Political activism / Political engagement

"e;Shortlisted for the 2025 BREAD & ROSES AWARD*Can the state deliver justice when the state itself is the perpetrator?

Esta colección de textos de Adam Michnik, Premio Princesa de Asturias y figura clave de la transición de su país a la democracia, es la primera antología preparada originalmente para el lector español.

This book argues for reform of the convention that, when politicians decide on a course of action, the general in supreme command obeys without question.

Based on award-winning research, Love and revolution brings classical and contemporary anarchist thought into a mutually beneficial dialogue with a global cross-section of ecological, anti-capitalist, feminist and anti-racist activists - discussing real-life examples of the loving-caring relations that underpin many contemporary struggles.

This book examines the intersection between national and international counter-terrorism policies and civil society in numerous national and regional contexts.

How does the climate crisis relate to global security issues?

This edited volume traces the development of art practices in Ukraine from the 2004 Orange Revolution, through the 2013-2014 Revolution of Dignity, to the ongoing Russian war of aggression.

Explores forgotten solidarity with African liberation struggles through the life of Black Chicagoan Prexy Nesbitt.

The Housing Monster is a scathing illustrated essay that takes one seemingly simple, everyday thing - a house - and looks at the social relations that surround it.

Der Tod des eigenen Kindes ist das Schlimmste, das einem Menschen passieren kann.

Religion in Diverse Societies: Crossing the Boundaries of Prejudice and Distrust contributes to existing cutting-edge research on the constructive way in which religion can support the promotion of respect, dignity, and justice for all people, considered as essential features in shaping sustainable, diverse, and peaceful societies.

How does someone come to live a life of activism, supporting the fight to abolish the death penalty in the US; to defend Indigenous peoples' rights in the US, Central and South America; and to free prisoners of conscience in South Korea, Indonesia, Chile, Sudan, and South Africa?

This book explores the long-term impact on democracy and institution-building in post-conflict and transitory societies, stemming from the political integration of former combatants of intra-state armed groups.

It is essential that those in the criminal justice system understand the tasks that police dogs perform and the evidence that their work produces.

Following his expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1929, Leon Trotsky promoted the birth of an International Anti-Stalinist Communist movement which considered itself in opposition to the Communist International (Comintern).

The Indigenous movement in Ecuador was one of the most influential social movements in Latin America during the 1990s.

Das Repetitorium befasst sich mit den Eckpunkten und Meilensteinen in der Entwicklung der Menschenrechteund vermittelt eine prägnante Übersicht der politischen und rechtlichen Umsetzung der Menschenrechte in der Neuzeit.

The persistent and concerning threat posed by domestic terrorists and violent extremists continues to impact communities across the country.

Based on unique empirical research into Colombia's Santos-FARC-EP peace process (2012-2016), this book interrogates how, if at all, survivors and victims may assert agency and contribute to formal peacemaking and transitional justice initiatives.

The Decline of Neutrality (1971) examines the impartial, disinterested neutrality as it was codified in the Hague Convention in 1907 and the changes the concept underwent from the beginning of World War I in 1914 up to Pearl Habor, December 1941.

The Routledge Handbook of Grassroots Climate Activism introduces contemporary forms of grassroots climate activism from around the world through the lenses of a variety of academic disciplines, methodologies, and perspectives.

This book presents a new conceptual model for understanding the role of the media in the construction of public knowledge, belief and opinion in the context of a radically changed communications infrastructure.

Als eine der herausragenden, aber weithin unbekannten Gestalten der Reformation prägte Ambrosius Blarer von Giersberg den religiösen Wandel Südwestdeutschlands wie kaum ein anderer seiner Zeit.

An inspiring history of the voting rights movement in America, from Frederick Douglass and Alice Paul to John Lewis, James Clyburn, and the Obamas.

This book focuses on the question of how to understand conflict and its place in Catholic and Christian social ethics.

This study evaluates how the ideology of Socialist Realism, developed by the Soviets in policies and the practices of art, has been influential in the Asia-Pacific region from 1917 until today.

This updated and revised second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding contains cutting-edge analyses of contemporary attempts to reach and sustain peace.

Originally published in 1935, this volume Is War Obsolete?

This book explores how social and mobile media have been used in political campaigns since 2008, examining how social media are already being implemented as well as how these types of messaging platforms might be used in the future.

This book investigates the politics of language in Hong Kong from a multidisciplinary perspective, showcasing original studies on language use in protest movements, written Cantonese, language attitudes, literary creation, mass media, and popular music.

This is the first textbook of its kind to amass cases of genocide and other mass atrocities across the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries that have largely been pushed to the periphery of Genocide Studies or "e;forgotten"e; altogether.

Este documento recopila las columnas del ex secretario general de la OEA José Miguel Insulza sobre el conflicto armado entre Israel y Hamás que se inició el 7 de octubre de 2023.