Articles

This book develops a fresh perspective on everyday forms of engagement, one that foregrounds the role of objects, technologies and settings in democracy.... 
Community participation | Social aspects | Technology | Social participation | Politics & government | Civil rights & citizenship | Science and Technology Studies | Urban and Environmental Studies | Public Policy/Environmental Policy | Environmentalist thought & ideology | Environmental Science | Civics & Citizenship | Sociology/Urban | Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability | Political science & theory | Environmental science, engineering & technology | Political science

Europe Economic policy | Europe History | Political sociology | History, Modern

"Why is ethnic identity an important factor in politics in some countries but not in others? This book offers a rigorous comparative analysis of five cases in... 
Cultural pluralism | Political activity | Ethnicity | Bolivia Ethnic relationsPolitical aspects | United States Ethnic relationsPolitical aspects | Kenya Ethnic relationsPolitical aspects | Ethnic groups | Social integration | Political aspects | Peru Ethnic relationsPolitical aspects | Tanzania Ethnic relationsPolitcal aspects | Group identity

Politicians | Australia. Parliament | Australian | Australia Politics and government

It is clear that in our society today, issues of diversity and social connectedness remain deeply unresolved and can lead to crisis and instability. The major... 
Cultural pluralism | Political sociology | Democracy | Economic aspects | Civil society | Social aspects | Political aspects | Sociology | Political Science | POLITICAL SCIENCE | Essays | Public Policy | United States

This book contributes to understanding of the contemporary relationship between Muslims and the Western societies in which they live, focusing particularly on... 
Islam | British Politics | Islamic Studies | Sociology of Religion and Belief | Political Sociology and the State | Social research & statistics | Political Freedom & Security/Civil Rights | Public Policy/Social Policy | Political oppression & persecution | Muslims | Multiculturalism | Relations | Islamic sociology

""This book provides insight into one of the world's quietest human rights abuses. The story of the Lhotsampa of Bhutan describes their journey of coping and... 
Human rights | Nepali people | Bhutan | Political refugees | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration | Nepal | Ethnic Studies/General | Migration, Asylum and Refugees | Public Policy/Cultural Policy | Political Freedom & Security/Human Rights | Politics: South Asia | Nationalism, Ethnicity and Identity | Civil rights & citizenship | Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies | Asian Politics and Law | Asian Politics | Emigration & Immigration | Refugees & political asylum | Refugees and social work, Lhotshampa people, Bhutanese Refugees, Nepalese refugee camps | Asia-Politics and government | Political Science and International Relations | Asian Culture | Migration | Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights | Social Policy | Political Science | Exiles

Provides an overview of key issues in the debate concerning the emergence of active citizenship in Europe. The specific focus of enquiry is the promotion of... 
Political participation | Social sciences | Social Sciences | Political Sociology | Citizenship

"We are living in an era of democratic disconnect. A gap exists between institutional understandings and expectations of young citizens and the nature and... 
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies | Political activity | Internet in public administration | FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Teenagers | Youth | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies | Children | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy | Political Sociology | Children's Studies | Sociology of Childhood, Youth and Age | Politics & government | Politics and The Media | Sociology of Culture and the Media | Youth Culture | Life Stages/Teenagers | Age groups: adolescents | Citizenship | Childhood and Youth | Political Ideologies/Democracy | Civil rights & citizenship | Media Studies | Political structures: democracy | Political Sociology and the State | Youth, political participation, citizenship, digital media, policy | Political science | Sociology of Culture | Childhood, Adolescence and Society | Social Sciences | Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging | Political Science

"Citizenship is increasingly the core concept by which human belonging is defined but do we really understand what it is? This book develops an evolutionist... 
Citizenship | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship | Political aspects | POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory

The Public on the Public argues that in the United Kingdom efforts to resuscitate the public as a popular opposition to global capital's narrowing elite are... 
Political culture | Social structure

"Cities have emerged as the epicentres for many of today's ethno-national and religious conflicts. In twelve multidisciplinary essays, Locating Urban... 
Ethnic conflict | Culture conflict | Cities and towns | National characteristics | ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional | Urban & Regional | Politics & government | Globalization | Ethnic studies | Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping | Sociology/Urban | Urban, Community and Housing Studies | Urban Politics | Urban and Environmental Studies | Urban Studies and Planning | Political Sociology and the State | Urban and Planning Policy | Conflict Resolution & Peacekeeping | Civics & Citizenship | Peace studies & conflict resolution | Sociology, Urban | City dwellers

The notion of citizenship has gradually evolved from being simply a legal status or practice to a deep sentiment. Belonging, or feeling at home, has become a... 
Citizenship | Culture and globalization | Social aspects | Ethnic relations | Sociology of Culture | Social Sciences | Area Studies | Cultural Studies | Ethnicity Studies | Social Structure, Social Inequality

Social Policy, Politics and Economics of Welfare, Business and Management, Innovation, Sociology, Economic Sociology, Politics, Citizenship, Social Policy and... 
Technological innovations | Social aspects | Social entrepreneurship | Social change | Diffusion of innovations | Social Policy, Politics and Economics of Welfare, Business and Management, Innovation, Sociology, Economic Sociology, Politics, Citizenship, Social Policy and Welfare | Innovation | Business and Management | Sociology | Economic Sociology | Citizenship | Politics | Social Policy and Welfare | Social Policy | Politics and Economics of Welfare

"Fiona Barker examines what happens when the 'new' diversity arising from immigration and the 'old' politics of substate nationalism intersect. Depending on... 
Assimilation (Sociology) | Emigration and immigration | Nationalism | Immigrants

The Global Commonwealth of Citizens critically examines the prospects for cosmopolitan democracy as a viable and humane response to the challenges of... 
International organization | Politics & government | Democracy | Humanitarian intervention | Globalization | United Nations | Political Science | Political Ideologies | International Relations | POLITICAL SCIENCE | World citizenship

"White Backlash provides an authoritative assessment of how immigration is reshaping the politics of the nation. Using an array of data and analysis, Marisa... 
Voting | Political participation | Race | Emigration & Immigration | General | Civics | Discrimination & Race | Practical Politics | Social Science | Political Science | Sociology | Discrimination & Race Relations | SOCIAL SCIENCE | POLITICAL SCIENCE | Emigration and immigration | United States

"Prompted by the 'affective turn' within the entire spectrum of the social sciences, this books brings together the twin disciplines of political psychology... 
Political psychology | Emotions | Politics & government | Psychology: emotions | Globalization, Nationalism, Comparative Sociology | Public opinion & polls | Political Process/Elections | History & Theory | Political Freedom & Security/Civil Rights | Political Philosophy, Theory and Thought | Social theory | Politics, Media, and Communication | Social Psychology | Political theory | Personality and Social Psychology | Political Science and International Relations | Political Theory | Political Philosophy | Sociology, general | Social Theory | Political Science

The Rights of Others examines the boundaries of political community by focusing on political membership - the principles and practices for incorporating aliens... 
Internationalism | Emigration and immigration | Aliens | Political rights | Citizenship | Refugees | Immigrants