Political activism / Political engagement

Reappraising the rise of the civil rights movement in the iconic center of Northern Black lifeUnleashing Black Power explores the local dynamics, national connections, and global context of the Black freedom movement in Harlem from 1954 to 1964, illuminating how activists, organizers, and ordinary people mounted their resistance to systemic racism in the Jim Crow North.

Fascinating Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2A thrilling trip Maxi Jazz, FaithlessMusicians have often wanted to change the world.

This book critically examines the legal ramifications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the aftermath of these events.

Stories of courage and conviction from the environmental frontlineThis book is a powerful reminder that the arc of the moral universe bends towards justice only if brave people make the effort to bend it.

Religionen stellen sich heute als friedliebend dar.

This book explores the complex landscape of costs and funding of civil justice.

In this second volume of his nuclear weapon series, John Clearwater continues to investigate the presence of American nuclear weapons in Canada.

There are many reasons why it is important to study local politicspolitical culture, government, political processin Communist party states.

This book explores how nationalism surrounding territorial sovereignty requires a domestic nationalist ecosystem, aka the Nationalist Industrial Complex, to sustain public interest.

The discovery of a suspected homegrown Islamic terrorist cell in our own backyard last year shocked most Canadians.

Rarely has a third political party in the United States exerted a force upon national events comparable to that of the Populists during the 1890s.

In a current era marked by carceral logics, authoritarianism, and white supremacy, there has never been a greater need for the tools and inspiration that radical feminism provides.

Commentators, especially since the Democratic party reforms following 1968, have expressed serious concerns about the role of party activists in the American political system.

BelarusFaces of Resistance preserves the memory of the Belarusian protests of 2020 by documenting a series of transnational collaborative events which took place on Chicagos South Side in 20192023.

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.

In a time of increasing campaign costs and decreasing state political party activity, legislative party campaign committees have grown to play a major role in the politics of elections in a large number of American states.

An intriguing phenomenon in American electoral politics is the loss of seats by the president's party in midterm congressional elections.

Feminist and Anti-caste Activism in the Bodhgaya Land Movement of Rural Bihar examines the long-term social, spatial, and material impacts of the Bodhgaya Land Movement (BGLM) of the 1970s and 1980s on its participants and beneficiaries.

Rolle und Einfluss der Frauen im politischen Katholizismus wurden bislang wenig beleuchtet.

Desde 1984 a 1998 Mujeres por la democracia puso en práctica, de manera creativa, una aspiración común: involucrarse en las luchas de los sectores populares, identificarse con ellos y colaborar en las soluciones de los graves problemas sociales del país.

The first of a two-volume set on dispute resolution in China, this book explores the landscape of disputes and risks in modern China, analyzing dispute resolution mechanisms and social impacts.

Persuasion.

Persuasion.

Die Untersuchung von Feindbildern zwischen Nord- und Südstaaten bietet einen völlig neuen Blick auf die Entstehungsgeschichte des Amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs.

Platforming Cancel Culture: Digital Media, Identity and Cultural Intersections delves into one of the most polarizing phenomena of the digital age.

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Although questions of how a social group's shared experiences growing up in particular historical and social contexts shapes their identities, including their political identities, have engaged sociologists of family, youth, citizenship, culture, and political change, few books have so far examined the specific role of generations and generational consciousness in social movement activism.

This fully updated fourth edition continues to provide comprehensive coverage of communication and politics, again focusing on the way politics and media impact democracy.

This fully updated fourth edition continues to provide comprehensive coverage of communication and politics, again focusing on the way politics and media impact democracy.

The presidential election of 1848, known as the Free Soil election, marked the emergence of antislavery sentiment as a determining political force on a national scale.

Winner of the 2026 Serbest Best Book Award in Social Sciences in Kurdish StudiesCentralising the experience of victims-survivors and other grassroots actors, this book examines how transitional justice can be used in transforming the Kurdish conflict in Turkey.

Das Buch des Ökumenischen Patriarchen bietet eine fundierte Einführung in das reiche theologische Denken, die wechselvolle Geschichte und die mystische Spiritualität des östlich-orthodoxen Christentums.

Generations and Nationalism breaks new ground by placing the impact of generation and generational changes at the forefront of an investigation on the transformation of nationalist movements and the evolution of support for independence in Catalonia, Quebec and Scotland.

This book offers a timely understanding of the history of the Democratic and Republican Parties and their adaptability, endurance, and importance in presidential elections.

⚔️ "Fue el mejor de los tiempos, fue el peor de los tiempos…"Historia de dos ciudades es una de las obras más aclamadas de Charles Dickens, ambientada durante la turbulenta Revolución Francesa.

Este libro sugerente y de gran relevancia reflexiona sobre las formas y el potencial crítico del arte de la memoria en un mundo obsesionado con el pasado, la construcción de monumentos y museos y con un énfasis en lo retro y la nostalgia de la cultura popular al tiempo que fomenta la amnesia histórica en nociones cada vez más aplanadas de temporalidad.

Der Sammelband stellt die Frage nach der Rolle von Medien bei der Vorbereitung und Führung, aber auch Hegung und Abwendung von Kriegen noch einmal neu, indem er einen besonderen Akzent auf die spatialen Aspekte dieses Zusammenhangs legt.

Selon la perspective divine, le Pape est percu comme quelqu'un usurpant une identite spirituelle, propageant une vision raciste des realites spirituelles.

In neuerer Zeit wird die Kirche unter soziologischer Rücksicht als eine zivilgesellschaftliche Akteurin begriffen.

Camilo Torres: Priest, Liberation Theologian, Guerrilla Fighter takes an in-depth look at the intense story of Colombian figure Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929-1966).

This volume examines the environments that enable radicalization and extremism today, drawing from extensive European research, based on the Horizon 2020 project PARTICIPATION.