Political activism
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Political activism
Palestinian Activism in Israel: A Bedouin Woman Leader in a Changing M...
Dahan-Kalev, Henriette, Le Febvre, Emilie, Sa...
Hardcover. A close description of Amal El'Sana-Alh'jooj's experiences as a Palestinian Bedouin female activist, this book explores Amal's activism and demonstrates that activists' biographies provide a means of understanding the complexities of political situations they are involved in. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103252
- ISBN
- 9780230103252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.58
€ 64.58
Social Movements in Latin America: Neoliberalism and Popular Resistanc...
Petras, James, Veltmeyer, Henry
Hardcover. The authors trace out the development of capitalism and U.S. imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development, from the installation of the new world order of neoliberal globalization in the early 1980s to the present when U.S. imperialism is held at bay, neoliberalism is in decline, and capitalism is in crisis. Series: Social Movements and Transformation. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSG; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104112
- ISBN
- 9780230104112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Hardcover. This book analyzes why and how the Israeli army did not succeed in finding the appropriate way to fight terrorism since the creation of the Israeli state. Translator(s): Schoch, Cynthia. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 196 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JMC; JPWL; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104440
- ISBN
- 9780230104440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Paperback. This study examines the functional relationship between millenarian-inspired terrorism and the process of political change. Through an exhaustive investigation of late twentieth-century movements, it concludes that apocalyptic expectations performed a significant group mobilization, leadership and therapeutic function. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108738
- ISBN
- 9780230108738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.48
€ 63.48
Hardcover. This book investigates whether international standards of good governance are applied to sub-state actors as well as to states. By examining the international response to self-determination claims, this project demonstrates that the international community does indeed hold sub-state groups accountable to such standards. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPF; JPHV; JPS; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108745
- ISBN
- 9780230108745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
The Memory of State Terrorism in the Southern Cone: Argentina, Chile, ...
Lessa, Francesca, Druliolle, Vincent
Hardcover. Through various lenses and theoretical approaches, this book explores the contested experiences, meanings, realms, goals, and challenges associated with the construction, preservation, and transmission of the memories of state repression in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLS; JPWL; JPZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110144
- ISBN
- 9780230110144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Hardcover. A primer to terrorist financing and resourcing, this book examines what terrorist organizations must acquire in order to survive and operate, and describes the various means used to meet these needs. It also observes how terrorism financing and resourcing has evolved since the beginning of the Age of Modern Terrorism. Series: Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111882
- ISBN
- 9780230111882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.29
€ 154.29
The Establishment Responds. Power, Politics, and Protest Since 1945.
. Ed(S): Fahlenbrach, Kathrin; Klimke, Martin...
Paperback. This volume fills this gap by examining the many ways in which political parties, the business world, foreign policymakers, and the intelligence community experienced, confronted, and even actively contributed to domestic and transnational forms of dissent. Editor(s): Fahlenbrach, Kathrin; Klimke, Martin; Scharloth, Joachim; Wong, Laura. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 261 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBLW3; HBTB; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114999
- ISBN
- 9780230114999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. Developing the theory of cultural trauma in regard to the shattering potential effects of political assassinations, Eyerman examines political and social life in three different national contexts: Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy, and Harvey Milk in the U.S.; Theo Van Gogh in the Netherlands; and Olof Palme and Anna Lindh in Sweden Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHMC; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230118225
- ISBN
- 9780230118225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.38
€ 64.38
Paperback. Developing the theory of cultural trauma in regard to the shattering potential effects of political assassinations, Eyerman examines political and social life in three different national contexts: Martin Luther King, Bobby Kennedy, and Harvey Milk in the U.S.; Theo Van Gogh in the Netherlands; and Olof Palme and Anna Lindh in Sweden Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JHMC; JPWL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230118232
- ISBN
- 9780230118232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.62
€ 69.62
Paperback. This book presents a compelling and innovative new theory and framework for examining the variation in Islamist mobilization strategies in Muslim Asia and the Middle East. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFSR2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230120709
- ISBN
- 9780230120709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.54
€ 63.54
Hardcover. This book presents an interdisciplinary reassessment of the War on Terror. It examines the development of the conflict since the September 11 attacks, combining a theoretically distinctive perspective with the examination of a diverse body of previously unexplored source material -- from media coverage, to cinema, photography and contemporary art. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 222 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230200081
- ISBN
- 9780230200081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Community, Citizenship and the 'War on Terror': Security and Insecurit...
Noxolo, Patricia, Huysmans, Jef
Hardcover. In the context of the 'global war on terror', the issue of security has come to affect more and more intimate elements of people's everyday lives. This is the starting point of this interdisciplinary collection, which focuses on how the line between security and insecurity is negotiated through changing concepts of 'community' and 'citizenship'. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPB; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201217
- ISBN
- 9780230201217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.32
€ 122.32
Hardcover. An analysis of the production and consumption of the communications of Make Poverty History, a high profile episode of social movement protest in the UK. The book follows the campaign throughout its lifetime and explores how attitudes towards government and political opportunities influenced the negotiation of communications. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFA; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218550
- ISBN
- 9780230218550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.78
€ 64.78
Hardcover. Mirbagheri traces the revival of Islamic/ist movements, and embarks on a theoretical study of some of the fundamental concepts in Islam and International Relations such as the self, Jihad, peace and universalism. Contemporary cases of conflict in the Middle East are analysed to pose a challenge to the universalist discourse of Western liberalism. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPFR; JPS; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220614
- ISBN
- 9780230220614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
The Millennium Development Goals and Beyond: International Assistance ...
Feeny, Simon, Clarke, Matthew
Hardcover. This book examines how international aid donors and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) can assist countries in the Asia-Pacific region achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The book examines the progress countries have made towards the MDGs and highlights the need to tailor the goals to individual country circumstances. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; GTF; JKSR; JPWH; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224438
- ISBN
- 9780230224438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Counter-Terrorism, Aid and Civil Society: Before and After the War on ...
Howell, Jude, Lind, Jeremy
Hardcover. The book critically examines the effects of the War on Terror on the relationships between civil society, security and aid. It argues that the War on Terror regime has greatly reshaped the field of development and it highlights the longer-lasting impacts of post-9/11 counter-terrorism responses on aid policy and practice on civil society. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229495
- ISBN
- 9780230229495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardcover. Is 'development' the answer for positive social change or a cynical western strategy for perpetuating inequality? Moving beyond an increasingly entrenched debate about the role of NGOs, this book reveals the practices and social relations through which ideas of development are concretely enacted. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; GTF; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236424
- ISBN
- 9780230236424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.38
€ 64.38
Shared Society or Benign Apartheid?: Understanding Peace-Building in D...
Nagle, John, Clancy, Mary Alice
Hardcover. This book analyses the role power sharing, social movements, economic regeneration, urban space, memorialisation and symbols play in transforming divided societies into shared peaceful ones. It explains why some projects are counterproductive while others assist peace-building. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPQB; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432. Understanding Peace-Building in Divided Societies. 264 pages, 0, 2 black & white tables, 4 figures. This book analyses the role power sharing, social movements, economic regeneration, urban space, memorialisation and symbols play in transforming divided societies into shared peaceful ones. It explains why some projects are counterproductive while others assist peace-building. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPQB; JPWS. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240049
- ISBN
- 9780230240049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Hardcover. This book examines the complex and under-researched relationship between recruitment experiences and reintegration outcomes for child soldiers. It looks at time spent in the group, issues of cohesion, identification, affiliation, membership and the post demobilization experience of return, and resettlement. Num Pages: 346 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JPWS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241961
- ISBN
- 9780230241961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
Hardcover. Efforts to counter terrorism are drawing increasingly on community-based initiatives and a partnership between police officers and members of specific social groups. This book analyses the potential of these initiatives and the role played by factors such as community engagement, gender and religion, and the tensions that these create. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVC; JKVM; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242135
- ISBN
- 9780230242135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.29
€ 122.29
Hardcover. The past decade has seen the emergence of new types of trade union representatives attracting new and more diverse activists; this book explores their motivations and values, drawing upon the voices of the activists themselves and capturing the relationship between work, social identity and class consciousness. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSV; JHBL; JPW; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230244115
- ISBN
- 9780230244115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Hardcover. Hudson explores the development of communists and other left forces, charting their survival and renewal after 1989. She shows how an open and democratic form of socialism has emerged which embraces environmental, gender and anti-war politics. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPFF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230248762
- ISBN
- 9780230248762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity: The Politics of Friends o...
Doherty, Brian, Doyle, Timothy
Hardcover. Drawing from a rich mix of survey data, interviews, and access to internal meetings, Brian Doherty and Timothy Doyle show how FoEI has developed a distinctive environmentalism, which allows for the differences in context between regions and across the North-South divide. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPWH; RNA; RNB; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230250352
- ISBN
- 9780230250352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75