Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action

The contributors to this book, first published in 1971, analyse as International Socialists the economic and social issues of modern society.

Compares the crucial role of Arab armies in state building, a decade after the 2011 Arab Uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria.

This book, first published in 1998, studies the social impact of Doi Moi, a policy of economic renovation, on the living conditions in state forest enterprises and agricultural cooperatives in northern Vietnam.

The contest to maintain and reclaim space is firmly tied to the identity and culture of a displaced population.

This widely-praised book identified peaceful struggle as a key phenomenon in international politics a year before the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt confirmed its central argument.

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.

Articulating Dissent analyses the new communicative strategies of coalition protest movements and how these impact on a mainstream media unaccustomed to fractured articulations of dissent.

Was Malala für die Kinderrechte ist und Greta Thunberg für den Klimaschutz, das ist Joshua Wong für die DemokratieJoshua Wong – das Gesicht der Protestbewegungen in Hongkong – schreibt erstmals selbst darüber, wie er es mit der Supermacht China aufgenommen hat.

Eine russische Frau wird in ein psychiatrisches Gefängnis eingesperrt, weil sie Briefe politischer Gefangener abschreibt und verbreitet.

Between the late 1880s and the onset of the Second World War, anti-slavery activism experienced a revival in Europe.

In the autumn of 2014, thousands of people, young and educated in their majority, occupied the chief business district and seat of the government in Hong Kong.

This challenging new perspective on Tunisia''s al-Nahda movement focuses on the lived experience of Islamist activism.

This is the story of Gandhis spiritual evolution the turning points and choices that made him not just a great political leader but also a timeless icon of nonviolence.

This text examines the intersection of youth civic engagement, identity, and protest in Hong Kong, through the lens of education.

This book, first published in 1989, is an analysis of what changed in 1789 with the French Revolution and what contemporary life owes to the event.

This book, first published in 1979, analyses the German November Revolution of 1919 and the years and conditions that led to it.

Through fieldwork centering Syrian voices, this book explores wartime governing authority and the possibilities and limits of Western intervention therein.

There was once a time when 'work' was inextricably linked to survival and self-preservation; where the farmer ploughed the land so their family could eat.

The years 2008 to 2013 saw a new generation of political protestors take to the streets.

This comprehensive volume investigates the dynamics of mobilization and demobilization of social networks before, during, and after episodes of political turbulence in the Middle East region, focusing particularly on the 2011 Arab uprisings.

First published in 1973, this is a reissue of John Urry's important and influential study of the theory of revolution.

A priceless resource for everyone ready to make a difference, environmental activist Aidan Ricketts offers a step-by-step handbook for citizens eager to start or get involved in grass-roots movements and beyond.

This book is about the role of emotions in the creation and dissipation of feminist collectives and grapples with difficult questions that have been circulating for a while in activist circles but are far from answered.

The looming depletion of non-renewable resources has increased the global land grab in the past decade.

Während des Kalten Kriegs traf die Schweiz Widerstandsvorbereitungen für den Fall einer Besetzung durch den kommunistischen Ostblock.

Amid the extensive coverage of the Arab uprisings, the Gulf state of Bahrain has been almost forgotten.

Adivasi movements played a very important, if not determining, role in the India's freedom struggle.

Active in the 1830s and 1840s, Flora Tristan is best known for her book "e;Workers' Union"e;, an account of the conditions of women and workers in Peru, London, Paris and the provinces of France.

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

Protest has always been a catalyst for change.

The Arab uprisings of 2011 have sparked much scholarly discussion with regards to democratisation, the resilience of authoritarian rule, mobilisation patterns, and the relationship between secularism and Islam, all under the assumption that politics has changed for good in North Africa and the Middle East.

The use of nonviolent action is on the rise.

Encoding the Olympics assembles a uniquely representative international team of media experts to provide a comprehensive review of the global impact of media and cultural communications associated with the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

This book explores the new debates on Basque sovereignty and statehood that have emerged in the post-violence Basque political scenario.

This book explores the complex assemblage of biopolitics, citizenship, ethics and human rights concerns in South Asia focusing specifically on women poets, writers and artists and their explorations on marginalisation, violence and protest.

Investigating art practitioners' responses to violence, this book considers how artists have used art practices to rethink concepts of violence and non-violence.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures introduced to purportedly contain its spread have wrought an unprecedented global social transformation.

Travelling from Madrid to The Valley of the Fallen, through Castile and Le n and across the fiercely contested region of Catalonia, Christopher Finnigan meets a remarkable cast of characters behind some of the biggest political events Spain has witnessed in decades.

This book, first published in 1964, collects a number of essays united by the general theme of national and social revolution.

Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards, Christopher Bland Prize and The People's Book PrizeA Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction BookThe captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain - from a woman at the heart of the women's liberation movement.

Cromwell and Communism (1930) examines the English revolution against the absolute monarchy of Charles I.

This book gives readers a comprehensive introduction to the topic of the Civil Rights Movement-arguably the most important political movement of the 20th century-and provides a road map for future study and historical inquiry.

This book, first published in 1989, examines how a seemingly trivial incident can act as a flashpoint for wider disturbances.

Global Social Justice provides a distinctive contribution to the growing debate about global justice and global ethics.

The Fight for China's Future throws light on the quintessence of 21st century Chinese politics through the prism of the struggle between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and China's vibrant intelligentsia and civil society.

Over the past year, international and national media have been full of stories about protest movements and tumultuous social upheaval from Tunisia to California.

Since the explosion of the indignados movement beginning in 2011, there has been a renewed interest in the concept of the public sphere in a Spanish context: how it relates to society and to political power, and how it has evolved over the centuries.

Discussions of street culture exist in a variety of academic disciplines, yet a handbook that brings together the diversity of scholarship on this subject has yet to be produced.