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"In first volume in the Critical Global Citizenship Education series, Torres combines theoretical and empirical research to present an original perspective on global citizenship education as an essentially important way of learning in a globalized world."--

The Ideology of Democratism argues that history's most vocal champions of democracy from Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Jefferson to John Rawls put forth an interpretation of democracy that effectively transforms the meaning of "rule by the people" into its opposite. Making use of democratic language and claiming to speak for the people, politicians, philosophers, academics, religious, and many others advocate a more "complete" and "genuine" form of democracy that in practice has little regard for the actual popular will. This way of conceiving of democracy, which constitutes an entire view of life and politics, has been and remains a powerful influence in America and leading Western European nations and their colonial satellites. This book defines and describes the ideology of democratism through a look at some of its major historical contributors, including Rousseau, Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson, Jacques Maritain, Jürgen Habermas, John Rawls, and prominent figures in the George W. Bush administration. The findings of this book suggest that to the great political "isms" of the past two centuries must be added another of equal scope: democratism.

The image of the outlaw biker is widely recognize in North American society. The reality is only known to insiders. To study the phenomenon of outlaw biker clubs, anthropologist Daniel Wolf bridged the gap between image and reality by becoming an insider. Electronic Format Disclaimer: Preliminary images removed at the request of the rights holder

This text examines the resources of and constraints on political leaders in contemporary political systems since 1945. It compares six countries to assess the effectiveness of political leadership and its relationship to the nature of institutional structures and political environments

Examines the impact of the Czechoslovak and East German uranium industries on local politics and on societies, particularly in the decade or so after the end of the Second World War. The Erzgebirge – the Ore Mountains – on the border of Czechoslovakia and East Germany of the time, was the oldest uranium mine in the world, whose important resources were badly needed for Stalin's atomic bomb

Transformations in both Japan's domestic culture and its foreign relations in the last two decades have led to, among other outcomes, a shift to a more militarized defense policy. Yumiko Mikanagi explores an intriguing aspect of this shift: changes in what is considered masculine in contemporary Japanese society. Tracing the alternations between dominant "warrior" and "literati" conceptions of masculinity from the nineteenth century to the present, Mikanagi reveals parallels in Japan's foreign policy and offers new insights into the country's recent defense policy decisions

Florida : center of presidential attention, but for how long? / Sean D. Foreman -- Battleground Nevada holds steady in 2020 / David F. Damore, Elizabeth Maltby, and Rebecca D. Gill -- Set in granite : New Hampshire as a presidential bellwether / Dante J. Scala -- Reliably purple : the 2020 presidential election in North Carolina / Christopher A. Cooper and H. Gibbs Knotts -- Pennsylvania : a bellwether like no other / Christopher Borick and Rafael Jacob -- From blue to red and back again : the future of Wisconsin politics in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election / Neil Kraus and Aaron C. Weinschenk -- Iowa : islands in the stream / Donna R. Hoffman and Christopher W. Larimer -- A state divided : Maine and its continued electoral vote split / James P. Melcher and Amy Fried -- Minnesota : "the one that got away" / David Schultz -- Ohio swings toward the GOP / Nathaniel Swigger -- Michigan : Joe Biden wins the turnout battle / David A. Dulio and John S. Klemanski -- Arizona : the turning tide of change / Kate Kenski -- Georgia : the rebirth of two-party competition in a growing Deep South state / Karen L. Owen -- Nebraska : District Two swinging blue / Kyle Hull -- Politics now is all about the purple battlegrounds / Scott McLean.

The administration of President Donald Trump pursued an enhanced-and, in some ways, novel-set of policies designed to confront China over its transgressive and anticompetitive economic behaviors, such as theft of technology and intellectual property and limitations on market access for U.S. businesses. How did the U.S. business community view these policies, and did it broadly support increased U.S. efforts to counter problematic Chinese economic behavior? If not, how could the U.S. government implement policy to better achieve policy goals while also addressing corporate concerns? In this report, the authors address these questions, which are central to determining whether the U.S. government has crafted an overall economic strategy or approach toward China that is sustainable and feasible. How the business community thinks the United States should deal with China is an overlooked and underappreciated topic, and the United States might find it difficult to compete against China without support from the business community. The authors assess how the U.S. business community-focusing on the manufacturing, technology, and financial sectors-viewed the Trump administration's China policies through several different lenses: from the perspective of individuals, from the perspective of different firms over time, and from the perspective of specific industry sectors and subsectors. The analysis focuses on Trump administration actions toward China from 2017 through fall 2020