Political activism / Political engagement Books

Book SynopsisProtest and Politics examines the blurring of contentious politics and mainstream politics to argue that, in an era of social movement societies, our understanding of the boundaries between politics and protest needs to be reconfigured.Trade ReviewThis high-quality collection … makes an important empirical contribution, especially because of the many chapters that deal with aspects of activism that are not often canvassed in Canadian scholarship. -- Miriam Smith * BC Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Promise of Social Movement Societies / Howard Ramos and Kathleen RodgersPart 1: Political and Historical Context 1 Reconsidering the Social Movement Society in the New Century / David S. Meyer and Amanda Pullum2 Evangelical Radio: Institution Building and the Religious Right / Tina Fetner, Allyson Stokes, and Carrie B. Sanders3 The Social Movement Society and the Human Rights State / Dominique Clément4 Institutionalization, State Funding, and Advocacy in the Quebec Women’s Movement / Dominique MassonPart 2: State Dynamics and Processes 5 How the State Shapes Social Movements: An Examination of the Environmental Movement in Canada / Catherine Corrigall-Brown and Mabel Ho6 Immigrant Collective Mobilization and Socio-economic Integration in Canada / Philippe Couton7 Uncooperative Movements, Militarized Policing, and the Social Movement Society / Lesley WoodPart 3: How People Participate 8 Social Movement Communities in the Movement Society / Suzanne Staggenborg9 No to Protests, Yes to Festivals: How the Creative Class Organizes in the Social Movement Society / Judith Taylor10 Justification and Critique in the Social Movement Society / Jim Conley11 The Concept of Social Movement and Its Relationship to the Social Movement Society: An Empirical Investigation / David B. Tindall and Joanna L. RobinsonPart 4: Knowledge and Culture 12 Alternative Policy Groups and Global Civil Society: Networks and Discourses of Counter-Hegemony / William K. Carroll13 Wilderness Revisited: Canadian Environmental Movements and the Eco-Politics of Special Places / Mark C.J. Stoddart14 Alberta Internalizing Oil Sands Opposition: A Test of the Social Movement Society Thesis / Randolph Haluza-DeLayConclusion: What We Can Say about the Promise of Social Movement Societies / Kathleen Rodgers and Howard RamosReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTools for Radical Democracy is an essential resource for grassroots organizers and leaders, students of activism and advocacy, and anyone trying to increase the civic participation of ordinary people. Authors Joan Minieri and Paul Getsos share stories and tools from their nationally recognized and award-winning work of building a community-led organization, training community leaders, and conducting campaigns that changed public policy and delivered concrete results to tens of thousands of people. This how-to manual includes: In-depth analysis of how to launch and win a campaign Tools and guidelines for training people to lead their own campaigns and organizations Insights for using technology effectively, building more powerful alliances, and engaging in the social justice movement Trade Review"if you're looking for a practical how-to guide to building community power without a lot of excursions into the ins and outs of fundraising, Tools is just the ticket." (Philanthropy News Digest, 03/04/08) " It is well-organized and easy to use." (CharityVillage.com, 10/29/2007) "…it is refreshing to see a book that focuses downward- at the community level- and outward- at social movements." (Nonprofit Online News, 09/05/2007) "The authors offer a guide to involving and organizing others -- especially the most marginalized members of society -- in a social-justice movement. Throughout the book are examples of meeting agendas, campaign plans, surveys to determine the key issues that are important to local residents, lists of desired qualities in community-organizing leaders, and other resources that can serve as templates." --Chronicle of Philanthropy, January 10, 2008Table of ContentsForeword ix Peter Edelman Preface: Why We Believe in Organizing and Building Power xiii The Authors xvii Introduction: The Power of Participation xix The Story of Community Voices Heard xxxi Part One Building Community Power 1 1. Taking It On: Starting to Build Power 3 2. Powering Up 23 Part Two Building a Base for Power 35 3. Recruiting Constituents for Collective Action 37 4. Involving Members in Building Their Own Organization 61 5. Developing Leaders from All Walks of Life 81 6. Uploading Technology 109 Part Three Developing and Running Campaigns 125 7. Identifying the Right Issue 129 8. Researching the Politics of an Issue 155 9. Developing a Winning Strategy 183 10. Planning a Comprehensive Campaign 209 11. Implementing an Effective Campaign 239 12. Running Kick-A** Actions! 261 13. Evaluating a Campaign from Beginning to End 301 Part Four Building a Movement 323 14. Forging Partnerships for Power 325 15. Moving from Self-Interest to Social Change: Movement-Building 345 Conclusion: Putting Your Principles into Practice 361 Resources Supporting the Work of Organizing 373 A. Organizing Lingo 375 B. Raising Money for Organizing 379 C. Power in the Voting Booth: Electoral Organizing 389 D. Training Tips 399 E. Approaches to Addressing Community Problems 407 F. Creating a Legal Community Power-Building Organization 411 G. For More Information 413 H. The Phases and Steps of a Campaign: An Annotated Case Example 415 Index 425

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Book SynopsisFrom Reagan's regular invocation of America as a city on a hill to Obama's use of spiritual language in describing social policy, religious rhetoric is a regular part of how candidates communicate with voters. Although the Constitution explicitly forbids a religious test as a qualification to public office, many citizens base their decisions about candidates on their expressed religious beliefs and values. In Religious Rhetoric and American Politics, Christopher B. Chapp shows that Americans often make political choices because they identify with a civil religion, not because they think of themselves as cultural warriors.. Chapp examines the role of religious political rhetoric in American elections by analyzing both how political elites use religious language and how voters respond to different expressions of religion in the public sphere. Chapp analyzes the content and context of political speeches and draws on survey data, historical evidence, and controlled experiments toTrade Review"In this very impressive bookChapp provides the first systematic treatment of the use of religious rhetoric in American politics.... Religious Rhetoric and American Politics provides a thorough review of a largely under studied phenomenon." —J. Christopher Soper * American Historical Review *This brief but valuable volume provides a rich history of the use of religious rhetoric throughout American political history from the Puritans to the founders, through the Civil War, Progressive Era, Cold War, and contemporary politics, and it evaluates the impact of emotion and tone in the use of that rhetoric.... This book would be useful to the historian and political scientist alike. * Choice *Whether we like it or not, religious rhetoric is part of the American political landscape, but this book provides some sorely needed perspective for policymakers seeking to understand what kind of spiritual language appeals to most Americans. * Conscience *Table of Contents1. A Theory of Religious Rhetoric in American Campaigns2. Religious Rhetoric in American Political History3. Religious Rhetoric and the Politics of Identity4. Religious Rhetoric and the Politics of Emotive Appeals5. The Consequences of Religious Language on Presidential Candidate Evaluations6. Civil Religion Identity and the Task of Political Representation7. The Rhetorical Construction of Religious ConstituenciesNotes References Index

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Book SynopsisGovernment wrongdoing or negligence harms people worldwide, but not all victims are equally effective at obtaining redress. In Accidental Activists, Celeste L. Arrington examines the interactive dynamics of the politics of redress to understand why not. Relatively powerless groups like redress claimants depend on support from political elites, active groups in society, the media, experts, lawyers, and the interested public to capture democratic policymakers'' attention and sway their decisions. Focusing on when and how such third-party support matters, Arrington finds that elite allies may raise awareness about the victims' cause or sponsor special legislation, but their activities also tend to deter the mobilization of fellow claimants and public sympathy. By contrast, claimants who gain elite allies only after the difficult and potentially risky process of mobilizing societal support tend to achieve more redress, which can include official inquiries, apologies, compensationTrade ReviewThis study is an important addition to research on social movements, particularly given the limited amount of work in English about social movements in Japan and Korea. The book is also a model for how to produce significant comparative qualitative research... * Social Science Japan Journal *Anthropologists, political scientists, and historians, indeed any political activist or scholar interested in popular politics, will benefit from the insights presented. * PoLAR *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Victimhood and Government Accountability 1. Explaining Redress Outcomes 2. Constructing Victimhood and Villainy in Japan and Korea 3. Leprosy Survivors' Rights 4. The Politics of Hepatitis C-Tainted Blood Products 5. The North Korean Abductions and Abductee Families’ Activism Conclusion: The Politics of Redress

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Book SynopsisU.S. human rights advocacy has long focused on civil and political rights-issues such as torture, censorship, and lack of democratic freedoms abroad. In the 1990s a series of high-profile anti-sweatshop and fair-trade campaigns shifted the spotlight...Trade ReviewIn her analysis of transnational advocacy campaigns around labor and economic rights within the broader human rights advocacy frame-work, Shareen Hertel emphasizes the ability of activists within countries and their transnational allies to impact and even shift the agendas of the campaigns. Hertel uses two high profile transnational advocacy campaigns to expand our understanding of the mechanisms in the evolution of norms and framing of human rights claims within such campaigns. Delivering a multifaceted explanation of the genesis and evolution of both campaigns, Hertel synthesizes rationalist, structural, and social movement analyses. Drawing upon Jonathan Fox's work, Hertel evaluates the effects of both campaigns with almost a decade's distance. In the end, she draws the conclusion that blocking produces more significant changes than backdoor movements. * Mobilization *

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Book SynopsisMertha argues that as China has become increasingly market driven and decentralized, the control and management of water has transformed from an unquestioned economic imperative to a lightning rod of bureaucratic infighting, opposition, and open protest.Trade ReviewChina's Water Warriors not only enriches our understanding of emergent environmental politics in the People's Republic of China but also directly takes on the evolution of state-society relations and policymaking within the context of the Chinese state. Mertha examines how nonstate actors can have an impact on policy. Mertha points out that the indeterminate outcome of pluralistic politics may impede and complicate the search for clean alternatives to coal for China's soaring energy needs. Local victory for citizens may not translate into victory for the environment or the planet. * Asian Studies *Addressing the role of forces outside the government in China's policymaking, Andrew C. Mertha's China's Water Warriors makes a significant and insightful contribution. Mertha takes advantage of three campaigns to resist the construction of dams that occur at roughly the same time (the mid-2000s), and in the same region (southwestern China's Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces) yet result in three different outcomes. Mertha draws on these different outcomes to explore whether, and how, the activities of the opposition to the government-planned dams can explain the different outcomes observed. -- Bryan Lohmar * Political Science Quarterly *Andrew C. Mertha, who has extensive research, teaching, and business experience in China, examines three major hydropower projects to shed light on how China's 'fragmented authoritarianism' is becoming ever more pluralistic in nature. China's Water Warriors is a careful and theoretically sophisticated contribution to the literature on the evolution of China's political system. * Choice *In this concise and well-organized book, Andrew Mertha makes several significant contributions.... He assesses public response to potentially disruptive hydropower projects to sort out the various distinctive Chinese elements of concern and protest. Specific contexts addressed include government agency roles at national, provincial, and local levels; NGO inputs; and scientific and engineering assessments. These point up the complexity and changing nature of water politics in China during the present transition from still-prevalent earlier models of bureaucratic control, management, use, and quality assurance of fresh water to currently popular market-based experiments in the energy, agriculture, supply, and pollution control sectors.... This book is a refreshing and informative investigative foray into the critically important water dimension of the still mostly opaque mechanisms of political and social adjustments underway in the course of China's technological, economic, and geographic modernization. -- Baruch Boxer * H-Water *Mertha's tales of water warriors, the proponents and critics of the river dam projects in northwestern China, provide a vantage point into China's social and political changes in the last two decades. Both the stories and the theoretical messages are refreshing to readers interested in state-society relations, policymaking processes, and citizen mobilization in contemporary China. Mertha's work has led us to a higher platform for China watching. * Mobilization *Table of ContentsPreface1 China's Hydraulic Society? 2 Actors, Interests, and Issues at Stake 3 From Policy Confl ict to Political Showdown: The Failure at Pubugou 4 From Economic Development to Cultural Heritage: Expanding the Sphere at Dujiangyan 5 The Nu River Project and the Middle Ground of Political Pluralization 6 A Kinder, Gentler "Fragmented Authoritarianism"?Index

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Book SynopsisWu analyzes how interactions among people from the U.S. and several East and Southeast Asian nations inspired transnational identities and multiracial coalitions that challenged political commitments during the Vietnam War era.Trade ReviewRadicals on the Road makes several contributions. First, it highlights the experiences of a much broader range of social actors than is usually portrayed in most of the existing literature. The book's focus on nonstate actors from diverse background who created partnerships—some successful and some quite challenging— provides valuable insight into how ideological and physical boundaries can be crossed. Second, these cases demonstrate how international travel sparked contributions to a variety of social movements, answering questions about participation, motivation, retention, and experiences in the aftermath of collective action. Finally, Radicals on the Road is a wonderful example of careful and rigorous scholarship that avoids simplistic narratives of failed partnerships or accolades to global sisterhood. Instead, it delves head first into the complexities of creating national and transnational partnerships among diverse communities for a unified goal. This contribution to me is by far the largest. In Wu's studies, social actors are never painted in black and white but rather taken in their social and historical context, illuminating what was at stake in arguments, divisions and failed partnerships and what worked in relationships that overcame such challenges. -- Nicky Fox * Mobilization *"By expanding the geopolitical framework and focalizing on the "political partnerships" between social activists of different nationalracialethnicgenderand religious backgroundsWu makes more complex the picture of social activism during the Vietnam era. In additionby focusingon travelWu shows how the discursive registers of race and gender also shift across space as they are produced and reproduced in different contexts and for different political purposes." —Quyne Nhu Le * Journal of Asian American Studies *Judy Tzu-Chun Wu has taken the theory of orientalism and applied it in a fascinating way to her study of U.S. anticolonial activists who traveled to Asia during the Vietnam War. She has combined thorough research and sophisticated analysis with lively prose to create a work that will impress an academic audience but also engage a broad readership. Wu's study undoubtedly will inspire future scholarship, including work that explores the complicated realities of the nations that the Anti-Imperialist Delegation and other U.S. activists idealized. -- Heather Marie Stur * The American Historical Review *Judy Tzu-Chun Wu's book Radicals on the Road is a valuable contribution to the growing literature on the varied and unpredictable circuits of U.S. internationalism. In particular, she privileges the role of African American, Asian American, and feminist activists in shaping an alternate vision of 'Asia,' and she argues that in the 1960s and 1970s, antiwar proponents adopted their own 'radical orientalism.'...Wu’s work opens the pathways for new research, particularly on Asian American, African American, and women’s roles in the antiwar movement...Wu’s work simultaneously respects her subjects’ radical pasts while also recognizing the limitations of their 'radical Orientalism.' In the end, antiwar activists’ 'radical orientalism' and romantic views of Asia continued to demonstrate far more about U.S. racial and political culture than they ever could reveal about the far more chaotic and contested politics of revolutionary movements in Southeast Asia. -- Jana K. Lipman * Journal of American Ethnic History *Wu seeks to broaden perspectives on the movement that opposed US involvement in Indochina, offering a racially rooted, gendered, and internationalist perspective.... A valuable work. * Choice *A dazzling contribution. Its focus is encounters between North American activists and East Asian peoples during the Vietnam War, often through travel to the 'enemy' nations of North Vietnam and communist China. Documenting both literal and ideological journeys, Tzu-ChunWu demonstrates the prominent place of East Asia in the imaginary of the American left. Activist attitudes toward Asia were developed through particular lenses of nation, race, ethnicity, and gender. These lenses encouraged Americans' sense of connection to Asian peoples, while often deeply dividing activists among themselves. Chronicling this dynamic with remarkable detail, Tzu-Chun Wu offers an impressive account of both the power and perils of the categories of belonging and analysis animating the American left. -- Jeremy Varon * The Sixties *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Journeys for Peace Chapter 1. An African American Abroad Chapter 2. Afro-Asian Alliances Chapter 3. Searching for Home and PeacePart II: Journeys for Liberation Chapter 4. Anticitizens, Red Diaper Babies, and Model Minorities Chapter 5. A Revolutionary Pilgrimage Chapter 6. The Belly of the BeastPart III: Journeys for Global Sisterhood Chapter 7. "We Met the 'Enemy'— and They Are Our Sisters" Chapter 8. War at a Peace Conference Chapter 9. Woman WarriorsLegacies: Journeys of ReconciliationAcknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisResistance has become an important and controversial analytical category for the study of Stalinism. The opening of Soviet archives allows historians an unprecedented look at the fabric of state and society in the 1930s. Researchers long spellbound by...Trade ReviewDrawing extensively on archival research, the contributors demonstrate the wide variation of popular responses to actions initiated by the Stalinist state.... Contending with Stalinism is an important work that is well grounded both theoretically and empirically. The combination of theoretical sophistication and empirical research makes this volume a significant contribution to our understanding of both the Stalinist phenomenon and popular responses to it. -- Robert Owen Krikorian, George Washington University * Journal of Cold War Studies *Viola's elucidating introduction and essay map out the slipperiness of the concept of resistance, noting the need to contextualize action and intent, and state perceptions and prescriptions. The seven excellent essays illustrate how opposition to the regime in the early 1930s could be overt... or existential, that is, simply by living in a minority culture.... Some Soviets were clearly defiant; others were defined by the regime as deviant and thus disloyal.... The Viola collection shows that in the early 1930s organized opposition was still possible, although ultimately futile. -- Patricia Herlihy, Brown University * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *Contending with Stalinism certainly adds to the continuing discussion of state-society relations.... Viola rightly remarks that the term Stalinism lacks explanatory or causal force; it is necessary to look closely at how people in and outside the governing apparatus behaved. We should hope that this point and the fine research presented here in its support increasingly find their way into textbooks, western civilization classes, and finally the attitudes of the educated public. -- Robert W. Thurston, Miami University * Slavic Review *Drawing on a wealth of recently available archival materials, the contributors to this volume greatly enhance our understanding of the 1930s and give us a clearer sense of the size and content of popular resistance under Stalin. Based on solid research, this volume makes a substantive scholarly contribution in illuminating forms of popular resistance with new detail and fresh perspective. -- Kate Transchel, California State University, Chico * Russian Review *

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Book SynopsisIn demonstrating how women's activism is evolving with and shaping democratization across the region, Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa reveals how women's social movements are challenging the barriers created by colonization and dictatorships in Africa and beyond.Trade ReviewA groundbreaking chronicle... Highly recommended for both public and college library collections. Midwest Book Review 2008 Fallon's work presents an insightful distillation of a large and important set of events and issues. I am impressed with the stages she proposes as critical turning points in the evolution of the women's movement in Sub-Saharan Africa and specific evidence she provides to describe those periods and their transitions. Contemporary Sociology All scholars of social movements and comparative politics, and in particular by specialists in African studies and gender and politics, should read Fallon's book. It is a model of the power of a well-grounded case study that pushes scholarship toward broader implications. International Studies Review Fallon makes an important contribution to understanding democratization and the experiences of sub-Saharan African women's movements. This work will undoubtedly spur discussion among scholars of women and democratization, and future comparative studies of women's mobilization in sub-Saharan Africa will build on this solid foundation. -- Julie Kaye Canadian Journal of Sociology 2009 Democracy and the Rise of Women's Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa deepens our understanding of the African women's activism that coincided with democratization across the continent in the 1990s and 2000s. -- Gretchen Bauer African Studies Review 2009 An important contribution to the literature [that] should be included in college and university libraries. Choice 2009 An engaging and thought-provoking read and a welcome contribution to our thinking about women's emerging political roles and opportunities. -- Andrea Brown Journal of Modern African Studies 2010Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Acronyms1. Reclaiming Power2. Queenmothers, Colonization, and the Struggle for Legitimacy3. Democracy in Perspective4. The Iron Fist5. Capturing Democracy6. Big Men, Small Girls, and the Politics of Power7. Women on the MoveAppendix A: MethodsAppendix B: Survey DataNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisTaken as a whole, these essays pursue a careful consideration of the historical and contemporary exclusions to polity that occur around gender, ethnicity, class, and race.Trade Review'A broad readership will be drawn to this book. It will be of interest not only to people wanting to know more about Woodsworth or the &lduo;history of the left&rduo; but also to anyone interested in making another, better, world possible through collective action.' -- Karen Bridget Murray BC Studies, no. 172, Winter 2011/12Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Contributors * A Common Interest? Refl ections on the Social Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth and the Contemporary Politics of Social Change in Canada by Jane Pulkingham * The Historical Woodsworth and Contemporary Politics by Allen Mills (University of Winnipeg) * Labour Rights in an Interregnum: The Ambiguous Legacy of J.S. Woodsworth by Eeric Tucker (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University) * The Changing Struggle for Rights: A Critical Look at the Origins and Fate of Human Rights by Gary Teeple (Simon Fraser University) * Social Rights Are Human Rights: Furthering the Democratic Project by Hugh Shewell (Carleton University) * Human Rights and Poverty: A Twenty-First Century Tribute to J.S. Woodsworth and Call for Human Rights by Gwen Brodsky (Poverty and Human Rights Centre, Vancouver) * Human Needs above Property Rights? Rethinking the Woodsworth Legacy in an Era of Economic Globalization by David Schneiderman (University of Toronto) * Zones of Abandonment: The Cultural Politics of Public Health in Vancouver's Inner City by Denielle Elliott (University of British Columbia) *'Re-construction' from the Viewpoint of Precarious Labour: The Practice of Solidarity by Geraldina Polanco (University of British Columbia) and Cecily Nicholson (Downtown Eastside Women's Center and Shelter, Vancouver) * J.S. Woodsworth and the Discourse of White Civility by Daniel Coleman (McMaster University) * Embodied Memory: Universal Citizenship and Indigenous Cree Identity by Neal McLeod (Trent University) * Canadians of Tomorrow: J.S. Woodsworth and the New Ethnicities by David Chariandy (Simon Fraser University) Index

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Book SynopsisAn unprecedented look at grassroots level progressive politics, the connection between the young people canvassing on the streets and the national organizations, the different strategies of the Right and the Left, and what happens to the passionate young activists outsourced to the clients of Activism, Inc.Trade Review"This book describes how grassroots politics has withered and what must be done to revive it. A timely message for America in the 21st century."—Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley"Fisher has written an inspiring and insightful study of the crisis of left-leaning civic live in modern America... her diligent, non-judgmental primary research overturns every half-baked and ill-formed prejudice that ha been spouted about 'middle America' on both sides of the pond."—Spiked Review of Books"Dana Fishers Activism, Inc. is an extraordinarily important and incisive book, both readable and extremely well informed. An insiders look at todays civic activism and Democratic Party campaigns, it could well catalyze a national debate on the future and nature of progressive politics."—Harry C. Boyte, Co-Director, Center for Democracy and Citizenship, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs"What a delicious political irony! Progressivism, champion of the little person, has organized its grassroots outreach like a 19th-century meat-packing plant, burning out young workers with low pay, long hours, and regimented, alienating working conditions. In this imminently readable, insightful volume, Dana Fisher brings us face to face with this counterintuitive state of affairs. Conservatives may draw some comfort from it. But as Americans, we should all be alarmed at the pitiless strip-mining of our young peoples idealism."—William A. Schambra, Director, Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, Hudson Institute"An original grass roots critique as to why progressive citizen groups and the Democratic Party are failing to prevail and weakening themselves. Dana Fisher argues that you cannot outsource democratic movements. Listen up, national progressive groups, Fishers insights are lighting up the path to greater effectiveness. Democrats also would be well advised to put this book at the top of their reading list. That is, if they want to understand better how to win elections."—Ralph Nader"For idealistic young progressives today, there is basically only one paid entry-level job left in politics: canvassing. Dana R. Fisher is the first to study this crucial formative experience. Essentially, she finds that the canvass is an alienating and undemocratic experience. As a result, we are squandering the energy and ideas of a whole generation. Whats more, a progressive movement that relies on regimented canvassing is doomed to defeat because it lacks an authentic connection with citizens. Unless we take seriously the rigorous evidence and acute arguments of Activism, Inc., the future looks grim."—Peter Levine, Director, CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement), University of Maryland"This is a provocative and sobering account of progressive politics in contemporary America enlivened by the stories of the no-longer so idealistic young canvassers. A must read for anyone who believes that youth activism inevitably deepens ones commitment to civic participation and who cares about the health and well-being of grass roots politics in the United States."—Doug McAdam, Stanford University, author of Freedom Summer"Few scholars have taken such a close look at the individuals involved in progressive activism and their backgrounds, motivations, and experiences, which makes Fisher's work an important contribution to the study of social movements. Required reading for anyone considering a summer job trying to change the world."—Library Journal"For a charmingly recherch complaint, check out Activism, Inc. by Dana R. Fisher. Fisher, who teaches sociology at Columbia, is upset about the professionalization of grass-roots campaigning, which she believes has sliced the bottom rung off the political ladder and keeps inspired young people from entering politics and pointing it in a more salubrious direction." —The New York Times Book Review"A new and hotly debated book by Columbia University sociologist Dana Fisher documents the fact that most liberal political groups have dismantled their grassroots operations since the mid-'90s and subcontracted their activism to a small group of for-profit and nonprofit companies."—Wall Street JournalTable of ContentsCONTENTS @toc4:Acknowledgments vii Preface xxx @toc2:1 The Man, The Message, and The Members: The 3Ms of Politics in America Today 1 2 Institutionalizing Activism: The People's Project 000 3 Making a Difference as a Canvasser: Jobs with a Conscience 000 4 Outsourcing Activism: Politics and the Bottom Line 000 5 Laying Sod vs. Cultivating the Grass: A Post- Mortem on the 2004 Election 000 6 Where Do We Go from Here? The Future of Grassroots Politics in America? 000 @toc4:Appendix: Research Methods Used in Data Collection and Comparing Canvassers to a National Sample 000 Notes 000 References 000 Index 000

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Book SynopsisFranklin Henry Little (1878-1917) fought in some of the early twentieth century's most contentious labour and free-speech struggles. Following his lynching in Butte, Montana, his life and legacy became shrouded in tragedy and secrets. Jane Little Botkin chronicles her great-granduncle's fascinating life.Trade ReviewThis beautifully written account is also family history at its best. This book deserves to be read as much for its creative methodology as for its fascinating narrative. Insightful and highly recommended."" - Carlos A. Schwantes, author of Radical Heritage: Labor, Socialism and Reform""Botkin explores the life of Frank Little, a prominent member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) during its radical effort to organize laborers in the early 20th century. . . compelling and informative, even for those unfamiliar with the IWW and labor struggles of the time."" - Library Journal""Both a work of history and biography. . .Little's is, above all else, a human story about a man who fought for justice and fair treatment for workers, and paid the ultimate price for that fight."" - Foreword Reviews

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"As Mark Twain said about the weather, everybody talks about the need for a new politics of participation and deliberation, but nobody does anything about it. Harry Boyte has. Through a combination of experience, political analysis, and philosophy, he shows us how 'everyday politics' can actually improve people's lives." * Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University, and editor of Perspectives on Politics *"Boyte's novel take on the burgeoning efforts to renew civic life is a must-read for scholars and community-based practitioners alike who are recreating work-centered commonwealth traditions in an information age." * David Mathews, President, Kettering Foundation *"An upbeat appraisal of how citizens have formed community organizations that have tackled local issues-crime, economic development-that government policies along could not address. This worthy antidote for political apathy includes several case studies of successful civic organizations." * Foreword Magazine *"This is a wonderful book for anyone with a concern about the failings of the present political system and culture and a need to explore ways to offset them. Highly recommended." * Choice *"Harry Boyte and the Center for Democracy and Citizenship have without doubt exercised the premier intellectual leadership role in the movement for civic renewal in the U.S. over the past decade. In Everyday Politics, Boyte describes their approach." * Carmen Sirianni, coauthor of Civic Innovation in America *Table of ContentsPreface. Developing a Theory and Practice of Everyday Politics Chapter 1. The Stirrings of a New Politics Chapter 2. Populisms Chapter 3. The Growth of Everyday Politics Chapter 4. Citizenship as Public Work Chapter 5. Citizen Education as a Craft, not a Program Chapter 6. The Jane Addams School for Democracy Chapter 7. Professions as Public Work Chapter 8. Architects of Democracy Chapter 9. Spreading Everyday Politics Chapter 10. The Commonwealth of Freedom Notes Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisTaking a comprehensive look at institutional and leadership practices in recent public debates over a variety of hot button public policy issues, Public Discourse in America outlines how such conversations can be used to reintegrate our fragmented communities and bridge barriers of difference and hostility among communities and individuals.Trade Review"Substantively illuminating, this book casts new light on a range of important issues. Highly recommended." * Cass R. Sunstein *Table of ContentsPrologue: The Work of the Penn National Commission —Judith Rodin Introduction: Incivility and Public Discourse —Judith Rodin and Stephen P. Steinberg PART ONE. PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND DEMOCRACY 1. The Thinning of American Political Culture —Thomas Bender 2. Primary Tensions in American Public Life —Robert H. Wiebe 3. Deliberative Democracy and Public Discourse —David M. Ryfe PART TWO. CHALLENGES OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE: TALKING ABOUT RACE 4. Affirmative Action and the Culture of Intolerance —Christopher Edley, Jr 5. The North American —Richard Rodriguez 6. Sports and Public Behavior —Richard Lapchick 7. Performance, Debate, or Productive Conversation? Imagining an Exemplary Conversation on Race —Drew Gilpin Faust and Members of the Penn National Commission PART THREE. LEADING THE PUBLIC'S CONVERSATION: STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY DISCOURSE LEADERSHIP 8. Leadership in a Complex Democratic Society —Michael Schudson 9. Political Leadership in the Great Health Care Debate of 1993-1994 —Derek Bok 10. Part of Our World: Journalism as Civic Leadership —Jay Rosen 11. Modeling Public Discourse in Popular Culture —Neal Gabler PART FOUR: DISCOURSE OF RECONCILIATION: TRUTH, APOLOGY, AND FORGIVENESS 12. Creating a National Discourse: Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa —Alex Boraine 13. Political Apologies and Public Discourse —Graham G. Dodds PART FIVE: Thickening Public Discourse: Principles and Practices 14. The Principles of Public Discourse: What Is Good Public Discourse? —David M. Ryfe 15. A Paradox of Public Discourse and Political Democracy —Neil Smelser 16. The Practice of Public Discourse: A Study of Sixteen Discourse Organizations —David M. Ryfe 17. Lessons from the Field: Practitioner Perspectives on Public Discourse Programs —Jay Rosen and Members of the Penn National Commission PART SIX: CREATING COMMUNITY THROUGH PUBLIC DISCOURSE 18. Building Community in the Twenty-First Century —Joyce Appleby 19. The Myth of Academic Community —Don M. Randel 20. The University as Discourse Community —Judith Rodin 21. Creating Community in Cyberspace: Criteria for a Discourse Technology Project —Stephen P. Steinberg Epilogue: The Centrality of Public Discourse —Stephen P. Steinberg Notes Contributors Bibliography Index Members of the Penn National Commission on Society, Culture and Community Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisLucretia Mott was a central figure in the interconnected struggles for racial and sexual equality in nineteenth-century America. This biography, the first in thirty years, focuses on Mott's long and controversial public career as an abolitionist, women's rights activist, and Quaker minister.Trade Review"This is the first biography of Mott in thirty years, and it proves to be thoroughly researched, well written, and fascinating. Faulkner's accessible writing style makes this book appropriate for any reader interested in women's history generally or the history of the U.S. abolitionist and women's suffrage movements." * Library Journal *"Mott did not make her biographer's task easy; except for a three- month period in 1840, she kept no diary, and although, like her compatriot Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she often spoke publicly, unlike Stanton, she seldom wrote for publication. Faulkner has more than met the challenge; her book is interesting and well written, offering fresh perspectives at every turn on Mott's roles within Quakerism and the antislavery and women's rights movements while also providing glimpses of her personal life. . . . With this timely book, Faulkner makes a compelling case for Mott's contemporary significance." * Journal of American History *"This much-needed, coherently argued, and beautifully written biography does justice to Mott's centrality to the history of antislavery, woman's rights, Quakerism, and Philadelphia." * Lori D. Ginzberg, author of Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life *"Lucretia Mott is as important to the birth of the women's rights movement as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Sophisticated, lively, direct, and often riveting, Lucretia Mott's Heresy will be the definitive biography of Mott for decades to come." * Bruce Dorsey, author of Reforming Men and Women: Gender in the Antebellum City *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Heretic and Saint 1 Nantucket 2 Nine Partners 3 Schism 4 Immediate Abolition 5 Pennsylvania Hall 6 Abroad 7 Crisis 8 The Year 1848 9 Conventions 10 Fugitives 11 Civil War 12 Peace Epilogue Notes Index Acknowledgments Gallery appears after page 108

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Book SynopsisFrom Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity to Glenn Beck and Matt Drudge, Americans are accustomed to thinking of right-wing media as integral to contemporary conservatism. But today''s well-known personalities make up the second generation of broadcasting and publishing activists. Messengers of the Right tells the story of the little-known first generation.Beginning in the late 1940s, activists working in media emerged as leaders of the American conservative movement. They not only started an array of enterprises—publishing houses, radio programs, magazines, book clubs, television shows—they also built the movement. They coordinated rallies, founded organizations, ran political campaigns, and mobilized voters. While these media activists disagreed profoundly on tactics and strategy, they shared a belief that political change stemmed not just from ideas but from spreading those ideas through openly ideological communications channels.In Messengers of the RTrade Review"Nicole Hemmer's well-researched and well-argued book Messengers of the Right . . . [emphasizes] the contributions of three 'media activists' who helped give coherence to the midcentury right: the radio host and political organizer Clarence Manion, the book publisher Henry Regnery, and the longtime National Review publisher William A. Rusher. Hemmer convincingly shows how all three helped pioneer the ideologically charged conservative media of our own time." * The New York Review of Books *"In recent decades, American politics has been transformed by the explosion of right-wing media outlets-from Rush Limbaugh and talk radio to Roger Ailes and Fox News to countless publishing imprints, websites, and little magazines. With Messengers of the Right, historian Nicole Hemmer has written the single best book to date about the roots and growth of the ideas and networks underneath it all. Deeply researched, subtly argued, and lucidly and often humorously written, this first-rate work of scholarship instantly joins the must-read list for any student of the history of conservatism, the history of modern media, or indeed the history of the polarized political culture in which we find ourselves today." * David Greenberg, author of Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency *"Read Nicole Hemmer's superb new book, and you'll never see 'liberal mainstream media' in the same way again. With rigorous research and sparkling prose, Messengers of the Right tells the fascinating stories of the people whose core convictions and communications artistry helped create modern conservatism. This is political history-and American history-at its finest." * Margaret O'Mara, University of Washington *Table of ContentsPreface PART I. NETWORKS Chapter 1. The Outsiders Chapter 2. The Outlets Chapter 3. The Obstacles PART II. LEADERS Chapter 4. The Movement Chapter 5. The Millstone Chapter 6. The Muzzle PART III. ELECTIONS Chapter 7. The Purists Chapter 8. The Partisans Chapter 9. The Pivot PART IV. ADAPTATIONS Chapter 10. The Compromise Chapter 11. The Contraction Chapter 12. The Comeback Notes Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisRadical Pacifism in Modern America traces cycles of success and decline in the radical wing of the American peace movement, an egalitarian strain of pacifism that stood at the vanguard of antimilitarist organizing and American radical dissent from 1940 to 1970.Using traditional archival material and oral history sources, Marian Mollin examines how gender and race shaped and limited the political efforts of radical pacifist women and men, highlighting how activists linked pacifism to militant masculinity and privileged the priorities of its predominantly white members. In spite of the invisibility that this framework imposed on activist women, the history of this movement belies accounts that relegate women to the margins of American radicalism and mixed-sex political efforts. Motivated by a strong egalitarianism, radical pacifist women rejected separatist organizing strategies and, instead, worked alongside men at the front lines of the struggle to construct a new paradTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: The War for Total Brotherhood Chapter 2: The Peacemakers' Alternative Vision Chapter 3: Familialism and the Struggle Against the Bomb Chapter 4: Reviving the Compact of Brotherhood Chapter 5: Reversing the Traditional Pattern Chapter 6: No Bars to Manhood Conclusion Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisIn San Francisco, the St. James Infirmary (SJI) and the California Prostitutes Education Project (CAL-PEP) provide free, nonjudgmental medical care, counseling, and other health and social services by and for sex workers—a radical political commitment at odds with government policies that criminalize prostitution. To maintain and expand these much-needed services and to qualify for funding from state, federal, and local authorities, such organizations must comply with federal and state regulations for nonprofits. In Sex Work Politics, Samantha Majic investigates the way nonprofit organizations negotiate their governmental obligations while maintaining their commitment to outreach and advocacy for sex workers'' rights as well as broader sociopolitical change.Drawing on multimethod qualitative research, Majic outlines the strategies that CAL-PEP and SJI employ to balance the conflicting demands of service and advocacy, which include treating sex work as labor with lTrade Review"Majic has written an influential book, one that challenges conventional views of government-funded nonprofit organizations as well as those individuals who work in the sex industry. . . . Not only has [Majic] expanded our views of politically active human service nonprofits, but through a use of well-placed key informant quotes and detailed participation observation field notes, she has told a humanizing story that will likely transform the readers' view of sex workers from an apolitical and reckless population to dedicated and passionate nonprofit human service employees." * Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly *"An excellent, important book. Samantha Majic's detailed community research will transform our views of sex workers as well as our understanding of the potential for nonprofit community organizations and social movements to achieve lasting political change." * Steven Rathgeb Smith, Executive Director of the American Political Science Association *"A much needed contribution to studies of sex work politics that moves beyond tired recapitulations of ideological 'sex wars' over pornography and prostitution. . . . As a corrective, this book examines how social movements struggle to produce lasting social change as they become formalized and begin to interact with mainstream institutions, especially the State." * Gender and Society *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Chapter 1. Institutional Negotiation: Sex Workers and the Process of Resistance Maintenance Chapter 2. Oppositional Implementation Chapter 3. Community Engagement Chapter 4. Claims-Making Activities Chapter 5. Lessons Learned: Social-Movement Evolution and the Nonprofit Sector Appendix. A Note on Methods Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisWarner Mifflin—energetic, uncompromising, and reviled—was the key figure connecting the abolitionist movements before and after the American Revolution. A descendant of one of the pioneering families of William Penn''s Holy Experiment, Mifflin upheld the Quaker pacifist doctrine, carrying the peace testimony to Generals Howe and Washington across the blood-soaked Germantown battlefield and traveling several thousand miles by horse up and down the Atlantic seaboard to stiffen the spines of the beleaguered Quakers, harried and exiled for their neutrality during the war for independence. Mifflin was also a pioneer of slave reparations, championing the radical idea that after their liberation, Africans in America were entitled to cash payments and land or shared crop arrangements. Preaching restitution, Mifflin led the way in making Kent County, Delaware, a center of reparationist doctrine.After the war, Mifflin became the premier legislative lobbyist of his generationTrade Review"Mifflin is frequently overlooked in the pantheon of Quaker abolitionists. Nash's book is a long-awaited contribution to histories of Quaker antislavery at the end of the eighteenth century, bringing this pivotal figure back to prominence in the era of the Revolution and New Republic . . . Nash successfully utilises the best of the biographical genre to demonstrate Mifflin's originality among his peers." * Quaker Studies *"Warner Mifflin is a blessing. It brings the Quaker abolitionist from the historical shadows and into the blazing light of his moral courage and singular efforts to right the terrible wrongs of American slavery and racism. The story may be an old one, but Mifflin's is as important for our own times as it is for our understanding of the Revolutionary era." * Thomas P. Slaughter, author of The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition *"Over the past half century Gary B. Nash has done more than anyone to change our vision of early America. His biography of Warner Mifflin adds luster to this already brilliant achievement. To anyone who wants to see the art, craft, and skill of one of our greatest historians: read this book." * Marcus Rediker, author of The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist *

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Book SynopsisWhat determines the interests, ideologies, and alliances that make up political parties? In its entire history, the United States has had only a handful of party transformations. First to the Party concludes that groups like unions and churches, not voters or politicians, are the most consistent influences on party transformation.Trade Review"Baylor’s book represents a solid contribution to the modern literature on party organizations and offers a useful rebuke to those fixated on creating more parties or parties that more closely adhere to public opinion. It is groups that organize politics, not individuals, and we’re missing most of what parties do if we focus on the latter." * The Forum *"Comparing civil rights liberals and theological conservatives, Christopher Baylor reveals the institutional paths by which a stigmatized faction earns a seat at a major political party's table. He shows how each group overcame rivalries to transform themselves, build new alliances, and force the political parties to accept them. First to the Party is a much-needed corrective to top-down views of political parties. The more you think you know about parties, the more you need to read this book." * Samuel L. Popkin, University of California, San Diego *"Christopher Baylor's unique argument that groups are the instigators of the process by which American political parties shift their positions on policy issues represents a challenge to existing accounts. First to the Party offers a new perspective on key questions about the influence of groups within parties and the general nature of representation in the United States." * Christina Wolbrecht, University of Notre Dame *"In this important study, Christopher Baylor demonstrates how previously marginal groups can forge alliances that give them entry into a major party coalition. Marshaling an impressive array of evidence, Baylor provides critical insights into two pivotal developments in American politics: Democrats' embrace of racial liberalism and Republicans' alliance with Christian conservatives." * Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley *"Who controls political parties? Christopher Baylor's First to the Party offers a fascinating answer to this question. Drawing on in-depth historical research, Baylor argues that parties change when small factions build coalitions to target nominations. Flanked by these groups, leaders fall into place. Illustrated with fascinating case studies of labor in the Democratic party and the Christian right in the Republican party, Baylor's study will become a key reading for scholars and political observers interested in the ups and downs of political parties." * Fabio Rojas, Indiana University *"Drawing on discerning research in a range of historical sources to illuminate how the Democratic Party came to embrace civil rights and the Republican Party came to embrace cultural conservatism, First to the Party adds significant new depth to the idea that groups are the prime agent of party transformation. Students of American politics in both political science and sociology will read it with interest and profit." * Anthony S. Chen, Northwestern University *"Through detailed historical research, Christopher Baylor sheds new light on the two most critical cases of party transformation in modern American politics-civil rights and cultural conservatism-and adeptly uses each, along with two shadow cases, to advance his broader theoretical framework about the role groups play in party transformation. First to the Party is an important contribution." * Daniel J. Galvin, author of Presidential Party Building: Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Building Blocs: Groups and Contested Party Transformations Chapter 2. Overcoming a Troubled History: Civil Rights Groups Seek a Coalition with Labor Chapter 3. Labor's Interest in a Civil Rights Coalition Chapter 4. Twisting the Donkey's Tail: How Groups Changed a Reluctant Party Chapter 5. Maintaining the Democratic Trajectory on Civil Rights Chapter 6. Conservative Christians Before the Christian Right Chapter 7. A Christian Right Takes Shape Chapter 8. The First Wave of Cultural Conservative Politics Chapter 9. Eating the Elephant, One Bite at a Time: Influencing a National Party Through State Politics Chapter 10. Conversions: Republican Nominations After Reagan Chapter 11. Other Evidence: Populism and Gay Rights Conclusion Notes Manuscript Sources Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisIn The Israeli Radical Left, Fiona Wright traces the dramatic as well as the mundane paths taken by radical Jewish Israeli leftwing activists, whose critique of the Israeli state has left them uneasily navigating an increasingly polarized public atmosphere. This activism is manifested in direct action solidarity movements, the critical stances of some Israeli human rights and humanitarian NGOs, and less well-known initiatives that promote social justice within Jewish Israel as a means of undermining the overwhelming support for militarism and nationalism that characterizes Israeli domestic politics. In chronicling these attempts at solidarity with those most injured by Israeli policy, Wright reveals dissent to be a fraught negotiation of activists'' own citizenship in which they feel simultaneously repulsed and responsible.Based on eighteen months of fieldwork, The Israeli Radical Left provides a nuanced account of various kinds of Jewish Israeli antioccupation aTrade Review"In her fine-grained ethnography, Fiona Wright offers a compelling account of the complexities and ambivalences that attend anti-occupation activism in Israel. Beyond its mooring in Israel and Palestine, The Israeli Radical Left is a powerful examination of the ways in which anticolonial politics can become intimately entangled with the colonial logic it opposes." * Rebecca L. Stein, Duke University *"How to act politically and responsibly in an environment that requires complicity with state-sanctioned oppression as part of everyday life may be the ethical dilemma of our time. Fiona Wright takes up the challenge of addressing it and makes major contributions to the fields of political anthropology and the anthropology of ethics. Read this book; it is extraordinary." * Jarrett Zigon, author of A War on People: Drug User Politics and a New Ethics of Community *"In a world increasingly driven by the search for purity in political struggles, Wright carefully and courageously focuses on the complicity and ambiguity intrinsic to ethics and politics. Examining the Israeli Radical Left, who reject the Israeli state while simultaneously being embedded in and affectively formed by it, she explores what politics means for those who desire equality and yet benefit from the privileges of inequality. This book takes the anthropology of ethics and politics into new, important terrain, opening a space for political hope in contamination." * Miriam Ticktin, The New School *"The Israeli Radical Left is a powerful book that offers a refreshing, profound, and important intervention in the literature on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Fiona Wright delves with great sensitivity and a keen critical eye into the imbrication of ethics and politics and the activists' own grappling with complicity as they try (and fail and try and fail and try) to shape the contours of their uncomfortable ethical-political engagement." * Lihi Ben Shitrit, University of Georgia *Table of ContentsA Note on Language Introduction Chapter 1. Performing Complicity Chapter 2. Love, Mourning, and Solidarity Chapter 3. Infiltrators, Refugees, and Other Others Chapter 4. The Violence of Vulnerability Chapter 5. Exiling the Self Conclusion Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A]n excellent new work of scholarship...Zubovich shines light on a dim corner of recent American history: the integral role that liberal, ecumenical Protestant leaders played in American liberalism in the mid-20th century, along with the underappreciated ways they helped drive the polarization that broke apart the mainline, opened the way for the Religious Right, and shaped our present moment." * Christianity Today *"Before the Religious Right is sweeping in its breadth as historian Gene Zubovich examines the alliance between midcentury ecumenical Protestants and liberal politics in the United States. While dozens of books have examined conservative religion and politics in the United States, Zubovich's book argues for the importance of ecumenical religious institutions and activists in the rise of the consensus liberalism." * New Rambler Review *"[An] essential work...In this extensively detailed, impeccably researched, powerfully argued book, Gene Zubovich contends that a particular form of ecumenical Protestantism 'was at the heart of mid-century liberalism.'" * Reading Religion *"Epic is a word rarely used in the same sentence as 'ecumenical Protestantism,' but Gene Zubovich has written a truly epic account of how ecumenical Protestantism transformed American politics between the 1920s and 1970s." * The Christian Century *"[A]n intellectual, religious, and transnational history of American ecumenical Protestants in the middle of the twentieth century. Well written and clearly argued, the book explores the intersection of race, religion, and rights for what are often described as mainline Protestants." * H-Diplo *"[A]n exhaustive profile of how mainline Protestant theology influenced views on diverse issues including human rights, segregation, and economic policy in the period from the 1920s through the early 1960s..[T]he book is a thorough account of how mainline Protestant theology influenced US and world events during the mid-twentieth century. " * Perspectives on Politics *"Before the Religious Right is well written and accessible. It is bold in its argumentative scope yet thorough in its supporting evidence...It should become required reading for anyone interested in the connections between religion and US liberalism as well as religion and US conservatism. In fact, this book’s methodological insights should be useful for anyone thinking about how to connect the structure of religious communities with their historical impact." * American Religion *"[A] powerful reconsideration of the assumed relationship between American Protestant Christianity and twentieth-century politics...Before the Religious Right is a trenchant examination of an overlooked dimension of American religion and politics; it is amuch-needed reminder of the impact that twentieth-century liberal Protestants had on international political institutions, on the dismantling of legal segregation in America, and on the establishment of human rights discourse." * The Review of Politics *"Zubovich’s account of how ecumenical Protestants pushed the national political agenda to the left on economics, foreign policy, and civil rights is insightful, but his analysis of why ecumenical Protestants came to embrace these causes is perhaps even more pathbreaking...Although there have been several studies of the political activism of the National Council of Churches and the civil rights work of liberal white Protestant ministers in the mid-twentieth century, Before the Religious Right is by far the most comprehensive, detailed, authoritative study of American ecumenical Protestant politics that has yet been published. This is the definitive account not only of how ecumenical Protestant church leaders shaped American liberalism but also how they came to embrace these causes." * Church History *"[A]n impressive addition to scholarship that contributes to understanding of the link between religion and politics and documents the relationship between liberal Protestant institutions and the creation of the liberal politicalorder in the United States. This historical narrative is critical to understanding the history of the New Deal, the creation of the United Nations, desegregation, and the Great Society...One hopes that Before the Religious Right will find an audience not just with scholars but with anyone who wants to understand how religious groups have shaped American political life. " * Journal of Law and Religion *"In his ambitious, absorbing, much-anticipated book, Gene Zubovich shows how midcentury liberal Protestants in the United States used changes in the international system and domestic race relations to forge a new human-rights discourse for a global age. Zubovich’s writing is elegant, his extensive research is deeply impressive, his focus is broad but cohesive, and his historiographical contributions are significant. Before the Religious Right is an important book that will be essential reading for anyone interested in American religion, politics, or foreign relations." * Andrew Preston, author of Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy *"In this beautifully nuanced and carefully researched account, Gene Zubovich puts religious history at the center of the history of human rights. He does so in ways that acknowledge the ambiguity and complexity of human rights politics, while restoring the centrality of Protestant liberals to a transnational history of activism that linked challenges to white supremacy (at home and abroad), debates over economic justice, and critiques of U.S. foreign policy. This is not only one of the best histories of Protestant liberalism we have, it also thoroughly revises historians’ accounts of the role of the United States in the world from the 1920s to the 1960s. An outstanding work of scholarship." * Melani McAlister, author of The Kingdom of God Has No Borders: A Global History of American Evangelicals *

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Book SynopsisA study of the conflicting attitudes of 18th-century French subjects toward royal authority. It examines cases of seditious speech in police files, demonstrating how the premodern virtue of loyalty gave way to new ideas and vocabularies about the relationship between individuals and government.

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Book SynopsisProvides an unbiased, probing account of August 11 and 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Telling the story from the perspective of figures from all sides of the demonstrations, Spencer, carefully re-creates what happened and why.

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Book SynopsisEmerging in the early 1970s, the Organization of Iranian People's Fadai Guerrillas (OIPFG) become one of the most important secular leftist political organizations in Iran. This title presents a comprehensive examination of the rise and fall of the Fadai urban guerrilla movement in Iran.Trade ReviewA major contribution to the field . . . one that will constitute an authoritative reference on recent Iranian history for decades to come. This is a must read for those interested in understanding the ideological nuances of a movement that provided energy and momentum for the 1979 Iranian revolution.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive introduction to the culture of progressive movements in the United States.Trade Review"Sophisticated yet very accessible, with a fluid writing style and well-organized chapters ranging from black civil rights to global justice. Succeeding on many levels, the book makes a measurable contribution to the literature of several areas of study, offers a well-informed and insightful introduction to students at every level, and tenders various ideas and tactics to add to an activist toolkit. Essential." -Choice"An ambitious project that breathes some vitality back into the study of social movements at a time when we need to remember the lessons of the past and become much more active in the present. Highly recommended as a bird's eye view into major social movements." - Sociological InquiryTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Singing Civil Rights: The Freedom Song Tradition2. Scenarios for Revolution: The Drama of the Black Panthers3. The Poetical is the Political: Feminist Poetry and the Poetics of Women's Movements4. Revolutionary Walls: Chicano/a Murals, Chicano/a Movements5. Old Cowboys, New Indians: Hollywood Frames the American Indian Movement6. "We Are [Not] the World": Famine, Apartheid, and Rock Music in Movements of the 1980s7. ACTing UP Against AIDS: The (Very) Graphic Arts in Postmodern Movement8. Race, Class, Gender, Environment, Literature: Environmental Justice Ecocriticism9. Will the Revolution Be Cybercast? New Media, the Battle of Seattle, and the Movement for Global Justice10. Reflections On the Cultural Study of Social Movements NotesIndex

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Book SynopsisAmerican archaeology needs a radical transformation. It has been largely a white, male, privileged domain that replicates an entrenched patriarchal, colonial, and capitalist system. In Bending Archaeology toward Social Justice, Barbara Little explores the concepts and actions required for such a change.Trade ReviewArchaeologists continue to grapple with social justice, what it means, and how to integrate it within our toolkit. Little provides a powerful summary charting a new path for an archaeology that is simultaneously decolonial, antiracist, and critical of power. Any archaeologist interested in working towards a better tomorrow needs to read this book." —Edward GonzÁlez-Tennant, author of The Rosewood Massacre: An Archaeology and History of Intersectional Violence

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Book SynopsisAmerican archaeology needs a radical transformation. It has been largely a white, male, privileged domain that replicates an entrenched patriarchal, colonial, and capitalist system. In Bending Archaeology toward Social Justice, Barbara Little explores the concepts and actions required for such a change.Trade ReviewArchaeologists continue to grapple with social justice, what it means, and how to integrate it within our toolkit. Little provides a powerful summary charting a new path for an archaeology that is simultaneously decolonial, antiracist, and critical of power. Any archaeologist interested in working towards a better tomorrow needs to read this book." —Edward GonzÁlez-Tennant, author of The Rosewood Massacre: An Archaeology and History of Intersectional Violence

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Book SynopsisSteve Biko inspired a generation of black South Africans to claim their true identity and refuse to be a part of their own oppression. Through his example, he demonstrated fearlessness and self-esteem, and he led a black student movement countrywide that challenged and thwarted the culture of fear perpetuated by the apartheid regime.Trade Review“Ambitious and intelligent, Biko was pursuing a university education in South Africa when he energized a student movement in resistance to apartheid…. Wilson analyzes Biko’s legacy in the aftermath of apartheid and expresses continued concern about racial conflicts and growing concerns about class divisions.” * Booklist *“Throughout the text, Wilson brings to the fore Biko’s personality, drawing a portrait of a complex and charismatic man. VERDICT: The book, as a short history rather than an in-depth examination of a person or a movement, will be most useful for students, although it does assume a certain amount of knowledge.” * Library Journal *“Clear accessible language; a strong narrative [and] chronological structure; a balanced assessment in the portrayal of Biko.”

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Book SynopsisThis concise biography tells the story of Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who devoted her life to campaigning for environmental conservation, sustainable development, democracy, human rights, gender equality, and the eradication of poverty.

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Book SynopsisThe 1957 Civil Rights Act was the first successful lobbying campaign by an organization dedicated to that purpose since Reconstruction. Building on the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, the law marked a turning point for the legislative branch in the struggle to accord Black citizens full equality under the Constitution.Trade Review“Clarence Mitchell, Jr., for decades waged in the halls of Congress a stubborn, resourceful and historic campaign for social justice. The integrity of this ‘101st senator’ earned him the respect of friends and adversaries alike. His brilliant advocacy helped translate into law the protests and aspirations of millions consigned for too long to second-class citizenship. The hard-won fruits of his labors have made America a better and stronger nation.”“The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr. is a primary source and analytical goldmine for scholars of civil rights and labor struggles in the twentieth-century United States…. Well organized, engagingly written, and edited with cogent commentary, these two volumes (III & IV) take us inside Mitchell’s activist office and let us hear his own words.” * Journal of Southern History *

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Book SynopsisOffers an examination of working-class activism, broadly defined as that of farmers' organisations, labour unions, and political movements, in Arkansas during the Gilded Age. On one level, Hild argues for the significance of this activism in its own time. He also argues that the significance of these movements lasted beyond their own time.Trade ReviewNot only a unique contribution to Arkansas history but also, I think, a significant addition to what we know of protest movements nationally during the late nineteenth century.""- Carl H. Moneyhon, Professor of History, University of Arkansas–Little Rock; author of Arkansas and the New South, 1874–1929

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Book SynopsisOffers fifteen scholarly contributions - both original works and previously published - that together bring into focus the exceptional range of progressive activist initiatives that took shape in a single Midwestern city during the 1960s and 1970s.Trade Review“While historical in nature, this book is very timely. At a time when cities are crumbling and facing similar social justice and economic issues, this book will help a new generation of activists and leaders to figure out the best strategies to effect change."—as Sullivan, Louisiana State University, co-author of Dimensions of Blackness: Racial Identity and Political Beliefs“An important corrective to common assumptions about the undisturbed conservatism of St. Louis, according to which the Ferguson uprising ‘came out of nowhere,’ and also an excellent, more general roadmap of progressive politics in the United States in the mid-twentieth century. Izzo and Looker’s collection will richly repay the attentive reader; its conceptual reach far exceeds the progressive politics of this one midwestern city."—Matthew Frye Jacobson, Yale University, author of Dancing Down the Barricades: Sammy Davis, Jr. and the Long Civil Rights Era“In addition to offering more than a dozen great stories of life in the Gateway City, Left in the Midwest presents two lessons useful to historians and activists from any city, anywhere: first, a savvy untangling of the intertwined networks of people who worked to promote social, political, racial, and gender equality in postwar America; second, a model for putting left and liberal activism ‘in its place’—in this case, the streets and neighborhoods in which citizens worked, played, and worshipped as they struggled to build a better world."—Eric Sandweiss, Indiana University, author of St. Louis: The Evolution of an American Urban Landscape

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Book SynopsisFew figures haunt the collective American psyche like Malcolm X. This work explores the interpretive strategies presented in key texts from the history of African American protest, establishing a spectrum against which Malcolm's oratory can be assessed.

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Book SynopsisDraws upon the memories of students and teachers as well as education journals, court cases, and news magazines. This book demonstrates that, although teenagers were indisputably influenced by the events reshaping the wider world, they were neither pawns nor mere mimics of their elders.Trade ReviewProvides evidence that the culture wars of the 1960s ran deep into American society. Graham provides a solid foundation for future scholars to build on with more regional or local studies. * American Historical Review *A valuable contribution to the fields of youth culture and education. * JOURNAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY *Graham has done an outstanding job at bringing this little-known chapter of American history to light. Young Activists is an extremely valuable addition to the study of childhood, education, and youth activism in 1960s America. * Register of the Kentucky Historical Society *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Foreword by Todd Gitlin Introduction—The Diverse Origins of Student Activism and Dissent 1—The Changing World of the American High School Student 2—Maintaining the Color Line in Desegregated High Schools 3—It's Not Personal. It's Just That You're White—Black and Brown Power in the High Schools 4—The High School Student Rights Movement 5—Student Rights, Student Power, and the Critique of Contemporary Education 6—High School Students, the Vietnam War, and Radical Politics 7—Cops in the Halls, Students on the School Board—Educators Respond to High School Turmoil Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book studies contemporary Arab political poetry, providing insights into how modern Arab media forms are shaped by language and culture. By examining lives and works of individual poets, singers, and audiences, it shows how tribalism is a resource for critical reform when expressed in tropes of community, place, person, and history.Trade ReviewThis brilliant interdisciplinary work on media and tribal poetry in Yemen by a superb Arabist is at once a significant contribution to media studies, linguistic pragmatics, poetics, and the anthropology of the Middle East. The scholarship is thorough, carefully building on previous research, but also departing from it in original and imaginative ways… While acknowledging that the two aesthetics of circulation and resonance are integral to each other, Miller argues that it is particularly the aesthetics of ‘resonance’ that is important to understanding how moral authority, political order (or disorder), and artistic success are debated by Yemenis. This idea, and the claims the author makes for it, will surely occasion lively discussion and debate. -- Steven C. Caton * Middle East Journal *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘In what may serve as a capstone to his distinguished career, Joan Martínez-Alier gives us both a monument to environmental justice scholarship and a practical guide to roughly 500 environmental justice campaigns over the last two centuries. Land, Water, Air and Freedom makes a strong case that one of the characteristics of our age is a worldwide environmental justice movement. It is gathering pace, but often in the shadows and out of plain sight, because it is most vigorous on the remote commodity frontiers of the industrial economy – where oil drilling, copper mining, or timber felling take place. This book makes clear both the most fundamental feature of the industrial economy – entropy – and the determination of grandmothers, sharecroppers, housewives, fisherfolk, mineworkers, and many others, to resist. It belongs on the shelf of everyone concerned with environmental justice, environmental politics, environmental sociology, environmental history, or the state of their planet.’ -- J.R. McNeill, Georgetown University, US‘With Land, Water, Air and Freedom Joan Martínez-Alier, one of the pioneers of ecological economics and political ecology, emerges with his team as the premier cartographer of environmental conflicts worldwide. This highly accomplished book is many things at once: a vivid account of a lifetime’s intellectual and political journey, a monumental compendium of ecological struggles, and an inspiring ontological reframing of the economy beyond growth, based on the pluriverse of modes of life and languages of valuation embodied in the incredible global ferment of popular praxes against industrial extraction. Other worlds and futures are possible – indeed, they are underway. This book is bound to become an indispensable resource for those committed to the profound socioecological transitions demanded from our troubling time.’ -- Arturo Escobar, University of North Carolina, US‘This book is the last door of a trilogy, as the author states, that opens a passage from the nearest to the remotest ecologies of the world transformed into commodity frontiers. It forcefully proves that environmental justice movements are at the same time movements for life and freedom. Joan Martínez-Alier's activism and solidarity-based work in the late 20th and early 21st centuries is to a large extent comparable to what Marx achieved in the second half of the 19th century. Both trace the transformations unfolded by the commodity form: Marx's trilogy built a socio-historical critique of political economy, revealed class conflict as a social distribution and valuation conflict, and recognized the class struggle for social justice. Martínez-Alier's trilogy has built an ecological critique of economics, revealed ecological distribution and valuation conflicts, and recognized the world-movements for environmental justice.’ -- Zehra Tasdemir Yasin, University of Ankara, Turkey‘Twenty years after the publication of the now classic The Environmentalism of the Poor, Joan Martínez-Alier, the most outstanding environmental justice scholar of our time has gifted humanity with a new book: Land, Water, Air and Freedom - The Making of World Movements for Environmental Justice. With emphasis on the political force that aspires to bring social justice through environmental struggles, this tour de force is a product of many decades of Joan's deep commitment to environmental justice through the scholar-activist method of work.’ -- Saturnino M. Borras Jr., International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), the Netherlands‘Land, Water, Air and Freedom is a tour de force, deftly weaving together insights from decades of research on ecological distribution conflicts and the global environmental justice movement. Spanning an impressive range of regions and issues, Professor Martínez-Alier's inspiring research sheds light on the complex power relations and socio-ecological processes surrounding environmental justice struggles. This vital book challenges dominant economic paradigms, identifies alternative pathways toward wellbeing, sustainability, and justice, and offers important tools for activism.’ -- Alice Mah, University of Glasgow, UK‘Drawing on a treasure trove of cases from the acclaimed EJ Atlas, renowned ecological economist Joan Marti´nez-Alier has produced a breathtaking study of ecological distribution conflicts around the world. This book will fundamentally transform our thinking and actions concerning environmental justice in the 21st century.’ -- David N. Pellow, University of California, Santa Barbara, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1 Introduction: comparative political ecology – the EJAtlas, geographical and thematic perspectives 2 Japan: toxic archipelago 3 The Philippines: extractivism and violence 4 Women environmental defenders killed around the world 5 Taiwan’s environmental movement 6 China: political ecology with Chinese characteristics – limits to eco-compensation (with Dr Juan Liu) 7 The Arctic, a growing commodity extraction frontier, with Ksenija Hanaček 8 India: Odisha, one of the states which are victims of “extractivism” 9 India: Kerala and Tamil Nadu 10 The world anti-nuclear movement since the 1970s 11 Biodiversity conservation: “militarized conservation” vs “convivial conservation” 12 East Africa: Kenya and Tanzania, wildlife and human livelihoods 13 South East Africa: Madagascar and Mozambique; transnationals and BINGOs 14 Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea: “we thought it was oil but it was blood” 15 Sand mining for metallic minerals: a new commodity frontier, with Arpita Bisht 16 Blockadia and climate justice: LFFU movements 17 The Andean countries and Southern Cone 18 Mesoamerica and the Caribbean: from Zacatecas to Neo Zapatismo 19 Brazil and the Guianas: iron ores, tailings dams and land conflicts 20 Working-class environmentalism 21 Agrarian justice and human ecology 22 Religious groups as environmental activists 23 The Iberian Peninsula: transboundary conflicts 24 The United States: the cradle of environmental justice against environmental racism 25 Indigenous revival and resistance around the world 26 Preciosities vs bulk commodities in ecologically unequal trade 27 Corporate social irresponsibility and systematic lack of environmental liability 28 Environmental activism, uncertain risks and post-normal science 29 Population and resources: feminism and neo-Malthusianism, with Eduard Masjuan 30 Conclusion: is there a global environmental justice movement? References Index

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive text on the theory and practice of public participation Written by two leaders in the field, Public Participation for 21st Century Democracy explores the theory and practice of public participation in decision-making and problem-solving.Table of ContentsList of Figures, Exhibits, and Tables ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii About the Authors xv PART ONE Participation in a Rapidly Changing Democracy 1 ONE Citizenship, Outside the Public Square 3 TWO Good or Bad? Charming or Tedious? Understanding Public Participation 13 THREE Pictures from a (R)evolution: The Fitful Development of Public Participation in the United States 45 PART TWO Participation in Action 75 FOUR Participation in Education 77 FIVE Participation in Health 117 S I X Participation in Planning and Land Use 155 SEVEN Participation in State and Federal Government 195 PART THREE Participation for Democracy, Present and Future 239 EIGHT Participation Scenarios and Tactics 241 NINE Assembling Participation Infrastructure 287 TEN Building Democracy 305 Name Index 329 Subject Index 337

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Book SynopsisThe rise of mistrust is provoking a crisis for representative democracy—solutions lie in the endless creativity of social movements.

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Book SynopsisThis collection offers a new way of looking at neoliberalisation and new understandings of contemporary processes of professionalisation. This collection offers a new way of looking at neoliberalisation. Presents new understandings of contemporary processes of professionalisation. Draws on new, original research. Features studies from the Global North and the Global South. Trade Review"This is a compelling, timely and thought-provoking collection. It brings into contact a range of phenomena often considered in isolation, and subjects them to sustained critical-geographical exploration. The materials covered here cross worlds and scales - the Global South and the Global North; from the psychotherapist's couch to ethnodevelopment in Ecuador - and thereby reveal the entangled spaces, roles and subjectivities of professionals and activists under neoliberalism. It is essential reading for any critical scholar concerned about the extending and mutating reach of neoliberalism." Chris Philo, Professor of Geography, University of Glasgow "If there is any lingering doubt that geographers need to think about how the local, the state, and the global are interconnected, it should be dispelled in this provocative and compelling collection, a fresh approach to the everywhere but elusive concept of neoliberalism. Challenging us to think about the broad ramifications for professionalism and local activism, these authors are determined to make a difference to the real lives of people engaged in working the spaces of neoliberalism as they re-write subjectivity, local knowlege, sexuality, democracy and political agency. We can definitely add another notch to our understanding of the world." Audrey Kobayashi, Professor of Geography, Queen's University, OntarioTable of ContentsIntroduction Liz Bondi and Nina Laurie 1 1 After Neoliberalism? Community Activism and Local Partnerships in Aotearoa New Zealand Wendy Larner and David Craig 9 2 Authority and Expertise: The Professionalisation of International Development and the Ordering of Dissent Uma Kothari 32 3 Dropping Out or Signing Up? The Professionalisation of Youth Travel Kate Simpson 54 4 Ethnodevelopment: Social Movements, Creating Experts and Professionalising Indigenous Knowledge in Ecuador Nina Laurie, Robert Andolina and Sarah Radcliffe 77 5 Working the Spaces of Neoliberal Subjectivity: Psychotherapeutic Technologies, Professionalisation and Counselling Liz Bondi 104 6 Desiring Sameness? The Rise of a Neoliberal Politics ofNormalisation Diane Richardson 122 7 Making Space for ‘‘Neo-communitarianism’’? The Third Sector, State and Civil Society in the UK Nicholas R Fyfe 143 8 Caught in the Middle: The State, NGOs, and the Limits to Grassroots Organizing Along the US–Mexico Border Rebecca Dolhinow 164 9 ‘‘The Experts Taught Us All We Know’’: Professionalisation and Knowledge in Nepalese Community Forestry Andrea J Nightingale 186 Commentaries 10 Working the Spaces of Neoliberalism Marcus Power 209 11 No Way Out? Incorporating and Restructuring the Voluntary Sector within Spaces of Neoliberalism Katy Jenkins 216 12 Professional Geographies Nicholas Blomley 222 13 Partners in Crime? Neoliberalism and the Production of New Political Subjectivities Cindi Katz 227 Index 236

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