Political activism / Political engagement Books

Information Literacy and Social Justice: Radical Professional Praxis extends the discussion of information literacy and its social justice aspects begun by James Elmborg, Heidi L.M. Jacobs, Cushla Kapitzke, Maria T. Accardi, Emily Drabinski, and Alana...

This is the third historical novel in C A Hope's deeply researched 'New Lanark Trilogy' (Book One, New Lanark Spinning New Lives, Book Two, New Lanark Living With a Visionary) based on the true story of the turbulent path which led to the birth of the...

Following the 2015 'refugee crisis,' many different actors emerged to contest or mitigate the EU's border policies. This book explores the birth and trajectory of a Norwegian volunteer organisation "A Drop in the Ocean", established by a mother of five...

This book is about Catholic chaplains; the hundreds of men and women who spend a substantial amount of their waking hours ministering in a place few people want to go, the nation's detention facilities. The This inmates they serve must be there; the...

yah Book ko kuch sarapanchon ke raajaneeti anubhav ke anusaar likha gaya hai, yah book jo abhi sarapanch post par hai or jo sarapanch banna or raajaneeti mein aana chahate hain unake lie yah Book hai, is Book mein aapko sarapanch banne ke achook rajniti...

This book focuses on the effects of resettlement schemes on the environment. The chapters of the book include: Theories, typologies and processes of settlement, resettlement and resettlement schemes in Africa and other countries; Effects of the 1960s,...

There are more things under heaven than can be explainedWhat caused 911? Was it terrorism or design? Who are the neoconservatives? What really happened to bin Laden? Who makes military grade 'weaponised' anthrax? The twin towers were asbestos ridden...

Ganar votos es el objetivo de todo Candidato. Y para lograr ese objetivo, se presenta a Elecciones -el sustento de toda democracia cuando son libres y transparentes- y se esfuerza, por todos los medios a su alcance, en convencer a los Electores que él es...

This is a book for those who enjoy wit for its own sake. It is a lighthearted look at some of Denis Healey's contributions to debates in The House of Commons, particularly those that were pervaded by a sense of fun. It shows his genuis in the use of...

John Ruot joined the southern Sudanese army when he was just 13 years old. He starded to fight against Bin Laden's terrorism going on in Sudan. In order to fight it, he had to learn 14 languages. As a Lost Boy in southern Sudan, he saw terrorism long...

Het boek ""Het Recht Van Vereeniging En Vergadering In Het Nederlandsche Staatsrecht"" is geschreven door Lambertus Johannes Rietberg in 1893. Het behandelt het recht op vereniging en vergadering in het Nederlandse staatsrecht. Het boek geeft een...

Religion has always played an important, if often contested, role in the public domain. This book focuses on how faith-based organisations (FBOs) interact with the public sphere, showing how faith-based actors are themselves shaped by wider processes and...

In this collection of essays, Stanton shares his personal experiences and observations from his life as a social reformer, abolitionist, and journalist. With his sharp wit and insightful commentary, he provides a unique perspective on 19th-century...

Desipio uses the first national studies of Latino voting patterns to investigate whether this improtant new segment of the electorate engagesin bloc voting.

In late twentieth century Mexico, the NGO boom was hailed as an harbinger of social change and democratic transition, with NGOs poised to transform the relationship between states and civil society on a global scale. And yet, great as the expectations...

The field of Contenders vying to become the next President of the United States seems to grow every day. Big names like Clinton, McCain, Obama and Giuliani dominate the landscape right now but as we know, it¿s possible that an unknown can come out of the...

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: The Opportunities for Nuclear Terrorism Terrorism: Psychological and Instrumental Approaches Religious Terror Ideological Terrorism The Likelihood of Nuclear Terrorism Conclusion Notes Bibliography...

Now in its ninth edition,Power and Politics in California continues its tradition of asking Californians to take a hard and systematic look at their state governance, and engage themselves in a critical analysis of what is working, what is not, and what...

When the boys in her class asked her to sit on the ground in the classroom because they felt girls were dull and so only fit for the dusty floor while they sat on chairs, Grace refused to do so, and vowed to struggle for gender equality. As she excelled...

The purpose of my research, which was conducted in spring 2005, was todiscover how far the U.S. Government can go in limiting the right to habeascorpus (the right to judicial review of detention) while combating terrorism.The main finding of my work is...

After nearly two decades of multiparty democracy in Tanzania, a clear indication of democratic reversals is more evident. The opposition parties, the parliament, electoral commissions, institutions of accountability, civil society organizations, and the...

This book develops a detailed, disaggregated theoretical and empirical framework that explains variations in mass killing by authoritarian regimes globally, with a specific focus on Pakistan, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Using a combination of...

This edited collection aims to respond to dominant perspectives on twenty-first-century war by exploring how the events of 9/11 and the subsequent Wars on Terror are represented and remembered outside of the US framework. Existing critical coverage...

This book focuses on the current, chaotic world stage, which is characterized by new forms of global violence and new types of actors, such as terrorist networks. Based on interdisciplinary analysis combining political science and psychoanalysis, history...

This is a collection of interdisciplinary essays that examines the historical, political, and social significance of 9/11. This collection considers 9/11 as an event situated within the much larger historical context of late late-capitalism, a...

This book examines the history of "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland in the 1970s-1990s and compares it with the situation in the Gaza Strip. The book takes as its cue the tragic events in Gaza in July 2014, when Israel launched Operation Protective...

Thisbook analyzes the origins and organizational structure of Islamic State (IS), examiningits military triumphs and success in securing new recruits via social media. Fromits base in Iraq and Syria, IS has spread globally with 17 regional affiliatesfrom...

This book is more than a successful love story of an attorney who fell in love, married and had a child with a man serving twenty-five years to life in prison. It is the journey of a lawyer who, against all odds, not only fought to protect the civil...

What does it mean to participate in democracy? Is merely existing as a registered voter enough, or do you have to participate in every election, every political discussion?In Ballot Boxing, author Lucy Santora takes a look at post-2016 America and...