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“thad williamson”

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  • The Making of Twenty-First-Century Richmond

    Politics, Policy, and Governance, 1988-2016

    by Thad Williamson, Julian M. Hayter, Amy L. Howard ...
    Richmond, Virginia, took center stage globally in the summer of 2020 as an epicenter of antiracist protests in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd. In a period of just a few weeks, overwhelming public support grew for removing Richmond’s Confederate monuments. Activists then transformed the remaining statue of Robert E. Lee into a shrine to African American resolve, to the Black Lives ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Sprawl, Justice, and Citizenship

    The Civic Costs of the American Way of Life

    by Thad Williamson ...
    Must the strip mall and the eight-lane highway define 21st century American life? That is a central question posed by critics of suburban and exurban living in America. Yet despite the ubiquity of the critique, it never sticks-Americans by the scores of millions have willingly moved into sprawling developments over the past few decades. Americans find many of the more substantial criticisms of ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Making a Place for Community

    Local Democracy in a Global Era

    by Thad Williamson, David Imbroscio, Gar Alperovitz ...
    When pundits refer to the death of community, they are speaking of a number of social ills, which include, but are not limited to, the general increase in isolation and cynicism of our citizens, widespread concerns about declining political participation and membership in civic organizations, and periodic outbursts of small town violence. Making a Place for Community argues that this death of ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Alexis de Tocqueville and the Art of Democratic Statesmanship

    by Derek Barker, Richard Boyd, Paul Carresse, Brian Danoff, Albert W. Dzur, Khalil M. Habib, L. Joseph Hebert Jr., Peter Augustine Lawler, Susan McWilliams Barndt0, Thomas L. Pangle1, William B. Parsons Jr.2, Jon D. Schaff3, F Flagg Taylor IV4, Aristide Tessitore5, Alexis De Tocqueville6, Conor Williams7, Thad Williamson8 ...
    In 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville famously called for 'a new political science' that could address the problems and possibilities of a 'world itself quite new.' For Tocqueville, the democratic world needed not just a new political science but also new arts of statesmanship and leadership. In this volume, Brian Danoff and L. Joseph Hebert, Jr., have brought together a diverse set of essays revealing ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Property-Owning Democracy

    Rawls and Beyond

    Edited by Martin O'Neill, Thad Williamson ...
    Property-Owning Democracy: Rawls and Beyond features a collection of original essays that represent the first extended treatment of political philosopher John Rawls' idea of a property-owning democracy.Offers new and essential insights into Rawls's idea of "property-owning democracy"Addresses the proposed political and economic institutions and policies which Rawls's theory would requireConsiders ... Read more

    $36.00 USD

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  • Ethnicity and Human Rights in Canada

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  • White Space, Black Hood

    Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality

    by Sheryll Cashin ...
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  • The Color of Money

    Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

    by Mehrsa Baradaran ...
    “Read this book. It explains so much about the moment…Beautiful, heartbreaking work.”—Ta-Nehisi Coates“A deep accounting of how America got to a point where a median white family has 13 times more wealth than the median black family.”—The Atlantic“Extraordinary…Baradaran focuses on a part of the American story that’s often ignored: the way African Americans were locked out of the financial engines ... Read more

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  • The Third Way

    The Renewal of Social Democracy

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    The idea of finding a 'third way' in politics has been widely discussed over recent months - not only in the UK, but in the US, Continental Europe and Latin America. But what is the third way? Supporters of the notion haven't been able to agree, and critics deny the possibility altogether. Anthony Giddens shows that developing a third way is not only a possibility but a necessity in modern ... Read more

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  • The Injustice of Place

    Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America

    by Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, Timothy J. Nelson ...
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  • Racism in the Canadian University

    Demanding Social Justice, Inclusion, and Equity

    Edited by Frances Henry, Carol Tator ...
    The mission statements and recruitment campaigns for modern Canadian universities promote diverse and enlightened communities. Racism in the Canadian University questions this idea by examining the ways in which the institutional culture of the academy privileges Whiteness and Anglo-Eurocentric ways of knowing. Often denied and dismissed in practice as well as policy, the various forms of racism ... Read more

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