Political activism books

This book explores the powerful role of ordinary people's agency in times of violent conflict.  Read More >>

Thanks to the contribution of leading researchers, 'The Future is Now' represents the go-to book for anyone seeking...  Read More >>

While there were many protests in the 1950s the movements that took off in the early 1960s were qualitatively different....  Read More >>

This book provides compelling account of the emergence of jihadism and ISIS, radicalization process of jihadism...  Read More >>

Are artistic engagements evolving, or attracting more attention? The range of artistic protest actions shows how...  Read More >>

Some of the most important and little-known activists of the 1960s were poor and working-class radicals. Inspired...  Read More >>

In 1933, in the shadow of the Great Depression, Dorothy Day started the most prominent Catholic radical movement...  Read More >>

This book provides an overview and analysis of the term ‘lawfare’, as it has come to describe a range of conflicts...  Read More >>

Maintaining the importance of socio-economic issues in devising transitional justice mechanisms, this book examines...  Read More >>

“Déjenme decirles que me tengo que bañar, porque el olor a chivo expiatorio es muy fuerte.” —Mario Aburto, carta...  Read More >>

Although the school Clara B. Spence founded in 1892 is well known today, her role in educating a whole generation...  Read More >>

Six-hundred years ago, their planet was nearly destroyed in the Ruin. Now, the remaining, desperate survivors risk...  Read More >>

Examines intelligence gathering and analysis and the significance of these programs. Coverage assumes a basic understanding...  Read More >>

This Element addresses the ways in with the health emergency had an impact on the repertoire of action, the organizational...  Read More >>

In the face of a set of environmental crises, a growing number of environmental and community groups are focusing...  Read More >>

In The Secret Struggles of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Leaders: Political Resistance from the Margins, Anny Morissette...  Read More >>

A woman bakes pie around the world to promote peace.  Read More >>

A shaman had predicted that Howard Rock would become a great man. He was born in 1911 in Point Hope, an Inupiat...  Read More >>

"Pakistani Mullah Abdul Aziz of Lal Masjid in his recent interview with a local journalist (Quran orders to become...  Read More >>

Examines intelligence gathering and analysis and the significance of these programs. Coverage assumes a basic understanding...  Read More >>

Researchers examine how the U.S. Marine Corps' Body Composition and Military Appearance Program and its associated...  Read More >>

Introduction to Intelligence Studies (3rd edition) provides an overview of the US intelligence community, including...  Read More >>

The zero-based review (ZBR) process described in this report constitutes a transparent, repeatable process with...  Read More >>

Between 1936 and 1939, some 2,500 men and women from Britain and Ireland volunteered to support the Spanish Republic...  Read More >>

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