Citizens' rights and the right to be a citizen / by Hirsch Ballin, E. M. H.

Table of Contents: “…Citizens' Rights and the Right to Be a Citizen; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Cities and Citizens; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Nature of Citizens' Rights; 1.3 Transformations of Citizens' Rights; 2 Citizenship and Migration; 2.1 Citizenship and Identity; 2.2 Diversity, Reciprocity and Integration; 2.3 A World on the Move; 2.4 Citizenship and Democracy; 2.5 Citizenship and Constitutional Legitimacy; 2.6 Democratic Citizenship; 3 Redefining Citizenship; 3.1 What Makes a Person a Citizen?…”
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From civil rights to human rights : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the struggle for economic justice / by Jackson, Thomas F.

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Sleep right in five nights : a clear and effective guide for conquering insomnia / by Perl, James

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The Christian right : the far right and the boundaries of American conservatism / by Durham, Martin

Table of Contents: “…The rise of the right --…”


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Eyes right! : challenging the right wing backlash /

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The powerbroker : Whitney Young's fight for civil rights /

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Right and Wrong /

Table of Contents: “…Right and Wrong (59:04);…”
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Right to Fail /

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The hip-hop generation fights back : youth, activism, and post-civil rights politics / by Clay, Andreana

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To right these wrongs : the North Carolina Fund and the battle to end poverty and inequality in 1960s America / by Korstad, Robert Rodgers

Table of Contents: “…Battle lines -- Alliances -- Citizen soldiers -- An army of the poor -- Fighting for the high ground -- Counterassault.…”
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To right these wrongs the North Carolina Fund and the battle to end poverty and inequality in 1960s America / by Korstad, Robert Rodgers

Table of Contents: “…Battle lines -- Alliances -- Citizen soldiers -- An army of the poor -- Fighting for the high ground -- Counterassault.…”
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The right to water : politics, governance and social struggles /

Table of Contents: “…The right to water: possibilities and prospects / Farhana Sultana and Alex Loftus -- Commons versus commodities: debating the human right to water / Karen Bakker -- The human right to what? …”
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The radical right. : The new American right expanded and updated /

Table of Contents: “…The sources of the "radical right" (1955) /…”


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The right and the righteous : the Christian Right confronts the Republican Party / by Oldfield, Duane Murray

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Women's rights

Table of Contents: “…Women Around the World (2:55) -- International Women's Movement (1:18) -- Women's Movement in the US (3:52) -- China (1:01) -- Confucianism (1:15) -- Effect of Communism on Women's Rights (0:46) -- Trafficking and Sexism (2:34) -- Career Choice (0:53) -- Afghanistan (3:04) -- Women Enslaved (2:51) -- Poverty and Aids (3:30) -- Global Fight (1:16)…”
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Women's rights /

Table of Contents: “…Women Around the World (2:55) -- International Women's Movement (1:18) -- Women's Movement in the US (3:52) -- China (1:01) -- Confucianism (1:15) -- Effect of Communism on Women's Rights (0:46) -- Trafficking and Sexism (2:34) -- Career Choice (0:53) -- Afghanistan (3:04) -- Women Enslaved (2:51) -- Poverty and Aids (3:30) -- Global Fight (1:16)…”
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Right Turn : John T. Flynn and the Transformation of American Liberalism. by Moser, John E.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Irish Exaggerations; 2 Business Must Be Governed; 3 An Empty Collection of Syllables; 4 Pay as We Fight; 5 A Pretty Sorry Board; 6 A Plague of Promisers; 7 A Great and Grand Guy--Once; 8 A Very Responsible Committee; 9 The Nazi Transmission Belt; 10 The Good Name of a Noble Cause; 11 The Smear Offensive; 12 A Bitter and Disheartening Struggle; 13 God Bless Joe McCarthy; 14 It Sickens My Soul; Conclusion.…”
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Voters' rights / by Issitt, Micah L.

Table of Contents: “…Reading the fine print -- 17. The fight for access -- 18. Voting at home -- 19. Losing the right to vote -- 20. …”
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Landing rights : poems / by Jaffin, David, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Mountain ; This high- ; Mountain' ; A lake bott ; Leaves wind- ; Star-night' ; The slop ; Castles ; Swallow ; Apples hung ; These mount -- Poems from Sirmione 2012 -- A year past -- Boats soft -- The short- -- The scarce -- The early -- A light -- The motion -- Women -- Short-breath -- First-timed -- The way the -- Was it be -- The "new -- A distant un -- Gaia's four- -- For Rosemarie (inspired by Phillip Larkin's "Arundel Tomb") -- We finally -- Gaia's -- Dried leaves -- Pin wheel' -- Centuries -- We don't know -- That young -- A Motor -- Rough-bark -- Two poems on -- WH Auden (2). …”


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Civil rights /

Table of Contents: “…Racial profiling violates African Americans' and Hispanics' civil rights -- Hate crimes against Arab Americans are a serious problem -- Racial discrimination in mortgage lending is a serious problem -- Prohibiting same-sex marriage violates gays' and lesbians' civil rights -- The problem of racial profiling is exaggerated -- The incidence of hate crimes directed against Arab Americans is exaggerated -- Racial discrimination is uncommon in mortgage lending -- Prohibiting same-sex marriage is not a violation of civil rights -- Current civil rights laws do not adequately protect gays and lesbians -- Housing discrimination persists despite fair housing laws -- Reparations for African American slavery are necessary for the advancement of civil rights -- Disabled workers need better protection from employment discrimination -- Additional civil rights protection for gays and lesbians would be harmful -- Increasing the penalties for housing discrimination will harm society -- The fight for African American slavery reparations impedes the advancement of civil rights -- Affirmative action : an overview -- Affirmative action reduces discrimination -- Affirmative actions encourages educational diversity -- Affirmative action is necessary to build the black middle class -- Affirmative action helps make American business more competitive -- Affirmative action is no longer necessary -- Encourage educational diversity is not a legitimate justification for affirmative action -- Affirmative action is not necessary to help build the black middle class -- Affirmative action ignores individual merit -- Antiterrorist policies jeopardize immigrants' civil rights -- Using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is not justified -- Antiterrorist efforts unfairly target Arab Americans -- Antiterrorist policies do not jeopardize immigrants' civil rights -- Using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is justified -- Antiterrorism efforts targeting Arab Americans are justified.…”


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