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Book Synopsis''She is alive and active - we hear her voice and trace her influence even now'' Virginia WoolfWriting in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation: an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Mary Wollstonecraft''s work was received with a mixture of admiration and outrage - one critic called her ''a hyena in petticoats'' - yet it established her as the mother of modern feminism.

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Book Synopsis'It's fair to say that Peter Hitchens remains one of the most misrepresented figures in the British media... Hitchens is in reality one of the most thought-provoking and intelligent commentators on life in contemporary Britain' -- Neil Clark, Spectator From identification cards to how we protect our property, public debate rages over what our basic human rights are, and how they are to be protected.In this trenchant and provocative book Peter Hitchens sets out to show that popular views of these hotly contested issues - from crime and punishment to so-called 'soft drugs' - are based on mistaken beliefs, massaged figures and cheap slogans. His powerful and counter-intuitive conclusions make challenging reading for those on both the Left and the Right and are essential reading for all concerned with creating a lawful and peaceful society.The Abolition of Liberty argues that because of the misdemeanours of the few, the liberty of the many is seriously jeopardized.'The issues Hitchens is addressing are important and his willingness to challenge shibboleths is often illuminating ... he is rightly scathing about attempts to deal with crime by raising the conviction rate.' -- John Willman, Financial Times'It is a pleasure to read a lucid polemic by a man who is so obviously more interested in the welfare of the common man than in the approbation of his peers' Theodore Dalrymple, Sunday Telegraph'[This book] should not be ignored... there are several pressing challenges to liberals and the left in particular.' -- Jonathan Freedland, GuardianTrade ReviewHitchens is both wise and brave to call for a revival of morality and responsibility -- Joshua Rozenberg, Daily Telegraph'The issues Hitchens is addressing are important and his willingness to challenge shibboleths is often illuminating ... he is rightly scathing about attempts to deal with crime by raising the conviction rate.' -- John Willman, Financial Times'It is a pleasure to read a lucid polemic by a man who is so obviously more interested in the welfare of the common man than in the approbation of his peers' Theodore Dalrymple, Sunday Telegraph'[This book] should not be ignored... there are several pressing challenges to liberals and the left in particular. -- Jonathan Freedland, Guardian

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Book SynopsisEssential reading for anyone interested in Turkey and its future' Literary ReviewEssential reading full stop' Peter FrankopanIt is a must' The TimesWho is Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and how did he lead a democracy on the fringe of Europe into dictatorship? How has chaos in the Middle East blown back over Turkey's borders? And why doesn't the West just cut off Erdogan and his regime?Offering extraordinary, eye-opening insight into a country that often hides its cards, Hannah Lucinda Smith combines a history of modern Turkey with close-up studies of its mercurial leader, its tumultuous politics and the broader political currents playing across Europe.Trade Review‘A brilliant guide, filled with insights … Not only essential reading for those wanting to understand contemporary Turkey, its politics and those of the wider region; essential reading full stop.’ Peter Frankopan ‘An engagingly written and factually scrupulous portrait … She captures his essence: the charisma and the paranoia, the skill of the political natural … Smith’s narrative has an empathetic and fair-minded grasp of Turkey’s colliding narratives … Full of dazzling cameos and incidental delights.’ Financial Times 'A comprehensive and nuanced account of Erdogan’s rule and the way he has ridden the tides of politics. For anyone interested in Turkey it is a must, but it also roams widely through the study of power and populism, full of revealing detail … Smith has a subtle intelligence; she deftly weaves the blowback from the collapse of Syria into her contemporary story … She writes very well, with an engaging mix of personal anecdote, acute observation, interviews and well-informed research; there’s no fat on this book and never a dull page.' Times ‘Fascinating … Much more than just a political biography … Essential reading.’ Literary Review ‘Does a brilliant job of revealing what has been going on in Turkey … Written in a lively and inviting style, her book records journeys throughout Turkey and its borders in search of those who can help to explain, or at least illuminate, Erdogan’s years in power.’ TLS ‘A fine book showing an aptitude to look way beyond the surface, and an eye for telling details which comes from her being an accomplished journalist based in Turkey’ Independent ‘One should begin by applauding Smith’s courage and determination in remaining in both Syria and Turkey during their upheavals and keeping her cool as a journalist … Could not be timelier … Excels in explaining elements of recent Turkish history.’ New Statesman

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Book Synopsis**WINNER OF PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY****WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD (Nonfiction)**Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown AwardFinalist, LA Times Book PrizeA landmark biography of one of the twentieth century''s most compelling figures, rewriting much of the known narrative.Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known Malcolm X - including siblings, classmates, friends, cellmates, FBI moles and cops, and political leaders around the world. His goal was ambitious: to transform what would become hundreds of hours of interviews into a portrait that would separate fact from fiction.The result is this magisterial work that conjures a never-before-seen world of its protagonist, whose title is inspired by a phrase Malcolm X used when he saw his followers stir with purpose to overcome the obstacles of racism. Setting his life not only within the political struggles of his day but also against the larger backdrop of American history, this remarkable masterpiece traces his path from street criminal to devoted moralist and revolutionary.An author who saw Malcolm X speak and could not stand the phrase ''we may never know'', Payne writes cinematically from start to finish and delivers extraordinary revelations - from a hair-raising scene of Malcolm''s clandestine meeting with the KKK, to a minute-by-minute account of his murder in Harlem in 1965, in which he makes the case for the complicity of the American government.Introduced by Payne''s daughter and primary researcher, Tamara Payne, who, following her father''s death, heroically completed the biography, The Dead Are Arising is a penetrating and riveting work that affirms the centrality of Malcolm X to the African American freedom struggle and the story of the twentieth century.Trade ReviewBrilliant and indispensable . . . Using the fruits of decades of interviews, [Payne] brings new information and perspectives on one of the most fascinating, and often misunderstood, figures in American history -- Annette Gordon-Reed, author of The Hemingses of Monticello, winner of the Pulitzer PrizeThe result of nearly three decades of investigative reporting, The Dead Are Arising is an essential new biography of one of the most compelling political figures of the twentieth century -- Jill Lepore, author of These TruthsIn a time of breezy, green-room infotainment, Les Payne restores the art of old-fashioned shoe-leather journalism. Malcolm X was one of the most fascinating and charismatic figures of the twentieth century, but like many icons,he was not without flaws. Payne exposes some of the major ones made under the influence of Elijah Muhammad whom Malcolm treated as one would a god. Payne charts Malcolm's disillusionment with his mentor, and the tensions between two egged on by J.Edgar Hoover. Payne's detailed account of Malcolm's negotiations with the Klan alone has mini-series possibilities. The Dead Are Arising is superior to the other Malcolm books, including the autobiography, which Malcolm despised -- Ishmael Reed, author of Mumbo JumboMeticulously researched and masterfully reported, this chronicle offers fresh insights and disturbing revelations that, among other things, strengthen the case for government complicity in the murder of Malcolm X. . . . A gripping read . . . [and] a worthy companion to Malcolm's famed autobiography -- Nathan McCall, author of Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in AmericaThe Dead Are Arising. . . will become the definitive biography of Malcolm X -- Ray Winbush, director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan StateLes Payne has written a biography of this African American icon that sets a new standard for investigative journalism -- DeWayne Wickham, founding dean of Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism & CommunicationPayne's storytelling weave[s] an epic tale of Malcolm's exuberant life, his tragic death, and the Phoenix-like legacy -- Farah Jasmine Griffin, author of Harlem NocturneNo one who wishes to reckon with the life of this man, one of the most important African American figures of the twentieth century can afford to forgo this account -- Howard W. French, Columbia UniversityComprehensive, timely life of the renowned activist and his circuitous rise to prominence. . . . Payne delivers considerable news not just in recounting unknown episodes of Malcolm's early years, but also in reconstructing events during his time as a devotee of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad . . . Payne's accounts of the consequences that rupture and Malcolm's assassination at the hands of a 'goon squad' with ties to the FBI and CIA are eye-opening, and they add a new dimension to our understanding of Malcolm X's last years. . . . A superb biography and an essential addition to the library of African American political engagement -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review'Les Payne was one of the most distinguished journalists of our time. Here, after thirty years of research and collecting and by interviewing Malcolm X's family as well as many others, we have the most lyrical and complete biography of this uniquely brilliant American ever written. This book is a great read, full of original insights about an elusive figure rendered deeply human -- David Blight, author of the Pulitzer-prize winning Frederick DouglassPayne goes into gripping detail... In this highly worthy effort, [he] has produced a well-written and deeply engaging biography of a uniquely American figure whose life offers a matchless window into our continuing national struggle over race -- Robert J Norrell * The American Scholar *Compelling... events are portrayed in cinematic detail... this book captures the uncompromising clarity that speaks to this moment of Black Lives Matter -- Colin Grant * The Observer *The Paynes, fortified by hundreds of interviews with family and associates, have thrown some fresh light on the legend created by the Autobiography -- Trevor Phillips * The Sunday Times *This new biography of Malcolm X paints a much more detailed and intimate picture of the man than previous works have ever been able to do -- Sarah Smith * Today *It's to this biography's credit that it attempts to scrape away some of the mythology... Payne doesn't airbrush the facts -- Clive Davis * The Times *Brimming with detail, insight and feeling... Nobody has written a more poetic account... Malcolm's presence is beautifully rendered within the rhythm of Payne's masterly storytelling -- Michael P. Jeffries * The New York Times *This book will always be timely, because the story it narrates is timeless... Les and Tamara Payne are especially good in detailing Malcolm's early years of delinquency and rebirth. Like Robert Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, The Dead Are Arising delves deeply into the wider context of Malcolm's world -- Andrew Preston * The Spectator *The Dead Are Arising sets out to provide a much fuller picture of the life and death of Malcolm X [than his autobiography]... The recent spate of protests have reminded us that we need the lessons of Malcolm now perhaps more than ever -- Kehinde Andrews * The Guardian *The Dead Are Arising is a meticulously researched, compassionately rendered, and fiercely analytical examination of the radical revolutionary as a human being... Payne's biography forces us to understand Malcolm X as his various communities experienced him-as a brilliant, troubled, selfish, generous, sincere, ugly, and beautiful Black radical... The Dead Are Arising forces us to ask deeper, more complicated questions about the Black people and places from which our heroes come -- Kerri Greenidge * The Atlantic *Fascinating and essential... Payne adds invaluably to our understanding of Malcolm's story -- Mark Whitaker * The Washington Post *This compelling biography of Malcolm X is an appropriately ambitious and forceful book. Delivering an outstanding portrait through lucid prose, it deserves and demands to be widely read * Judges of the HWA Non-Fiction Crown Award *Thirty years in the making and encompassing hundreds of original interviews, this magisterial biography of Malcolm X was completed by Les Payne's daughter after his death in 2018. Its strengths lie in its finely shaded, penetrating portrait of the Black activist and thinker, whose legacy continues to find fresh resonance today * New York Times, Notable Books of 2020 *A monumental biography giving new meaning to our understanding of Malcolm X and his ever-expanding impact on American history... told in riveting prose, The Dead Are Arising is a major accomplishment that could set the bar for how we will define Malcolm X from now on * The Voice *A pensive, lyrical, and finely wrought portrait of young Malcolm Little's evolution into the icon known as Malcolm X... The Dead Are Arising brilliantly crafts a new origin story of the most important working-class Black leader ever produced... Les and Tamara Payne have produced an exceedingly valuable and important biography that adds immeasurably to our understanding of Malcolm X -- Peniel E. Joseph * Los Angeles Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisIn the 1960s and 1970s, an energetic new social movement emerged among Mexican Americans. Fighting for civil rights and celebrating a distinct ethnic identity, the Chicano Movement had a lasting impact on the United States, from desegregation to bilingual education.Rethinking the Chicano Movement provides an astute and accessible introduction to this vital grassroots movement. Bringing together different fields of research, this comprehensive yet concise narrative considers the Chicano Movement as a national, not just regional, phenomenon, and places it alongside the other important social movements of the era. Rodriguez details the many different facets of the Chicano movement, including college campuses, third-party politics, media, and art, and traces the development and impact of one of the most important post-WWII social movements in the United States.Trade Review"With Rethinking the Chicano Movement, Marc Simon Rodriguez has artfully placed El Movimiento into its rightful place in American civil rights history. Rethinking is a critical addition to the undergraduate classroom, a significant reinterpretation of the movement’s legacy, and an exceptional read for anyone interested in Mexican American and civil rights history. This book is a must read."—Michael Innis-Jiménez, author of Steel Barrio: Mexican Migration to South Chicago, 1915-1940"This book offers a compelling narrative of the Chicano movement, bringing to light its broad history, successes and limitations, as well as much new information on the struggle. Rethinking the Chicano Movement is a tremendously ambitious and important work."—Brian D. Behnken, author of Fighting Their Own Battles: Mexican Americans, African Americans, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Texas"Rodriguez has written an interesting and fresh interpretation of the Chicano movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is an exciting book combining dramatic chapters with an insightful and balanced analysis. Historians will welcome this superbly rendered synthesis. It is ideally suited for students seeking to understand the social ferment that surrounded the Chicano struggle for equality and justice."—Zaragosa Vargas, author of Crucible of Struggle: A History of Mexican America from Colonial Times to the PresentTable of ContentsIntroduction: Mexican Americanism and the Long Chicano MovementChapter 1: A Growing Militancy: The Farm Workers in California and Political Activism in TexasChapter 2: The New Urban Politics: Chicanos and The War on PovertyChapter 3: Youth and the Campus: Chicano Students and Chicano EducationChapter 4: News and the Movement: Newspapers and Ideas in the Chicano MovementChapter 5: Art and the Movement: Chicano Murals and Community SpaceConclusion: Rethinking to Move ForwardBibliography

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Book SynopsisA biography of one of the most important political activists of a generationTrade Review'Gerald Horne is one of the most gifted and insightful historians on racial matters of his generation' -- Manning Marable'Gerald Horne gives us the Paul Robeson we've been waiting for: the flesh and blood revolutionary, artistic genius, and fearless opponent of capitalism, racism and colonialism. He recovers in meticulous scholarly detail one of the 20th century's greatest freedom fighters. Horne also brings Robeson to life for our own times. This is a brilliant encore for an essential revolutionary life' -- Bill V. Mullen, Professor of American Studies, Purdue University, and author of 'Afro-Orientalism' (Univ. of Minnesota Press, 2014)'Powerfully affirms that Robeson's global artistic acclaim infuriated defenders of U.S. foreign policy while giving voice to earlier and later generations of black socialist radical artists. Horne portrays the tragedies faced by, and the impact possible for politically conscious black artists in the face of racial caricature and American imperialism. Drawing attention to Robeson's oratory this study reflects the cultivation of debate, law, and linguistics in Black cultural life and the role of Robeson's universalist musicology' -- Tiffany Willougby-Herard, Associate Professor, African American Studies, UC Irvine, and author of 'Waste of a White Skin;'A fine introduction to the man, his work and more importantly his ideas. A valuable work that clarifies the distinction between genuine fame and the simple vacuous celebrity obsessions of our time' -- Billy Woodberry, leading director of the L.A. Rebellion (Los Angeles School of Black Filmmakers)'An original and powerful biography of Paul Robeson. This book would have made Robeson proud' -- Erik S. McDuffie, Associate Professor of African American Studies, University of Illinois, and author of Sojourning for Freedom: Black Women, American Communism, and the Making of Black Left Feminism'In this powerful, concise account of one of the greatest internationalists of the 20th century, Gerald Horne returns Paul Robeson to his rightful place in history' -- Robin D.G. Kelley, Distinguished Professor of History, UCLA, and author of 'Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original' (2009)'Horne delivers a fine, taut analysis of the great African American athlete, singer, actor, and political activist, highlighting the theme of the artist as revolutionary ... A welcome addition for any library, small or large' -- Choice, Highly Recommended R. C. Cottrell, California State University'An amazing contribution to African American radical history ... I hope a new generation of activists read Horne's insightful book' -- Tony Pecinovsky, People's World'Excellent' -- Sydney Review of Books'Offers a great example of black entertainers as responsible and ethical political leaders' -- LSE Review of BooksTable of Contents1. 'The Best Known American in the World' 2. Rising Star 3. Rising Revolutionary 4. From Moscow to Madrid 5. 'The Tallest Tree in Our Forest' 6. 'Black Stalin'? 7. Robeson: Primary Victim of the 'Blacklist' 8. Britain Beckons 9. Triumph—and Tragedy 10. Death of a Revolutionary Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIt is usually taken for granted that, in liberal democracies, a bond of political a obligationa exists between citizens and the state. The substantive, and controversial, argument of this book is that political obligation constitutes an insoluble problem in the liberal democratic state.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Problems and Questions. 2. Self-Assumed Obligation and Abstract Individualism. 3. Political Obligation and the Sword of Leviathan. 4. 'No Expressions of it at all. '5. Contemporary Consent Theory. 6. Hypotetical Voluntarism and the Conceptual Arguement. 7. The Democratic Social Contract. 8. Political Obedience or Political Obligation? Notes. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisCelebrates the work of one of America's most influential journalists who wrote in a time and place of dramatic social and political upheaval. The editor of the Atlanta Constitution from 1960 to 1968, Patterson wrote directly to his fellow white southerners every day, working to persuade them to change their ways.Trade ReviewIn pointing us toward how to be 'better than we are,' Gene Patterson--passionate, funny, sound of mind and full of heart--coincidentally reminds us just how fine journalism can be. This is a wonderful, inspiring book."--Geneva Overholser, syndicated columnist, Washington Post Writers Group, and Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting, University of Missouri"Proves that journalism at its best can endure as literature. A compelling portrait of the 1960s and the American South by an engaged participant and acute observer."--Robert Schmuhl, University of Notre Dame

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Book SynopsisBiography of John Hervey Wheeler, an important and influential figure in the American civil rights movement.Table of ContentsIntroduction From Slavery to Middle-Class Respectability Black Business Activism in the Great Depression The Battle for Educationl Equality in the Postwar New South Direct Action and the Search for 'Freedom of Movement' Equal Employment, Voting Rights, and Public Policy at the National Level Urban Renewal and the Prospects of a Free and Open Society Conclusion

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Book SynopsisContrary to popular belief, the problem with U.S. higher education is not too much politics but too little. Far from being bastions of liberal bias, American universities have largely withdrawn from the world of politics. So conclude Bruce L. R. Smith, Jeremy Mayer, and Lee Fritschler in this illuminating book. C losed Minds? d draws on data from interviews, focus groups, and a new national survey by the authors, as well as their decades of experience in higher education to paint the most comprehensive picture to date of campus political attitudes. It finds that while liberals outnumber conservatives within faculty ranks, even most conservatives believe that ideology has little impact on hiring and promotion. Today's students are somewhat more conservative than their professors, but few complain of political bias in the classroom. Similarly, a Pennsylvania legislative inquiry, which the authors explore as a case study of conservative activism in higher education, found

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how the uncertainties of the 21st century present existential challenges to civil society. Presenting original empirical findings, it highlights transferable lessons that will inform policy and practice in today's age of uncertainty.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction – Locating Civil Society – Paul Chaney and Ian Rees Jones Chapter 2: Existential Challenges – Paul Chaney and Ian Rees Jones Chapter 3: Civil Society and the Governance of City Region Economic Development – David Beel, Martin Jones and Ian Rees Jones Chapter 4: Civil Society, Pandemic, and the Crisis of Welfare: Exploring Mixed Economy Models of Welfare in Domiciliary Adult Social Care in a Devolved UK – Paul Chaney and Christala Sophocleous Chapter 5: The Contemporary Threat to Minority Languages and Cultures: Civil Society, Young People and Celtic Language Use in Scotland and Wales – Rhys Jones, Elin Royles, Fiona O’Hanlon and Lindsay Paterson Chapter 6: Digital Threat or Opportunity? Local Civil Society in an Age of Global Inter-Connectivity – Michael Woods, Taulant Guma and Sophie Yarker Chapter 7: Democratic Decline? Civil Society and Trust in Government – Alistair Cole, Ian Stafford and Dominic Heinz Chapter 8: Xenophobia, Hostility, and Austerity: European Migrants and Civil Society in Wales – Stephen Drinkwater, Taulant Guma and Rhys Dafydd Jones Chapter 9: Meeting the Challenge? Prospects and Perils for Civil Society in the Twenty-First Century – Paul Chaney and Ian Rees Jones

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how the uncertainties of the 21st century present existential challenges to civil society. Presenting original empirical findings, it highlights transferable lessons that will inform policy and practice in today's age of uncertainty.

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Book SynopsisRich in case study insights, this book provides an overview of city-region building and considers how governance restructuring shapes political, economic, social and cultural landscapes. Reviewing city regions in Britain, the authors address the tensions and opportunities for local elites and civil society actors.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Onward devolution and city regions Northern powerhouses Metro governance dynamics Precarious city regions Elite city deals Beyond cities in regions City- region limits Conclusions: City- regional futures

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Book SynopsisTeach the 2014 Citizenship curriculum with confidence using Citizenship Education for KS3, a single-book course that matches the revised Programme of Study and was awarded the Association for Citizenship Teaching Quality Mark in 2015.With a clear structure mapped against the Programme of Study and a range of accessible, developmental activities, you can ensure continual progression in your pupils'' knowledge and skills across the key stage. The expert author team have designed the activities to be flexible, for use on their own or as part of your scheme of work.This book:- Allows you to teach new topics covered in the revised Programme of Study with confidence- Promotes knowledge and understanding of the content through active learning- Provides activities that are accessible to all abilities and are easy to prepare and use- Works perfectly in combination with Dynamic Learning Teaching and Learning Resources to offer you a complete package of print andTable of Contents Section 1: Rules, fairness, rights and responsibilities 1.1: The Excellent Community School 1.2: Rules 1.3: It’s not fair! Applying the rules 1.4: It’s not fair! Who gets what? 1.5: What rights should all children have? 1.6: No man is an island… 1.7: Having a say 1.8: Ways of being involved in how the school is run 1.9: Taking part in a debate Skills: Developing your debating skills Section 2: Communities and identities 2.1: Communities and identities 2.2: Identities 2.3: Living together in communities 2.4: How can communities get along better? 2.5: Community services 2.6: Are you a good or an active citizen? 2.7: Can you change anything? Section 3: Laws and the justice system 3.1: How does the law affect young people? 3.2: Youth crime 3.3: Rights and the police - What advice would you give? 3.4: What happens to young offenders? 3.5: The Youth Court 3.6: Sentencing 3.7: Inside a young offenders’ institution 3.8: Adult courts 3.9: Punishment for adult criminals Section 4: Managing money 4.1: Why do we use money? 4.2: What do you do with your money? 4.3: What’s the best way to pay for things? 4.4: Borrowing money 4.5: Need some money quickly? 4.6: How can I keep control of my money? 4.7: Are you a saver or a spender? 4.8: Where can you save money? 4.9: Being a careful consumer Section 5: Liberty and freedom 5.1: What sort of country do you want to live in? 5.2: Democracy and freedom 5.3: Conflicting rights 5.4: How free should the press be? 5.5: When the press is not free 5.6: The right to privacy 5.7: The freedom to protest 5.8: The right to education Section 6: Parliamentary democracy 6.1: A brief history of parliamentary democracy 1 6.2: A brief history of parliamentary democracy 2 6.3: What role does the monarchy play in the UK? 6.4: Is it time for the monarchy to change? Skills: Developing your arguing skills 6.5: How does the system of parliamentary democracy fit together? 6.6: Political parties 6.7: Political parties in the UK 6.8: How do you become a Member of Parliament? 6.9: Should 16-year-olds be given the vote? 6.10: What does an MP do? 6.11: What’s going on in the Houses of Commons? 6.12: How does Parliament make laws? 6.13: How should the House of Lords be modernised? 6.14: Influencing government: pressure groups, lobbying and internet campaigns 6.15: How does the government work?

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Book SynopsisPaul A. Passavant explores how the policing of protest in the United States has become increasingly hostile since the late 1990s, moving away from strategies that protect protestors toward militaristic practices designed to suppress legal protests.Trade Review“This book affected me like a good shot of whiskey. Complex, bracing, needed.” -- Lester K. Spence, author of * Knocking the Hustle: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics *“Although of late a lot has been written on policing, nothing that I have read takes up this important topic of protest policing, let alone gives it such a far-reaching and well-supported reading. The policing of protest turns out to be a distinctive but truly revealing piece of contemporary policing, one that no one has covered as comprehensively as Paul A. Passavant does in this text.” -- Jonathan Simon, author of * Mass Incarceration on Trial: A Remarkable Court Decision and the Future of Prisons in America *“A masterful book filled with keen insights about policing protests using grounded data and compelling stories. It’s easily the best analysis I’ve read on this topic and sets a new standard for theoretical integration, clarity, and real-world relevance.” -- Peter B. Kraska, author of * Militarizing the American Criminal Justice System: The Changing Roles of the Armed Forces and the Police *"Policing Protest is a compelling read for scholars and graduate students interested in the police state and its institutional developments in law, political culture, and urban political economy." -- Shannon Woods * E3W Review of Books *"Policing Protest is an exceptionally good book—persuasively argued, meticulously researched, and stunning in its explanatory power." -- Erin R. Pineda * Perspectives on Politics *"Passavant’s Policing Protest is a book that eerily puts recent events into a new perspective and adds to our understanding of how the police are engaging with our right to protest." -- Tyler Dadge * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"Policing Protest is a profound, groundbreaking, and urgent work that should be read by students of US politics, criminal justice, democratic theory, race and racism, and constitutional law." -- Joseph Lowndes * Theory & Event *"Skillfully connects seemingly disconnected trends and features of contemporary life to construct a cohesive and novel understanding of the legal, political, and economic predicament in which we find ourselves. The book is at once sweeping in its implications, nuanced in its arguments, and detailed in the evidence it brings to bear on these questions. It will be of great interest to scholars of social movements, policing, and law as well as a broader audience of those concerned about protecting the freedom to engage in dissent." -- Heidi Reynolds-Stentson * Criminal Law & Criminal Justice Book Reviews *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Policing Protest and the Post-Democratic State 1 1. Aesthetic Government: Neoliberal Authoritarianism and the Post-Democratic Right of Expression 25 2. New York's Mega-Event: Security Legacy and the Postlegitmation State 62 3. Policing the Uprising: Occupy Wall Street and Order Maintenance Policing 98 4. Violent Appearances and Neoliberalisms's Disintegrated Political Subjects 141 5. Political Antagonisn: #BlackLivesMatter and the Postlegitimation, Post-Democratic State 184 Conclusion. Policing Protest and Neoliberal Authoritarianism 239 Notes 253 Bibliography 315 Index 333

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Book SynopsisExplores the unintended consequences of civic activism in a disaster-prone cityAfter Hurricane Katrina, thousands of people swiftly mobilized to rebuild their neighborhoods, often assisted by government organizations, nonprofits, and other major institutions. In Rethinking Community Resilience, Min Hee Go shows that these recovery efforts are not always the panacea they seem to be, and can actually escalate the city's susceptibility to future environmental hazards. Drawing upon interviews, public records, and more, Go explores the hidden costs of community resilience. She shows thatdespite good intentionsrecovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina exacerbated existing race and class inequalities, putting disadvantaged communities at risk. Ultimately, Go shows that when governments, nonprofits, and communities invest in rebuilding rather than relocating, they inadvertently lay the groundwork for a cycle of vulnerabilities. As cities come to terms with climate change adaptationrather than pTrade Review"Rethinking Community Resilience is a critical, timely account about the effects and limits of community action in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. Transcending the neighborhoods-in-the-lead narratives that dominated New Orleans’s recovery, Min Hee Go’s sobering findings illuminate how resident action alone could not overcome the structural racism that led to unequal disaster effects and inequitable recoveries, and how neighborhood scale successes could lead to exclusionary redevelopment and reduce resilience in other ways. As the memory of Hurricane Katrina recedes, the relationships between neighborhoods and local public action in Rethinking Community Resilience are more relevant than ever for researchers, planners, policymakers alike who are investigating neighborhood change and facing disaster recovery and climate adaptation." -- Renia Ehrenfeucht, co-author of Urban Revitalization: Remaking Cities in a Changing World"Within the context of both climate change and long-term population decline, Rethinking Community Resilience examines how well-intentioned community led recovery efforts in post-Katrina New Orleans were often incomplete and haphazard, deepening pre-crisis inequities and increasing the city’s overall susceptibility to future risk. Min Hee Go interrogates the romanticized notion that civic action can uniformly fill the void created by incompetent or weakened government and enable residents to overcome crises and create more resilient communities." -- Marla K. Nelson, Associate Professor, University of New Orleans

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Book SynopsisThis book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. The open-access edition of this text was made possible by a Philip Leverhulme Prize from The Leverhulme Trust.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Where does a password end and an identity begin? A person might be more than his chosen ten-character combination, but does a bank know that? Or an email provider? What's an identity theft' in the digital age if not the unauthorized use of a password? In untangling the histories, cultural contexts and philosophies of the password, Martin Paul Eve explores how what we know' became who we are', revealing how the modern notion of identity has been shaped by the password. Ranging from ancient Rome and the watchwords' of military encampments, through the three-factor authentication systems of Harry PotteTrade ReviewAn erudite and interesting amble through the history, philosophy, and psychology of passwords. * Bruce Schneier, Security Technologist and New York Times-Bestselling Author of Data and Goliath The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World *Conjuring our passwords has become a daily act of our computer-saturated existence. By no means sequestered to our digital present, Martin Paul Eve's excellent account of the password covers its long and lively history. Weaving literary references with lucid technical explanations, Eve skillfully traces the evolution of password to probe its fundamental connections to issues of human identity, trust, and ownership. * Gabriella Coleman, Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy, McGill University, Canada *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. “Who goes there?”: Military, Mortality and Passwords 3. Special Characters: Passwords in Literature and Film 4. P455w0rd5 and the Digital Era 5. Identity List of Illustrations Notes Index

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Book SynopsisUncertainty is central to the governance of citizenship, but in ways that erase, even deny, this uncertainty. This book investigates uncertain citizenship from the unique vantage point of ‘citizenisation’: twenty-first-century integration and naturalisation measures that make and unmake citizens and migrants, while indefinitely holding many applicants for citizenship in what Fortier calls the ‘waiting room of citizenship’. Fortier’s distinctive theory of citizenisation foregrounds how the full achievement of citizenship is a promise that is always deferred: if migrants and citizens are continuously citizenised, so too are they migratised. Citizenisation and migratisation are intimately linked within the structures of racial governmentality that enables the citizenship of racially minoritised citizens to be questioned and that casts them as perpetual migrants. Drawing on multi-sited fieldwork with migrants applying for citizenship or settlement and with intermediaries of the state tasked with implementing citizenisation measures and policies, Fortier brings life to the waiting room of citizenship, giving rich empirical backing to her original theoretical claims. Scrutinising life in the waiting room enables Fortier to analyse how citizenship takes place, takes time and takes hold in ways that conform, exceed, and confound frames of reference laid out in both citizenisation policies and taken-for-granted understandings of ‘the citizen’ and ‘the migrant’. Uncertain Citizenship’s nuanced account of the social and institutional function of citizenisation and migratisation offers its readers a grasp of the array of racial inequalities that citizenisation produces and reproduces, while providing theoretical and empirical tools to address these inequalities.Trade Review'Uncertain Citizenship is innovative, nuanced and both theoretically inspiring and empirically engaging. It is certain to become a cornerstone for future scholarship and debates around racism, migration and citizenship.' Ethnic and Radical Studies 'In this brilliant book, Fortier examines the uncertainties in which citizenship is enmeshed and their effects on states, would-be citizens and those charged with managing the process of citizenship. These uncertainties condense long histories and shifting political, cultural and emotional pressures, making citizenship carry a formidable burden of desire and anxiety.'John Clark, Emeritus Professor, The Open University'By forensically examining scenes of uncertainty where non-citizens await becoming citizens, Fortier brilliantly illustrates how governments engage both citizens and non-citizens through insufferable games of conferral, deferral and repeal.'Engin Isin, Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London'This vital contribution dismantles taken-for-granted understandings about contemporary citizenship to lay bare the inherent uncertainties, insecurities and inequalities at its heart. You'll never look at citizenship the same way again.'Michaela Benson, Reader in Sociology, Goldsmiths University of London'Anne-Marie Fortier writes with such sensitivity and perception on the impact of the UK government’s regimes of citizenship and naturalization. This book illuminates the precarities and uncertainties of racialized citizenship and raises important questions on the injustices involved in process of determining who is deemed worthy of citizenship.'Bridget Byrne, Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester'Taking British citizenship as her focal point, Fortier combines field work with an exhaustive reading of the secondary literature to contend that citizenship is rendered vulnerable by political and socioeconomic developments and that this uncertainty is central to governmental practices of citizenship.'CHOICE (March 2022) -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction – Uncertain citizenshipScene 1 – Researching citizenisation1 The world of citizenisation: life in the waiting room2 Citizenising BritainScene 2 – Documents, stories, pictures3 The documented citizenScene 3 – Conversing with Anglophones4 The speaking citizenScene 4 – Becoming citizen5 The becoming citizenConclusion – Lessons from the waiting room: citizenisation and migratisationIndex

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Book SynopsisLGBT rights have become increasingly salient within the EU enlargement process as a litmus test for Europeanness. But the promotion of these norms has provided a basis for political contestation. This book interrogates the normative dimensions of the EU enlargement process, with special reference to LGBT politics. Reconceptualising Europeanisation, it argues that EU enlargement is a process of negotiated transformation in which EU policies and norms are (re)defined, translated and transformed. Empirically, it analyses the promotion of and resistance to LGBT equality norms in Serbia’s EU integration process, but it looks beyond policies to the impact of the negotiated transitions on lived experiences. Overall, the book raises important questions about the political and social consequences of Europeanisation. At its heart is one crucial question: what do we consider progress?Trade Review‘Coming in is an exceptional book, one that stitches together insights on Western Balkan queer politics and Europeanisation theory to deliver comprehensive rejoinders to both fields. It is impressive just how much Slootmaeckers's Serbian case teaches us about the intricacies of the complicated relationship – both in its potentialities and pitfalls – between the European Union and its candidate countries. Most importantly, Slootmaeckers goes beyond asking “why” some states adopt rights to normatively question what these rights mean for the people who experience them. This is a resoundingly successful effort that will benefit the literatures on tactical Europeanisation and the Western Balkans for the decisive years ahead.’Phillip Ayoub, Professor of International Relations, University College London‘Coming in provides an original and thought-provoking analysis of the promotion of LGBT rights by the EU during the long and winding road of accession preparations in Serbia. The EU is often regarded as a leader in promoting such rights, but as Slootmaeckers reveals, its values are not fixed – rather they are negotiated during the accession process between the EU and candidate countries. This book calls for a reconceptualisation of the EU’s behaviour during accession preparations and is essential reading for everyone in the field.’Paul Copeland, Reader in Public Policy, Queen Mary University of London‘This meticulous and subtle work looks at campaigns for LGBT equality and recognition, but it sheds light on a broader phenomenon known to people studying EU conditionality in prospective member states: when the EU makes a goal look like a condition, governments respond with gestures that are designed to look like compliance. Is this a step forwards for equality or not? Koen Slootmaeckers constructs a solid empirical case to guide readers through this enigma, weaving his narrative with substance, detail and sophistication.’Eric Gordy, Professor of Political and Cultural Sociology, University College London‘In Coming in, Koen Slootmaeckers traces the manifold ways in which the sexual politics and fight for LGBTQ rights in Serbia simultaneously influenced and were influenced by Serbia’s tumultuous and still unresolved accession to the European Union. Theoretically innovative and empirically rich, this book is an essential contribution to the study of both LGBTQ politics and the fraught politics of European Union enlargement.’Jelena Subotic, Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University'Coming In provides a much-needed critical reappraisal of the Europeanisation of LGBT rights and EU enlargement policies, urging us to always interrogate the political motives behind legal change and whether “progress” translates into real-life improvements or further levels of exclusion for marginalised communities. At a time when geopolitical rhetoric and civilisational binaries appear to have been further normalised, Slootmaeckers’ call for self-reflexivity in EU foreign policy resonates and has implications that go well beyond the specific policy-area and geographical focus of this book.'Laura Luciani, LSE Review of Books'A valuable addition to the growing literature on LGBTIQ+ communities in Southeastern Europe. [...]Slootmaeckers’ newest contribution is unique because it offers a comprehensive yet succinct analysis of sexual politics, Europeanization, and policy making in relation to Serbia’s path towards European Union membership.' Aleksandar Rankovic, CEU Review of Books -- .Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: rethinking Europeanisation and EU-Serbia relations1 Europeanisation as negotiated transitions: Towards a relational and transnational approach to EU enlargement2 Mapping the multi-layered normative structure of Serbia-EU relationsPart II: Adopting, resisting, and transforming law and practices3 Anti-discrimination policies: From the margins to differentiated politicisations4 Taking it to the streets: Belgrade Pride as a litmus test for Serbia’s EuropeanisationPart III: Looking beyond policy towards lived experiences5 The attitudinal panopticon and the limited implementation of the anti-discrimination framework6 The emergence of the Ghost Pride and the transnational dislocation of LGBT politicsConclusionEpilogueIndex

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Book SynopsisHuman history is full of the stories of peasants, subjects, and tribes. Yet the concept of the "citizen" is historically rare-and was among America's most valued ideals for over two centuries. But without shock treatment, warns historian Victor Davis Hanson, American citizenship as we have known it may soon vanish.In The Dying Citizen, Hanson outlines the historical forces that led to this crisis. The evisceration of the middle class over the last fifty years has made many Americans dependent on the federal government. Open borders have undermined the idea of allegiance to a particular place. Identity politics have eradicated our collective civic sense of self. And a top-heavy administrative state has endangered personal liberty, along with formal efforts to weaken the Constitution.As in the revolutionary years of 1848, 1917, and 1968, 2020 ripped away our complacency about the future. But in the aftermath, we as Americans can rebuild and recover what we have lost. The choice is ours.

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Book SynopsisLessons from the groundbreaking grassroots campaign that helped launch a new political revolution Rules for Revolutionaries is a bold challenge to the political establishment and the “rules” that govern campaign strategy. It tells the story of a breakthrough experiment conducted on the fringes of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign: A technology-driven team empowered volunteers to build and manage the infrastructure to make seventy-five million calls, launch eight million text messages, and hold more than one-hundred thousand public meetings—in an effort to put Bernie Sanders’s insurgent campaign over the top. Bond and Exley, digital iconoclasts who have been reshaping the way politics is practiced in America for two decades, have identified twenty-two rules of “Big Organizing” that can be used to drive social change movements of any kind. And they tell the inside story of one of the most amazing grassroots political campaigns ever run. Fast-paced, provocative, and profound, Rules for Revolutionaries stands as a liberating challenge to the low expectations and small thinking that dominates too many advocacy, non-profit, and campaigning organizations—and points the way forward to a future where political revolution is truly possible.Trade ReviewPublishers Weekly- "Bond and Exley, senior advisors on the Sanders presidential campaign and the primary architects of the campaign’s national grassroots efforts, distill the organizing techniques they employed during the hard-fought Sanders-Clinton Democratic presidential primary. Bond and Exley argue convincingly that the old-school organizing techniques embodied in Saul Alinsky’s classic Rules for Radicals fall short in the 21st-century age of social media. They divide their commentary into 22 rules, illustrated by examples from the campaign. They cover basics like fund-raising, phone banking, and intraorganization communication, but the heart of their theory is 'big organizing.' The idea is that people will organize around issues that are fundamental and speak to “big target universes,” such as making public college free, or providing universal health care. Along with identifying issues that matter to lots of people, the new rules embrace a structure that gives power to volunteers. Bond and Exley also argue that good management is not counter-revolutionary and note the dangers of management by consensus. The successes of the Sanders campaign gives credibility to this new organizing paradigm, and Bond and Exley’s valuable and pragmatic road map will appeal to those interested in social change, whether they’re organizing presidential campaigns or neighborhood efforts.”“Bernie Sanders’s presidential run was a spectacular wake-up call, revealing the huge number of Americans willing to fight for radical change. That includes a great many who didn’t sign up for the political revolution this time around, which is good news: Our movements can learn how to go even bigger and broader. We can win—but only if we continue to develop the kinds of tactics, tools, and vision laid out in this vitally important book, perhaps the first to explore how to organize at the true scale of the crises we face.”--Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine“Rules for Revolutionaries is a lamppost for those who are committed to causes of community uplift, grassroots empowerment, and organizing for good. Insurgents get ready, this is the book for you.”--Nina Turner, assistant professor of African American history, Cuyahoga Community College; national surrogate, Bernie Sanders campaign; former Ohio state senator “Here’s a guide from the heart of Bernie’s grassroots movement that mobilized hundreds of thousands of volunteers. Rules for Revolutionaries is a playbook for ‘big organizing’—a melding of grassroots movement tactics with new technology. It’s a must-read for anyone who wants to take back our economy from the moneyed interests.”--Robert B. Reich, author of Saving Capitalism“If you want to change the world and the status quo, read this book. An alternate title would appropriately be: How to Make the Impossible, Possible. Prepare to be inspired.”--Assemblywoman Lucy Flores“Climate activists around the world watched Bernie’s vibrant volunteer network with envy and wondered whether we, too, could build that level of engagement absent a candidate and national election. Bond and Exley answer that question: Yes, we can! Everyone who wants to solve climate change—or any other big issue—should read this book and get started.”--Annie Leonard, Greenpeace USA“This must-read book lays down 22 ‘rules’ designed to put power in the hands of people who want to make radical social change. Becky Bond and Zack Exley have walked the walk—and they know what organizing looks like when you begin with a big, transformative demand and challenge the establishment. You win big when you ask big—and whoever wins in November, we’ll need to push for revolutionary change from Day One. Becky and Zack’s book is a vital contribution to that project!”--Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher, The Nation “If you want to understand Bernie's remarkable campaign—and more importantly, if you want to understand how to organize big, world-shaking campaigns of all kinds in the future—this is the book for you. The authors bring enormous credibility and enormous insight to a crucial task; what they describe in electoral politics goes just as much for battles like the one around the Keystone pipeline.”--Bill McKibben, New York Times bestselling author; cofounder, 350.org“Two of our generation’s most accomplished organizers share the creative tactics and technology they used to lead hundreds of thousands of people to volunteer their time to change the course of history—and how you can, too. This page-turner belongs in the hands of new and veteran organizers alike and will set the standard for how to make change in the twenty-first century.”--David Broockman, assistant professor of political economy, Stanford University“For populists who want to continue Bernie Sanders’s political revolution and win radical change, this is a book for you. In their Rules for Revolutionaries, Becky Bond and Zack Exley lay down a new marker for what mass volunteer organizing makes possible by combining emerging consumer technology and radical trust with some tried and true ‘old organizing’ tactics.”--Jim Hightower, author of Swim Against the Current“Crucial, important, strategic, urgent.”--Naomi Wolf, New York Times bestselling author of The End of America“Becky and Zack’s rules are as refreshing as Bernie’s candidacy itself. Their rules are specific enough to get started right now and flexible enough to last for the long haul of the revolution we so desperately need."--Tim DeChristopher, Bidder 70; cofounder, Climate Disobedience CenterKirkus Reviews- "Senior advisers to the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign leadership offer pointers on how to start the next movement—or perhaps continue the one they started. By some lights, Sanders should have won the Democratic Party nomination in 2016. By any measure, his ‘revolution' was an extraordinary success, taking a little-known, admitted socialist from a small New England state and propelling him to the national spotlight—and, though a half-century's age difference prevailed, capturing the hearts of countless millennials. Bond and Exley, members of a team of 'go-for-broke irregulars,' did much to propel the Sanders movement in their daily work, much of which hinged on old-fashioned principles of campaigning. As they note, 'when you look at the actual campaign results, the gold standard for moving voters in elections is a volunteer having a conversation with a voter on the doorstep or on the telephone.' How do you get volunteers inspired? How do you organize them, especially when they're working for an out-of-the-mainstream candidate and may incline to the anarchic? How do you keep the bossy ones from cowing the more sheepish among the crew? Bond and Exley, alternating chapters and anecdotes, have plenty of answers: don't ask who wants to be the leader but instead ask 'who wants to get to work.' Make everyone feel welcome. Above all, make everyone feel as if they're taking part in a historic moment, in something big. That said, the authors note, there are some necessary evils, including hiring professionals once an electoral movement gets to a cer tain momentum and courting wealthy donors. Again, they have answers: 'Puritanism is a bad thing!' they admonish, meaning there's not much room in practical politics for purity of procedure—to which they add, helpfully, that the path to change means being 'willing to throw out old practices.' A lively update of and rejoinder to Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, which, as this book very well may do, has long offered guidance to the right as well as the left."

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Book SynopsisIn the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and ultrarich 'Puertopians' are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island. In this vital and startling investigation, bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of shock politics and disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation's radical, resilient vision for a 'just recovery.' All royalties from the sale of this book in English and Spanish go directly to JunteGente, a gathering of Puerto Rican organisations resisting disaster capitalism and advancing a fair and healthy recovery for their island.Trade Review“We are in a fight for our lives. Hurricanes Irma and María unmasked the colonialism we face in Puerto Rico, and the inequality it fosters, creating a fierce humanitarian crisis. Now we must find a path forward to equality and sustainability, a path driven by communities, not investors. And this book explains, with careful and unbiased reporting, only the efforts of our community activists can answer the paramount question: What type of society do we want to become and who is Puerto Rico for?” —Carmen Yulín Cruz, Mayor of San Juan “Naomi Klein concisely reveals to us what Puerto Rico has faced, shock after shock, before Hurricane Maria and after it and also the voices of people who believe and build a future for Puerto Rico from the strength of their communities." —Ana Irma Rivera Lassén, feminist, human rights activist, former president of the Puerto Rico Bar Association Like so many of my generation, I’ve been a reader of Naomi Klein’s since the late 90s, always finding something to learn from her rigorous reporting and thoughtful analysis. There’s no-one better to tell the story of Hurricane Maria and its global significance than Naomi. In the face of speculation, exploitation and climate crisis, this book calls on us to recognize Puerto Rico’s struggle for democracy, justice, and human life itself, as our own.” —Ada Colau “What ‘shocks' in this work is the resilient spirit del pueblo boricuá. They become the metaphor, the meaning and the maker of possiblity. And one is left immeasurably hopeful.” —Cherríe Moraga, Las Maestras Center for Chicana Indigenous Thought & Art Practice, UCSB “A gripping and timely account of classic 'shock doctrine' being perpetrated in Puerto Rico. Naomi Klein chronicles the extraordinary grassroots resistance by the Puerto Rican people against neoliberal privatization and Wall Street greed in the aftermath of the island's financial meltdown, of hurricane devastation, and of Washington’s imposition of an outside control board over the most important U.S. colony." —Juan González, co-host of Democracy Now! and author of Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America. “Against the rampant greed of disaster capitalism, only radical solidarity can provide the way forward for Puerto Rico. To build it, our approach must be grounded in uncovering and combating the strategies that have been developed to deprive an entire nation of its human rights and its ability to defend itself. Klein's work does precisely this, inspiring a unified vision to create the Puerto Rico we need.” —Amárilis Pagán Jiménez

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Book SynopsisDillibe Onyeama was the first black boy to complete his education at Eton in 1968. Written at just twenty-one, it was a deeply personal, revelatory account of the racism he endured during his time as a student at the prestigious institution. He tells in vivid detail of his own background as the son of a Nigerian judge at the International Court of Justice at The Hague, of his arrival at the school, of the curriculum, of his reception by other boys (and masters), and of his punishments. He tells, too, of the cruel racial prejudice he suffered and his reactions to it, and of the alienation and stereotyping he faced at such a young age. ‘A Black Boy at Eton’ was a searing, ground-breaking book displaying the deep psychological effects of colonialism and racism, and the follow-up ‘Afro-Saxon’ talks more about his story.

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Book SynopsisThe world is increasingly complex and ever changing. One of these changes involves the increasing trans-nationalization by diverse sociopolitical groups/institutions, including the state, the corporate, as well as different transnational communities, including professionalized social groups. Such groups also include transnational communities with migrant-refugee history and background. These communities often link their local host environments with their homeland origins in multiple ways. They often do such activities through diversified, transnationally situational and context-based sociopolitical engagements and mobilizations toward and with multiple social, political, and economic actors. Their main aim and purpose is to achieve and maintain recognition and dignified lives as individuals, groups, as well as communities. Through resisting exclusion and trying to help the excluded, they often approach transnational issues with cautious responsibility and cooperation as well as collaboration with multiple public, civic, and private actors.

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Book SynopsisThe central feature of every true lottery is that all rational evaluation is deliberately excluded. Once this principle is grasped, the author argues, we can begin to understand exactly what benefits sortition can bring to the political community. The book includes a study of the use of sortition in ancient Athens and in late medieval and renaissance Italy. It also includes commentary on the contributions to sortition made by Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Harrington and Paine; an account of the history of the randomly-selected jury; and new research into lesser-known examples from England, America and revolutionary France.

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Book Synopsis'A crucial, riveting polemic in support of one of the most precious things humanity has built - democracy itself' OWEN JONES'Graham Smith shows what fools our rotten constitution makes of us, with a monarch as emblem of a country beset by nepotism, backhanders, chumocracy and inherited privilege. Read and rebel!' POLLY TOYNBEEWe're constantly told the same things about the monarchy:But the monarchy is good for tourism..It isn't! Evidence points to some royal weddings actually having a negative impact on inbound tourism.But the monarchy makes a big difference to charity..Of the approx. 1,200 charities with a royal patron, 74% had no contact with their patron during the preceding year.But everyone loves the monarchy..A January 2023 poll showed support for the monarchy is down 55 percent.It's wrong in principle and it doesn't work in practice. It doesn't have to be this way.They say Britain should be proud to have the mother of parliaments, to be a shining beacon of democracy and an example to other nations. But there's an elephant in the room.At the heart of power is a single family. They weren't elected but they live off the public purse. They aren't accountable to anyone, and yet between them they are privy to more government secrets than many cabinet ministers. Divinely appointed using a special hat, the head of the family is your superior, you his subject. Apparently he is guardian of our constitution - but we're also told he wouldn't dream of interfering in politics.If you accept the monarchy, you must accept the moral compromise that comes with it, from its erosion of the principle of equality to the secret interference in our laws. But the good news is that we don't have to accept it. True democracy is within our reach.Trade ReviewA crucial, riveting polemic in support of one of the most precious things humanity has built - democracy itself. -- Owen Jones, author of The EstablishmentIf ever you thought tradition, tourism, or political stability were good arguments for the Crown, this razor-sharp book knocks that nonsense into a top hat. Erudite Graham Smith shows what fools our rotten constitution makes of us, with a monarch as emblem of a country beset by nepotism, backhanders, chumocracy and inherited privilege. Read and rebel! -- Polly Toynbee, author of An Uneasy InheritanceThis is a very timely reminder of the constitutional absurdity of our taxpayer-funded Royal Family that is at war with itself. Whether you're in favour of abolition or a more slimmed-down monarchy in keeping with modern Britain, Graham Smith puts the case for reform eloquently and forcefully. -- Robert Verkaik, author of Posh BoysThis is the book I have been waiting for. The lack of accountability of the monarchy is disgraceful. The privileges they have are indefensible. Step forward Graham Smith. He is not afraid to speak the truth so many people feel but find difficult to express. Reading this book will give you the confidence to speak up, and to understand that we, the British people, (and I must say, those in the land of my parents), deserve a fairer society. -- Benjamin Zephaniah, author of The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin ZephaniahAbolish the Monarchy confronts readers with some uncomfortable truths... Abolish the Monarchy delivers where much of the press so often fails... our political landscape is richer for protest movements like his - police, take note. * Telegraph *

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Book SynopsisThis book extends liberal understandings in and about democratic citizenship education in relation to university pedagogy, more specifically higher teaching and learning. The authors’ argument is in defence of cultivating humanity through (higher) educational encounters on the basis of virtues that connect with the idea of love. Unlike romantic and erotic love, the book examines love in relation to educational encounters whereby humans or citizens can engage autonomously, deliberatively andresponsibly, yet lovingly. The rationale for focussing on the notion of philia (love) in educational encounters, the authors argue, is that doing so allows our current understandings of such encounters to be expanded beyond mere talk of reasonable engagements—autonomous action, deliberative iterations, and simple action—toward emotive enactments that could enhance human relations in educational encounters.Table of ContentsPreface: Loving humanity is an extension of democratic citizenship education.- Chapter 1: Educational encounters, mutuality, trust and respect.- Chapter 2: Educational encounters as friendships.- Chapter 3: Educational encounters, autonomy and liberty.- Chapter 4: Educational encounters, deliberative iterations, and everyday talk.- Chapter 5: Educational encounters as loving relations.- Chapter 6: Educational encounters, and liquid love.- Chapter 7: Educational encounters, critical praxis and love.- Chapter 8: Educational encounters and the promise of a love that can heal hatred.- Chapter 9: Educational encounters and whatever singularity (the lovable).- Chapter 10: On thinking differently about educational encounters: on subjective (loving) encounters.

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Book SynopsisIn 1848 and again in 1849, Henry David Thoreau delivered a lecture in Concord, Massachusetts on “the relationship of the individual to the state.” The essay now known as Civil Disobedience is a significant and widely admired contribution to abolitionist literature, as well as an anti-war tract, but Thoreau’s focus is less on political organization and solidarity than it is on personal choice and individual responsibility. Cultivating personal integrity in the face of political injustice is the project Thoreau defends in Civil Disobedience; this focus has made the work highly influential to 20th- and 21st-century political movements.Robert Pepperman Taylor’s new Introduction explains the work’s specific political context, helping readers to understand the text as Thoreau wrote it. The edition also offers a number of historical documents on Thoreau’s abolitionism; the United States’ war with Mexico; and Thoreau’s philosophical development in relation to other thinkers.Trade Review“In this season of political unrest, the arrival of Bob Pepperman Taylor’s teaching edition of Henry David Thoreau’s ‘Civil Disobedience’ couldn’t be better timed … it should be required reading for every person who opines on Thoreau’s essay, whether student, scholar or activist” — Laura Dassow Walls, Early American Literature“This volume greatly contributes to our ability to understand Thoreau’s essay on civil disobedience as a product of a specific historical context. It is a valuable piece of scholarship on the history of political thought regarding Thoreau’s essay. The introduction is pitched at a level that is appropriate to undergraduates and is written in a very interesting, engaging, and readable style. But given the historically situated analysis of Thoreau’s writing of Civil Disobedience, this volume will also be a valuable resource for established scholars as well. The additional primary texts are thoughtfully selected and relevant, and they help give us a more complete portrait of Thoreau in his time: with these additional readings, we can better grasp the historical context of many of the enigmatic references Thoreau makes in Civil Disobedience.” — Shannon Mariotti, Southwestern University“A masterful historical contextualization. Bob Pepperman Taylor’s introduction is a model of scholarship and his annotations are consistently illuminating. The supplementary voices, ranging from William Paley to Henry Highland Garnet to Daniel Webster to Ralph Waldo Emerson to Abraham Lincoln, help bring Thoreau to life by setting him in his place and time.” — Jack Turner, University of Washington, editor of A Political Companion to Henry David ThoreauTable of ContentsIntroductionCivil DisobedienceAppendix A: Thoreau’s Abolitionism DevelopedFrom Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown (1860) Appendix B: Abolitionism Henry Highland Garnet, Address to the Slaves of the United States (1865) Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Tea-Table Talk (1836) William Lloyd Garrison, Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society (1852) From William Lloyd Garrison, Declaration of Sentiments Adopted by the Peace Convention, The Liberator (28 Sept. 1838) William Lloyd Garrison, The American Union (1845) Appendix C: Sectionalism and the Constitution Samuel Hoar, Report on His Mission to Charleston, South Carolina (1845) From Daniel Webster, Speech in Senate, 12 August 1848 From Daniel Webster, Speech at Capon Springs, Virginia, 28 June 1851 Appendix D: War with MexicoFrom Abraham Lincoln, Speech in U.S. House of Representatives on War with Mexico (1848)Appendix E: Moral and Philosophical Context From William Paley, The Duty of Submission to Civil Government Explained (1822) Ralph Waldo Emerson, Politics (1844)

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Book SynopsisBraiding intellectual, personal, and political history, Joan Lester tells the story of a writer and activist fighting for love and justice before, during, and after the Supreme Court's 1967 decision striking down bans on interracial marriage in Loving v. Virginia.Trade ReviewThis intimate, brave memoir is also one that many women will recognize as their own: a lifetime spent trying to heal others and the world, only to discover one must start with oneself."" - Robin Morgan, editor of Sisterhood Is Powerful ""This book is the real deal, the way it was. A good book for folks to grow on. I love it! Bravo!"" - Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple ""Exceptional. It is a real challenge to write a memoir that is intellectually deep, psychologically sophisticated, and politically principled that is also engaging, accessible, funny, and tender. Loving before Loving certainly is all that. What a remarkable ride."" - Becky Thompson, author of A Promise and a Way of Life ""Vividly written and profoundly moving, Joan Lester's journey-as wife, mother, activist-is politically insightful and prescient. Since her vigorous and heartfelt observations and analyses are generative and healing, this memoir is needed now when our racial conflicts, always profound, continue to intensify."" - Blanche Wiesen Cook, author of Eleanor Roosevelt

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Book SynopsisCitizenship in the nineteenth-century United States was an ever-moving target. The Constitution did not specify its exact meaning, leaving lawmakers and other Americans to struggle over the fundamental questions of who could be a citizen, how a person attained the status, and the particular privileges citizenship afforded. Indeed, as late as 1862, U.S. Attorney General Edward Bates observed that citizenship was "now as little understood in its details and elements, and the question as open to argument and speculative criticism as it was at the founding of the Government." Black people suffered under this ambiguity, but also seized on it in efforts to transform their nominal freedom. By claiming that they were citizens in their demands for specific rights, they were, Christopher James Bonner argues, at the center of creating the very meaning of American citizenship. In the decades before and after Bates's lament, free African Americans used newspapers, public gatherings, and conventions to make arguments about who could be a citizen, the protections citizenship entailed, and the obligations it imposed. They thus played a vital role in the long, fraught process of determining who belonged in the nation and the terms of that belonging. Remaking the Republic chronicles the various ways African Americans from a wide range of social positions throughout the North attempted to give meaning to American citizenship over the course of the nineteenth century. Examining newpsapers, state and national conventions, public protest meetings, legal cases, and fugitive slave rescues, Bonner uncovers a spirited debate about rights and belonging among African Americans, the stakes of which could determine their place in U.S. society and shape the terms of citizenship for all Americans.Trade Review"In Remaking the Republic, Christopher James Bonner examines the early political struggles of free African Americans that helped to define citizenship after the Civil War, as well as the tools they used...One of the strengths of Bonner’s book lies in his recovering of the ideas and lives of the largely unknown Black activists involved in these conventions, like Samuel H. Davis and William C. Munroe." * The New York Review of Books *"Remaking the Republic makes an important contribution to the intellectual, political, and legal history of the United States...[N]ot simply a snapshot of free Black Americans’ lives in the nineteenth century, [it] is also an origin story that acknowledges and critically surveys the integral role of free Black Americans in the making of American citizenship." * Journal of the Civil War Era *"Christopher Bonner’s well-researched book deftly explores specific forms of political work that Black activists pursued in the fight for citizenship in the United States...Bonner’s writing and analysis compels readers to appreciate the diversity of thought as a hallmark of Black protest politics and the intellectual labor of Black activists in constructing the American Republic." * Early American Literature *"[A] rich analysis of how American citizenship was fashioned and defended by African American politicking...By emphasizing the influence of Black activism on the development of American citizenship, Bonner reinforces the need for historians to explore extra-legal modes of belonging. Ultimately, the texture of what it means to be an American citizen can only be fully understood through the lens of those making claims to it." * American Nineteenth Century History *"In Remaking the Republic, Christopher James Bonner provides a detailed account of how African Americans, especially in the antebellum North, participated in a constitutional dialogue about who is a “citizen” and about what legal and political rights go along with citizenship.Bonner has mined primary resources to produce a scholarly gem that enriches our knowledge on this valuable subject." * The North Carolina Historical Review *"How could free black people in the antebellum era, relegated to an apparent caste status, sustain hope in a future in America? By making and remaking the idea of legal belonging through a fascinating array of grassroots politics and protest, argues Christopher James Bonner. With deep research and persuasive writing, Bonner demonstrates that the sheer 'uncertainty' of American definitions of citizenship opened ways on the margins for blacks to exploit and forge the developing republic before emancipation. This book is full of riveting stories about race and the American political imagination, of how freedom and citizenship took root in a hostile legal soil, and about the enduring power of collective struggle, however rancorous the schisms or how high the racist obstacles. Antebellum blacks used events and the nation's own creeds to make their future American." * David W. Blight, author of the Pulitizer Prize-winning Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom *"Remaking the Republic is a must read for anyone seeking to understand how citizenship has evolved in the United States. Christopher James Bonner show us how black Americans were the first architects of national belonging in the early republic. His ambitious research tells a story about how they countered the racism of colonization schemes and black laws with a shrewd insistence upon their rights as citizens. This inspiring quest contains indispensable lessons about the past and for our own time." * Martha Jones, author of Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America *"By taking us inside black activists' multifaceted fight for inclusion across much of the nineteenth century, Christopher James Bonner has crafted one of the most compelling, comprehensive stories about black citizenship in all its many manifestations to date." * Anne Twitty, author of Before Dred Scott: Slavery and Legal Culture in the American Confluence, 1787-1857 *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Foreign Affairs Best of Books""Bartels, a leading analyst of electoral democracy and public opinion in the United States, turns here to a central question in European politics: Do right-wing populist parties pose a threat to democracy, moderate politics, and multilateral cooperation? His point in this important book is simple yet powerful."---Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs"Eye-opening."---Jan-Werner Mueller, Project Syndicate

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Book SynopsisThrough its account of influential socio-political processes – such as the resurgence of fascism and white supremacy, the crafting of new technologies of governance, and the operation of digital media and algorithms – Revolutionary Routines rethinks not only how change works, but also what counts as change.Trade Review"There is very much to commend the book to a readership, but for me, the most important aspect is the way it adds to the literature that explores the 'minor politics' of the event. By recasting social change in a minor key, other actors, environments and practices come into focus. Pedwell's book demonstrates, with great acuity, the importance of the transformation of habitual relations to a project of social change. This minor politics is essential not simply in and of itself, but also because it runs through (perhaps even constitutes) the event of constituent power. In this way, Revolutionary Routines provides fresh resources for anyone who seeks to explore the question of constituent power, protest and social movement. It is well worth a read." Critical Legal Thinking“Revolutionary Routines is a quintessentially philosophical text, which offers possibilities for rethinking our understanding of the habitual nature of social oppression in its various guises. [Pedwell’s] exploration of how popular culture, media, government techniques and digital ecologies are reshaping the mind, bodies and environment in ways that affect the conditions of political possibility remains an important endeavour.” LSE Review of Books“Revolutionary Routines: The Habits of Social Transformation will be useful reading for scholars, practitioners and activists working on social change and transformation, particularly as they engage with the continuing negotiations and ambivalence of social change. To fully engage with the potential of Carolyn Pedwell’s book, however, it is crucial to actively consider the nature and influence of institutionalised and contextualised power, especially its ability to stall progressive politics and transformation.” The Sociological Review“This is a valuable project, and Pedwell’s processual thinking is a fruitful ground for her inquiries. She reminds us that Dewey argued that successful revolutions require cultivating the needed ‘habits of thought.’” Theory & Event“Revolutionary Routines: The Habits of Social Transformation is ultimately and necessarily a call for speculative intervention, politics, and modes of praxis – an invitation to continue affecting, practising, and theorizing a world otherwise. As such, Pedwell’s book offers a substantial contribution to what the author identifies as the “emergent critical return to habit” and to the transdisciplinary field of affect studies.” University of Toronto Quarterly

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Book SynopsisGiven the current political conditions, these lectures on race, ethnicity, and nation, delivered by Stuart Hall almost a quarter of a century ago, may be even more timely today.Angela Y. DavisIn this defining statement one of the founding figures of cultural studies reflects on the divisive, often deadly consequences of our contemporary politics of race and identity. As he untangles the power relations that permeate categories of race, ethnicity, and nationhood, Stuart Hall shows how old hierarchies of human identity were forcefully broken apart when oppressed groups introduced new meanings to the representation of difference. Hall challenges us to find more sustainable ways of living with difference, redefining nation, race, and identity. Stuart Hall bracingly confronts the persistence of raceand its confounding liberal surrogates, ethnicity and nationThis is a profoundly humane work thatfinds room for hope and change.Orlando PattersonStuart Hall's written words were ardent, discerning, recondite, and provocative, his spoken voice lyrical, euphonious, passionate, at times rhapsodic and he changed the way an entire generation of critics and commentators debated issues of race and cultural difference.Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Essential reading for those seeking to understand Hall's tremendous impact on scholars, artists, and filmmakers on both sides of the Atlantic.ArtforumTrade ReviewStuart Hall’s written words were ardent, discerning, recondite, and provocative, his spoken voice lyrical, euphonious, passionate, at times rhapsodic and he changed the way an entire generation of critics and commentators debated issues of race and cultural difference. To keep up with him, you had to be curious and nimble. -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Promises to be essential reading for those seeking to understand Hall’s tremendous impact on scholars, artists, and filmmakers on both sides of the Atlantic. -- Glenn Ligon * Artforum *Hall’s main argument rests on the notion that the greatest problem of the 21st century is living with and understanding differences…The Fateful Triangle makes me recall the need to constantly question, interrogate and dismantle how we understand hierarchies of difference and identity; and how the position of outsiders is always part of a larger political question. -- Kalwant Bhopal * Times Higher Education *In this long awaited work, Stuart Hall, the invisibly Jamaican co-founder of British cultural studies, powerfully interrogates what is, simultaneously, the central dilemma of transatlantic black cultures and one of the most acute paradoxes of modern times. He bracingly confronts the persistence of race—and its confounding liberal surrogates, ethnicity and nation—as a marker of identification, a fervently embraced ‘sliding signifier’ among blacks and other formerly subaltern peoples, in spite of its scientific invalidation and horrendous past. This is a profoundly humane work that not only integrates African-American and Anglo-Caribbean cultural studies, but finds room for hope and change in the discursive nature of their subject. -- Orlando PattersonThese lectures are a vital contribution to Stuart Hall’s enduring vocation to find a critical voice which is, in equal measure, just and generous, reflective and transformative. Marked by struggle and sobriety, this important work makes a significant contribution to a vision of community and an ethics of solidarity. -- Homi K. BhabhaGiven the current political conditions, these lectures on race, ethnicity, and nation, delivered by Stuart Hall almost a quarter of a century ago, may be even more timely today. He has left us a vital legacy of intellectual passion, analytical rigor, and political prescience that should be heeded, especially now, by progressive scholars and activists. -- Angela Y. Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Completely invaluable. . . . A model of how American politics is working right."---Ezra Klein, New York Times"Since 2000, we’ve stayed very close to 50-50 in presidential elections and control of Congress has bounced back and forth. . . . No wonder the political scientists John Sides, Chris Tausanovitch and Lynn Vavreck refer to our politics as 'calcified' in their important (and aptly titled) recent book on the 2020 election, The Bitter End."---E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post"The timely advice and analysis will pique the interest of readers interested in politics and government and will be a strong title to offer prior to election season." * Library Journal *"The authors compile a vast amount of statistical and survey data to identify what they call the 'tectonic shifts' transforming the American political landscape. . . . Recommended." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisThe story of citizenship as a tale not of liberation, dignity, and nationhood but of complacency, hypocrisy, and domination.The glorification of citizenship is a given in today's world, part of a civic narrative that invokes liberation, dignity, and nationhood. In reality, explains Dimitry Kochenov, citizenship is a story of complacency, hypocrisy, and domination, flattering to citizens and demeaning for noncitizens. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Kochenov explains the state of citizenship in the modern world. Kochenov offers a critical introduction to a subject most often regarded uncritically, describing what citizenship is, what it entails, how it came about, and how its role in the world has been changing. He examines four key elements of the concept: status, considering how and why the status of citizenship is extended, what function it serves, and who is left behind; rights, particularly the right to live and work in a state; duties,

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Book SynopsisHong Kongâs âUmbrella Revolutionâ has been widely regarded as a watershed moment in the polityâs post-1997 history. While public protest has long been a routine part of Hong Kongâs political culture, the preparedness of large numbers of citizens to participate in civil disobedience represented a new moment for Hong Kong society, reflecting both a very high level of politicisation and a deteriorating relationship with Beijing. The transformative processes underpinning the dramatic events of autumn 2014 have a wide relevance to scholarly debates on Hong Kong, China and the changing contours of world politics today. This book provides an accessible entry point into the political and social cleavages that underpinned, and were expressed through, the Umbrella Movement. A key focus is the societal context and issues that have led to growth in a Hong Kong identity and how this became highly politically charged during the Umbrella Movement. It is widely recognised that political and Trade Review'This lucidly written book offers a timely analysis of the various shapes of Hong Kong’s thriving localism. It is both empirically rich and theoretically sound. In general, it reveals to keen readers a complex systems theory of changing interconnections, including; generational replacement, new socio-political movements, delicately changing situational identity informed by established as well as emerging social, economic and political divides. It is a must read for anyone who wishes to understand the haphazard development of Hong Kong in a process of accelerating absorption into Mainland China.' - KUAN, Hsin Chi, Emeritus Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongTable of ContentsNotes on contributorsIntroductionChapter 1 Decolonisation deferred: Hong Kong identity in historical perspective (Wing Sang Law)Chapter 2 Changing identity politics: The democracy movement in Hong Kong (Ma Ngok)Chapter 3 Mainland Chinese immigration in Hong Kong (香港新移民): Analysing anti-immigrant sentiment (James F. Downes)Chapter 4 Hong Kong’s fragmented soul: Exploring brands of localism (Wai-man Lam)Chapter 5 ‘You have to fight on your own’ Self-alienation and the new Hong Kong nationalism (Luke Cooper)Chapter 6 The development of Hong Kong identity: From local to national identity (Stephan Ortmann)Chapter 7 Visual and discourse resistance on the "China Factor": The cultural formation of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong (Wai-Kwok Benson Wong)Chapter 8 From past to future: Hong Kong’s democratic movement (Benny Y. T. TAI)

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Book SynopsisMigrants squats are an essential part of the corridors of solidarity' that are being created throughout Europe, where grassroots social movements engaged in anti-racist, anarchist and anti-authoritarian politics coalesce with migrants in devising non-institutional responses to the violence of border regimes. This book focuses on migrants' self-organised housing strategies in Europe and the collective squatting of buildings and land.In these spaces contentious politics and everyday social reproduction uproot racist and xenophobic regimes. The struggles emerging in these spaces disrupt host-guest relations, which often perpetuate state-imposed hierarchies and humanitarian disciplining technologies. The solidarities and collaborations between undocumented and documented activists in these radical spaces enable possibilities for inhabitance beyond, against and within citizenship. These do not only reverse forms of exclusion and repression, but produce ungovernable resources, alliTable of ContentsIntroduction: citizenship as inhabitance? Migrant housing squats versus institutional accommodation 1. Enforcing and disrupting circular movement in an EU Borderscape: housingscaping in Serbia 2. For ‘common struggles of migrants and locals’. Migrant activism and squatting in Athens 3. Urban commons and freedom of movement: the housing struggles of recently arrived migrants in Rome 4. The micropolitics of border struggles: migrants’ squats and inhabitance as alternatives to citizenship 5. Bordering through domicide: spatializing citizenship in Calais 6. Migrants’ inhabiting through commoning and state enclosures. A postface

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