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Mistrust : why losing faith in institutions provides the tools to transform them / by Zuckerman, Ethan,author.(CARDINAL)403508;
"The rise of mistrust is provoking a crisis for representative democracy-solutions lie in the endless creativity of social movements. From the Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street, and from cryptocurrency advocates to the #MeToo movement, Americans and citizens of democracies worldwide are losing confidence in the system. This loss of faith has spread beyond government to infect a broad swath of institutions-the press, corporations, digital platforms-none of which seem capable of holding us together. How should we encourage participation in public life when neither elections nor protests feel like paths to change? Drawing on work by political scientists, legal theorists, and activists in the streets, Ethan Zuckerman offers a lens for understanding civic engagement that focuses on efficacy, the power of seeing the change you make in the world. Mistrust is a guidebook for those looking for new ways to make change as well as a fascinating explanation of how we've arrived at a moment where old ways of engagement are failing us"--Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Is this thing working? -- Why we lost trust -- What we lose when we lose trust -- The levers of change -- Institutionalists to the rescue -- Counter democracy and citizen monitoring -- Productive disruption -- Decentralization -- Do something: efficacy and social change -- Afterword: Katrina and COVID-19.
Subjects: Trust; Political alienation.; Political participation.; Social change.;
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Why trust matters : declining political trust and the demise of American liberalism / by Hetherington, Marc J.,1968-(CARDINAL)271220;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-170) and index.
Subjects: Political participation; Political alienation; Public opinion; Voting; Progressivism (United States politics);
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Battle for Skyark [videorecording] / by Hung, Simon,film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Malim, Guy,film producer,screenwriter.; Huang, Peter C.,film producer.; Lau, Wayne,film producer.; Shih, Philip,film producer.; Mortenson, Caon,actor.; Coffey, Garrett,actor.; Coliee, Taylor,actor.; Tung, Charlene,actor.; Davis, Luke Remington,actor.; Cruddas, Josh,composer.; Scott, Alexis,costume designer.(CARDINAL)422174; Peterson, Chris A.,editor of moving image work.; Osorio, Carlos,production designer.; Haga, Hiroyuki,director of photography.; Light and Shadow Films,production company.; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),film publisher.(CARDINAL)340129; Sun Entertainment Culture (Firm),production company.;
Director of photography, Hiroyuki Haga ; editor, Chris A. Peterson ; music, Josh Cruddas ; costume designer, Alexis Scott ; production designer, Carlos Osorio.Caon Mortenson, Garrett Coffey, Taylor Coliee, Charlene Tung, Luke Remington Davis, Matthew Scott Miller.When a mysterious race of creatures takes over a desolate Earth, humanity must take refuge in SkyArk, the city in the sky. After the rebellion against a corrupt leadership fails, the wealthy doom the rebels' children to live on the ruins of the old earth. The rebel leader's son, Rags, must lead his fellow exiles against the monsters in order to have a chance to return to SkyArk, but he soon finds that he has a much greater purpose in saving humanity.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence.DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Science fiction films.; Action and adventure films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Human-alien encounters; Exiles; Monsters; Political corruption;
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The dissent of the governed : alienation and democracy in America / by Wright, James D.(CARDINAL)141527;
Bibliography: pages 302-318.
Subjects: Political sociology.; Alienation (Social psychology);
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Top secret alien abduction files : what the government doesn't want you to know / by Redfern, Nicholas,1964-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-204).Before the abductees there were the contactees -- The men who got carried away -- An abductee goes to "another place" -- Who are the real abductors? -- An alien abduction and a "Special Intelligence" -- Plucked from the road -- Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond -- Alien encounter at an old bridge -- "Undersized creatures similar to members of the human race" -- The rise of the black helicopters -- Abducted : but by aliens or the military? -- Cattle mutilations, black helicopters, and the FBI -- Mysterious helicopters, UFOS, and abductions -- Nightmares under New Mexico -- An encounter on the Moors -- Spying on a bestselling abductee -- A witness to an underground realm speaks -- Surveillance in the 1990s -- MILABS in the twenty-first century -- The implant issue -- Mothman apocalypse -- The government wants answers.For decades, people have reported close encounters with extraterrestrial entities. Witnesses describe being kidnapped by large-headed, black-eyed creatures from other worlds. Those same creatures have become popularly known as "the Grays." There is, however, another aspect to the alien abduction controversy. Abductees very often report being followed and spied upon by military and government personnel. It is typical for abductees to see black helicopters hovering directly over their homes in an intimidating manner. Phone calls are monitored. Emails are hacked into. Strange men dressed in black suits are seen photographing the homes of the abductees. All of this brings us to the matter of what have become known in the domain of alien abduction research as "Military Abductions," or "MILABS." According to numerous abductees, after being kidnapped by aliens they are kidnapped again . . . by the government. These follow-up events are the work of a powerful group hidden deep within the military and the intelligence community. It is the secret agenda of this highly classified organization to figure out what the so-called Grays are really up to. And, the best way for the government to get the answers is to interrogate those who have come face-to-face with the UFO phenomenon: the abductees. Why is the government secretly compiling files on alien abductees? Is the alien abduction issue so sinister that it has become a matter of national security proportions?
Subjects: Alien abduction; Human-alien encounters;
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How we walk : Frantz Fanon and the politics of the body / by Beaumont, Matthew,1972-author.aut.(CARDINAL)801179;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: The body arrested -- The racialized body: Fanon walks with Garnette Cadogan -- The exploited body: Fanon walks with Ernst Bloch -- The disordered body: Fanon walks with Nikolaus Friedreich -- The paralysed body: Fanon walks with Peter Moss -- The armoured body: Fanon walks with Wilhelm Reich -- The body transformed: Fanon walks with Assia Djebar."Focuses on the work of Frantz Fanon and the relationship between colonialism and the body. Each chapter has Fanon walking with another thinker"--
Subjects: Fanon, Frantz, 1925-1961; Walking.; Colonies.; Alienation (Philosophy);
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Illegal aliens in the Western Hemisphere : political and economic factors / by Johnson, Kenneth F.(Kenneth Fox),1933-(CARDINAL)713724; Williams, Miles.(CARDINAL)222681;
Bibliography: pages 195-204.
Subjects: Noncitizens.; Illegal immigration.;
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Anti-Americanism : critiques at home and abroad, 1965-1990 / by Hollander, Paul,1932-2019.(CARDINAL)712966;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-504) and index.
Subjects: Anti-Americanism.; Radicalism; Political alienation; Antiaméricanisme.; Radicalisme; Aliénation politique;
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Into the maelstrom / by Drake, David,1945-author.(CARDINAL)341668; Lambshead, John,author.(CARDINAL)484201;
"The Cutter Stream colonies were at peace. If everyone behaved reasonably, that peace could last a thousand years. Allen Allenson had known war; it had made him peaceful and reasonable. He was far too experienced to believe the same of all his fellow colonists, let alone the government of the distant homeworld. War was coming, a war the colonies had to win if they were ever to be more than prison camps and a dumping ground for incompetent noblemen. Allenson knew that he wasn't really a general, but he understood his fellow colonists better than any homeworld general could. He would free the Cutter Stream or die trying"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Human-alien encounters; Imaginary wars and battles; Life on other planets; Nobility; Political corruption;
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Crisis in freedom: the Alien and Sedition acts. by Miller, John Chester,1907-1991.(CARDINAL)138799;
Bibliography: pages 235-242.
Subjects: Alien and Sedition laws, 1798.;
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