Political activism / Political engagement

First published in 1983, Prejudice and Pride chronicles legal and social discrimination against gay people living in Britain in 1980s.

This book examines various gender-based power politics in Indian society.

This book analyzes the role of social networks during electoral campaigns around the world, taking into account the non technological particularities (political, electoral, social, economic, cultural) of the media configurations of different countries.

"e;That day, I saw humanity at its best and worst.

This book explains how mass killing is driven by elite politics within authoritarian regimes.

This third book in the best-selling Big Ideas series introduces readers to the classics, as well as modern childrens fictiona charming addition to Big Ideas for Curious Minds and Big Ideas from HistoryGreat stories are often universal: our very souls shine with new ideas when we read them.

An earthquake in Mexico City spurs the rise of democracy.

*Winner of the Western Association of Women Historians 2026 Gita Chaudhuri Prize*This book is a biography of Pueblonuevo del Terrible, a mining town located in Andalusia, Spain.

Con una atenta y minuciosa selección de textos, discursos y homilías de Jorge Mario Bergoglio, este volumen remarca la continuidad existente en sus palabras desde el inicio de su camino sacerdotal hasta llegar al "pontificado de la ternura y de la misericordia", como ha sido definido por conocidos comentaristas.

Esta obra contiene un conjunto de aportes valiosos que sirven para entender los desafíos y la complejidad que poseen las problemáticas de las comunidades aborígenes, en relación a temas como la igualdad de género, la defensa de los derechos de la mujer en sociedades o sistemas culturales en los cuales existe una tradición de subordinación o relegación en favor del varón, la tutela de los menores, la diversidad cultural y el respeto a las minorías, la posesión del territorio, la inclusión y la exclusión en un mundo que, paradójicamente, se expresa a favor de nuevas ideas occidentales que han venido a suplantar las antiguas visiones de desprecio por lo aborigen y por lo diferente.

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En octubre de 1978, la conducción de Montoneros decidió iniciar la llamada Contraofensiva Estratégica frente al temor de que la organización armada dejara de representar una alternativa política para la sociedad argentina, luego de dos años de exilio orgánico y represión dictatorial.

El acontecimiento cristiano genera un hombre comunional, que por su naturaleza intrínseca construye comunidad con los próximos.

El presente volumen reúne un conjunto de ensayos en los cuales Ernesto Laclau desarrolla su perspectiva teórico-política de los últimos quince años.

*Shortlisted for the 2024 Wolfson History Prize*'Gripping and profoundly moving' DAMON GALGUT'Deft and operatic' OBSERVERFrom one of South Africa's foremost nonfiction writers, a deeply researched, shattering new account of Nelson Mandela's relationship with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

In the Garden of the Righteous brilliantly describes how in the midst of the brutality of the Holocaust and the collaboration, acquiescence and passivity of millions, there were people who risked their lives to save others out of a sense of shared humanity.

'One of the best history books you will read this decade' History Today'Fascinating, suspenseful, revelatory, alive' The TimesThere can be few more exciting or frightening moments in European history than the spring of 1848.

The authors show how English teachers can think and plan using a restorative justice lens to address issues of student disconnection and alienation; adult and youth well-being in schools; and inequity and racial justice through writing, reading, speaking, and action.

This book analyses a South-to-South connection between media activists and artivists - artists who are activists - in the Global South.

Focusing on the continued terrorist threat by jihadist groups, such as Al Qaeda and ISIS, and homegrown violent far-right and far-left extremists in the West, Terrorism and Counterterrorism investigates this form of political violence in a historical and contemporary context.

This book analyses a South-to-South connection between media activists and artivists - artists who are activists - in the Global South.

Focusing on the continued terrorist threat by jihadist groups, such as Al Qaeda and ISIS, and homegrown violent far-right and far-left extremists in the West, Terrorism and Counterterrorism investigates this form of political violence in a historical and contemporary context.

Introduction to Global Politics, Fourth Edition, is an accessible, comprehensive, and well-written introductory textbook which emphasizes the evolution of major global issues from the past to the present.

This book provides the first sustained critical engagement with the legacy of the 9/11 attacks twenty years on.

This book explores the practical and theoretical opportunities as well as the challenges raised by the expansion of transitional justice into new and a aparadigmatic cases.

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This book brings together a variety of innovative perspectives on the inclusion of gender in the governance of (counter-)terrorism and violent extremism.

This book brings together a variety of innovative perspectives on the inclusion of gender in the governance of (counter-)terrorism and violent extremism.

Introduction to Global Politics, Fourth Edition, is an accessible, comprehensive, and well-written introductory textbook which emphasizes the evolution of major global issues from the past to the present.

This book provides the first sustained critical engagement with the legacy of the 9/11 attacks twenty years on.

This book is a collection of case studies that provides fresh insights into the history of political activism in Europe's long 1970s.

This book explores the practical and theoretical opportunities as well as the challenges raised by the expansion of transitional justice into new and a aparadigmatic cases.

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.

Few operations in the War on Terror in Afghanistan would have been possible without the help of a vital group-Afghan translators and interpreters.

Quakers bring a special approach to political action that draws on 360 years of activism.

Liberals have been arguing for nearly a century that racism is fundamentally an individual problem of extremist beliefs.

The Communist International was the first organised attempt to bring about worldwide revolution and left a lasting mark on 20th-century history.

This book analyzes the ideological roots, structures and operational methods of Jihadi intelligence and counterintelligence activities.

Embark on a timeless journey through love and turmoil with "e;A Tale of Two Cities"e; by Charles Dickens, a captivating novel that masterfully weaves together the lives of its unforgettable characters amidst the chaos of the French Revolution.

Esta obra se centra en el analisis de la crisis del constitucionalismo, estudio que transita por los regimenes autoritarios, hasta anclar en el constitucionalismo erigido en la postguerra mundial.

This book analyzes the role of social networks during electoral campaigns around the world, taking into account the non technological particularities (political, electoral, social, economic, cultural) of the media configurations of different countries.

"Lo nuestro es reír, dibujar, gozar de nuestras libertades, vivir con la cabeza muy alta frente a los fanáticos que querrían imponernos su mundo de neurosis y frustraciones, en conjunto con universitarios cebados de comunitarismo anglosajón e intelectuales, herederos de aquellos que apoyaron a algunos de los peores dictadores del siglo XX, de Stalin a Pol Pot.

Al analizar el discurso del poder en la Argentina, desde la crisis de 2001 hasta la pandemia, se obtiene un gran aprendizaje para el mundo académico y profesional de la comunicación, en especial, si nos focalizamos en los casos conmocionantes que mejor escenifican los principales géneros del discurso político: el de gobierno, el electoral y el de crisis.

The Palestinian national liberation movement or the Palestinian revolution as it is known in Arabic emerged during the 1960s as an iconic cause of the global Left.

Why did Russia's all-out war against Ukraine come as such a surprise to the West?