Gangs
A Booklist Editors' Choice and a Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) Honor Book
Street gangs have exploded worldwide. Tattoos, baggy pants, tagging, gangsta style, the unspoken threat -- it's all just around the corner in most of the world's major cities. From the streets of Los Angeles to the shantytowns of Cape Town, hundreds of thou …
No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy, 2nd edition
In this updated edition of the No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy, Richard Swift explores how democracy has been constricted and deformed by economic power-brokers and a self-serving political class from Birmingham to Bangalore.
The book includes chapter-length discussions of topics such as the economic meltdown, Barack Obama, eco-democracy, democratizi …
The Great Revenue Robbery
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?For decades, the right has flooded the airwaves and taken over the political podiums with its anti-tax hysteria. But Canadians are waking up to the simple truth that taxes are the price we pay for civilization, and that scrimping on taxes mea …
The No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy
The democratic malaise is upon us, Swift argues, in this introduction to the bittersweet triumph of democracy after the Cold War. Chapters include: strong and weak democracy, democracy in the South, democratizing the economy, eco-democracy, direct democracy, and a conclusion on the "constant horizon" of potential futures.