Pressure Groups & Lobbying

Close to Readings busy centre, off London Street, stands the Friends Meeting House and burial ground. Austere, grand and yet welcoming, it can be b...

The launch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1958 signalled the first modern protest movement in Britain. Martin Shaw details CND's rise, ...

The launch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1958 signalled the first modern protest movement in Britain. Martin Shaw details CND's rise, ...

Unique in bringing together contributions from academics and practitioners on the theme of strategic, intelligent modern lobbying this book provide...

This volume presents essential aspects of Mediterranean politics to be reconsidered in the light of the Arab upheavals since 2010. Taking as its fo...

The PEGIDA movement is the largest right-wing civil society phenomenon in recent German history. During its peak, the movement attracted up to 25.0...

While much of the political science literature on populism focuses on key political actors within the party system, a good deal less attention has ...

      Activists Colin Kaepernick and Nessa Diab present a poetic anthem to your brilliance, your beauty, your v...

The world has witnessed many protests in recent years over a range of issues, from climate change and rights of marginalized communities to threats...

This book uses humour and personal insight to weave tales, analysis, and history in this insider account of an enlightened populist student movemen...

«This book by Jerome Teelucksingh showcases his excellent craftsmanship as a social historian. The subject of the study is the involvement of the L...

Apart from providing a discussion of what political culture might mean, this book speaks of the way two twin social movement organisationsone in It...

This book uses humour and personal insight to weave tales, analysis, and history in this insider account of an enlightened populist student movemen...

Following on from Daring to Hope, 9781839763892; Promise of a Dream 9781788734806 , Rowbotham has wisdom - and wit. https://www.theguardian.com/bo...

This book discusses the ways civil society initiatives open communities to newcomers and why, how, and under what circumstances some are more welco...

Religion plays a central role in a variety of social movements, including many that are not explicitly faith-based. This book provides the first sy...

In the face of ecological crisis, police repression and white supremacy, there is an apparent lack of options for effective resistance. Here, Peter...

As public order policing become more prominently widespread so is the need to better explain why some instances of collective action transform into...

Five years of lies and hypocrisy. Four activists holding power to account. One book showing how they did it and why they're not done yet. 'Not fu...

Glorious Guardian 'Vigorous, rigorous and eminently readable SPECTATOR In his s...

This work provides an authoritative survey of America's long and turbulent history of rebellions against laws and institutions of the state, rangin...

Progressive activism today is increasingly spearheaded by the nations youngest voters. Gen Zthose born between 1997 and 2012has come of age in a de...

In Protests and Riots: Past, Present and Future Perspectives, the authors analyse a variety of civil disturbances in Manchester and Salford, beginn...

Since 1997, the US Department of Defense has transferred more than $7.2bn in military equipment to law enforcement agencies. Furthermore, the DOD i...

This book examines how micro contextual issues inspire collective social action forms against everyday situations of crises and crimes through an i...