Political activism / Political engagement Books
Eye Books Changing the World from the Inside Out Connecting
Book SynopsisMany people say they want to make a difference but don't know how. This book offers examples of real people making real differences. It reminds us to see the joy and love in every moment of every day.
£9.49
Peter Halban Publishers Ltd Never a Native
Book SynopsisShalvi has been a pioneer in advancing the status of women in Israel and in religious girls' education. She has been an active participant in peace dialogues and inter-religious initiatives and has been a social activist all her life.Born in Germany in 1926 to Orthodox parents, Shalvi grew up in London and studied English at Cambridge, before moving to Jerusalem in 1949 where she went on to pursue a PhD at Hebrew University, eventually teaching English Literature.In 1950, Shalvi met and married her husband, Moshe Shelkowitz (later Shalvi), who died in 2013. They had six children together.One of Shalvi's greatest accomplishments was the establishment of the Pelech School which she headed from 1975 to 1990. This experimental/ progressive religious high school for girls in Jerusalem has become a model for women's Orthodox education across the country.Shalvi was a co-founder of the Israel Women's Network, established to advance the status of women.In 2007 she was awarded the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievements in the areas of education, social welfare and human rights.
£18.00
Pambazuka Press Speaking Truth to Power: Selected Pan-African
Book Synopsis
£14.95
Corporate Watch A-Z of Green Capitalism
Book Synopsis
£10.18
Five Leaves Publications Reds, Rebels and Radicals
Book Synopsis
£7.99
University College Dublin Press Hanna Sheehy Skeffington: Suffragette and Sinn
Book SynopsisHanna Sheehy Skeffington was the most significant feminist in twentieth-century Ireland - an activist, writer and polemicist of the highest rank. An advocate of feminism, socialism, and republicanism, her writings - published in Britain and America as well as Ireland - transcended national boundaries. In these pages we experience the excitement of the suffrage years, anti-war campaigns, prison experiences, the impact of the brutal killing of her husband, meetings with Prime Minister Asquith and President Wilson, the bitter years of civil war, impressions of Bolshevik Russia, inter-war Europe, her friendship with Constance Markievicz, debates with Sean O'Casey, and her involvement in feminist campaigns against the exclusion of women from public life during the 1930s and 1940s. Her organisational abilities were recognised by the leaders of the Easter Rising, who agreed she would be the sole female member of a civil provisional government, to be formed if the Rising was a success.She remained an activist throughout her life, an advocate for a Workers' Republic, serving a prison sentence in Armagh jail in 1933, campaigning against the Constitution in 1937 and standing for election to the Dail as an independent feminist in 1943. Her political writings, including book and theatre reviews, newspaper articles, reminiscences, interviews, obituaries, and analysis of key events in the first half of the twentieth century- authoritative, passionate and witty - provide the reader with an indispensable source for understanding the personalities and the issues behind the long march for women's equality and national independence in Ireland.Trade Review`This is a thematically organised work that scholars of Irish and women's history will surely turn to time and again ...'Jennifer Martin, Books Ireland, March 2018; `What is striking is how fresh Sheehy Skeffington's voice still seems, particularly on the long campaign for women's rights. ... The book is particularly vivid in charting the struggle for suffrage -- a timely subject ahead of next year's centenary of (some) women gaining the vote. ... Hers was a journey that deserves commemoration, and this new collection does so with gusto and authority.' Catherine Healy, Sunday Business Post, Nov 2017; `...an extensive and valuable collection that makes for a thoroughly engaging read. ...a tremendous primary resource to support the still neglected, but growing, area of Irish women's history and gender history more broadly.' Sonja Tiernan, The Irish Catholic, Nov 2017; `The value of this kind of volume is demonstrated by the immediacy, passion and humour of the prose, happening in real time when no one knew the outcome. ... Margaret Ward has done us a service in assembling these writings carefully, so that a clear and distinctive voice can be heard in her own words.' Catriona Crowe, Irish Times, Oct 2017; `What's most striking about Sheehy Skeffington's prose is its sheer resilience, nobility, and belief in the concept of justice at all costs: even in the face of despair, grief, and anguish. ... I would place [Hanna's] prison diaries alongside writing from other political figures who penned some of their best work behind bars, such as Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci, and Indian pacifist Mahatma Gandhi.' J. P. O'Malley, Sunday Independent, Oct 2017; `She was a truly remarkable woman and deserves nothing less than to have her writings presented to us by an historian of the calibre of Margaret Ward and more importantly to have them read, the better to inspire our thoughts and actions today.' Liberty newspaper, Oct 2017; 'The collection of Hanna's writing, which also comprises Hanna's unpublished memoir fragments, is an important addition to our understanding of a woman ahead of her time.' Martina Devlin, Irish Independent, Oct 2017; `The production is handsome and a significant contribution to the recovery of Irish women's history in the gestation, birth, and withering away of the national revolution.' Emmet O'Connor, Irish History Review, Oct 2017;“Her great heart stopped too soon”, the Irish Press observed in its obituary. “It was worn out in the pursuit of many causes..”. That great heart still beats through her writings and Ward has done a great service in collecting them.';Mary Carolan, Women's History Association of Ireland, August 2018; `Hanna’s life and work now made available in this definitive collection was certainly a model for women, but the question remains why did the model fail to engage Irish women until the later generation of Irish feminists?’; Irish Literary Supplement. Fall 2018Table of ContentsForeword by Micheline Sheehy Skeffington; Chronology of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington's Life and Times; chapter 1: Unpublished Memoirs; chapter 2: Women and Education; chapter 3: Women, the National Movement and Sinn Fein; chapter 4: Votes for Women; chapter 5: War and Pacifism; chapter 6: Death of a Pacifist; chapter 7: After the Rising In America; chapter 8: The War of Independence and the Treaty; chapter 9: Opposing the `Free State'; chapter 10: Hanna and Sean O'Casey; chapter 11: Travels in Europe; chapter 12: Memories of Countess Markievicz; chapter 13: The 1930s. Feminist Reflections and Feminist Fightback; chapter 14: Prison Experiences; chapter 15: Looking Backwards. War, Election and Final Years; chapter 16: Book and Theatre Reviews; chapter 17: Obituaries of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington; Notes; Selected Reading; Index
£33.06
University College Dublin Press Fearless Woman: Hanna Sheehy Skeffington,
Book SynopsisThis full-length biographical study - substantially rewritten and updated - of one of the most important women in Irish political life in the 20th century is now reissued by UCD Press. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, part of a pioneering generation, played a significant role in the early Irish Republic. Hanna Sheehy Skeffington was a leading figure in the suffrage movement, she was an activist in the anti-war movement of 1914-18 and was an executive member of Sinn Fein. She opposed the Free State and provided consistent support for women's resistance to anti-women measures enacted by both Cumann na nGaedheal and Fianna Fail. Her later career saw her as an electoral candidate to the Dail in 1943 and she proved herself fearless in her fight for justice, confronting both the British Prime Minister and the President of the United States of America. Incorporating new archival research and featuring an array of newly discovered images, Ward brings to light previously unpublished material about Hanna's personal life: her relationship with her husband and her role as a single parent. This timely revised edition serves to highlight the fascinating life of a pivotal figure in feminist, labour and nationalist movements in Ireland.Trade ReviewWard's book offers a vision of Irish feminism in its complexity, revealing the subtler and more nuanced relationships that crossed ideological differences, as well as the friendships and alliances among feminists in Ireland, England, America and Europe. Through close and devoted study of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, scholars may see how all the theatrics of resistance - choreographies, stage business, the orchestration of shots, interruptions, heckling - is developed and transmuted. She remains a powerful feminist ancestor to study and admire. Lucy McDiarmid, Irish Literary Supplement It takes a book like this to remind us how women have been written out of mainstream Irish history. In this biography of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington she draws out of oblivion the history of Irish feminism in the first decades of this century. When one reads Margaret Ward's account of that period it is astounding that such consistent political action was omitted from Irish history. Ethna Viney, Irish Times ;Margaret Ward's biography of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington reveals her to have been a remarkable woman in her own right who established a militant suffrage movement in Ireland, supported the organization of women workers and went on to become a significant figure in Sinn Fein. Throughout her life Hanna faced the difficult task of balancing the claims of her feminism and her commitment to Irish independence. Margaret Ward gives a balanced account, sifting through stories and myths. Sheila Rowbotham, The Times; Margaret Ward is one of a number of women historians who have been engaged in excavating the history of women in Ireland and the history of Irish feminism. This biography is an important contribution to that process. ;Catriona Crowe, Sunday TribuneTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsFamily TreeChronology of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington’s Life and TimesSuffrage Friends and Colleagues of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington1Early Years 1877–19002The Making of a Feminist 1900–19033Partnership 1903–19084A Feminist Mother 1908-19105The Stone and The Shillelagh 1910–19126Outlaws 1912–19147'Rolling Up the Map of Suffrage' 1914–19168Death of a Pacifist 19169Challenging the Empire 1917–191810A Feminist Sinn Féiner 1918–192111Republican Envoy 1921–192512The Struggle Continues 1925–193213Feminism, Republicanism, Communism 1932–193714‘The Seeds Beneath the Snow’ 1937–1946Notes BibliographyIndex
£23.75
Radical Philosophy Radical Philosophy 2.20
£16.05
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Flashes in her soul, the life of Jabu Ndlovu
Book SynopsisThis is the life and times of Jabu Ndlovu—wife, mother, worker, union activist—who fought for the rights of her fellow workers and community members. Flashes in Her Soul is the second book in the Hidden Voices series and is the story of Jabu Ndlovu, a shop steward of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and a community leader in Imbali near Pietermaritzburg. Jabu, her husband and her oldest daughter were killed in a brutal attack on their home in May 1989. This story shows the courage and compassion with which Jabu fought against all forms of exploitation. Her story represents the experiences of thousands of women who struggled and suffered as a result of the war in KwaZulu-Natal in the 1980s and 1990s. Jabu's story reminds us of the devastation that violence brings to families, communities and organizations.The politics and dynamics behind the violence today are not the same as in the 1980s and early 1990s, but the need remains for strong and moral leaders like Jabu to speak out and organize against the violence and the moral corruption that lies behind it.
£8.95
Redhawk Publications Last of the Lions: An African American Journey in
Book Synopsis
£23.96
CRMEP Books Thinking Art: Materialisms, Labours, Forms
Book Synopsis
£12.00
Springer International Publishing AG How Border Peripheries are Changing the Nature of
Book SynopsisThis book addresses the multiple dimensions of the limited reach, or breakdown, of central authority in border regions of Arab states, and their implications for state sovereignty and modes of governance. These include the emergence of illicit networks of exchange, the rise of new nonstate actors in border regions, including paramilitary or jihadi groups, and the transformation of border areas into areas of regional conflict. Collectively, the essays in this volume address such processes, which have been observable in conflict-stricken countries such as Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, and in fragile political or economic contexts, like the ones in Lebanon, Tunisia, and Algeria, as well as in relatively stable Emirates such as Kuwait. The contributions also shed light on how border peripheries in the Arab world have impacted the center of political and economic power in their states. Table of Contents1. Introduction, Maha Yahya2. Smuggling and State Formation: A Match Made in Algeria, Dalia Ghanem3.Cronies and Contraband: Why Integrating Tunisia’s Informal Economic Elite Has Become Necessary, Hamza Meddeb4. North Pacific: Why Lebanon’s Akkar Region Weathered the Syrian Conflict, Maha Yahya and Mohanad Hage Ali5. Transnationalization of a Borderland: Center, Periphery, and Identity in Western Iraq, Harith Hasan6. Hadramawt’s Emergence as a Center: A Confluence of Yemeni Circumstances and Hadrami Resourcefulness, Ahmed Nagi7. How Syria’s War Extended Border Policies to Much of the Country, Kheder Khaddour and Kevin Mazur8. The Center Gives: Southern Syria and the Rise of New Peripheral Powerbrokers, Armenak Tokmajyan9. On the Edge: How Risks from Iraq Have Helped Form Kuwaiti Identity, Bader Al-Saif
£94.99
de Gruyter Oldenbourg Beruf Sexarbeit
£67.96
United Library Prince Harry & Meghan Markle: The biography - The
Book Synopsis
£7.49
Bloomsbury India Crowdsourcing, Constructing and Collaborating:
Book Synopsis
£80.75
PM Press Class, Race, And Gender: Challenging the Injuries
Book Synopsis
£19.79
PM Press Cultivating A Revolutionary Spirit
Book SynopsisAn exemplary story of solidarity in action, Cultivating a Revolutionary Spirit conveys the exhilarating experience of being part of paradigm-changing revolutions.Bill Lankford visited Nicaragua in 1984 to see the Sandinista revolution for himself. What he found led this physics professor to volunteer his skills teaching at the Central American University in Managua. There, he and his students developed a solar cooking project which took on a life of its own, spreading throughout the five countries of Central America.In Cultivating a Revolutionary Spirit, Bill describes how local women used the tools of carpentry to build solar ovens and how they used the tools of feminism to take more control over their own lives and their communities. Bill leveraged his personal resources as a white North American man—professionally educated, fluent in English, with access to money and connections—to facilitate the work of Central America
£18.89
PM Press The Hands That Crafted The Bomb
Book Synopsis
£18.69
North Atlantic Books,U.S. The Future Is Collective
£17.09
North Atlantic Books,U.S. Choosing to Lead Against the Current
Book Synopsis
£18.04
Oxford University Press Fighting for France
Book SynopsisFighting for France is a ground-breaking examination of violence in French politics in the interwar period. During these years, a range of groups at the political extremes employed physical aggression against their enemies and threatened to bring about the violent demise of the democratic regime. Until now, historians have denied and downplayed the frequency and seriousness of French political violence in favour of an interpretation that emphasises France''s weddedness to democracy. Fighting for France demonstrates that the democratic culture of the late Third Republic co-existed with a culture of violence in which the physical punishment of rivals and opponents was considered acceptable. Drawing on the narratives constructed around outbreaks of violence, the book reconstructs the lived experience of fighting and the sense that contemporaries made of conflict. It examines violence in a variety of settings, from the street to the factory floor. A range of actors come under investigationTrade Review...this is an important piece of research that will help historians gain a greater understanding not just of French political culture in this period but also of the relationship between violence and democratic political culture in Europe more broadly. * Karine Varley, H-Net *Millington contributes a nuanced exploration of the circumstances in which violence took place in France, and the political cultures that both nurtured and constrained its use. * Joan Tumblety, European History Quarterly *Fighting or France is sure to be of interest to specialists in French twentieth-century politics and political culture, as well as to those with an interest in the comparative study of democracies' responses to political extremism in the era of fascism. It could serve as a readable and engaging supplementary text for an undergraduate course on Europe in the era of the World Wars, and could also be used to provoke productive discussion about the similarities and differences between political violence in interwar Europe and in our own time. * Drew Flanagan, H-France *
£50.00
The University of Chicago Press The Tolerant Populists Second Edition Kansas
Book SynopsisA political movement rallies against under regulated banks, widening gaps in wealth, and gridlocked governments. Sound familiar? Historians wrote approvingly of the Populists up into the 1950s. This title sets out to uncover the truth of populism, focusing on the prominent Populist state, Kansas.Trade Review"Often misrepresented and misunderstood, its very name stolen and twisted by movements hostile to the progressive reforms it fore-shadowed, American Populism deserved the penetrating corrective report contained in Walter Nugent's book of fifty years ago. For readers in today's threatened democracy, this anniversary reissue is more timely than ever." (Bernard Weisberger, author of America Afire)"
£25.00
The University of Chicago Press Reinventing Khomeini The Struggle for Reform in
Book SynopsisThis study offers an interpretation of the political battles that paved the way for reform in Iran. The author argues that the struggle for a more democratic Iran can be traced back to the revolution itself, and to the contradictory agendas of the revolution's founding father, Ayatollah Khomeini.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press The Roots of Radicalism Tradition the Public
Book SynopsisEmphasizes the coexistence of different kinds of radicalism, their tensions, and their implications. This title reveals the importance of radicalism's links to pre-industrial culture and attachments to place and local communities, as well as the ways in which journalists who had been pushed out of "respectable" politics connected to artisans.Trade Review"The Roots of Radicalism brings to bear both rich historical cases and comparative reflections on one of the central theoretical debates in sociology and history. Through his deep and broad analysis of protest in the early nineteenth century, Calhoun develops an important and contrarian contribution to the debate over collective action that has heretofore been dominated by the imagery of individual rational actors." (Elisabeth S. Clemens, Univeristy of Chicago)"
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Laughing Saints and Righteous Heroes
Book SynopsisWhy do people keep fighting for social causes in the face of consistent failure? Why do they risk their physical, emotional, and financial safety on behalf of strangers? How do these groups survive high turnover and emotional burnout? This title provides answers to these questions.Trade Review"This is a very good comparative case study of two different types of organizations and a beautifully written, engaging work of participant observation." - Jonathan Turner, University of California, Riverside"
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press From Voice to Influence Understanding
Book SynopsisDoes the ease with which one can now participate in online petitions or conversations about current events seduce some away from civic activities into slacktivism? Drawing on a diverse body of theory, from Hannah Arendt to Anthony Appiah, this book offers a range of visions for a political ethics to guide citizens in a digitally connected world.Trade Review"For anyone who thinks that the Internet has created a whole new order, From Voice to Influence ought to be essential reading. This is a very important and valuable book, rich with fascinating case studies and pertinent data." (Peter Levine, Tufts University)
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press From Voice to Influence Understanding Citizenship
Book SynopsisDoes the ease with which one can now participate in online petitions or conversations about current events seduce some away from civic activities into "slacktivism?" Drawing on a diverse body of theory, from Hannah Arendt to Anthony Appiah, this book offers a range of visions for a political ethics to guide citizens in a digitally connected world.Trade Review"For anyone who thinks that the Internet has created a whole new order, From Voice to Influence ought to be essential reading. This is a very important and valuable book, rich with fascinating case studies and pertinent data." (Peter Levine, Tufts University)
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press The Dividends of Dissent How Conflict and
Book SynopsisBetween 1979 and 2000 four major lesbian and gay demonstrations took place there. Drawing on archival research, historical data, original photographs, interviews with key activists, and more than a thousand news articles, this book offers an analysis - descriptive, historical, and sociological - of these marches and their organization.Trade Review"A dazzling accomplishment, both conceptually and substantively. Ghaziani's rich and meticulously researched work significantly expands our understanding of the history of gay and lesbian activism during a critical period. Using these four previously unstudied cases of mass protest as a means to tell that history is a brilliant idea." - Verta Taylor, University of California, Santa Barbara"
£84.00
The University of Chicago Press The Dividends of Dissent How Conflict and Culture
Book SynopsisBetween 1979 and 2000 four major lesbian and gay demonstrations took place there. Drawing on archival research, historical data, original photographs, interviews with key activists, and more than a thousand news articles, this book offers an analysis - descriptive, historical, and sociological - of these marches and their organization.Trade Review"A dazzling accomplishment, both conceptually and substantively. Ghaziani's rich and meticulously researched work significantly expands our understanding of the history of gay and lesbian activism during a critical period. Using these four previously unstudied cases of mass protest as a means to tell that history is a brilliant idea." - Verta Taylor, University of California, Santa Barbara"
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Cultural Dilemmas of Progressive Politics Styles
Book SynopsisDespite there having been no significant move to the right in recent years in public political opinion, conservatives have fared much better than progressives. This text explores the reasons for this pattern through examination of case studies of grassroots movements.
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press The SitIns
Book SynopsisAn analysis of the 1960s Civil Rights sit-ins that focuses on their legal aspects: the arguments made, the way law was employed, and their effects.Trade Review"Schmidt, one of our most talented young legal historians, has written an engaging and fast-paced narrative of one of the civil rights movement's epic events: the sit-in demonstrations. Thoroughly researched and convincingly argued, Schmidt's book is a model of the 'new' legal history: He demonstrates how ordinary Americans shape the development of constitutional law and how the sundry interactions of diverse institutions influence constitutional change in unpredictable ways. The sit-in movement finally has the legal history it deserves."--Michael Klarman, Harvard Law School, author of From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the Struggle for Racial Equality "Schmidt has written the definitive legal treatment of the sit-in movement of the 1960s. He masterfully weaves together the social, political, and legal history of the transformative protests of the brave African American college students who challenged Jim Crow. Schmidt is unafraid to look at the messiness of the law--the confusions, gaps, and inconsistencies that most scholars try to neaten up. There is conflict here, and that conflict is deeply illuminating. The Sit-Ins tells a fascinating story that adds much to our understanding of the relationship between law and social movements, the role of popular constitutionalism outside the courts, and the meaning of the Constitution itself."--Risa L. Goluboff, dean, University of Virginia School of Law
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press The Making of Prolife Activists
Book SynopsisHow do people become activists for causes they care deeply about? Many people with similar backgrounds, for instance, fervently believe that abortion should be illegal, but only some of them join the pro-life movement. Delving into the lives and beliefs of activists and nonactivists alike, this book examines the differences between them.Trade Review"Munson's focus on variations across pro-life activists - rather than between pro-life and pro-choice activists - adds exceptionally valuable nuance to our understanding of the movement. Along with this comparative emphasis, his clear and theoretically subversive argument makes this an original and significant book." - Elisabeth Clemens, University of Chicago"
£27.00
The University of Chicago Press Rivalry and Reform
Book SynopsisFew relationships have proved more pivotal in changing the course of American politics than those between presidents and social movements. For all their differences, both presidents and social movements are driven by a desire to recast the political system, often pursuing rival agendas that set them on a collision course. Even when their interests converge, these two actors often compete to control the timing and conditions of political change. During rare historical moments, however, presidents and social movements forged partnerships that profoundly recast American politics. Rivalry and Reform explores the relationship between presidents and social movements throughout history and into the present day, revealing the patterns that emerge from the epic battles and uneasy partnerships that have profoundly shaped reform. Through a series of case studies, including Abraham Lincoln and abolitionism, Lyndon Johnson and the civil rights movement, and Ronald Reagan and the religious right, Sidney M. Milkis and Daniel J. Tichenor argue persuasively that majorpolitical change usually reflects neither a top-down nor bottom-up strategybut a crucial interplay between the two. Savvy leaders, the authors show, use social movements to support their policy goals. At the same time, the most successful social movements target the president as either a source of powerful support or the center of opposition. The book concludes with a consideration of Barack Obama's approach to contemporary social movements such as Black Lives Matter, United We Dream, and Marriage Equality.
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press Fair Share Senior Activism Tiny Publics and the
Book SynopsisA deeply researched ethnographic portrait of progressive senior activists in Chicago who demonstrate how a tiny public wields collective power to advocate for broad social change. If you've ever been to a protest or been involved in a movement for social change, you have likely experienced a local culture, one with slogans, jargon, and shared commitments. Though one might think of a cohort of youthful organizers when imagining protest culture, this powerful ethnography from esteemed sociologist Gary Alan Fine explores the world of senior citizens on the front lines of progressive protests. While seniors are a notoriously importantand historically conservativepolitical cohort, the group Fine calls Chicago Seniors Together is a decidedly leftist organization, inspired by the model of Saul Alinsky. The group advocates for social issues, such as affordable housing and healthcare, that affect all sectors of society but take on a particular urgency in the lives of seniors. Seniors connect and mobilize around their distinct experiences but do so in service of concerns that extend beyond themselves. Not only do these seniors experience social issues as seniorsbut they use their age as a dramatic visual in advocating for political change. In Fair Share, Fine brings readers into the vital world of an overlooked political group, describing how a tiny public mobilizes its demands for broad social change. In investigating this process, he shows that senior citizen activists are particularly savvy about using age to their advantage in social movements. After all, what could be more attention-grabbing than a group of passionate older people determinedly shuffling through snowy streets with canes, in wheelchairs, and holding walkers to demand healthcare equity, risking their own health in the process? Trade Review"In Fair Share: Senior Activism, Tiny Publics, and the Culture of Resistance, Fine makes an excellent case for . . . an example of observing a social movement as something like a social club. The meso-level of society, a middle and peopled realm wherein local values, interactions, experiences, and stories produce the necessary sociality for pursuing activism, shines through the book." -- J. L. Johnson * Symbolic Interaction *"Fine’s ethnography offers a deep and joyful dive into the contradictions and strengths of elder activism." * Choice *“The Baby Boom generation is not going quietly into the night. In entertaining detail, Gary Alan Fine, perhaps the finest ethnographer of that generation, shows us how and why they continue to cause beautiful trouble in politics. Fair Share is a pleasure to read.” -- James M. Jasper, CUNY Graduate CenterTable of ContentsPrologue: A Snowy Day in Racine Introduction: Of Seniors, for Seniors 1 Causes, Commitment, and Culture 2 Coming of Age 3 Where the Actions Are 4 Movement Memories and Eventful Experience 5 Staff Power and Senior Authority 6 Diversities 7 The Nexus of Politics 8 Our Fair Share Acknowledgments Notes Index
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Fair Share Senior Activism Tiny Publics and the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In Fair Share: Senior Activism, Tiny Publics, and the Culture of Resistance, Fine makes an excellent case for . . . an example of observing a social movement as something like a social club. The meso-level of society, a middle and peopled realm wherein local values, interactions, experiences, and stories produce the necessary sociality for pursuing activism, shines through the book." -- J. L. Johnson * Symbolic Interaction *"Fine’s ethnography offers a deep and joyful dive into the contradictions and strengths of elder activism." * Choice *“The Baby Boom generation is not going quietly into the night. In entertaining detail, Gary Alan Fine, perhaps the finest ethnographer of that generation, shows us how and why they continue to cause beautiful trouble in politics. Fair Share is a pleasure to read.” -- James M. Jasper, CUNY Graduate CenterTable of ContentsPrologue: A Snowy Day in Racine Introduction: Of Seniors, for Seniors 1 Causes, Commitment, and Culture 2 Coming of Age 3 Where the Actions Are 4 Movement Memories and Eventful Experience 5 Staff Power and Senior Authority 6 Diversities 7 The Nexus of Politics 8 Our Fair Share Acknowledgments Notes Index
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press Saul Alinsky and the Dilemmas of Race Community
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Saul Alinsky and the Dilemma of Race is a major contribution to scholarship on postwar racial politics in northern US cities. Writing at the intersections of urban, labor and African-American histories, Santow has forged an analytical narrative that depicts Alinsky’s decades-long efforts to bridge Chicago’s racial divide neither as a quixotic challenge to white flight nor as a broad strategy that might have prevented northern resegregation. Rather, he provides a nuanced portrait of both the potential of Alinsky’s organizing for promoting neighborhood integration and its inability to address the structural forces driving racial transition in mid-twentieth-century Chicago.” -- Matthew Countryman, author of Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia"What do race in the US and Saul Alinsky have in common? Both are mercurial, shrouded in myth, and caricatured across the political spectrum. Mark Santow confronts each, illuminating the intersection of the community organizer and the pragmatics of racism in the crucible of Chicago." -- Amanda I. Seligman, author of Block by Block"The Catholic theologian Jacques Maritain once called Saul Alinsky 'a great soul'--a mahatma, devoted to promoting human dignity through the pursuit of radical democracy. In his exemplary new book, Mark Santow brings Alinksy’s vision up against the brutal realities of race in midcentury Chicago. The result is a consistently compelling, sometimes exhilarating, often sobering story of idealism, activism, and reactionary resistance in one of the nation’s most segregated cities." -- Kevin Boyle, author of The Shattering: America in the 1960sTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. “Americanism in the Truest Sense?” Alinsky and Race in Packingtown 2. “Dissolving the Walls of Racial Partition”: The 1957 General Report 3. Chicago’s “Great Question”: Racial Geography and the Creation of the Organization for the Southwest Community, 1958–1959 4. The “Benign Quota,” Racial Liberalism, and the OSC 5. “And Just All of a Sudden, They Left”: The OSC and the Challenges of Neighborhood Integration, 1961–1969 6. “We Will Not Be Planned For”: The Creation of the Woodlawn Organization 7. Truth Squads and Death Watches: TWO, Schooling, and Spatial Strategy 8. Maximum Feasible Alinsky: TWO and the War on Poverty 9. Model Cities, TWO, and the Spatial Dilemmas of Metropolitan Segregation Conclusion: Mending Walls and Building Bridges Acknowledgments Notes Index
£28.50
The University of Chicago Press The Rise of the Masses Spontaneous Mobilization
Book SynopsisAn insightful examination of how intersecting individual motivations and social structures mobilize spontaneous mass protests. Between 15 and 26 million Americans participated in protests surrounding the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and others as part of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, which is only one of the most recent examples of an immense mobilization of citizens around a cause. In The Rise of the Masses, sociologist Benjamin Abrams addresses why and how people spontaneously protest, riot, and revolt en masse. While most uprisings of such a scale require tremendous resources and organizing, this book focuses on cases where people with no connection to organized movements take to the streets, largely of their own accord. Looking to the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and the Black Lives Uprising, as well as the historical case of the French Revolution, Abrams lays out a theory of how and why massive mobilizations arise without the large-scalTrade Review“Skillfully drawing on and synthesizing an impressive range of theoretical perspectives, Benjamin Abrams has fashioned a highly original theory of spontaneous mass mobilization. As if that weren’t enough, he goes on to make a compelling, empirically informed case for the application of his affinity-convergence theory to four iconic mass movements, ranging from the French Revolution to the George Floyd Protests of 2020. Anyone interested in the dynamics of spontaneous mass action will want to read this book.” -- Doug McAdam, Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology, Stanford University“Drawing on four diverse cycles of contention. . . . Abrams shows how much of the process of mobilization can be explained as the product of affinities and convergence on the part of unorganized groups—the 'masses' in his title—while their failures can be explained as their inability to create viable and robust structures around their affinities. His book should be read by social movement specialists and by general readers concerned with the current waves of mass mobilization alike. While the book is based on immense reading and research, it is Abrams's deep thinking that I admire most. A very readable and engaging book." -- Sidney Tarrow, author of Power in Movement“Social movements and revolutions are enormously consequential. Yet, their confounding and elusive mysteries are not fully understood. How do they burst forth, who brings them into being, and why do they fail or succeed? Do they spring from spontaneity or organization? The Rise of the Masses squarely confronts these fundamental questions through careful analysis, copious evidence, and enthralling narratives of historic movements. In so doing, Abrams illuminates how these engines of social change operate. This book is a rich fount of knowledge that should be widely read.” -- Aldon Morris, author of The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement"This book will be important reading for those interested in explaining mobilization generally and delving into how we can better understand more spontaneous mobilizations. In addition, it would be of interest to any scholars or publics interested in the four core cases of analysis. I found the book compelling, beautifully written, and convincing." -- Catherine Corrigall-Brown * Social Forces *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Theorizing Mobilization 1. What We Know about Mobilization, and What We Need To 2. Affinity-Convergence Theory Part II: The Egyptian Revolution, 2011 3. Egypt on the Eve of Revolution 4. The Anatomy of a Revolutionary Moment 5. The Fall and Fall of Revolutionary Egypt Part III: Occupy Wall Street 6. Globalizing the Revolution 7. Enter the Occupiers 8. The End of the Extraordinary Part IV: The Black Lives Uprising, 2020 9. From Tragedy to Uprising 10. Mass Mobilization for Black Lives Part V: The French Revolution, 1789 11. Mass Mobilization against the Ancien Régime 12. The Development of Revolutionary Mobilization Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index
£76.00
McGill-Queen's University Press Mirrors of a Generation
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£31.50
Columbia University Press The Refuge of Affections
Book SynopsisAmerican progressives - those middle-class citizens who support fundamental change in American life - have always presented a mystery. This work investigates the lives of such reformers as Charles and Mary Beard and Wesley Clair, to investigate their influences and inspiration.Trade ReviewOriginal and elegantly written. -- K. Walter Hickel Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Dorothy Whitney and Willard Straight 2. Mary Ritter and Charles Beard 3. Lucy Sprague and Wesley Clair Mitchell 4. War and the Progressive Family 5. The Narrative of Progress versus the Logic of Events Epilogue: The Rise and Fall of The Rise of American Civilization Works Cited
£28.80
Columbia University Press Theorys Empire
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£95.00
Columbia University Press Reworking Race
Book SynopsisIn the middle decades of the 20th century, Hawai'i changed rapidly from a conservative oligarchy firmly controlled by a Euro-American elite to arguably the most progressive part of the United States. This study explains how Filipinos, Japanese, Portuguese, and others overcame racial divisions and mobilized a mass working-class movement.Trade ReviewReworking Race will be recognized eventually as one of the major works on the history of labor in Hawai'i. -- Jonathan Y. Okamura The Journal of American History Well written, impressively researched, and theoretically insightful, Reworking Race is an important contribution to the field. -- Francisca Oyogoa Industrial and Labor Relations Review A smart, well researched, and amply documented monograph on a fascinating and instructive case. -- Chris Rhomberg Mobilization Sound research, crisp narrative, and innovative reworking of the concept of 'interracialism'... an important contribution. -- Jose M Alamillo, Washington State University American Historical Review Theoretically and empirically rich, Reworking Race is necessary reading in the sociology of race/ethnicity and in labor and political sociology. -- Sharmila Rudrappa American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction Origins of Capital's Contentious Response to Labor Race and Labor in Prewar Hawai'i Shifting Terrains of the New Deal and World War II The Making of Working-Class Interracialism ConclusionNotes Bibliography Index
£83.60
Columbia University Press From Selma to Moscow
Book SynopsisSarah B. Snyder shows how transnational connections and social movements spurred American activism that enshrined human rights in U.S. foreign policy making for years to come. From Selma to Moscow reshapes our understanding of the role of human rights activism in transforming U.S. foreign policy in the 1960s and 1970s.Trade ReviewIn this illuminating book Sarah Snyder explains the origins of the human rights movement in the 1960s and chronicles its evolution until the inauguration of Jimmy Carter. Linking the evolution of human rights to other social movements, she probes the motives, highlights the transnational connections, and analyzes the successes and failures of activists regarding human rights violations inside the Soviet Union, Southern Rhodesia, Greece, South Korea, and Chile. This book is an important contribution to the literature on human rights. -- Melvyn Leffler, Edward Stettinius Professor of American History, University of VirginiaIn this impressive and deeply researched work, Sarah Snyder reveals the way global struggles over human rights became a feature of American politics and foreign policy in the 1960s and 70s as activists, journalists, and Congress members made the case that the United States was complicit if the country ignored brutal repression. An important contribution. -- Mary L. Dudziak, Emory University School of LawBased on deep and thorough archival research, as well as an innovative and creative use of quantitative measures, Snyder’s book demonstrates that issues of human rights emerged as a significant priority for many Americans, both political leaders and activists, well before the Carter administration. From Selma to Moscow is an extremely important contribution to what remains one of the most important challenges in American foreign policy. -- Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt UniversityHuman rights is emerging as one of the central concerns of modern humanities and social science scholarship. From Selma to Moscow illuminates the missing links between histories of the 1940s and the 1970s, the focus of previous studies. Sarah Snyder’s globe-spanning tale of activists and policy makers reveals the significance of the 1960s for bringing human rights to the forefront of U.S. foreign relations. An important book from an excellent historian. -- Tim Borstelmann, University of Nebraska–LincolnThis well-written and persuasively argued book leaves me wanting even more, and it...will remain an important book for years to come. -- Kelly J. Shannon * American Historical Review *Sarah Snyder's book illuminates the nuances and contradictions of American foreign policy in this era. * Diplomatic History *Her argument, articulated with refreshing clarity early in her introduction, is that Americans engaged in transnational human rights campaigns much earlier than previously assumed, namely in the 1960s. * Journal of Contemporary History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Human Rights Activism Directed Across the Iron Curtain2. A Double Standard Abroad and at Home? Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence3. Causing Us “Real Trouble”: The 1967 Coup in Greece4. Does the United States Stand for Something? Human Rights in South Korea5. Translating Human Rights into the Language of Washington: American Activism in the Wake of the Coup in Chile6. “A Call for U.S. Leadership”: Congressional Activism on Human RightsConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£79.20
Columbia University Press From Selma to Moscow
Book SynopsisSarah B. Snyder shows how transnational connections and social movements spurred American activism that enshrined human rights in U.S. foreign policy making for years to come. From Selma to Moscow reshapes our understanding of the role of human rights activism in transforming U.S. foreign policy in the 1960s and 1970s.Trade ReviewIn this illuminating book Sarah Snyder explains the origins of the human rights movement in the 1960s and chronicles its evolution until the inauguration of Jimmy Carter. Linking the evolution of human rights to other social movements, she probes the motives, highlights the transnational connections, and analyzes the successes and failures of activists regarding human rights violations inside the Soviet Union, Southern Rhodesia, Greece, South Korea, and Chile. This book is an important contribution to the literature on human rights. -- Melvyn Leffler, Edward Stettinius Professor of American History, University of VirginiaIn this impressive and deeply researched work, Sarah Snyder reveals the way global struggles over human rights became a feature of American politics and foreign policy in the 1960s and 70s as activists, journalists, and Congress members made the case that the United States was complicit if the country ignored brutal repression. An important contribution. -- Mary L. Dudziak, Emory University School of LawBased on deep and thorough archival research, as well as an innovative and creative use of quantitative measures, Snyder’s book demonstrates that issues of human rights emerged as a significant priority for many Americans, both political leaders and activists, well before the Carter administration. From Selma to Moscow is an extremely important contribution to what remains one of the most important challenges in American foreign policy. -- Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt UniversityHuman rights is emerging as one of the central concerns of modern humanities and social science scholarship. From Selma to Moscow illuminates the missing links between histories of the 1940s and the 1970s, the focus of previous studies. Sarah Snyder’s globe-spanning tale of activists and policy makers reveals the significance of the 1960s for bringing human rights to the forefront of U.S. foreign relations. An important book from an excellent historian. -- Tim Borstelmann, University of Nebraska–LincolnThis well-written and persuasively argued book leaves me wanting even more, and it...will remain an important book for years to come. -- Kelly J. Shannon * American Historical Review *Sarah Snyder's book illuminates the nuances and contradictions of American foreign policy in this era. * Diplomatic History *Her argument, articulated with refreshing clarity early in her introduction, is that Americans engaged in transnational human rights campaigns much earlier than previously assumed, namely in the 1960s. * Journal of Contemporary History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Human Rights Activism Directed Across the Iron Curtain2. A Double Standard Abroad and at Home? Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence3. Causing Us “Real Trouble”: The 1967 Coup in Greece4. Does the United States Stand for Something? Human Rights in South Korea5. Translating Human Rights into the Language of Washington: American Activism in the Wake of the Coup in Chile6. “A Call for U.S. Leadership”: Congressional Activism on Human RightsConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£25.20
Columbia University Press Eqbal Ahmad
Book SynopsisNew personal and professional writings amplify the incisive, passionate, and often prophetic analyses of a major thinker of the twentieth century.Trade ReviewThis book is full of remarkable original primary material on the life and writings of an intellectual and activist well deserving of a biography. -- Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University Eqbal Ahmad was a brilliant and penetrating critic and analyst, a courageous fighter for justice and freedom in much of the world, steeped in humanistic understanding, warm and compassionate, a dear friend. His accomplishments ranged from demolishing self-serving dogmas about the Cold War to such constructive work as bringing Indians and Pakistanis together in a search for an amicable settlement of a tragic conflict, and far too much more even to try to mention. His life, achievements, and legacy are vividly portrayed by his close friend Stuart Schaar in this outstanding study, a fine tribute to one of the most remarkable people I've been fortunate enough to know, or even to know about. -- Noam Chomsky Eqbal Ahmad was a remarkable human being as well as a seminal progressive political thinker. In this illuminating intellectual biography, Stuart Schaar, brings his subject to life, drawing on their long, intimate friendship and shared scholarly engagement with the politics of the Middle East and the Islamic world. Above all, Ahmad grasped the toxic interplay between the maladies of postcolonialism and the persistent imperial ambitions of the West better than any of his contemporaries. -- Richard A. Falk By taking readers across the entire fascinating range of Ahmad's preoccupations and passions, Schaar has made his subject accessible to all those who never had the privilege of knowing him. In a fairly short, fluently written work, Schaar has done his old friend proud, and shed light on a thinker, an engaged activist and a wonderful man. -- Irfan Husain Dawn Schaar has done us a service in providing an introductory overview of Eqbal Ahmad's life and thought, unveiling the man's humanity, frustrations, foibles, brilliance, and even his culinary talents (an appendix provides a recipe for a "Chicken Tikka Masala Marinade"). Friday Times Short but poignant... Schaar does a wonderful job capturing the special relationship and bond metween Ahmad and Said. Journal of Palestine StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Eqbal's Life 2. Reflections on Eqbal's Life 3. Polemics 4. Islam and Islamic History 5. Imperialism, Nationalism, Revolutionary Warfare, Insurgency, and the Need for Democracy 6. The Middle East and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict 7. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: The Problem of Nuclear Proliferation and Views on Partitioning States 8. Critique of U.S. Foreign Policy, the Cold War, and Terrorism Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£64.01
Columbia University Press Eqbal Ahmad
Book SynopsisEqbal Ahmad was a bold and original activist, journalist, and theorist who brought uncommon perspective to the rise of militant Islam and the geopolitics of the Cold War. A long-time friend and intellectual collaborator of Ahmad, Stuart Schaar connects Ahmad's experiences to the major currents of modern history.Trade ReviewThis book is full of remarkable original primary material on the life and writings of an intellectual and activist well deserving of a biography. -- Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University Eqbal Ahmad was a brilliant and penetrating critic and analyst, a courageous fighter for justice and freedom in much of the world, steeped in humanistic understanding, warm and compassionate, a dear friend. His accomplishments ranged from demolishing self-serving dogmas about the Cold War to such constructive work as bringing Indians and Pakistanis together in a search for an amicable settlement of a tragic conflict, and far too much more even to try to mention. His life, achievements, and legacy are vividly portrayed by his close friend Stuart Schaar in this outstanding study, a fine tribute to one of the most remarkable people I've been fortunate enough to know, or even to know about. -- Noam Chomsky Eqbal Ahmad was a remarkable human being as well as a seminal progressive political thinker. In this illuminating intellectual biography, Stuart Schaar, brings his subject to life, drawing on their long, intimate friendship and shared scholarly engagement with the politics of the Middle East and the Islamic world. Above all, Ahmad grasped the toxic interplay between the maladies of postcolonialism and the persistent imperial ambitions of the West better than any of his contemporaries. -- Richard A. Falk By taking readers across the entire fascinating range of Ahmad's preoccupations and passions, Schaar has made his subject accessible to all those who never had the privilege of knowing him. In a fairly short, fluently written work, Schaar has done his old friend proud, and shed light on a thinker, an engaged activist and a wonderful man. -- Irfan Husain Dawn Schaar has done us a service in providing an introductory overview of Eqbal Ahmad's life and thought, unveiling the man's humanity, frustrations, foibles, brilliance, and even his culinary talents (an appendix provides a recipe for a "Chicken Tikka Masala Marinade"). Friday Times Short but poignant... Schaar does a wonderful job capturing the special relationship and bond metween Ahmad and Said. Journal of Palestine StudiesTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Eqbal's Life2. Reflections on Eqbal's Life3. Polemics4. Islam and Islamic History5. Imperialism, Nationalism, Revolutionary Warfare, Insurgency, and the Need for Democracy6. The Middle East and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict7. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: The Problem of Nuclear Proliferation and Views on Partitioning States8. Critique of U.S. Foreign Policy, the Cold War, and TerrorismConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£19.80
Columbia University Press The Resistance in Western Europe 19401945
Book SynopsisThe Resistance in Western Europe is a sweeping analytical history of the underground anti-Nazi forces during World War II. Examining clandestine organizations in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Italy, Olivier Wieviorka sheds new light on the factors that shaped the resistance and its place in Anglo-American military strategy.Trade ReviewWith a subject like this, where the stories are almost always saturated with romanticism, and tend to look at events in just one country, Wieviorka's transnational accounting provides a useful antidote. -- Thomas E. Ricks * New York Times Book Review *Olivier Wieviorka treats the resistance in Western Europe as a multinational coalition. Anglo-Americans supplied arms and funding to resistance groups on the continent, and Resistance movements in turn aided in the Allied war effort. It was part tug-of-war, résistants striving to maintain autonomy, and part pas de deux, the two sides working together in a common effort that helped shape what Wieviorka calls an incipient “European consciousness.” This is a history on a grand scale commensurate with the epic character of the complex struggle it recounts. -- Philip Nord, Princeton UniversityWieviorka presents a clear-eyed view of the achievements and limitations of resistance efforts, moving beyond romanticized tales of valor and dismissive tales of military ineffectiveness. Above all, the book shows the vital role played first by the British and, later, American secret services—all too often forgotten in Europe since the war—in coordinating and directing the efforts of disparate movements across Western Europe. -- Clifford Rosenberg, City College of New YorkThis book is as richly informative about the Allies as about the resistance. Wieviorka examines more fully than any previous work the complicated three-way negotiations among the Anglo-American authorities, the exiled governments of France, Holland, Belgium, and Norway in London, and the underground movements that together made it possible to plan and execute clandestine operations. -- From the foreword by Robert O. Paxton[An] impressive overview of Western European resistance during the war. * New York Review of Books *Masterfully analyzes the resistance to the German occupations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway during World War II. * Foreign Affairs *With a subject like this, where the stories are almost always saturated with romanticism, and tend to look at events in just one country, Wieviorka’s transnational accounting provides a useful antidote. * New York Times Book Review *His study is a welcome addition to WWII collections. * Choice *Table of ContentsForeword, by Robert O. PaxtonList of MapsList of AbbreviationsPrelude: A Glowing Picture1. Reinventing a Coalition2. Set Europe Ablaze!3. Internecine Struggles4. Ententes Cordiales?5. Legitimacy at Stake6. The Dual Shock of 1941 and Its Consequences7. Coming of Age8. Developments9. Compulsory Labor: An Opportunity or a Curse?10. Mixed Results11. Taking Up Arms12. Propaganda13. Cadres14. Minor Maneuvers, Major Policies15. Italian Complexities16. Planning for Liberation17. Plans and Instructions18. Political Liberation19. Action!20. Peripheries21. Order or Chaos?EpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
£91.52
Columbia University Press The Closed Circle Joining and Leaving the Muslim
Book SynopsisThe Closed Circle offers an unprecedented inside view into how one of the world’s most influential Islamist groups operates. Lorenzo Vidino marshals unique interviews with prominent former members and associates of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West, shedding light on why and how people join and leave the organization.Trade ReviewLorenzo Vidino is a distinguished scholar of the Muslim Brotherhood. In The Closed Circle, he provides the invaluable service of letting those who have left the movement speak for themselves. What they say should enlighten and alarm anyone who thinks the Brotherhood is moderate, a firewall against extremism, or genuinely committed to democratic pluralism. Policy makers need to read it—and then read it again. -- Sir John Jenkins, head of the 2014 United Kingdom government review of the Muslim BrotherhoodVidino's interviews reveal a patient organization that markets itself as moderate but sometimes acts like a sinister and dangerous cult. The Brotherhood requires subtle analysis, and Vidino provides just that—neither overstating its threat nor accepting its claims to be a benign fraternal order. An essential contribution to our understanding of Islamism in the West. -- Graeme Wood, author of The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic StateThis book is the first of its kind. Well-conceived and highly original, The Closed Circle provides a new analytical framework for thinking about and conceptualizing the reasons for why people have chosen to leave the Muslim Brotherhood. -- Shiraz Maher, author of Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an IdeaFew are as qualified as Lorenzo Vidino to unpack the Muslim Brotherhood in the West. In The Closed Circle, he takes us into the life stories of actual members, their trajectories within the organization, and provides unique insights into the mechanisms of joining and leaving this secretive Islamist organization. It is absolutely essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the complexities of the largest Islamist movement in the West, where it is heading, and the major challenges ahead for Western liberal democracies. -- Magnus Ranstorp, Swedish Defence UniversityA meticulously researched and elegantly written book that goes behind the smoke screen to offer unique insights into an extraordinarily complex and deliberately elusive organization through carefully assembled vignettes of a heterogeneous group of members who journeyed from wide-eyed attraction to wistful disillusionment with the Brotherhood. -- Hazem Kandil, Cambridge UniversityLorenzo Vidino is one of the leading experts on the Muslim Brotherhood in the West, and this latest volume is an important addition to the academic literature on the character and evolution of the Brotherhood, especially outside the Middle East—a subject of enduring significance for academic and policy-making communities. -- Martyn Frampton, Queen Mary University of LondonOffers a new analytical framework for conceptualizing the reasons why people have chosen to join and leave the largest Islamist movement in the West...Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations1. What Is the Muslim Brotherhood in the West?2. Joining and Leaving the Brotherhood3. Kamal Helbawy4. Ahmed Akkari5. Pierre Durrani6. Mohamed Louizi7. Omero Marongiu8. Pernilla Ouis9. The American Brothers10. Joining and Leaving: What the Evidence Suggests11. The Western Brotherhood’s Future: From the Arab Spring and BeyondNotesBibliographyIndex
£22.50
Columbia University Press Politics for Social Workers
Book SynopsisThis book is a concise, accessible guide to help social workers understand how politics and policy making really work—and what they can do to help their clients and their communities. It offers informed, practical grounding in the mechanics of policy making and the tools that activists and outsiders can use to take on an entrenched system.Trade ReviewIn Politics for Social Workers: A Practical Guide to Effecting Change, Professor Stephen Pimpare offers a historically informed and theoretically grounded assessment of current political issues . . . The book will be extremely useful to social work students and professionals who still feel uncomfortable talking openly about politics. -- David Hornung, PhD, LMSW, Assistant Professor, CUNY York College-MSW Program * The New Social Worker *Stephen Pimpare has written a book that should be in the hands of every social worker. Much like Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, it provides an indispensable guide for navigating the politics of today in order to create a more socially just world. Insightful and inspiring! -- Mark R. Rank, coauthor of Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About PovertyPimpare combines his political science background and public policy expertise in an easy-to-read tool kit for social workers seeking to become more strategically savvy when converting their practice-based critiques of inequality and social injustice into action for social change. A myth-busting but well-documented inspection of the inequities baked into the American political system. -- Mimi Abramovitz, author of Regulating the Lives of Women: Social Welfare Policy from Colonial Times to the PresentPolitics for Social Workers provides a uniquely thorough explanation and in-depth analysis of the structure and functioning of our political system. Pimpare brings this analysis to bear on policies and political structures that create the inequities and marginalization that social workers seek to alleviate. The book will grant social work students a more critically informed perspective from which to approach their ethical obligations to social justice. -- Mary Hylton, Salisbury UniversityFor this reason, the book has relevance not just to practising social workers and social work students, but also to social work educators as it highlights that teaching advocacy to social workers in a meaningful way is not only possible, but highly relevant in these challenging times. * British Journal of Social Work *The book deserves a broad audience of laymen and scholars, instructors and students, practitioners and policymakers. * European Journal of Social Work *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. The U.S. Constitution Is Undemocratic2. Our Representative Institutions Are Not Representative3. We’re Terrible at Conducting Elections4. We Are Exceptional—but Not in a Good Way5. Most of Us Will Be Poor and on Welfare6. Everything Is Political7. Conservatism Is Not Conservative and Some of Us Are More Polarized Than Others8. Cruel and Unjust Policies Serve a Purpose for Someone9. Where You Can Go Depends on Where You’ve Been10. Look at What’s Not Happening11. People Learn Lessons About Their Value from Their Interactions with Government Agencies12. The People Who Benefit Most from Government Are Most Likely to Claim They Don’t Benefit at All13. People Like Lice and Cockroaches Better Than Congress14. The Thing They Say About Making Sausage Is True15. Presidents Are Weak and Command Too Much of Our Attention16. It Really Is the Economy, Stupid17. Judges Are Players, Not Umpires18. People Aren’t Dumb but They Sure Are Ignorant19. There Is No Public20. There Is No View from Nowhere21. You Will Not Change Anyone’s Mind22. Social Work Is Conservative23. Throw Sand in the Gears of EverythingConclusion: We Can Do Better. There Are Solutions.ReferencesIndex
£80.00
