Political activism / Political engagement Books

This study focused on governance and financial sustainability of NGOs in South Africa. The primary objective of the study was to evaluate existing governance and financial arrangements of NGOs with the view to developing alternative approaches to...

From Larry D. Struve, Director of Commerce during former Nevada Governor Richard H. Bryan's administration (1983-1989) comes this insightful look into Bryan's lasting legacy for the Silver State. In the early 1980s, financial crises within the state and...

Without election integrity, the United States will become a banana republic, and we will no longer be governed by the consent of the governed. We the People must use an "all of the above" strategy to eliminate every opportunity for nefarious actors to...

This is the 19th in a series of chronologies of international and domestic terrorist attacks and global, regional, and individual government and private responses.The year 2020 was sufficiently different from preceding years in this series that it merits...

David Chick is the guy that many will recall making news headlines around the world when he dressed as Spiderman, and protested over children and fathers' rights, for six days, on top of a crane by Tower Bridge, London. In another of his succession of...

"Of Stardust and Ashes We Are Made" is the poetic love story of our connection to Body and Earth and Soul. From disruption to joy, we fall from the heavens, and are refined in the fire. This is a love story to self, to the ones who shape us, to the ones...

Irish history sounds a long litany of grievance and vengeance-lost battles, escaped earls, and institutionalized injustice. The gun, certainly in this century, has played a prominent part. In The Gun in Politics, J. Bowyer Bell presents the story of one...

In the United Kingdom, as in the United States, race relations are surrounded with taboos defined by the politically correct concepts of what Ray Honeyford calls the race relations lobby. This lobby, championed by the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE)...

Trade Organizations In Politics: Also, Progress And Robbery, An Answer To Henry George (1887) is a book written by John Bleecker Miller. The book is a response to Henry George's book, Progress and Poverty, which argues that land ownership is the root of...

The Papal Conclaves: As They Were And As They Are is a book written by Thomas Adolphus Trollope in 1876. The book is a detailed account of the history and workings of papal conclaves, which are the meetings of the College of Cardinals to elect a new pope...

The Law Relating To Corrupt Practices At Elections And The Practice On Election Petitions: With An Appendix Of Statutes, Rules, And Forms (1883) is a legal text written by Miles Walker Mattinson. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the laws...

The Civil Service of the Crown: Its Rise and Its Constitution is a book written by William Charles Bryant in 1876. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the history and structure of the British civil service. It examines the evolution of the...

Global Environmental Institutions continues to provide the most accessible and succinct overview of the major global institutions attempting to protect the natural environment. Fully updated throughout to reflect the latest environmental issues, the...

This book is the first to provide a complete overview of Islamic extremism in Kuwait. It traces the development of Islamist fundamentalist groups in Kuwait, both Shiite and Sunni, from the beginning of the twentieth century. It outlines the nature and...

In this interdisciplinary study of governance, Hyuk-Rae Kim traces how civil society and NGOs have evolved over time, how they differ in motivation from their Western counterparts, and the role civil society NGOs have played in consolidating democracy as...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is one of the most important international organizations in existence today. It contains a set of disciplines that affect the ability of governments to impose trade restrictions, and has helped to support the steady...

This book explains the origins and nature of terrorism in Pakistan and examines the social, political and economic factors that have contributed to the rise of political violence there.Since 9/11, the state of Pakistan has come to be regarded as the...

In the parliamentary system of government, manifestos constitute and represent an important aspect of the democratic electoral politics as statements of a party's ideology, response and policy. This book offers an examination of election manifestos of...

Critical questions remain unanswered on the events of the cold-blooded and devastating terror attacks in Mumbai on 26 November 2008. Investigative and introspective, this book offers a lucid and graphic account of the ill-fated day and traces the...

First published in 1948, this book gives a full account of the development of the British Labour Party from its emergence as a national influence in the first world war to its return to power with an effective majority after the second world war. The...

First published in 1974. This book examines the mechanism of the Labour Party, its conference, the National Executive, constituency parties, the workings of Transport House, the Parliamentary party and that highly charged aspect of left-wing affairs,...

Remarques Sur L'�����tat Des Provinces-Unies Des Pays-Bas, De Monsieur Le Chevalier Temple (1713) est un livre �����crit par William Temple. Il s'agit d'une analyse d�����taill�����e de l'�����tat des Provinces-Unies des Pays-Bas, qui �����taient ������...

Remarques Pour Servir De Reponse A Deux Ecrits Imprimez A Bruxelles Contre Les Droits De La Reine Sur Le Brabant est un livre �����crit par Guy Joly en 1667. Le livre est une r�����ponse ������ deux �����crits imprim�����s ������ Bruxelles qui s'opposent...

Narrative Of The Cretan War Of Independence V1 (1864) is a historical account of the Greek island of Crete's struggle for independence from Ottoman rule in the 19th century. The book is written by Kallinikos Kritovoulides, who was a Cretan lawyer and...

""Cleveland And Stevenson, Their Lives And Record: The Democratic Campaign Book For 1892"" is a political book written by Thomas Campbell-Copeland in 1892. The book focuses on the lives and political records of Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson,...

In 1859, Abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his attempt to seize the Federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Sarah Brown was thirteen years old at the time, living with her family in North Elba, New York. With the assistance of her father's abolitionist...

Collaboration of Pakistan army, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and civilian agencies in mollycoddling and wrecking image of Pakistan in international community raised several questions, including the political involvement of the country's army in...

In the age of globalization and social media, Europe is facing a new wave of terrorism. Most often, the jihadists are associated with the Islamic State (IS). Their number is growing rapidly due to massive online propaganda. But how exactly is...

Das Internet entscheidet heutzutage maßgeblich über das Ergebnis von politischen Wahlen. Vor allem der Auftritt in den sozialen Medien kann einem Kandidaten Aufwind geben oder aber auch schaden. Denn gerade junge Menschen informieren sich inzwischen in...

Hunderttausende Tote, Millionen Geflüchtete und ein fast sechs Jahre andauernder Konflikt. In diesem Umfeld ist in Syrien der Islamische Staat zu einer erschreckenden Machtposition aufgestiegen. Doch was ist der IS eigentlich? Er betätigt sich sowohl vor...

Die Europäische Union ist die erste transnationale Demokratie mit über 400 Millionen Bürger*innen. Sie verspricht politische Teilhabe, steht jedoch häufig in der Kritik, diesem Anspruch nicht gerecht zu werden. Von vielen wird sie als...

Les partis populistes de droite radicale sont considérés comme étant une menace pour la démocratie, bien qu'ils soient omniprésents. Le but de l'ouvrage est d'estimer leur influence sur la fabrique des politiques publiques en démocratie, en interrogeant...

"True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice. "Jane Addams, a pioneer in the realms of social reform and peace activism, presents a compelling vision for a world free from the shackles of war and strife. Published in 1907,...

Maine-native Hanley Denning saw poverty and desperation in its ugliest form, and refused to turn a blind eye. A former track star at Bowdoin College, Denning was struck by what she saw at the Guatemalan City dump: garbage pickers competing with vultures...

Jeremy Schreiber was on top of the world-athletic, newly married, successful. And then something went terribly wrong. In this moving memoir, he shares his journey after he received a terrifying diagnosis: ALS.As the devastating disease robbed him of...

The editors behind the Librarian with Spines series have releasedthe third volume in this popular series. Volume III of LWS is anotheranthology-this time, 5 essays on radical librarianship and aSpanglish interview with Oregon Library Superstar Star...

Part news analysis, part travelogue, part manifesto, USA G’DAY offers a very personal account of one of the most remarkable chapters in American history.From July 2015 to November 2016, Australian journalist Aleks Vickovich lived, worked and...

In the 2022 James Backhouse Lecture, Yarrow Goodley looks at the critical issue of climate justice-at how our responses to the climate emergency have the potential for great suffering, as well as great redemption. In a world where the rich pollute, and...

This is a book about people. 'Fragile States' in an Unequal World: The Role of the g7+ in International Diplomacy and Development Cooperation introduces the members of the g7+, a group formed by 20 conflict-affected states: why they came to believe in...

The January 2015 shooting at the headquarters of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris and the subsequent attacks that took place in the Île-de-France region were staggeringly violent events. They sparked an enormous discussion among citizens and...

CAN PIE REALLY PROMOTE WORLD PEACE?Beth Howard always dreamed of circumnavigating the planet; not to tick off a list of tourist sites, but to immerse herself in the culture of each country by making pie with local residents. Pie had healed her grief...

Ten people who have squatted in or around Rotterdam were asked four questions. The questions were as follows: 1/ When did you start squatting? 2/What did squatting help you accomplish? 3/ Got a good story from your squatting times? 4/ How do you see the...