Political activism / Political engagement Books

Have you heard that racism requires more than just prejudice, but also "power"?Have you been told the dictionary definition of racism isn't correct?Where did this all come from? And why is it being taught at your school or workplace?The rabbit hole goes...

Frantz Fanon was in the United States from October 23 until December 6 1961. He was kept at the Dupont Plaza (now Dupont Circle) Hotel in Washington, DC until October 30th and then moved to the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD, where he died.

This book discusses the danger of nuclear and biological terrorism and the strategies of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia based extremist and jihadist groups to purchase fissile material in black market or steal it from a military or civilian...

The MEI@ND has undertaken this volume towards encouraging and shaping young and budding scholars of Middle East studies. This is the second volume in the series followed by the first on Islamic Movements in the Middle East published in 2019. The volume...

"There was a time when we proclaimed that we were part of a beautiful and fragmented chaos of affinity groups, conflicted organizations, disorganized rebels, all of whom were somehow part of the same social movement that was greater than the sum of its...

A Unifying Worldview for Conscious Collaboration with contributions from Jude Currivan, Duane Elgin, Ervin Laszlo, Lynne Twist, Ken Wilber and fellow thought leaders who share the science and spirit of how our interconnection can serve our global family...

Are you fed up with an activism that isn't truly transformative? Discover a practice that revolutionizes oppressive social arrangements into ones that truly sets people free...including the activist you!An activist and community organizer for 55 years,...

Marilyn Fitterman is a feminist activist, mother of five, and grandmother of nine. She served from 1988 to 1992 as President of National Organization for Women - New York State. She was also National NOW Northeast Regional Director, President...

The 1970s were known for free love and experimentation of all kinds. Nobody cared if you were gay, straight or bisexual, and the use of recreational drugs was common. In the midst of all this appeared a woman who had turned the head of Al Capone, helped...

Every four years, the world watches as the United States passes the title and power of the presidency from one person to another in a peaceful and orderly manner. With a formal ceremony, a large parade, and gala inaugural balls, it's a big, colorful...

In The Conflict with ISIS: Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, June 2014-January 2020, Mason W. Watson chronicles how a U.S.-led coalition fought against the Islamic State (ISIS)-a terrorist organization that, at its height, controlled a span of territory...

In 2019, the United Conservative Party, under the leadership of Jason Kenney, unseated the New Democratic Party to form the provincial government of Alberta. A restoration of conservative power in a province that had seen the Progressive Conservatives...

"There is nothing of the autocrat in Judge Gary's make-up. He is human-humane. He often smiles-his smile is famous. He seldom frowns. There are no hard lines in his face and his blue eyes are kindly."-B.C. Forbes, Men Who Are Making America (1919)The...

"It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity." -Beatrice Potter Webb, My ApprenticeshipIn My Apprenticeship (1926), Beatrice Potter Webb provided the first of...

Whether as an individual, business, or organization, we are all somewhere along a developmental continuum relating to issues around race. In The Journey of an Old White Dude in the Age of Black Lives Matter: A Primer, John Gerdy educates and...

At its heart, A Life in Dark Places is an adventure story, its heroes the men and women who have risked their lives to minister to the vulnerable. Paul writes masterfully about what he has seen and experienced with a keen eye for detail and a...

You won't be able to stop reading once you pick up Dr. John Hall's terrifying account, A New Breed: Satellite Terrorism in America. Dr. Hall's narration is based on true-life events and what you'll find will open your eyes to a completely new form of...

Justice on the Jersey Shore: How Ermon K. Jones Ignited Change and Won demonstrates the power of inspired leadership-how an ordinary person can use his or her personal influence to transform reality. In this riveting, true story of how a spiritual,...

Illuminates transgender activists' successful strategies to organize for social and political change in the US.

""Iets Over Verzet Door Derden"" (1886) is een boek geschreven door Nicolaas Marius Lebret. Het boek gaat over het concept van verzet door derden, oftewel het recht van een persoon om zich te verzetten tegen een handeling van een ander die schadelijk is...

Horatio Alger wrote in the nineteenth century about impoverished boys rising from humble backgrounds to lives of achievement through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. Alger should have met John Volken. He would have loved him, as many of us...

Regarding elections and polls, it explores this random phenomenon from three primary points of view: predicting election outcome using opinion polls, testing outcome using government-reported data, and exploring election data to better understand the...

Delivering Aid examines local welfare practices, policies, and debates during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in a diverse collection of western communities including Protestant cash-crop homesteaders, Catholic Hispanic subsistence...

The JDC at 100: A Century of Humanitarianismtraces the history of the JDC-an organization founded to aid victims of World War I that has played a significant role in preserving and sustaining Jewish life across the globe. The thirteen essays in this...

In the early twenty-first century, race still occupies a dominant role in American politics. Despite this truism, presidential candidate Barack Obama was uniquely poised to transcend both race and party as the first African American to have a realistic...

This book examines the crime-terror nexus in South Asia, focusing in particular on the activities of non-state actors that operate out of Pakistan, and challenges the conventional wisdom that the Pakistan Taleban (TTP) and Al-Qaeda are Pakistan's most...

This edited volume brings together both western and non-western approaches to counter-terrorism in the post-9/11 era. This multi-cultural study of counter-terrorism strategies identifies common lessons from failed and successful attempts to counter the...

This book examines the role of civil society organizations in several advanced European democracies: Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Specifically the book focuses on how voluntary organizations contribute to civic and...

Based on a wealth of sources, files and interviews, and including previously unpublished material, this book explores the foundations of the political ethics of Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, examining how they...

Terrorism remains one of the major threats facing the world community. While literature on the subject is dominated by discussion of the factors leading individuals and groups to join violent extremist, terrorist groups, the question of what can lead...

This book explores how intra-party politics affects government formation and termination in parliamentary systems, where the norm is the formation of coalition governments. The authors look beyond party cohesion and discipline in parliamentary...

After the reelection of George W. Bush in 2004, the "God Gap" became a hotly debated political issue. Religious voters were seen as the key to Bush's victory, and Democrats began scrambling to reach out to them. Four years later, however,...

In 1994, Democrats were reeling from losing control of the House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years. Returning members entered the new, 104th Congress powerless but the persona of the architect of that Republican takeover offered hope that...

"Secular Illuminations: A Journey Through Reason and Compassion," authored by Tony L. Churchill, is a compelling exploration into the realms of secular thought and atheistic morality. This book challenges traditional religious doctrines and advocates for...

The central intelligence agencies have earned the wrath of the government for failing to sufficiently warn local agencies. Why do our secret intelligence agencies fail repeatedly? Is it because of the lack of adequate intelligence, the dearth of trained...

This book is primarily an effort to study the phenomenon called insurgency that has been posing a huge challenge to the internal security of the country. Though a wealth of literature on the subject already exists, a need was felt to analyse the multiple...

Daesh is worse than the Taliban, which is now trying to bring a new ideology as Daesh-ism which is anti - Islam. This book brings out the alarming situation of the presence of Daesh in Pakistan and its expanding activities. It serves the international...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Sonstiges, Note: 1,0, Fachhochschule für öffentliche Verwaltung Nordrhein-Westfalen; Köln, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Was bewegt junge Menschen zu solch einer grausamen Tat? Im Folgenden soll...

Master's Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, , language: English, abstract: This work tries to analyse how Ethiopia has combated against the threat posed by terrorism both domestically and regionally...

This is no ordinary biography. Using unpublished sources, Peter Winnington reveals the life of Walter Fuller, whom the BBC chose to edit its Radio Times. Covering the first quarter of the 20th century, the unfolding story takes us from the birth of...

Amis lecteurs et lectrices,Avez-vous déjà lu la Constitution ? Pourtant, elle conditionne nos vies à un point que nous n'imaginons pas. C'est pourquoi nous invitons chacun(e) à un exercice singulier : la lire...

This report highlights the difference between the 2021 election and all prior 12 presidential elections in Iran. While every election since 1979 has been rigged, they have served to give an appearance of democracy and republicanism to the ruling...

This book examines the motivation behind the regime’s political and economic strategy by considering three areas: terrorism including in Europe and the United States, incitement of regional conflicts, and the ballistic missile threat.Failing to...