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Civics is the study of the rights and duties that come with being a member of a country. Members of a country are called citizens. Find out more in Civics, one of the titles in the Social Studies Essential Skills series. Social Studies Essential Skills provides insight into key social studies concepts that students must know to develop a greater understanding of content

In Next Medicine, Walter Bortz shows how the defects of American healthcare threaten the stability of our entire nation. A physician with fifty years of experience and an expert on aging, Bortz argues that the financial interests of biotech and drug companies have eroded the values of the medical profession and placed profit before human wellbeing. Heart disease, for example, is widely treated with drug interventions and invasive surgery--both of which are extravagantly profitable. But daily exercise and a healthy diet can prevent heart disease altogether--for free.

"We live in complex times, with people asking many questions about what's best for their communities, their country, and the world. Sometimes, these conversations can be difficult. People have strong feelings, and they often disagree. So, how can we talk about civics in a way that helps rather than hurts other people? In this book, you'll learn how to research issues, develop strong arguments, listen to others, and debate in fair and productive ways"--

Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Pledging Allegiance -- What Is Civics? -- Rights -- Responsibilities -- Who Is a Citizen? -- Naturalization -- Losing Citizenship -- Civics Is Important! -- Young Citizens -- Glossary -- For More Information -- Index -- Back Cover.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- 1. Introduction -- Part One. Laying foundations: national and local elections -- 2. Muslim political participation in Belgium: an exceptional political representation in Europe -- 3. Muslim political participation in Germany: a structurationist approach -- 4. Political opinions and participation among young Muslims in Sweden: a case study -- 5. Lithuanian Muslims' attitudes toward participation in the democratic political process: the case of converts -- 6. Political participation of European Muslims in France and the United Kingdom -- Part Two. Participation as integration -- 7. Muslim collective mobilisations in contemporary Europe: new issues and new types of involvement -- 8. How politically integrated are Danish Muslims? Evidence from the Muhammad cartoons controversy -- 9. Limits and potentialities of the Italian and British political systems through the lens of Muslim women in politics -- 10. Representing 'Islam of the banlieues': class and political participation among Muslims in France -- Part Three. Institutions as gateways -- 11. Creating the image of European Islam: the European Council for Fatwa and Research and Ireland -- 12. The political participation of Polish Muslim Tatars - the result of or the reason for integration? From Teutonic wars to the Danish cartoons affair -- 13. The Alevi quest in Europe through the redefinition of the Alevi movement: recognition and political participation, a case study of the FUAF in France -- 14. Leicester Muslims: citizenship, race and civil religion -- Part Four. Breaking the bounds -- 15. Muslims and electoral politics in Britain: the case of the Respect Party -- 16. Clichés are funny as long as they happen on stage: comedy as political criticism -- Notes on the contributors -- Index

In the Global South, Indigenous and Native people continue to live under colonial relations within formally independent nation-states. Sebastian Garbe offers a critical perspective on contemporary expressions of international solidarity and transnational advocacy. He combines approaches from critical race and decolonial studies with an activist ethnography on networked spaces of encounters created through solidarity activism by Mapuche and non-Mapuche actors. Departing from those experiences, this book not only presents potential pitfalls of transnational advocacy but suggests new ways of understanding and practicing solidarity

There is an urgent need to rethink relationships between systems of government and those who are 'governed'. This book explores ways of rethinking those relationships by bringing communities normally excluded from decision-making to centre stage to experiment with new methods of regulating for engagement. Using original, co-produced research, it innovatively shows how we can better use a 'bottom-up' approach to design regulatory regimes that recognise the capabilities of communities at the margins and powerfully support the knowledge, passions and creativity of citizens. The authors provide essential guidance for all those working on co-produced research to make impactful change

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Feudal Roots and Modern Emergence of Dual Nationality -- 2. International Threat, Moral Disgrace -- 3. Congress, the Courts, and the World against Dual Citizenship -- 4. Turning the Corner on Dual Citizenship -- 5. Acceptance and Embrace -- 6. Dual Citizenship and the Rise of Diaspora -- 7. Dual Citizenship as Human Right -- 8. Dual Citizenship, Declining Citizenship -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

Introduction -- A complaint to the authorities : what it is, and what it can tell us -- Development of the Soviet mechanism of complaints : a request for justice in the context of the socialist project -- Request for justice through the late Soviet mechanism of complaints : how and to whom? -- Post-Soviet transformations of the mechanism of complaints -- New mechanism of complaints in action : what's changed?

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Studying the Newcomers -- 3. A Matter of Numbers: Immigrant Demographics and the Electoral Process -- 4. Are the Newcomers Exceptional? The Applicability of Traditional Models to Immigrant Political Participation -- 5. From Newcomers to Settlers: Immigrant Adaptation and Political Participation -- 6. Were They Pushed? Political Threat, Institutional Mobilization, and Immigrant Voting -- 7. Beyond the Ballot Box: Nonvoting Political Behavior Across Immigrant Generations -- 8. The Future of Immigrant Political Participation: Directions in Policy and Research -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps and Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The New Hispanic Immigration -- I. Setting The Context -- 1. Intimate Strangers: Immigration to Queens -- 2. Participation in the American Polity: Why Citizenship Matters -- 3. Explaining Participation: Why It Takes So Long to Become a Citizen -- II. The Costs Of Choosing -- 4. Resistance from Outside: Machine Politics and the (Non) Incorporation of Immigrants -- 5. Resistance from Within: The Myth of Return and the Community of Memory -- III. Liminal Politics -- 6. In-between Identities: Race and Ethnicity in the American Context -- 7. The Politics of In-between: Avoiding Irreconcilable Demands, Keeping Loyalties -- IV. Breaking The Impasse -- 8. Wanting It Both Ways: The Quest for Dual Citizenship -- 9. Wanting In: Latin American Immigrant Women and the Turn to Electoral Politics -- V. Conclusion: The New Americans -- 10. Liminality and Democratic Citizenship -- Appendix: Methodology and Interview Sample -- References -- Index

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- 1. Theories of Citizenship -- 2. Theories of Citizenship: Feminism and Multiculturalism -- 3. Postnational Citizenship -- 4. Political Participation -- 5. The Welfare State -- 6. Migration in Europe -- 7. European Citizenship and European Identity -- Conclusion -- References -- Index