Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action

The very existence of diversionary wars is hotly contested in the press and among political scientists.

Thirty years ago, a social movement helped bring down one of the most powerful British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century.

After the Restoration, parliamentarians continued to identify with the decisions to oppose and resist crown and established church.

This play re-enacts the 1917 trial and imprisonment of Alice Wheeldon, the renowned suffragist, for her alleged role in plotting to assassinate the Prime Minister Lloyd George.

After the Restoration, parliamentarians continued to identify with the decisions to oppose and resist crown and established church.

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The 1989 pro-democracy movement in China constituted a huge challenge to the survival of the Chinese communist state, and the efforts of the Chinese Communist party to erase the memory of the massacre testify to its importance.

In Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi, Tiyi M.

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

Wir stecken momentan in der größten Krise seit dem zweiten Weltkrieg: Corona, Impfdesaster, Ukrainekrieg, Nahostkrieg, Inflation, Rezession – all das hängt miteinander zusammen.

Although academics have paid much attention to contentious politics in China and elsewhere, research on the outcomes of social protests, both direct and indirect, in non-democracies is still limited.

Despite extensive theoretical debates over the utility of "e;political opportunities"e; as an explanation for the rise and success of social movements, there have been surprisingly few serious empirical tests.

The Art of Resistance surveys the lives of seven paintersDing Cong (19162009), Feng Zikai (18981975), Li Keran (190789), Li Kuchan (18981983), Huang Yongyu (b.

The Wicked Wine of Democracy is a frank account by a political operative and practicing lobbyist who in the early 1950s went from being a journalist in Seattle to working on the campaigns of such important political figures as Warren G.

Why we cannot truly implement human rights unless we also recognize human responsibilities When we debate questions in international law, politics, and justice, we often use the language of rights—and far less often the language of responsibilities.

Globality, Democracy and Civil Society explores the relationship between the concepts of democracy and civil society through a comparison of their meaning and function in different historical and cultural contexts.

This book is about the other Texas, not the state known for its cowboy conservatism, but a mid-twentieth-century hotbed of community organizing, liberal politics, and civil rights activism.

The revolutionary wave that swept the Middle East in 2011 was marked by spectacular mobilization, spreading within and between countries with extraordinary speed.

In 2012 and 2013, masses of French citizens took to the streets to demonstrate against a bill on gay marriage.

A National Endowment for Democracy Notable Book of 2022Protest has been a key method of political claim-making in Jordan from the late Ottoman period to the present day.

Worker protests in post-communist Romania and Ukraine is a book about strategies of trade unions confronting employers in difficult conditions.

This volume of Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change is divided into two parts.

This book is a profound search for a theory of social change.

France is a bellwether for the postcolonial anxieties and populist politics emerging across the world today.

In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town demanded the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, the imperialist, racist business magnate, from their campus.

In light of the limited achievements of the Arab Spring and other pro-democracy movements, volume 39 examines and unpacks arguments that these protests represent both a new phase and new prospects for democratic mobilization.

Comic books for adults have become one of the most novel and colourful forms of cultural expression in the Arab world today.

Explores the different military responses to popular uprisings during the 2011 Arab Spring in Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, and Libya.

Offers unique insights into the inner workings of jihadist organisations over the past three decades in North Africa and the Sahel.

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Communal Riots have been a complete problem for our politicians, thinkers, scholars and administrators alike.

'An empowering guide'Laura Bates'A great, thought-provoking read'Stephanie YeboahA practical, inspiring roadmap for changing the conversation on social justice issues.

Recognizing the radical disparity between migration/border policy and constitutional law "e;inside these borders,"e; Kathleen R.

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The Greek philosopher, Socrates, posed a guardian model that would protect his Athenian world, the custodes (watchmen), yet mused who would guard them but themselves.

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 provides an insightful and comprehensive look at the issues regarding the use of the Internet and social media by activists in more than 30 countries-and how many governments in these countries are trying to blunt these efforts to promote freedom.

Sobre lo ocurrido el 28 de abril de 2021 y las semanas siguientes se cuentan ya más de una decena de libros, unas cuatro revistas de alto nivel académico y un sinnúmero de artículos de prensa y magazines.

This book is a unique, single-volume treatment offering original source material on the life, accomplishments, disappointments, and lasting legacy of one of American history's most celebrated social reformers-Cesar Chavez.

Daniel Berriganspowerful, poetic commentary on the biblical book of Daniel brings to life a prophet who has as much to say to our hedonistic, warring world as he did to the people of Old Testament times.

This book argues that South Africa is haunted by the spectre of reparation.

The Greek philosopher, Socrates, posed a guardian model that would protect his Athenian world, the custodes (watchmen), yet mused who would guard them but themselves.

Recognizing the radical disparity between migration/border policy and constitutional law "e;inside these borders,"e; Kathleen R.

This book argues that South Africa is haunted by the spectre of reparation.

The author of Born on the Fourth of July delivers “a harrowing, poignant telling of the American Veteran’s Movement and its members’ struggles” (Manhattan Book Review).

Alongside the Arab Spring, the 'Occupy' anti-capitalist movements in the West, and the events on the Maidan in Kiev, Russia has had its own protest movements, notably the political protests of 2011-12.

Books of great political insight and novelty always outlive their time of birth and this reissued work, initially published in 1985, is no exception.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the wide-ranging body of law that applies to public protest activity.

From the perspective of village activists across China, this book tells the stories of farmers and rural laborers who raised the banner of opposition to constitutional reform during the first decade of the twentieth century.

This book draws upon original research into women's workplace protest to deliver a new account of working-class women's political identity and participation in post-war England.