Political activism / Political engagement Books

In Aye or Nae The Referendum Experience in Scotland 1979-2014, Peter Lynch investigates the three purely Scottish referendums when Scotland voted No, then Yes, to devolution and No to independence, and is essential reading for all with an interest in...

The West's Road to 9/11 offers a detailed explanation of the handling of the challenge of terrorism by the USA, the UK and the West over the last thirty years. David Carlton contends that anti-terrorist rhetoric by the Governments of the West frequently...

Introduction: Europe Confronts Terrorism K.Von Hippel PART I: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES France; K.A. O'Brien Germany; T.Szyszkowitz Greece; T.Dokos Italy; D.Sagramoso & A.Nativi Nordic Responses; S.Myrdal Spain: Part I - Counter-terrorism in Spain - An...

Personal narratives have become one of the most potent vehicles for advancing human rights claims across the world. Human Rights and Narrated Lives explores what happens when autobiographical narratives are produced, received, and circulated in the field...

The United Nations is among the most important international organizations. But is it only a talking shop? Or does it have a role, as forum, vehicle, or actor, in addressing the most important security issues facing the world today? Here top...

Rather than focusing upon advanced countries, where civil society growth is seen as a post-market development, this volume explores developing countries, with case studies examining grassroots developments and experiences. This important collection moves...

Is it possible to separate humanitarian action from politics? Drawing on the expertise of practitioners and researchers, and balancing theoretical insights with empirical grounding, field examples and policy recommendations, this book is an essential...

THE WORLD BECOMES MORE COMPLEX EVERY MINUTE.Between political unrest, deepening inequality, and ambiguity across relationships, the future is thrown into uncertainty with no room to break free. Even the freedom to choose how to move forward is bogged...

In this second edition, newly updated and revised, Re-Humanize offers a window into sexual assault and the messy path of survival. With poems that began forming just hours after being raped, Marlee shares her journey of emotional processing...

Amidst the significant societal changes defining our time, the interplay between human rights, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility has become a global concern. These crucial elements have become a focal point in global discussions,...

The intersection of theistic religion and politics sparks continued controversy, particularly when addressing complex social issues like immigration. When religious ideologies influence political decisions, they can lead to policies that are less...

Pakistan maintains 32 secret agencies working under different democratic, political, and military stakeholders who use them for their own interests. The working of various intelligence agencies, the militarisation of intelligence, and ineffectiveness of...

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - Region: USA, University of Bonn, language: English, abstract: This paper will focus on what Lichtman calls the "Thirteen Keys to the White House" and how he used them to predict the outcomes of...

Canadian police provocateurs are as old as Canada itself...Manufacturing Threats tells the story of police provocateurs going back to the time of Canadian Confederation. Whether against communism or the FLQ, the Black Liberation Movement or the Muslim...

Some modern political discussions are focused on electoral reform and the mechanics of democracy. For instance, Maine and Alaska recently adopted new procedures for statewide elections that involve Ranked Choice Voting, while a similar ballot measure in...

In the second book of the From Poverty to Progress series, Michael Magoon shifts from explaining the causes of modern progress to how we can use that knowledge to create a better world. Magoon argues that current government policies are gradually...

In 2019, the United States withdrew from the Syrian War, took out ISIS leader Baghdadi, and by January 3, 2020 the most dangerous shadow terrorist leader, Iran’s Qassem Soleimani had been neutralized in Baghdad. News narratives were quick to paint...

The struggle against fascism is a widely accepted part of the revolutionary struggle, but even the most radical activists often sound like liberals when explaining the hows and whys of anti-fascism. Or else use the word in such a way that it has only a...

John Docker grew up in Bondi, the son of Communist parents, his mother Jewish from the East End of London and his father of Irish descent. His Bondi is not the site of sunny mindlessness but rather a place of intense immigrant and political life. This...

Elsie Levy was born in the Jewish East End of London, came to Sydney with her family when she was 14, and joined the Communist Party of Australia when she was a young woman. In this book, her son explores her disaporic Jewish identity, both English and...

Ted Docker was an Australian of Irish descent who as a young man wanted to change the world, joining first the Industrial Workers of the World and then helping form the Communist Party of Australia. He was steadfastly loyal to the Soviet Union and by...

Patrick van Rensburg (1931-2017) was an anti-apartheid activist and self-made 'alternative educationist' whose work received international recognition with the Right Livelihood Award in 1981.Born in KwaZulu-Natal into what he described as a 'very...

Based on New Zealand Election Study (NZES) data from a sample of 2,830 eligible voters, A Bark But No Bite explores a puzzle. While there was a lot of talk about inequality before the 2014 general election in New Zealand, and during the campaign, concern...

The September 2014 elections in Fiji was one of the most anticipated in the history of the country, coming after eight years of military rule and under a radically new constitution that introduced a system of proportional representative (PR) and without...

A brand name helps people know what to buy, who to trust, who to hire-and even guides voters on Election Day.Donald J. Trump is hardly the first brand name to enter politics. But he is the only one to go from commercial product to President of the United...

What will you do when:A customer is attacking a young man bagging groceries because he has Down Syndrome?Uncle Ted starts telling a racist joke at Thanksgiving dinner?Someone is harming a fellow human, who happens to be LBGTQ?Cruelty is not cool.Kindness...

A Genre Analysis of Social Change contributes to current scholarship in rhetorical genre studies and discourse analysis in contexts of social change. Diana Wegner explores the ways that historical genre systems can be transformed through the process of...

This is the first book covering the entire timeline as well as the actors and factors driving international terrorism in each phase of its development. It provides an historical journey across the terrorist landscape and offers insights and analyses of...

Security is now a $500 billion global business, and it`s growing fast. It's developed from the night watchman keeping a sleepy eye out, to the guard patrolling the shopping mall, to smart surveillance systems monitoring everything, everywhere, all the...

The 'Arab spring', the Spanish 'Indignados', the Greek 'Aganaktismenoi' and the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement all share a number of distinctive traits. Similar features have marked collective resistances from the Zapatistas and the Seattle protests...

Osama bin Laden's demise in May 2011 marked only the symbolic end of an era. By the time of his killing, he no longer represented the Robin Hood icon that once stirred global fascination. Ten years after the 11 September 2001 attacks, jihadi terrorism...

Il libro ""Il concetto giuridico moderno della rappresentanza politica"" scritto da Vincenzo Miceli nel 1892, analizza il concetto di rappresentanza politica nella giurisprudenza moderna. L'autore esamina le diverse teorie sulla rappresentanza politica,...

El libro ""Ensayo Pol������tico sobre el Reino de la Nueva-Espa�����a V2 (1822)"" escrito por Alejandro de Humboldt es un ensayo pol������tico que se enfoca en el an�����lisis del Reino de la Nueva-Espa�����a, que fue una colonia espa�����ola en...

Le livre intitul����� ""De La Formation Et De La R�����vision Annuelle Des Listes �����lectorales"" a �����t����� �����crit par Eugene Greffier en 1891. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage qui traite de la mani�����re dont les listes �����lectorales sont �����tablies...

""Cartas de Lei de 26 de junho e de 2 de julho de 1867 sobre a administra����������o civil: e a organiza����������o dos corpos de pol������cia civil (1867)"" ����� um livro publicado pela editora Imprensa Nacional. A obra trata das leis de 26 de junho e...

Beschouwingen Over Eene Belasting Op Koffij (1863) is een boek geschreven door Pieter Adolf Van Oosterwijk Bruyn. Het boek gaat over de mogelijke invoering van een belasting op koffie en de economische en sociale gevolgen daarvan. Van Oosterwijk Bruyn...

Le livre ""Elections De 1886: Situation Politique Et Administrative De La Province De Quebec (1886)"" publi����� par la Typographie De C. Darveau est une description compl�����te de la situation politique et administrative de la province de Qu�����bec...

Sypesteyn's boek ""Afschaffing der Slavernij in de Nederlandsche West-Indische Kolonien, uit Officiele Bronnen Zamengesteld"" is een historisch werk uit 1866 dat de afschaffing van de slavernij in de Nederlandse West-Indische koloni�����n beschrijft. Het...

Die ""Sammlung der Neuern Schweizerischen Kantonverfassungen V1, Teil 1"" ist ein Buch, das im Jahr 1864 vom Verlag Larpin herausgegeben wurde. Es handelt sich um eine Sammlung von Verfassungen der Schweizer Kantone, die zu dieser Zeit in Kraft waren...

Every four years, journalists propel a presidential campaign into the national consciousness

The expansion and escalation of global terrorism has left populations across the world and decision-makers responsible for contending with it unprepared

When survey research, statistics, and electronic data processing were first introduced, they held out promise that a new level of political knowledge would be created

Psychoanalytic Insights into Fundamentalism and Conviction: The Certainty Principle examines the role of, and need for, certainty in mental life, addressing questions raised by fundamentalism and extremism and exploring its relation to human nature...

First study on the transnational nature of the revolutionary violence of the New Left. Leading figures and rising stars in the field examine the processes of dissemination of ideologies among revolutionary organizations in Latin...

This edited volume examines the lone-wolf terrorist phenomenon, including the larger societal trends which may or may not have led to their acts of terrorism.

This book offers a guide to different aspects of de-radicalization theories, programs and methods.

Ten years on, what have been the principal impacts of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 on the external policies and international outlooks of the world's major powers, the range and scope of the international security agenda and on the capacity...