Political activism books

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Terrorism and the Politics of Fear

Terrorism and the Politics of Fear

Author: David L. Altheide
ISBN: 9781442274501
Format: Hardback
$242.00

This text explains how the social construction of fear is used to steer public and foreign policy, arguing that...  Read More >>

Play Like a Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya's Slums Started a Revolution

Play Like a Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya's Slums...

Author: Ellie Roscher ,  Katherine Fenton
ISBN: 9781520076553
Format: Audio
$79.17

Growing up and living in Kibera, Kenya, Abdul Kassim knew of the extreme gender inequalities in the slums. In 2002,...  Read More >>

Play Like a Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya's Slums Started a Revolution

Play Like a Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya's Slums...

Author: Ellie Roscher ,  Katherine Fenton
ISBN: 9781520076515
Format: Audio
$131.97

Growing up and living in Kibera, Kenya, Abdul Kassim knew of the extreme gender inequalities in the slums. In 2002,...  Read More >>

Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of Bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State

Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of Bin Laden to the...

Author: Ali Soufan ,  Aaron Abano
ISBN: 9781543636994
Format: Audio
$26.37

A compelling, definitive account of how and why bin Laden's ideology keeps rising from the dead.  Read More >>

Dissent & Protest (1637-2016)

Dissent & Protest (1637-2016)

Author: Salem Press
ISBN: 9781682172896
Format: Hardback
$778.80

Studies crucial documents from various protests, dissents, revolts, riots, and revolutions throughout American history,...  Read More >>

Freedom without Justice: The Prison Memoirs of Chol Soo Lee

Freedom without Justice: The Prison Memoirs of Chol...

Author: Chol Soo Lee ,  Richard S. Kim
ISBN: 9780824857912
Format: Hardback
$179.52

Presents the compelling story of one man's wrongful incarceration and the actions he took to survive ten years in...  Read More >>

Youth for Nation: Culture and Protest in Cold War South Korea

Youth for Nation: Culture and Protest in Cold War South...

Author: Charles R. Kim
ISBN: 9780824855949
Format: Hardback
$211.20

This in-depth exploration of culture, media, and protest follows South Korea's transition from the Korean War to...  Read More >>

American Global Strategy and the 'War on Terrorism'

American Global Strategy and the 'War on Terrorism'...

Author: Hall Gardner
ISBN: 9781138426627
Format: Hardback
$378.00

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Wither Iran?: Reform, Domestic Politics and National Security

Wither Iran?: Reform, Domestic Politics and National...

Author: Shahram Chubin
ISBN: 9781138452077
Format: Hardback
$336.00

Examines political change within Iran and assesses the degree to which it has and could affect security policies....  Read More >>

Joining al-Qaeda: Jihadist Recruitment in Europe

Joining al-Qaeda: Jihadist Recruitment in Europe

Author: Peter R. Neumann
ISBN: 9781138452145
Format: Hardback
$336.00

This paper explains the processes whereby European Muslims are recruited into the Islamist militant movement. It...  Read More >>

Military Intervention in the 1990s

Military Intervention in the 1990s

Author: Colonel Richard M Connaughton ,  Sir Harry Hinsley
ISBN: 9781138452312
Format: Hardback
$378.00

By considering the operational factors involved in all types of intervention, and by examining some of the historical...  Read More >>

The Economics of Terrorism

The Economics of Terrorism

Author: Peter J. Phillips (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
ISBN: 9781138552432
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Brutality is the defining characteristic of terrorism. It is despairing to learn that this brutality is the outcome...  Read More >>

American Heiress: The Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst

American Heiress: The Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of...

Author: Jeffrey Toobin
ISBN: 9781781258156
Format: Paperback
$27.99

A thrilling account of a crime that defined a decade from the bestselling author of The Run of His Life (the book...  Read More >>

Domestic Counter-Terrorism in a Global World: Post-9/11 Institutional Structures and Cultures in Canada and the United Kingdom

Domestic Counter-Terrorism in a Global World: Post-9/11...

Author: Daniel Alati (Ryerson University, Canada)
ISBN: 9781138684508
Format: Hardback
$284.00

The book compares legal and political structures and cultures within Canada and the United Kingdom. It analyses...  Read More >>

Bolshevist Russia

Bolshevist Russia

Author: Anton Karlgren
ISBN: 9781138069954
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book, originally published in English in 1927 deals with the social state of Russia after eight years of Bolshevist...  Read More >>

Ethnic Conflict in Developing Societies: Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Fiji, and Suriname

Ethnic Conflict in Developing Societies: Trinidad and...

Author: Ann Marie Bissessar
ISBN: 9783319537085
Format: Hardback
$129.35

This book examines the experience of post-colonial territories and their attempts to manage ethnic communities within...  Read More >>

Terrorism and the Politics of Fear

Terrorism and the Politics of Fear

Author: David L. Altheide
ISBN: 9781442274518
Format: Paperback
$107.00

This text explains how the social construction of fear is used to steer public and foreign policy, arguing that...  Read More >>

Lenin For Today

Lenin For Today

Author: John Molyneux
ISBN: 9781910885611
Format: Paperback
$33.61

In Lenin for Today, John Molyneux rejects the conventional view that Lenin had a manipulative or dictatorial attitude...  Read More >>

Trapped Giant: China's Military Rise

Trapped Giant: China's Military Rise

Author: Jonathan Holslag
ISBN: 9781138410428
Format: Hardback
$336.00

This issue analyses China's inexorable rise from peasant society to economic powerhouse.  Read More >>

Terrorism, Security and Nationality: An Introductory Study in Applied Political Philosophy

Terrorism, Security and Nationality: An Introductory...

Author: Paul Gilbert
ISBN: 9781138459137
Format: Hardback
$378.00

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Somalia: State Collapse and the Threat of Terrorism

Somalia: State Collapse and the Threat of Terrorism...

Author: Ken Menkhaus
ISBN: 9781138401396
Format: Hardback
$336.00

This work explores Somalia's state collapse and the security threats posed by Somalia's prolonged crisis. Communities...  Read More >>

Europe and Global Security

Europe and Global Security

Author: Bastian Giegerich
ISBN: 9781138414488
Format: Hardback
$336.00

First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Syria’s Uprising and the Fracturing of the Levant

Syria’s Uprising and the Fracturing of the Levant

Author: Emile Hokayem
ISBN: 9781138452640
Format: Hardback
$336.00

This Adelphi explores the civil war in Syria, examining the ways in which an upbeat and peaceful uprising quickly...  Read More >>

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