Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action

This book delves into the concept and definition of social movements from different perspectives with relevance to India.

Religion plays a central role in a variety of social movements, including many that are not explicitly faith-based.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of how the parties of Lega and Rassemblement National have adjusted their ideologies over a four-decade period to adapt to the new transnational cleavage in Western Europe - the conflict between pro-EU and anti-EU sentiments.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of how the parties of Lega and Rassemblement National have adjusted their ideologies over a four-decade period to adapt to the new transnational cleavage in Western Europe - the conflict between pro-EU and anti-EU sentiments.

This book discusses the ways civil society initiatives open communities to newcomers and why, how, and under what circumstances some are more welcoming than others, exploring the importance of transgressive cosmopolitanism as a basis for creating more inclusive and pluralistic societies.

This book delves into the concept and definition of social movements from different perspectives with relevance to India.

The launch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1958 signalled the first modern protest movement in Britain.

Hybridity and Ideology analyzes the structure, development, and significance of political perspectives that mix or fuse the distinct beliefs, practices, and identities found in other ideologies-for example, hybrid worldviews such as liberal nationalism, ecosocialism, and anarchafeminism.

Crafted for those who dare to challenge the status quo, this is a radical guide for activists.

The Transformation of Discontent demonstrates that far from disappearing from the workplaces of the Global North, labor protest has merely changed character and now focuses on healthcare and education, with white-collar and white coat employees clashing with employers over wages, working conditions, and professional autonomy.

Ihren Kampf begriffen amerikanische Bürgerrechtler seit jeher als einen globalen und trugen diesen auch nach Deutschland in die DDR.

This book uniquely demonstrates how a new combination of communities, progressive visions, and strategies provides a path to defeat fascist machinations and strengthens social justice movements.

Los seres humanos nos estamos escondiendo detrás de los altos muros de nuestras vidas personales, desconectados, desconfiados.

Whether pushing for change at the hyper local level or at the international level, public leaders deploy a type of practice-based knowing that helps them advance their cause.

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

Whether pushing for change at the hyper local level or at the international level, public leaders deploy a type of practice-based knowing that helps them advance their cause.

»Ich bin der festen Überzeugung, dass Kampfgeist und Emotionen der Schlüssel zur Veränderung sind, und ich hoffe, dass dieses Buch dazu beitragen wird, die Welt ein Stückchen besser zu machen.

This book critiques a modern U.

One hundred years on, it is hard to imagine the violent disruption caused by the suffragette movement.

A partir de un recorrido por la complejidad epistémica, social y política de los feminismos indígenas y comunitarios en América Latina, Victoria Martínez y Mariana Alvarado revisan conceptos clave de la modernidad hegemónica para visibilizar sus cuestionamientos en los pensares, decires y prácticas de resistencia y de lucha de las modernidades alternativas.

Mass Protests in Iran: From Resistance to Overthrow explores the various waves of protests in Iran over the past 44 years, surveying their causes, consequences, and outcomes.

One of the most peculiar features of municipal politics in Canada is how frequently local politicians, activists, and scholars disagree about how to describe the municipal arena.

One of the most peculiar features of municipal politics in Canada is how frequently local politicians, activists, and scholars disagree about how to describe the municipal arena.

As floods and fires rage across the planet, ever more people are embracing nonviolent action to achieve political change.

This two-part book examines the roots of warfare and the development of the peace movement in America from the Colonial period through the Vietnam War.

Moving from a social movement perspective, this timely volume examines narratives on Euroscepticism and frames on Europe from below, at the party and social movement levels.

At the beginning of the 20th century Morris dancing had all but died out in much of England.

Melli lebt in ihrem kleinen LKW auf einem Berliner Wagenplatz.

This book studies the Gaidinliu uprising led by Rani Gaidinliu, a spiritual and political leader from Northeast India.

This book studies the Gaidinliu uprising led by Rani Gaidinliu, a spiritual and political leader from Northeast India.

The volume discusses critical issues surrounding the developments in gender movements in the last two decades in India following the Delhi rape case and the ensuing massive protests in December 2012.

When thousands marched through ice and snow against a copyright treaty, their cries for free speech on the Internet shot to the heart of the European Union and forced a political U-turn.

This book brings together testimonials from people of different nationalities and professions who are 'pro-Palestinian', whether as scholars, film-makers, artists, musicians, activists, or NGO workers.

This book brings together testimonials from people of different nationalities and professions who are 'pro-Palestinian', whether as scholars, film-makers, artists, musicians, activists, or NGO workers.