Political Advocacy

A veteran activist's guide to direct action and strategic civil disobedience as the most radical and rapid means to social change For decades, Lisa Fithian's work as an advocate for civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action has put her on the...

Based on empirical and theoretical investigation, and original insight into how a local protest movement developed into a revolution that changed a regime, this book shows us how we can understand political revolutions. Azmi Bishara critically explores...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612197739Author David FarisFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House PublishingWeight(grams) 210g

The assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr and Robert Kennedy; gay rights, women's rights and civil rights; the Black Panthers and the Vietnam War; the New Left and the New Right: 1968 was a tumultuous year for US politics. 50 years on, 'Reframing 1968'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629639376Author David CamfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press

Necessary Trouble is the definitive book on the movements that are poised to permanently remake American politics. We are witnessing a moment of unprecedented political turmoil and social activism. Over the last few years, we've seen the growth of the...

Despite decades of Putin, it is too simplistic to assert that authoritarianism has eliminated Russian activism, especially in relation to everyday life. Instead, we must build an awareness of diverse efforts to mobilize citizens to better understand how...

This book offers a vast range of grassroots perspectives on global migrant labour organisation in the twenty-first century. From workers' organisations in South African migrant worker resistance in the Gulf, from forest workers in the Czech Republic to...

In Human Rights and Development, award-winning author Peter Uvin extends the examination of development aid and human rights violations that he presented in his book on the Rwandan genocide, Aiding Violence. Whereas that book is diagnostic, Human Rights...

Can people who live in shantytowns, shacks and favelas teach us anything about democracy? About how to govern society in a way that is inclusive, participatory and addresses popular needs? This book argues that they can. In a study conducted in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781981300655Author Kevin BoyleFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Uprisings such as the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street signal a resurgence of populist politics in America, pitting the people against the establishment in a struggle over control of democracy. In the wake of its conservative capture during the Nixon and...

County Mayo, Ireland, is spectacularly beautiful. Dolphins, whales, and seals frolic in bays, rivers teem with salmon. Into this tranquil, unspoiled region, in early 2002, came Shell Oil, announcing plans to build a gas refinery. Shell promised wonderful...

The tumultuous events that began in Egypt in 2011 have embraced revolution and counter-revolution. For Philip Marfleet, they are a complex and continuing process in which millions of people from a range of political formations and socio-economic and...

How have politics and activism been transformed by digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing? Since the emergence of new technologies, new modes of cooperation, deliberation and representation have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416590569Author Dr Naomi WolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

July 15, 2004, Imphal (Manipur, India): An amazing scene unfolds in front of Kangla Fort, the headquarters of the Assam Rifles, a unit of the Indian army. Soldiers and officers watch aghast as twelve women, all in their sixties and seventies, position...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540554093Author Erik HunFormat PaperbackImprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

This book is a personal account of the daily lives of the people of the frontline of the Palestine / Israel conflict, giving us an insight into the deadly, seemingly never-ending rounds of violence. Ramzy Baroud tells his father's fascinating story...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781530189212Author Christine KellettFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

A seminal work on the power of nonviolent action, this classic book outlines, in a systematic way, the elements involved in successfully opposing military dictatorships by passive means. This work shows how nonviolent action grows from the fact that all...

This is the untold story of the truly groundbreaking linguistic and educational developments that took place among Republican prisoners in Long Kesh prison from 1972-2000. During a period of bitter struggle between Republican prisoners and the British...

This volume of Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change explores the relationships between mass media, social movements, and political change. Media plays an important role in social and political change and this volume advances scholarly...

This book examines the rhetoric of various "exemplars" who advocate for causes and actions pertaining to human rights in particular contexts. Although some of these exemplars champion human rights, others are human rights antagonists. Simply...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668053485Author Sami SageFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint GalleryPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 349g

Histories of the Russian Revolution often present the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917 as the central event, neglecting the diverse struggles of urban and rural revolutionaries across the heartlands of the Russian Empire. This book takes as its subject...

Never before has the idea of democracy enjoyed the global dominance it holds today, but neoliberalism has left the practice of democracy in deep crisis. This book argues that the most promising model for global democracy is not coming from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798880276387Author Deeone PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 141g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781517649043Author Yasmine SherifFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781973965893Author Riley MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988832531Author Howard WaitzkinPage Count 60Imprint Daraja PressPublisher Daraja Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955985338Author Cynthia Changyit LevinFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Publish Your PurposePublisher Publish Your PurposeWeight(grams) 363g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604860320Author Diana DenhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint PM PressPublisher PM PressWeight(grams) 491g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781522989424Author Michael GreshenFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...