partner for the United States? Under Qatari labor law, foreign workers are actually owned, for all practical purposes, by their Qatari sponsors in a system akin to slavery. This book chronicles the experience of an American executive working in Qatar and delves into Qatar?'s feudal work-sponsorship... more...

  • A MIRACLE, A UNIVERSEby Lawrence Weschler

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013; US$ 20.00

    In recent years as countries around the globe have begun to move from dictatorial to more democratic systems of governance, no more traumatic (or dramatic) ethical problem has arisen than what to do with the previous regime?s torturers. In most cases, the security and military apparatuses, responsible for the overwhelming majority of human-rights abuses,... more...

  • The Dual System of Privacy Rights in the United Statesby Mary McThomas

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 130.00

    Theoretically, the right to privacy is an individual?s right to space away from the public gaze to make life choices that are best for her or him, regardless of the beliefs of the majority. Yet the right to privacy in the United States has proven problematic for both political theorists and constitutional scholars, as it does not conform to theoretical... more...

  • Culture Warsby Marie Alena Castle

    See Sharp Press 2013; US$ 9.99

    Boldly stated and passionately supported, this argument against religious influence on the American government and legal system analyzes the impact that religion has on culture in the United States. The book makes the claim that many laws based on religious beliefs, specifically theology promoted in the Middle Ages, are misattributed as long-standing... more...

  • Freedom and Foundationby Thomas Reeves

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013; US$ 30.00

    Freedom and the Foundation is a study in depth of the first and most controversial of the tax-exempt foundations dedicated to research and public education in the field of civil liberties and civil rights: The Fund for the Republic.    The story of its struggle for survival, as Mr. Reeves demonstrates, exemplifies the broader conflict between... more...

  • Nature and Libertyby Dr John Zvesper; John Zvesper

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 180.00

    Liberal democracy, it has been claimed, stands at the end of history. But there are hidden internal strains that could threaten its fabric. Nature and Liberty explores three of the most important practical problems of modern liberal politics - those connected with ethnicity and race, sex and the family, and bureaucratized government. The author traces... more...

  • Brave New Neighborhoodsby Margaret Kohn

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 39.95

    Fighting for First Amendment rights is as popular a pastime as ever, but just because you can get on your soapbox doesn't mean anyone will be there to listen. Town squares have emptied out as shoppers decamp for the megamalls; gated communities keep pesky signature gathering activists away; even most internet chatrooms are run by the major media companies.... more...