Demonstrations & Protest Movements

In early 2011, the nation was stunned to watch Wisconsin''s state capitol in Madison come under sudden and unexpected occupation by union members a...

They are reviled. For centuries the Roma have wandered Europe; during the Holocaust half a million were killed. After World War II and during the T...

This book brings together an extraordinary wealth of experience and will be an eye-opener for many readers. It seeks to provide an introduction to...

Contesting Austerity compares the contentious responses to austerity in Portugal and Spain between 2008 and 2015. While in Spain a sustained wave o...

In 2009, the New Brunswick provincial government leased over a million hectares of land to Texas-based Southwestern Energy for the purposes of natu...

A seminal work on the power of nonviolent action, this classic book outlines, in a systematic way, the elements involved in successfully opposing m...

A highly relevant, inclusive collection of voices from the roots of resistance. . . . Empowering words to challenge, confront, and defy.--Kirkus Re...

Charged is an essential investigation into the role of policing protest in Britain today. As the UK government tries to suppress all forms of disse...

This book draws upon original research into womens workplace protest to deliver a new account of working-class womens political identity and partic...

In 2012 and 2013, masses of French citizens took to the streets to demonstrate against a bill on gay marriage. But demonstrators were not merely de...

In a comprehensive and theoretically novel analysis, Take Back Our Future unveils the causes, processes, and implications of the 2014 seventy-nine-...

In a comprehensive and theoretically novel analysis, Take Back Our Future unveils the causes, processes, and implications of the 2014 seventy-nine-...

The explosive tale of Peterloo, told `verbatim'' style through the voices of those who were there. More than 15 people died and 600 were severely w...

The 1970s saw the Aboriginal people of Australia struggle for recognition of their postcolonial rights. Rural communities, where large Aborigina...

The slogan Yes we can-in the form ¡Sí Se Puede!-doesn't originate with Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. It goes back more than four decad...

A SPECTATOR and PROSPECT Book of the Year'Ceaselessly interesting, knowledgeable and evocative' Spectator'A fresh way to write history' Alan Johnso...

Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture-the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civi...

On a perfect summers day in August as a faint breeze cooled the heat of the noonday sun and gently lifted the flags to display their mottoes and e...