Political activism / Political engagement Books

For four years, Jessica Stern interviewed extremist members of three religions around the world: Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Traveling extensively--to refugee camps in Lebanon, to religious schools in Pakistan, to prisons in Amman, Asqelon, and...

This book is a biography based on a qualitative ethnographic study of adaptation to climate by Mr Zephaniah Phiri Maseko, an award-winning smallholder farmer from Zvishavane, rural Zimbabwe. Ethnographic data provides insight and lessons of Mr Phiri...

Some six decades of socialisation by the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) has ingrained in a majority of Singaporeans the instinct that it is not unusual to give up certain personal liberties for the greater good as long as the PAP State ensures the...

This book presents the menace posed by Boko Haram in Nigeria. National responses have varied from soft and heavy hand approach, in spite the devastating humanitarian crisis and the destruction imputed by Boko Haram. This work highlights issues necessary...

The Maoists have managed to find sufficient resources to maintain the various facets of their movement. Fighters have been provided with weapons and ammunition, and the political campaign has been sustained with significant funding. It is not possible to...

No nation has suffered more from terrorism than India. Since the 1990s, India has been plagued by what has come to be known as 'New Terrorism', which is global, amorphous, well-networked, lethal, indiscriminate, diverse, sophisticated and is conducted by...

Terrorism, which took a new turn in the 20th century in the form of anti-colonial insurgencies has, in the current 21st century, been described as 'post modern terrorism' in the sense that it is no longer driven by ideologies alone but is now more ethnic...

“Brings principles of spiritual mindfulness and stewardship to the environmental discussion” – Publishers WeeklySocial activist, environmentalist, engineer, spiritual seeker – some of the many hats Jerry Yudelson wore during an...

LET THE FUTURE BEGIN is the autobiography of Dennis W. Archer, born in Detroit, who rose from humble beginnings in the small town of Cassopolis, Michigan, to become a celebrated attorney, a Michigan Supreme Court Justice, a two-term Mayor of Detroit, and...

A billion hours is equivalent to 114,000 years. That's how much good we're going to do together. Just 14 minutes at a time.You don't need more money, or time, or even another election cycle to bring transformational change to your community. What you...

I was a young girl wanting nothing more than to be loved.  From an early age, until I found recovery, my voice was silent, unless I was drunk and angry. I became violent. I became someone I hated, but also someone who realized that I had the gift of...

This book contains all of the exclusive evidence of Donald J. Trump's collusion with the Russians in the 2016 United States Presidential election.This is a parody book and contains approximately 1829 words. The majority of the pages contain...

Working and Writing for ChangeSeries Editors: Steve Parks and Jessica Pauszek[W]e believe that the writers in this anthology demonstrate our generation's commitment to move the entrenched issues into forward-looking solutions, to break away from limiting...

Within hours of the September 11 attacks, Sean M. Maloney deciphered that Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda were the aggressors behind the despicable act. A war in Afghanistan then was inevitable. As a military historian, Maloney was determined to go there to...

Terrorism and WMD's, Second Edition provides a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Terrorist weapons and delivery methods are becoming increasingly sophisticated; as such, this book focuses on the...

Tradecraft Primer: A Framework for Aspiring Interrogators is a timely and relevant reference manual for a new generation of professionals as we enter a new era in our nation's interrogation programs. A must-read for anyone thinking of entering the...

""Remarks On The Observations Dr. French: With An Argument On The Law Of Elections To Offices Created By The Senate"" is a book written by William French and published in 1824. The book is a response to the observations made by Dr. French on the law of...

The New Electoral Law For The Russian Duma (1908) is a book written by Samuel Northrup Harper. This book provides a detailed analysis of the electoral law that was implemented in Russia in 1908 for the Duma, the country's legislative body. The author...

This book highlights historical explanations to and roots of present phenomena of violence, insecurity, and law enforcement in Central America. Violence and crime are among the most discussed topics in Central America today, and sensationalism and fear...

This book provides the first overarching, empirically grounded, critical analysis of child trafficking as an idea, ordering principle, and artefact of politics. It examines (once) hegemonic anti-child trafficking discourse, policy and practice, and does...

Traditional counter-terrorism approaches, with their emphasis on the military, are failing. This is seen in the fact that there is an average of three terrorist attacks per day in Africa. This study calls for more holistic solutions, with an emphasis on...

""Der Teutsche Editoren-Kongress Zu Cincinnati: Oder Das Gebrochene Herz"" ist ein Buch von Heinzen Karl, das im Jahr 1872 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch beschreibt den deutschen Editoren-Kongress, der in Cincinnati stattfand und die Debatte...

Das Buch ""Der Staat und der Bergbau mit vorz�����glicher R�����cksicht auf Sachsen"" wurde 1839 von Carl Friedrich Gottlob Freiesleben geschrieben. Es handelt sich um eine umfassende Analyse der Beziehung zwischen dem Staat und dem Bergbau, wobei der...

Der Sieg des Radikalismus: �����ber die katholische Schweiz und die Kirche im Allgemeinen (1850) von Jonas K. Bluntschli ist ein Buch, das sich mit den politischen und religi������sen Konflikten in der Schweiz im 19. Jahrhundert besch�����ftigt. Der...

This book investigates the strategic use of America's historical crime control, counterterrorism, national security and immigration policies as a mechanism in the modern-day Trump administration to restrict migration and refugee settlement with a view of...

The broad expansion of non-electoral political participation is considered one of the major changes in the nature of democratic citizenship in the 21st century. Most scholars - but also governments, transnational and subnational political institutions,...

""Lectures on Orangeism: And Other Subjects"" is a book written by Charles Ebenezer Perry and published in 1892. The book is a collection of lectures on various topics, including Orangeism, a Protestant fraternal organization that originated in Ireland...

The Principle of Suffrage is a historical book written by Nathaniel Clark Fowler in 1916. The book discusses the concept of suffrage, which is the right to vote in political elections. It explores the history of suffrage and the struggles that people...

The Poll for the Election of Two Representatives in Parliament for the University of Cambridge is a historical book written by Henry Gunning in 1826. The book provides a detailed account of the parliamentary election held in Cambridge University during...

The People's Power: Or How To Wield The Ballot is a book written by Simeon Stetson in 1883. The book is a guide to understanding and using the power of the ballot in the democratic process. Stetson argues that the ballot is a powerful tool that can be...

This book offers a new approach for the future of democracy by advocating to give citizens the power to deliberate and to decide how to govern themselves.Innovatively building on and integrating components of representative, deliberative and...

External Dimension of the European Union's Critical Infrastructure Protection Programme: From Neighboring Frameworks to Transatlantic Cooperation provides the basis, methodological framework, and first comprehensive analysis of the current state of the...

This book explores the online strategies and presence of Salafi-Jihadi actors in the Nordic as well as the international context. Global Salafi-jihadism has been at the epicentre of international focus during the past decade. This book explores how the...

Fixing American Politics: Solutions for the Media Age brings together original chapters from 34 noted scholars from two disciplines - political science and communication - asked to identify the most pressing problems facing the American people and how...

This book investigates the devastating impacts of the Boko Haram terrorist campaign in Nigeria, reflecting on the group's historical context, organizational dynamics, and emerging trajectories.Since its inception in 2002, Boko Haram's terrorist campaign...

In response to the ongoing debate over the role social capital plays in the creation and continuation of a healthy civic culture, Community-Based Organizations in Contemporary Urban Society studies the close relationship that social capital shares with...

President Obama may have delivered on his campaign promise to kill Osama bin Laden, but as an Al-Qaeda strategist bin Laden has been dead for years. This book introduces and examines the new generation of Al-Qaeda leaders who have been behind the most...

Electoral Reform in the English Speaking Caribbean: Blueprint for the 21st Century by Keith C. Simmonds

Anyone who wants to understand what militant Muslims think has to understand what they read-and they read Sayyid Qutb, the intellectual father of Islamic fundamentalism. Qutb, an Egyptian literary critic and philosopher who was appalled by American...

This book reveals the complex relationship between elite perceptions and behaviour, and governance, in China. It moves away from existing scholarship by focusing on functionaries, grass-roots elites, leading intellectuals, and opinion-makers in China and...

This edited volume aims to deepen our understanding of state power through a series of case studies of political violence arising from state 'counter-terrorism' strategies. The book examines how state counter-terrorism strategies are invariably...

Pakistan has over the decades become a hotbed for the terrorist ideology often referred to as Jihadism. This book investigates the underlying principles of Pakistan's foreign policy from 1947 until the present day, and explains the rise of Jihadism as an...

This volume analyzes the conduct of the Israel Defence Forces' (IDF) counter-insurgency operations during the two major Palestinian uprisings (1987-1993 and 2000-2005) in the Territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It employs primary and secondary...

This edited book explores how psychology can be used to improve our understanding of terrorism and counterterrorism.This work firstly aims to provide balanced and objective insight into the psychology of terrorists; what their motivations are, what keeps...

This book is a political history of democratic elections in Poland from the first fully competitive parliamentary elections in 1991 to the unexpected, most recent election in 2007. Until now, there has been no equivalent study covering similar...