Political activism / Political engagement

There is a common assumption that the promotion of democracy and economic development are the most effective means of quelling widespread political unrest within a country.

The 2016 US presidential election exposed rising xenophobic and nationalist sentiment within the United States and other democratic countries.

The 2016 US presidential election exposed rising xenophobic and nationalist sentiment within the United States and other democratic countries.

Since 9/11, counterterrorism has become a national and international priority.

Disenchanted by indirect forms of protest designed to work within existing systems of corporate and state power, animal and earth liberation activists have turned instead to direct action.

Since 9/11, counterterrorism has become a national and international priority.

The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 were a local event that nevertheless elicited strong reactions throughout the world.

The Troubles claimed the lives of almost four thousand people in Northern Ireland, most of them civilians; forty-five thousand were injured in bombings and shootings.

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Displacement in the twenty-first century is urbanized.

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Struggles for equality happen in all corners of the world.

Displacement in the twenty-first century is urbanized.

Disenchanted by indirect forms of protest designed to work within existing systems of corporate and state power, animal and earth liberation activists have turned instead to direct action.

The international financial system is not only economic, but political.

The international financial system is not only economic, but political.

Struggles for equality happen in all corners of the world.

The year 1968 was ablaze with passion and mayhem as protests erupted in Paris and Prague, throughout the United States, and in cities on all continents.

This book provides a holistic view of the conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbours and studies the global implications of their fraught relations.

This book provides a holistic view of the conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbours and studies the global implications of their fraught relations.

The book provides an extensive analysis of extremism, extremist narratives and counter-narratives and their role in consolidating exclusive religious, cultural and social identities in Pakistan.

Fully revised and updated, this fifth edition of Understanding Global Security considers the variety of ways in which peoples' lives are threatened and / or secured in contemporary global politics.

Building on the success of Stereotyping Religion: Critiquing Clich s, this follow up volume dismantles a further 10 widespread stereotypes and clich s about religion, focusing on clich s that a new generation of students are most familiar with.

The Paradox of Parliament provides a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of Parliament in order to explain the paradoxical expectations placed on the institution.

The Paradox of Parliament provides a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of Parliament in order to explain the paradoxical expectations placed on the institution.

Win the votes, buy the votes, steal the votes, invalidate the votes!

El libro en el que se basa la nueva docuserie de Netflix "800 metros".

El horror del penal de La isla del Diablo, la explotación comercial de Latinoamérica, la situación de la mujer trabajadora, todo está en los reportajes María Leitner.

This book focuses on the written heritage of Muslims in the Philippines, the historical constitution of chancelleries within the Islamic sultanates, and the production of official letters to conduct local and international diplomacy.

Shifting attention away from policy achievements and effects on democracy, this book focuses on the charismatic function of populist discourse - comprising antagonistic narratives, transgressive style and appeals to the common people.

Shifting attention away from policy achievements and effects on democracy, this book focuses on the charismatic function of populist discourse - comprising antagonistic narratives, transgressive style and appeals to the common people.

Ob Occupy Wall Street, Stuttgart 21 oder der Arabische Frühling: Proteste sind historisch gewachsene Ausprägungen sozialer Auflehnungsbewegungen, die auf den gesellschaftlichen Wandel anpassungsfähig reagieren.

Alexander Leistner geht in seiner Studie der Frage nach, wie soziale Bewegungen als eine fragile Form sozialer Ordnung entstehen und sich stabilisieren.

Im Nahostkonflikt wurden verhandlungsbereite Fraktionen auf der arabischen Seite von radikalen Störern aus den eigenen Reihen an einer Konfliktlösung mit Israel gehindert.

Zu Beginn des neuen Jahrtausends erlebte Deutschland einen regelrechten Boom von wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischen Reforminitiativen.

Most recently, various groups have drawn attention to their political causes by demonstratively breaking the law, whether it is violating compulsory education in Fridays for Future demonstrations or refusing to abide by pandemic containment measures among critics of the Corona policy.

Im Nahostkonflikt wurden verhandlungsbereite Fraktionen auf der arabischen Seite von radikalen Störern aus den eigenen Reihen an einer Konfliktlösung mit Israel gehindert.

Die Rückkehr des Bürgers ist vielfach beschworen worden – in der politischen Theorie wie in der politischen Praxis gleichermaßen.

"e;A masterpiece by one of Europe's finest contemporary novelists.

Today more than ever, the line between national security and cyber security is becoming increasingly erased.

This encyclopaedia provides a comprehensive overview of major theories and approaches to the study of peace and conflict across different humanities and social sciences disciplines.

Founded in 1929, the Jewish Agency played a central role in the founding of the State of Israel.

For those living in the Soviet Union, Orwell's masterpieces, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, were not dystopias, but accurate depictions of reality.

Erich Kästner – politisch wie nieObgleich Erich Kästner als Satiriker und selbsternannter Schulmeister auftrat, bezog der Dichter der Neuen Sachlichkeit in seinen Werken selten politisch Stellung und ist weniger für sein Engagement bekannt als für seine Rolle des genauen Beobachters.

Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration is an established treatise on the law and practice of international arbitration, the pre-eminent method for the peaceful resolution of disputes in international trade, investment, and commerce.

This book offers a ten-year perspective on ongoing and evolving practices of digital activism across the Middle East and North Africa, drawing on interviews and ethnographic evidence collected between 2012 and 2022.

This book offers a ten-year perspective on ongoing and evolving practices of digital activism across the Middle East and North Africa, drawing on interviews and ethnographic evidence collected between 2012 and 2022.