Political activism books

An essential framework for assessing success in international development, challenging how we view fragile states,...  Read More >>

Recent years have seen a disturbing advance in populist and authoritarian styles of rule and, in response, a rise...  Read More >>

Why did Islamists respond so differently to the Arab Spring? What do these different responses tell us about Islamists’...  Read More >>

This book explains how people define and enforce property rights when they cannot rely on the government to do so,...  Read More >>

With knowledge, spirit, good humor, and passion, The Life and Times of Martin Luther King, Jr. brings to life a...  Read More >>

"Over the past decade, author Devin Thorpe interviewed more than 1,200 people-including Bill Gates-for his podcast....  Read More >>

This book examines the intersection between national and international counter-terrorism policies and civil society...  Read More >>

Proscribing peace shows how the listing of armed groups as terrorists has made pre-negotiations harder and more...  Read More >>

USA Today bestseller! Do recent changes in the Middle East signal peace? One Arab country after another is signing...  Read More >>

This manifesto is an argument for connecting social transformation with personal liberation, showing that the two...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1986, examines the miners’ strike of 1984-5 – an event that formed the decisive break...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1987, examines the enduring traits of a European demotic culture that was largely...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1971, is a close analysis of some of the typical peasant uprisings of the seventeenth...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1970, examines significant protest movements of the twentieth century and looks at...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1980, is a comprehensive study of the radical theatre movement in Britain from 1968...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1979, is a representative sample of some of the best articles that have appeared in...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1979, presents a series of important investigations into the German Peasant War of...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1949, analyses the thread of Christian anti-authority thought that runs through protests...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1984, examines France’s independent nuclear weapons programme of the 1980s alongside...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1966, focuses on the stories of ordinary people who have stood up to tyrants around...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1974, examines the diverse nature of popular protest in Britain. Movements varied...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1967, examines the implications of a now-forgotten minor riot that occurred in 1833,...  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1970, examines the thesis that demonstrations are becoming an integral an integral...  Read More >>

This book examines how internal and external security are blurring at the EU level, and the implications this has...  Read More >>

The contributors to this book, first published in 1971, analyse as International Socialists the economic and social...  Read More >>