Political activism / Political engagement

Southern social movements have played an important role in shaping world history and politics.

This volume offers a set of concise and accessible introductions to the seminal figures in the historical development of the just war tradition.

This book is an appreciation of the long and illustrious career of Milton Lodge.

Tony Blair has often said that he wishes history to judge the great political controversies of the early twenty-first century--above all, the actions he has undertaken in alliance with George W.

In recent decades, governments and NGOs--in an effort to promote democracy, freedom, fairness, and stability throughout the world--have organized teams of observers to monitor elections in a variety of countries.

Hanif Qadir is recognised as one of the world's leading specialists in positively transforming violent extremists.

What does it mean to think, believe, and act like an American?

The struggle against neoliberal order has gained momentum over the last five decades---to the point that economic elites have not only adapted to the Left's critiques but incorporated them for capitalist expansion.

A comparative analysis of Islamist groups' ideological positioning toward nation-state, secularism, and democracy across different countries in the MENA region.

Mary Prince was the first woman slave to write of her experience.

In a landmark work, a leading scholar of the eighteenth century examines the ways in which an understanding of the nature of history influenced the thinking of the founding fathers.

Bigger than Watergate!

Facing threats ranging from Islamist insurgencies to the Ebola pandemic, African regional actors are playing an increasingly vital role in safeguarding peace and stability across the continent.

The world is facing a wave of uprisings, protests and revolutions: Arab dictators swept away, public spaces occupied, slum-dwellers in revolt, cyberspace buzzing with utopian dreams.

Yours for the Union stands as a landmark history of the making of the black working class in South Africa.

This special issue is a key text in the current study of social movements.

This explosive book reveals the conspiracy between British Military Intelligence and the gunman of the UDA who targeted and killed both Republican terrorists and ordinary Catholics.

If there is a "e;culture war"e; taking place in the United States, one of the most interesting, if under-the-radar, battlegrounds is in local school board elections.

Drawing on Scripture, church history, and his own story, Shane Claiborne explores how a passion for social justice issues surrounding life and death--such as war, gun ownership, the death penalty, racial injustice, abortion, poverty, and the environment--intersects with our faith as we advocate for life in its totality.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, new forms of social organization are beginning to take shape.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, new forms of social organization are beginning to take shape.

Under the guise of 'development', a globalizing capitalism has continued to cause poverty through dispossession and the exploitation of labour across the Global South.

How can we live in such a way that we die only once?

What impact do mass media portrayals of atrocities have on activism?

In 2001 the first World Social Forum was held in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

This ebook contains Aristotle's complete works.

Kurt E.

This book offers a very interesting deep-dive into EU and South Korean approaches to cybersecurity issues.

Wann immer in der Welt islamistische Terroristen ihr Unheil anrichten, ist Guido Steinbergs Einschätzung gefragt.

Soziale Dienstleistungen sind einem kontinuierlichen Wandel unterworfen.

Von Hamburg bis München: Diese Studie unternimmt eine Reise quer durch die deutsche Protestlandschaft und interviewt die Aktiven vor Ort.

Die Weiße Rose gehörte als Sinnbild des unerschrockenen Gewissens unter der Diktatur zu den stärkeren Manifestationen des Widerstands im Dritten Reich.

Der schwarze Baptistenführer Martin Luther King (1929–1968) war ein Aktivist der Bürgerrechtsbewegung in den USA.

What does the politics of solidarity look like in practice, and how can left-wing organizations grow-in numbers and power-while remaining accountable to the broader movements of which they are a part?

Diese Monografie analysiert, wie während des Ersten Weltkrieges die polnische Frage in der schweizerischen Publizistik behandelt wurde.

Between 1983 and 1987, mercenaries adopting the pseudonym GAL (Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberacion, Antiterrorist Liberation Group) paid by the Spanish treasury and relying upon national intelligence support were at war with the Basque militant group ETA (Euskadi (e)Ta Askatasuna, Basque Country and Freedom).

Dieses Buch untersucht soziale und wirtschaftliche Kohäsionskräfte des langlebigen frühneuzeitlichen Herrschaftssystems in der alten Eidgenossenschaft.

Wie wichtig für die Kirche und ihre Pastoral die Fragen von menschlicher Mobilität und Migration sind, zeigt sich darin, dass Papst Franziskus nicht nur ein "Dikasterium für den Dienst zugunsten der ganzheitlichen Entwicklung des Menschen" errichtet hat, sondern dass er auch dessen Sektion "Flucht und Migration" selbst leitet.

Wie fühlt es sich an, als deutscher Soldat in den Straßen von Kabul zu patrouillieren?

Hardly a day goes by without South Africans going on a rampage over the provision of basic municipal services such as water, electricity, sanitation and other municipal obligations.

Gibt es einen Zusammenhang zwischen Revolte und Gender?

Antisemitismus bei muslimischen Jugendlichen, mangelnde Vorstellungen von Gleichberechtigung, ein anderes Verständnis von Demokratie und Religionsfreiheit – manche Muslime geben nichts auf die liberalen Werte des Westens.

Is the "e;private"e; experience of religion counterproductive to engagement in public life?