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Grænseforeningen er en af danmarkshistoriens største og mest indflydelsesrige græsrodsbevægelser. Da den var på sit højeste i 1949, talte den 200.000 medlemmer fordelt på 400 lokalforeninger over hele Danmark. I anledning af 100-året for Genforeningen og Grænseforeningens oprettelse fortælles for første gang den samlede historie om danskernes forhold til grænsespørgsmålet og til mindretallet i Sydslesvig. Det er historien om foreningsdanmarks storhedstid. Om en sag, der var en livssag for danskerne, men som i dag klares via statsstøtten til Sydslesvig. Grænseforeningen kan på sin hundredeårs fødselsdag se tilbage på veludført arbejde. Foreningen fortsætter indsatsen – nu ud fra tanken om, at erfaringerne fra det dansk-tyske grænseland kan hjælpe danskerne i mødet med andre kulturer. Axel Johnsen (f.1970) er ph.d. i historie og afdelingschef i Museum Sønderjylland. Tidligere museumsinspektør på Museet på Sønderborg Slot og stipendiat ved Dansk Centralbibliotek for Sydslesvig. Forfatter af en lang række artikler og bøger om grænselandet – særlig om de folkelige grænselandsbevægelser i Danmark.

"Step back inside the world of President Jed Bartlet's Oval Office with Fitzgerald and McCormack as they reunite the West Wing cast and crew in a lively and colorful 'backstage pass' to the ... series. This intimate, in-depth reflection reveals how The West Wing was conceived, and spotlights the army of people it took to produce it, the lifelong friendships it forged, and the service it inspired. From cast member origin stories to the collective cathartic farewell on the show's final night of filming, What's Next [provides] on-set and off-camera anecdotes that even West Wing superfans have never heard. Meanwhile, a deeper analysis of the show's legacy through American culture, service, government, and civic life underscores how the series envisaged an American politics of decency and honor, creating an aspirational White House beyond the bounds of fictional television"--

Citizens opens up a new way of understanding ourselves and shows us what we must do to survive and thrive - as individuals, as organisations, as nations, even as a species.Jon Alexander's consultancy, the New Citizenship Project, hashelped revitalise some of Britain's biggest organisations suchas the Co-op, The Guardian and the National Trust. Here, withthe New York Times bestselling writer Ariane Conrad, he showshow human history has moved from the Subject Story of kingsand empires to the current Consumer Story. Now, he arguescompellingly, it is time to enter the Citizen Story.Because when our institutions treat people as citizens ratherthan consumers, everything changes. Unleashing the powerof everyone equips us to face the challenges of economicinsecurity, climate crisis, public health threats, and polarisation.Citizens is an upbeat handbook, full of insights, clear examplesto follow, and inspiring case studies, from the slums of Kenyato the backstreets of Birmingham. It is the perfect pick-me-up forleaders, founders, elected officials - and citizens everywhere.

A radical vision for a better future: an economy that works for us, rather than the other way around.As this major German bestseller reports, our world is at a tipping point, and we feel it every day. Costs are rising, the gap between the rich and poor is increasing, natural resources are depleted, and the effects of climate change are starting to take hold. We are under increasing social and environmental stress. But, as leading economist Maja Göpel argues here, there is another path forward.She invites us to imagine what we want our future to look like, and offers solutions that will help us to get there. It's time to question our principles, set new goals, and re-evaluate our priorities. Time to rethink our world and find new ways of living that don't drain our planet any further. We need a fair distribution of wealth, and a way to reconcile the social with the ecological. We need to work smarter, not harder.Critical, yet full of encouragement, Maja Göpel chooses surprising and enlightening examples to illustrate how we can leave behind our familiar ways of living to achieve a better future.

Statsborger er en reaktion på en virkelighed, hvor racisme udspiller sig i hverdagen og for åben skærm – ubevidst og bevidst, i strukturel og institutionaliseret form.Værket består af digte, reproduktioner, kommentarer, essayistik, malerier, tegninger, skulpturer og skærmbilleder.Claudia Rankine er født 1968 på Jamaica og er opvokset i USA. Hun har udgivet fem digtsamlinger, to skuespil, flere essays og står bag flere antologier. Med det selvstændige værk Statsborger bygger Rankine videre på den undersøgelse af forskellige former for strukturel vold, hun påbegyndte i Lad mig ikke være ensom fra 2004. Begge bøger bærer undertitlen Et amerikansk digt og er udkommet på Kronstork.Statsborger har vundet en lang række priser og var blandt andet nomineret til en National Book Award.

An original defense of the unique value of voting in a democracyVoting is only one of the many ways that citizens can participate in public decision making, so why does it occupy such a central place in the democratic imagination? In Election Day, political theorist Emilee Booth Chapman provides an original answer to that question, showing precisely what is so special about how we vote in today's democracies. By presenting a holistic account of popular voting practices and where they fit into complex democratic systems, she defends popular attitudes toward voting against radical critics and offers much-needed guidance for voting reform.Elections embody a distinctive constellation of democratic values and perform essential functions in democratic communities. Election day dramatizes the nature of democracy as a collective and individual undertaking, makes equal citizenship and individual dignity concrete and transparent, and socializes citizens into their roles as equal political agents. Chapman shows that fully realizing these ends depends not only on the widespread opportunity to vote but also on consistently high levels of actual turnout, and that citizens' experiences of voting matters as much as the formal properties of a voting system. And these insights are also essential for crafting and evaluating electoral reform proposals.By rethinking what citizens experience when they go to the polls, Election Day recovers the full value of democratic voting today.

As you prepare for U.S. citizenship, Learn About the United States: Quick Civics Lessons will help you study for the civics and English portions of the naturalization interview. There are 100 civics (history and government) questions on the naturalization test. During your naturalization interview, you will be asked up to 10 questions from the list of 100 questions. You must answer correctly at least six (6) of the 10 questions to pass the civics test. Applicants who are age 65 or older and have been a permanent resident for at least 20 years at the time of filing the Application for Naturalization, Form N-400 are only required to study 20 of the 100 civics test questions for the naturalization test. These questions are flagged with an asterisk (*) in this booklet. Learn About the United States contains short lessons based on each of the 100 civics (history and government) questions. This additional information will help you learn more about important concepts in American history and government. During your naturalization interview, you will not be tested on the additional information in the short lessons. There are three components to the English portion of the test: speaking, reading, and writing. Your ability to speak English is determined by the USCIS Officer based on your answers to questions normally asked during the eligibility interview on the Application for Naturalization, Form N-400. For the reading test, you must read one (1) out of three (3) sentences correctly to demonstrate an ability to read in English. There is a reading vocabulary list with all the words found in the English reading portion of the naturalization test included in the back of this booklet. For the writing test, you must write one (1) out of three (3) sentences correctly to demonstrate an ability to write in English. There is a writing vocabulary list with all the words found in the English writing portion of the naturalization test included in the back of this booklet.

America is at a crossroads. Either we remove the bullies and hate mongers from public office and return to seeking comprise with those who have differing opinions, or we watch our country dissolve before our eyes. This book address many of the areas of conflict and offers starting points for finding solutions that we can each live with instead of walking away angry, filled with despair. There are those in the public eye, both running for office or supporting candidates, who speak in anger, believing that there is only one answer, theirs. That is not the case and never has been the case. The United States, beginning with the founding fathers, knew that compromise was the only way this experiment would work.

"The book is an introduction to Japan and its social and national structures. It does this by offering brief summaries of Japan's history, its current Constitution, its primary national symbols, its common cultural experiences (especially national holidays), its political and civil processes (including elections and the process of passing laws), and its national economy. The primary purpose of the book is to provide cultural literacy and understanding of Japanese systems to foreigners who have decided to live in Japan, and also to tourists and others with a general interest in Japan"--

Explores the question of whether heroes matter in the modern republic.

Sovereign Atonement makes an excellent use of a highly specific and in many ways unusual empirical case to build a set of novel theoretical arguments that engages with and contributes to a broad audience of geography, anthropology, political science, post-colonial, and South Asian studies suited for academics, journalists, and practitioners.

Navigating the policy process in Sacramento can be overwhelming and frustrating for many advocates. Changemaker breaks down that process into actionable steps with expert tips and real world lessons on how to win legislative campaigns in California. Authored by veteran labor lobbyist Kristina Bas Hamilton.

One of Barack Obama's longest-serving speechwriters reveals the public speaking lessons that will help you become a more confident and compelling communicator and leader.As a White House speechwriter, Terry Szuplat helped craft hundreds of speeches for President Obama. But when it came to public speaking himself, Szuplat--like many people--was gripped by anxiety and preferred to stay in the shadows. When he was invited to give the first major speech of his life, he faced a choice: keep hiding from what scared him, or finally face his fears.In Say It Well, Szuplat shares the life-changing lessons he learned from Barack Obama--one of the most admired speakers of our time--and how he applied these techniques to become a better speaker himself. In every chapter, he shares never-before-heard advice from Obama on speaking well, along with riveting behind-the-scenes stories of writing for a president--so you can master every step of public speaking, including: - Tips for overcoming stage fright- Best practices for using artificial intelligence to compose a memorable speech- Attention-grabbing openings to pull in any audience- Framing techniques to make your arguments more persuasive - Scientifically-proven ways to inspire people to action and to create the change you want- Tricks for editing, polishing, and practicing your words for maximum impact- The only way to end any great speechAlong the way, Szuplat introduces you to remarkable people from all walks of life--students, advocates, business executives, veterans--who have used these techniques to give speeches that have gone viral and inspired millions of people around the world. At a time of division and distrust, Say It Well also shows how we can all speak with the empathy, civility, and honesty that we need now more than ever.In sharing his journey to find his own voice, Szuplat will help you find yours. Written with humor and warmth, this is your new guide to the art of public speaking. And the next time you speak--whether you're giving a toast or a eulogy for a loved one, a presentation at work, or an impassioned appeal for a cause you care about--not only will you know what to say, you'll know how to say it well..

Together for the first time, classic essays on how and when to disobey the government from two of the greatest thinkers in our literature As we grapple with how to respond to emerging threats against democracy, Library of America brings together for the first time two seminal essays about the duties of citizenship and the imperatives of conscience. In "Resistance to Civil Government" (1849), Henry David Thoreau recounts the story of a night he spent in jail for refusing to pay poll taxes, which he believed supported the Mexican American War and the expansion of slavery. His larger aim was to articulate a view of individual conscience as a force in American politics. No writer has made a more persuasive case for obedience to a "higher law." In "Civil Disobedience" (1970), Hannah Arendt offers a stern rebuttal to Thoreau. For Arendt, Thoreau stands in willful opposition to the public and collective spirit that defines civil disobedience. Only through positive collective action and the promises we make to each other in a civil society can meaningful change occur. This deluxe paperback features an introduction by Roger Berkowitz, Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities and Professor of Politics, Philosophy, and Human Rights at Bard College, who reflects on the tradition of civil disobedience and the future of American politics.

"In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn't make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone operators. Not the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous research, she discovers history's unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories to light for the first time."--Provided by publisher.

In this dissertation I trace the formation of citizens of the information age bycomparing visions and practices to make children and the general public computer literateor cultured in the United States, France, and the Soviet Union. Computer literacy andcomputer culture programs in these three countries began in the early 1970s as efforts toadapt people to life in the information society as it was envisioned by scholars, thinkers,and practitioners in each cultural and sociopolitical context. The dissertation focuses onthe ideas and influence of three individuals who played formative roles in propellingcomputer education initiatives in each country: Seymour Papert in the United States,Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber in France, and Andrei Ershov in the Soviet Union.According to these pioneers, to become computer literate or computer cultured meantmore than developing computer skills or learning how to passively use the personalcomputer. Each envisioned a distinctive way of incorporating the machine into theindividual human's ways of thinking and being-as a cognitive enhancement in theUnited States, as a culture in France, and as a partner in the Soviet Union. The resultinghuman-computer hybrids all demanded what I call a playful relationship to the personalcomputer, that is, a domain of free and unstructured, exploratory creativity. I trace therealization of these human-computer hybrids from their origins in the visions of a fewpioneers to their embedding in particular hardware, software, and educational curricula,

This book presents a unique framework for the inclusion of ecomedia in the English language classroom to help learners cultivate global citizenship. Foregrounding learner agency in a world at risk, the author proposes a framework that hinges on human rights and critical eco-cosmopolitanism to help learners position themselves in discourses on climate change and act for transformation. The book discusses eco-documentaries as multimodal, factional texts against the background of cutting-edge research, refuting a definition based on the binary of fiction and non-fiction. Translating the insights gained from this discussion to the language education context, learners are conceptualised as active designers of meaning making when engaged with eco-documentaries. Based on this discussion, the book puts forth an innovative, multiliteracies-informed concept which is embedded in a sustainability-oriented pedagogy of hope, which encourages learners to learn and practice languages of hope and advocacy. The book will be of interest to scholars in the fields of ecopedagogy, sustainability education, global citizenship education and cultural learning, film pedagogy and language education, as well as language educators.

In diesem Sammelband werden aus unterschiedlichen fachspezifischen, wissenschaftlichen und praktischen Perspektiven vielfältige Aspekte des Themas ¿Dekolonialität in der Politischen Bildung¿ beleuchtet und kritisch reflektiert. Die didaktischen Potenziale unterschiedlicher wissenschaftlicher Herangehensweisen und Praxiserfahrungen werden vorgestellt und theoretische Überlegungen sowie empirische Erkenntnisse zum Schwerpunktthema präsentiert.

"An examination of how laws have grown to the detriment of everyday Americans"--

Following a dialogic and interdisciplinary approach, this book highlights changes in the concept and action of disobedience, presenting a theoretical framework and applied case studies.Disobedience has traditionally been played out through collective actions and protests which configure and propose alternative social scenarios to the status quo. Today, in a changing socio-historical context, disobedience represents a mode of political participation and a form of an active citizenship attempt to correct authoritarian drifts. Furthermore, it often highlights social problems and morally controversial issues. Disobedience is not only a right granted to the individual within democratic systems and/or duty imposed in the interest of society in a pro-social sense, i.e. defense of human rights and a tendency towards equalization, but it also became an alternative process, often symbolic, of construction of reality.The book focuses on a) reconstructing the concept of socialdisobedience and the field's state of the art from an innovative, contemporary, theoretical, and conceptual perspective and b) analyzing its phenomenology within a specific territorial horizon, with the objective of uncovering social and pro-social aspects related to today¿s forms of disobedience. The book therefore will appeal to students, scholars, and researchers of contemporary political theory, political science, democratization studies, social movement studies, criminology, legal theory, and moral philosophy.

Species are going extinct, forests are burning, and children are worried about the future and their peers worldwide. But that is not the whole story: One Friday in 2018, a few young people joined Greta Thunberg to protest, and the global climate strike movement was born. Scientist David Fopp spent 250 Fridays with the newly formed grassroots movement. Together with activists Isabelle Axelsson and Loukina Tille, he offers an insider perspective on this fight for a globally just and sustainable society. They also turn their focus to science and our political engagement: How can research in all disciplines help with this struggle? And how can we all fight the climate crisis by transforming and deepening democracy?

In today's society, it is more important than ever to embrace civic responsibility and duty. "Active Citizenship: Embracing Civic Responsibility and Duty" provides readers with a comprehensive guide to understanding the importance of civic engagement and the role that it plays in shaping our communities.With practical tips and strategies for effective engagement, this book is a must-read for anyone looking to make a positive impact in their community and take an active role in shaping the future of their city, province, and country.Starting with an overview of civic responsibilities and duties, readers will learn about the various levels of government and the different issues that each level addresses, providing a solid foundation for civic engagement at every level.

This revised and expanded edition of Dr Peter Bruechle's "Further Issues and Challenges" tackles a broad range of pressing contemporary topics, from the roles and problems of religion, to democracy, education, war and peace, and global warming. Each of these essays can be read as a stand-alone piece, or the whole can be taken as a challenge to the human race - where to next?