Political Activism

Russia remains among the top-5 greenhouse gas emitters in the world and thus an important player in the field of international climate politics. To...

This book explores the transformation of employment relations, the rise of worker protest and the reform of trade union practice to ask how success...

This book analyses the role power sharing, social movements, economic regeneration, urban space, memorialisation and symbols play in transforming d...

The concentrations camps that existed in the colonised world at the turn of the 20th Century are a vivid reminder of the atrocities committed by im...

Foucault saw the notion of parrhesia (truth-telling) as the most important factor for how governments could and should communicate with their peopl...

Who should provide food, and through what relationships? Whose livelihoods should be protected? For over 20 years the peasant farmers of La Via Cam...

This edited volume explores development in the so-called 'fragile', 'failed' and 'pariah' states. It examines the literature on both fragile states...

Recent years have seen constant reports on the failures of governance and the crisis of democracy. By examining cases like Global Financial Crisis,...

This volume offers scholarly perspectives on the creative and humorous nature of the protests at Gezi Park in Turkey, 2013. The contributors argue ...

Dabashi's newest book is a meditation on suicidal violence in the immediate context of its most recent political surge and a critical examination o...

Through a selection of in-depth interviews, a survey of experts working with the European Union and United Nations, and Qualitative Comparative Ana...

If societies have only memories of war, of cruelty, of violence, then why are we called humankind? This book marks a new trajectory in Memory Studi...

The demonstrations and occupations that emerged across Europe in 2011-12 struck a chord in public opinion in a way that has not been true for many ...

This study explores the idea voiced by journalist Henry McDonald that the Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist tribes of Ulster are 'the least fashion...

In Challenging Neoliberalism at Turkey's Gezi Park, Gürcan and Peker explore the events of May 31, 2013, when what began as a localized demonstrati...

Knowing what deep participation is, and how it works, can make a critical difference in solving 21st century economic, political, and social proble...

The true story of Pearl Harbor as you've never read it before-action-packed, informative, and told through the eyes of a diverse group of people wh...

British women were deeply invested in foreign policy between the wars. This study casts new light on the turn to international affairs in feminist ...

The world of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) has dramatically changed during the last two decades. The author critically analy...

Against a backdrop of continually growing global Islamophobia, this handbook provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the key issues...

Jasmine-Kim Westendorf's discomforting book investigates sexual misconduct by military peacekeepers and abuses perpetrated by civilian peacekeepers...

For Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Maus, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were both highly personal and intensely ...

This book studies Buddhist public advocacy and activism in Thailanda movement often broadly called socially engaged Buddhismfrom the perspective of...

While the Arab people took center stage in the Arab Spring protests, academic studies have focused more on structural factors to understand the lim...

While the Arab people took center stage in the Arab Spring protests, academic studies have focused more on structural factors to understand the lim...

The thought of Antonio Gramsci continues to enjoy widespread appeal in contemporary political and social theory. This book draws together some of t...

'Very occasionally a journalist starts an avalanche with a single gunshot... Chris Mullin and his TV colleagues belong in the glorious company.-The...

An exquisite and inspiring memoir about one mothers unimaginable choice in the face of oppression and abuse in Taliban-controlled Afgh...

The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor. Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera per...

Who is the 'real' IRA? The Real IRA, the Continuity IRA, the Irish National Liberation Army, the Official IRA and the Provisional IRA have all assu...

On December 2-3, 1984, India witnessed arguably the world s worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, which continues to this day as an ...

The authors trace out the development of capitalism and U.S. imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development, from the install...

The Affordable Care Act debate was one of the most important and most public examinations of the Constitution in our history. At the forefront of t...

The Affordable Care Act debate was one of the most important and most public examinations of the Constitution in our history. At the forefront of t...

During the revolution in Iran, a small, fanatical group called the Forqan used targeted assassinations of religious leaders to fight the Ayatollah ...

A timely assessment of loyalist history, identity and community in Northern Ireland today which provides a comprehensive picture of how loyalism ha...

This book examines the leading role of the Quaker American Friends Service Committee in the United Nations relief program for Palestine Arab refuge...

This book examines the leading role of the Quaker American Friends Service Committee in the United Nations relief program for Palestine Arab refuge...

Examining modern Muslim identity constructions, the authors introduce a novel analytical framework to Islamic Studies, drawing on theories of succe...

Examining modern Muslim identity constructions, the authors introduce a novel analytical framework to Islamic Studies, drawing on theories of succe...

To what extent does participation in one particular domain of public life lead to wider participation in other areas? Through the use of an unprece...

Given the weaknesses of mainstream democratisation since the 1980s, the authors present a cutting edge examination of dynamics of political change ...