Political oppression and persecution Books
Michigan State University Press Letter from Morocco
Book SynopsisOn 30 September 1999, two months after his accession to the throne, the new Moroccan king, Mohammed VI, announced his decision to permit political dissident Abraham Serfaty's return to the country. This is Christine Daure-Serfaty's story of her husband's homecoming.
£18.86
Optimum Publishing International The China Nexus
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Tekweni Productions Growing Up in White South Africa
Book SynopsisGrowing up in 'White' South Africa is a delightful journey back into the past that brings alive an era that should resonate with those who lived through it, and fascinate those who didn’t. The author captures the sounds, smells, nuances, events and special characteristics of a post war age that remain etched in his memory.
£16.19
Vinci Books Tipping Point
Book SynopsisA shadowy figure funds Antifa anarchists, threatening to tear America apart with violent riots. Adam Drake, a lawyer and ex-Special Forces operative, is tasked with uncovering the mastermind behind the chaos. Evidence points to a Russian oligarch in New York, but as Drake closes in, the Deep State intervenes to protect their own. With tensions boiling over and violence spiraling out of control, Drake has one final shot to expose the truth and prevent America from descending into anarchy. A fast-paced, action-packed thriller with a plot that could be tomorrow's headline. _____________________________________________________Praise for the Adam Drake series:5.0 out of 5 stars The start of another great series... 5.0 out of 5 stars A Chilling and Realistic Story5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Novel5.0 out of 5 stars As they say, Ripped from the Headlines5.0 out of 5 stars This novel will make you think about the future of America. 5.0 out of 5 stars A Series Born to Be Read5.0 out of 5 stars Timely and realistic. Tight, excellent writing with attention to detail.
£9.49
Vinci Books True Conviction
Book SynopsisIn a world on the brink of a new Cold War, a legendary assassin becomes the hunted. Adrian Hell, a master of his craft, accepts a contract to eliminate a corrupt businessman. But as he delves deeper into his target's life, he realizes that the truth is more sinister than he ever imagined. With each revelation, he finds himself drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse, where the lines between predator and prey blur. Caught in the crosshairs of two powerful enemies, Adrian must rely on his lethal skills to survive. In a world where the only choices are kill or be killed, can Adrian Hell outmaneuver his enemies and emerge victorious, or will he become another casualty in a war he never asked to fight?A gripping thriller delivering a pulse-pounding journey that fans of Jason Bourne and John Wick will devour. _____________________________________________________GENRE: Action ThrillerKEY THEMES: Assassins, Organized Crime, Terrorism, Vigilante Justice_____________________________________________________Praise for the Adrian Hell series5.0 out of 5 stars - Hell -- ohhh! Non-stop action infused with sarcastic humor and a gloriously unrepentant hero-killer made this a terrific read. 5.0 out of 5 stars - Can't say edge of my seat; more like edge of a nonstop blockbuster! Fantastic read! With more twists and turns than a Fall Corn Maze. A definite MUST read. 5.0 out of 5 stars - Oh, this book was SO MUCH FUN!!5.0 out of 5 stars - From the first page it was one of the best nooks I've ever re ad. 5.0 out of 5 stars - Fast paced and ferocious. Hell rocks! I absolutely loved this book.
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Vinci Books Good Intentions
Book SynopsisNo choice. No way out. Believed to be dead, Adrian Hell now fights for a new cause, knowing he can never go back to his old life. But death might have been the better option. As the world recovers from the shocking events in A Necessary Kill, Adrian is living a new life, killing without prejudice to repay the debt he owes the people who saved him. But he can't change who he is. When he begins to question the motives of his saviors, he puts himself in a dangerous situation that could cost him everything. An intensely gripping thriller that fans of John Milton and Jason Bourne will love. _____________________________________________________GENRE: Action ThrillerKEY THEMES: Assassins, Conspiracy, Espionage, Politics, Terrorism, Vigilante Justice_____________________________________________________Praise for the Adrian Hell series5.0 out of 5 stars I'm hooked!5.0 out of 5 stars - Can't say edge of my seat; more like edge of a nonstop blockbuster! Fantastic read! With more twists and turns than a Fall Corn Maze. A definite MUST read. 5.0 out of 5 stars - Folks, it doesn't get any better than this. (I wish I could give it more stars.)5.0 out of 5 stars - From the first page it was one of the best nooks I've ever read. 5.0 out of 5 stars - Fast paced and ferocious. Hell rocks! I absolutely loved this book.
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Cambridge University Press Affective Communities in World Politics
Book SynopsisThis book provides one of the first systematic examinations of the role emotions play in world politics. Using extensive conceptual inquiries and empirical case studies, it shows how representations of trauma, from terrorist attacks and humanitarian crises to civil unrest, can generate emotional legacies that shape communities in international relations.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Conceptual Framework: 1. Trauma and political community; 2. Theorizing political emotions; 3. Representing trauma and collectivizing emotions; Part II. The Emotional Constitution of Political Community: 4. Emotions and national community; 5. Emotions and transnational community; 6. Trauma, grief and political transformation; Conclusion. Affective communities and emotional cultures in international relations.
£39.92
Cambridge University Press Russians Jews and the Pogroms of 18811882
Anti-Jewish pogroms rocked the Russian Empire in 1881â2, plunging both the Jewish community and the imperial authorities into crisis. Focusing on a wide range of responses to the pogroms, this book offers the most comprehensive, balanced, and complex study of the crisis to date. It presents a nuanced account of the diversity of Jewish political reactions and introduces a wealth of new sources covering Russian and other non-Jewish reactions to these events. Seeking to answer the question of what caused the pogroms' outbreak and spread, the book provides a fuller picture of how officials at every level responded to the national emergency and irrevocably lays to rest the myth that the authorities instigated or tolerated the pogroms. This is essential reading not only for Russian and Jewish historians but also for those interested in the study of ethnic violence more generally.
£44.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Repression and Resistance in Communist Europe
Book SynopsisThis book explores the role of coercion in the relationship between the citizens and regimes of communist Eastern Europe. Looking in detail at Soviet collectivisation in 1928-34, the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 and the Polish Solidarity Movement of 1980-84, it shows how the system excluded channels to enable popular grievances to be translated into collective opposition; how this lessened the amount of popular protest, affected the nature of such protest as did occur and entrenched the dominance of state over society.Trade ReviewReview in International Review of Social HistoryTable of ContentsContents 1. Introduction 2. Theories of State-Societal Relations 3. Soviet Collectivization 4. The Hungarian Uprising 5. Poland and Solidarity 6. Conclusion
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC How to Be a Woman Online
Book SynopsisBlisteringly witty. KirkusAn essential guide. Publisher''s WeeklyTimely. BooklistWhen Nina Jankowicz''s first book on online disinformation was profiled in The New Yorker, she expected attention but not an avalanche of abuse and harassment, predominantly from men, online.All women in politics, journalism and academia now face untold levels of harassment and abuse in online spaces. Together with the world's leading extremism researchers, Jankowicz wrote one of the definitive reports on this troubling phenomenon. Drawing on rigorous research into the treatment of Kamala Harris - the first woman vice-president - and other political and public figures, Nina also uses her own experiences to provide a step-by-step plan for dealing with harassment, abuse, doxing and disinformation in online spaces.The result is a must-read for researchers, journalists and all women with a profile in the online space.Trade ReviewIn this guide, a foreign affairs analyst discusses online abuse — “the norm for many women engaged in public discourse” — and the ways women can protect themselves. * The New York Times *A call to action for women who have experienced online abuse… the author’s forthright, sometimes blisteringly witty tone makes for smart company… A successful codification of practical, occasionally fiery methods of protection and means of attack. * Kirkus *A concise, functional handbook for women looking to combat online abuse… Jankowicz’s advice is strategic, focused, and eminently usable, and her assertion that women need to be there to help one another while also fighting for change feels simultaneously supportive and motivational. This is an essential guide for women interested in standing up for a fairer, safer online world. * Publisher's Weekly *A timely guide with a much-needed feminist lens. * Booklist *Jankowicz manages to achieve a masterful literary stroke, forcing the reader to confront… very real and very uncomfortable questions. She provides readers with a mirror in which they can gaze and reflect on society today and the death or dearth (or both) of decency. It is nearly impossible in reading to not stop and ask yourself why such a book needs to be written in the first place—not its practicality or utility, but that in this day and age these behaviors are tolerated at all online (or in the real world). -- Joshua Huminski * Diplomatic Courier *Solidly researched, informative, grounded, gritty, practical; as is Jankowicz and the women she knows and champions. -- Kate Clanchy * UnHerd *Uses a combination of academic research, interviews and Jankowicz’s own experience to outline a step-by-step plan for handling an inevitable part of being a woman, particularly a woman with another marginalized identity, online: harassment and abuse. -- Katelyn Fossett * POLITICO's Women Rule *A much-needed exploration of the horrific abuse she experienced and other women regularly receive in online and virtual spaces... The lines between disinformation, extremism, and online abuse are far from clear and, hopefully [the] book will spark conversation about behavior online, civility, transparency, and accountability. -- Joshua Huminski * Diplomatic Courier, Books to Watch in 2022 *A succinct, eye-opening and infinitely useful guide to safely navigating the internet, the book offers clear, easy-to-follow advice on everything from how to shore up your online security to the best way to report unacceptable behaviour to the leading social media platforms. * Buzz magazine *A relevant and useful book. * Irish Tech News *Timely, informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking, How to Be A Woman Online must be considered basic and essential reading for female researchers, journalists and all other women having a profile in the online and social media space. Exceptionally well written, organized, and presented, How to Be A Woman Online is and unreservedly recommended addition to community, college, and university library Contemporary Women's Issues & Media/Internet Political Issues collections. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, journalists, media professionals, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject. * Midwest Book Review *As any woman who has ever had the temerity to voice an opinion on the internet knows, it is a toxic stew of misogyny, sexual harassment, and gender-based violence... In How to Be A Woman Online, Nina Jankowicz has built an essential toolkit which empowers us all to fight back and protect ourselves. We need a better internet, and this book is an important step in getting us there. * Alyssa Milano, Actor, Activist, and Author of 'Sorry Not Sorry' *Nina Jankowicz's important work highlights the growing problem of abuse directed towards women online. The internet did not invent misogyny, but by amplifying aggressive speech directed at women, it is normalising it amongst the haters and making the experience of the victims worse. When social media is central to work life, as well as leisure time, women who are victims of online abuse find it almost impossible to protect themselves from it, but they shouldn't have to confront this alone. Nina Jankowicz once more highlights the consequences of the failure of major social media platforms to address the proliferation of abuse against women online. * Damian Collins, MP *With precision and clarity, Nina Jankowicz has created an essential guide to survival for any woman who has the audacity to exist online... This book is an important primer not just for existing online as a woman, but it's a guide to thriving in those spaces, to feeling safe enough to take up room and to have opinions and to be bold in our careers and our lives. This book is part practical guide and part primer in letting you know you are not alone, that your voice and your opinions and your work are worth protecting and that yes, the internet belongs to you too. This book is an instant classic and a necessary read... This is the book I wish I had as a young writer and it's a book I'm so glad to have now. * Lyz Lenz, author of 'Belabored' (2020) and 'God Land' (2021) *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One — Security: Outfitting Yourself Online Chapter Two — Adversity: Enduring Trolls Chapter Three — Policy: Making it Work for You Chapter Four — Community: Cultivating a Circle of Solidarity Chapter Five — Tenacity: Speaking Up and Fighting Back Further Reading Resources
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Johns Hopkins University Press Outbreak Behind Bars
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Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Spy Uncovering Craig Williamson
Book SynopsisThrough a series of interviews with the many people Craig Williamson interacted with while he was undercover and after his secret identity was eventually exposed, Jonathan Ancer details his double life, the stories of a generation of courageous activists, and culminates with Ancer interviewing South Africa's “super-spy” face-to-face.
£16.16
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Imprisoned
Book SynopsisThis extraordinary account of imprisonment shows with exacting clarity the awful injustices of the system. Sylvia Neame, activist against apartheid and racism and by profession a historian has written a highly personal account that casts a particularly sharp light on the unfolding of a police dominated apartheid system in the 1960s.
£14.36
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd From Marabastad to Mogadishu
Book SynopsisAn account of the life experiences of a South African of Indian descent who was fortunate enough to be a part of some of South Africa's most important changes in the transition from apartheid to a constitutional democracy.
£13.46
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Dr Abdullah Abdurahman
Book SynopsisDr Abdullah Abdurahman (1872-1940) was the first person of colour ever to be elected to political office in South Africa. He represented some of the poorest people in Cape Town on the City Council and then the Provincial Council. First winning a seat in 1904, he was to serve the city for 36 years.
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Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Beyond Fear
Book SynopsisBeyond Fear is a riveting testimony to the resilience of the human spirit - the incredible story of what one young revolutionary was prepared to give up over many decades to bring down the apartheid state.Ebrahim Ebrahim was one of the only struggle stalwarts to be sentenced twice to Robben Island. He arrived on the island months before Nelson Mandela in 1964, after being accused number one in the Pietermaritzburg sabotage trial which was dubbed the ''little Rivonia trial''.He showed exceptional bravery from a young age as one of the founding members of Umkhonto we Sizwe in Natal, and played a key role in directing the sabotage campaign that brought down electricity pylons, disrupted rail transport and shook the apartheid regime to its core.Over 15 years he played a leadership role on Robben Island as one of the cadres who headed the ANC''s disciplinary committee, helping to turn the island into a university of revolutionary ideology.He was also one of th
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Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Apartheids Stalingrad
Book SynopsisThe apartheid security juggernaut met its Battle of Stalingrad in the townships of Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage in 1985 and 1986. This is the blazing story of how the people's resistance in the church, in the civic structures, underground fought that war.
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Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Letters to My Mother
Book SynopsisGrowing up in apartheid-era Chatsworth, Kumi Naidoo tells how his mother's suicide when he was just 15 years old acted as a catalyst for his journey into radical action against the apartheid regime.
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Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Fascists Fabricators and Fantasists
Book SynopsisIn the third volume of Milton Shain's history of antisemitism in South Africa, he traces and unpacks hostile attitudes towards Jews and irrational fantasies that accompany them in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa.Trade Review“This is a very fine book. […] Written fluently with wit and wisdom throughout, Milton Shain concludes his definitive study of the complex beast that is South African antisemitism.”— Professor Tony Kushner, James Parkes Professor of Jewish/Non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton. “A brilliant, well-written, well-documented, and often prescient study of the past as shaping our NOW.”— Professor Sander L. Gilman, author of “I know who caused COVID-19”: Xenophobia and Pandemics “Superbly researched and elegantly written, this book shines a light on the commonalities between reactionary white right-wingers and self-styled progressive leftists in their depiction, at different historical junctures, of Jews.”— Dr Michael Cardo, MP “Milton Shain is generally regarded today in South Africa and abroad as the doyen of South African Jewish history, and this for very good reason, both for the quality of his scholarship and his ability to communicate it in a lively and accessible way.”— Professor Richard Mendelsohn, Emeritus Professor of Historical Studies, University of cape Town.
£20.69
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd The Joy Dancer
Book SynopsisMy parents named me Vuyani, which simply means be happy and let us rejoice!' The Joy Dancer, by multi-award-winning dancer and choreographer, Gregory Vuyani Maqoma, co-written with the legendary Gcina Mhlophe.
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Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd n Kans Om te Dans
Book SynopsisMy parents named me Vuyani, which simply means be happy and let us rejoice!' The Joy Dancer, by multi-award-winning dancer and choreographer, Gregory Vuyani Maqoma, co-written with the legendary Gcina Mhlophe.
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Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Umdanisi Wolonwabo
Book SynopsisMy parents named me Vuyani, which simply means be happy and let us rejoice!' The Joy Dancer, by multi-award-winning dancer and choreographer, Gregory Vuyani Maqoma, co-written with the legendary Gcina Mhlophe.
£9.49
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Umdansi Wentokozo
Book SynopsisMy parents named me Vuyani, which simply means be happy and let us rejoice!' The Joy Dancer, by multi-award-winning dancer and choreographer, Gregory Vuyani Maqoma, co-written with the legendary Gcina Mhlophe.
£10.44
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Montantshi wa Monyaka
Book SynopsisMy parents named me Vuyani, which simply means be happy and let us rejoice!' The Joy Dancer, by multi-award-winning dancer and choreographer, Gregory Vuyani Maqoma, co-written with the legendary Gcina Mhlophe.
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc Uncovering Black Heroes
Book SynopsisUncovering Black Heroes: Lesser-Known Stories of Liberty and Civil Rights is a series of stories regarding real people who are not so well known in the mainstream of American freedom and civil rights discussions. These people have made a difference by the events of their lives and by the deliberate contributions they made. In some chapters depictions of fugitive slaves create awareness of the perils of freedom runs and of the desperate, dangerous, and terrifying life of being a hunted person. In other chapters the degree of local level blockage individuals needed to confront is exposed. Still other chapters point out major efforts by diligent, but for the most part unknown, local people that result in court case settlements and state laws to advance civil rights, in particular suffrage. One chapter takes a close look at leaders in women's clubs and how those leaders defined women's roles in the Black freedom and civil rights movements. Themes stand out as they all build upoTable of ContentsPreface – Acknowledgments – Introduction: Why Are These Stories Important to Tell? – St. Louis to Detroit – Releasing Joshua Glover: Wisconsin’s Response to Popular Sovereignty, States’ Rights, and the Fugitive Slave Law – The Birth of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs – Uncovering Ezekiel Gillespie: African American Male Suffrage – Milwaukee Movers: James Groppi/Vel Phillips – Attorney for the Plaintiffs: Desegregating Milwaukee Public Schools – Conclusion: What Have We Learned About Uncovering Lesser-Known Heroes? – Selected Court Decisions Regarding Discrimination Based on Ethnicity – Selected Court Decisions Regarding Discrimination Based on Gender.
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric
Book SynopsisAs survivors of genocide, mnemonicide, colonization, and forced assimilation, American Indians face a unique set of rhetorical exigencies in US public culture. Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric brings together critical essays on the cultural and political rhetoric of American indigenous communities, including essays on the politics of public memory, culture and identity controversies, stereotypes and caricatures, mascotting, cinematic representations, and resistance movements and environmental justice. This volume brings together recognized scholars and emerging voices in a series of critical projects that question the intersections of civic identity, including how American indigenous rhetoric is complicated by or made more dynamic when refracted through the lens of gender, race, class, and national identity. The authors assembled in this project employ a variety of rhetorical methods, theories, and texts committed to the larger academic movement toward the decolonTable of ContentsList of Illustrations – Acknowledgments – Mary E. Stuckey: Foreword: The Questions of Decolonization – Casey Ryan Kelly/Jason Edward Black: Introduction: Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric – Part One: Time, Memory, and Identity – Randall A. Lake/Tyler Hiebert/Chris Robbins: Chapter One: Decolonizing Reconciliation: Art and Conciliation from the Ground Up Among Canadian Aboriginal Peoples – Catherine Palczewski: Chapter Two: Women at the Greasy Grass/Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument: Remapping the Gendered/Sexed Circumference of Memory – Lee M. Pierce: Chapter Three: Melancholic Mirages and Ethopoeic Enemies: Reconsidering Temporality in Canada’s Apologies to First Peoples – Matthew Brigham/Paul Mabrey: Chapter Four: “The Original Homeland Security, Fighting Terrorism Since 1492”: A Public Chrono-Controversy – Part Two: Representations, Caricatures, and the Popular – Christopher J. Gilbert: Chapter Five: Decolonizing Caricature: Prosopographia in the Comic Politics of Marty Two Bulls, Sr. – Amanda Morris/Casey R. Schmitt: Chapter Six: Indians Aren’t Funny: Native Stand-Up as Contact Zone – Danielle Endres: Chapter Seven: A Critical Rhetorical History of the Utes Nickname – Raymond Blanton: Chapter Eight: Survive or Surrender: The Rhetoric of Indigenous Land in Hell or High Water and Wind River – Part Three: “Rhetorics of Resistance” – Stephanie Houston Grey: Chapter Nine: The Tail of the Black Snake: Social Protest and Survivance in South Louisiana – Margret McCue-Enser: Chapter Ten: Intersectional Rhetoric and the Perversity of Form: Ada Deer’s Confirmation Statement as Resistive Rhetoric – Kelly Young: Chapter Eleven: The Rhetorical Persona of the Water Protectors: Anti-Dakota Pipeline Resistance with Mirror Shields – Rachel Presley: Chapter Twelve: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Rhetorical Strategies for Environmental Protection and Tribal Resistance in the Dakota Access Pipeline Movement – Kristine Warrenburg Rome: Chapter Thirteen: Counterpublicity and the Trail of Broken Treaties: Why Not “AIM” for New Sites of Deliberation? – Anthony Sutton: Chapter Fourteen: Farming, Fieldwork, and Sovereignty: Addressing Colonialist Systems with Participatory Critical Rhetoric – Contributor Biographies – Index.
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric
Book SynopsisAs survivors of genocide, mnemonicide, colonization, and forced assimilation, American Indians face a unique set of rhetorical exigencies in US public culture. Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric brings together critical essays on the cultural and political rhetoric of American indigenous communities, including essays on the politics of public memory, culture and identity controversies, stereotypes and caricatures, mascotting, cinematic representations, and resistance movements and environmental justice. This volume brings together recognized scholars and emerging voices in a series of critical projects that question the intersections of civic identity, including how American indigenous rhetoric is complicated by or made more dynamic when refracted through the lens of gender, race, class, and national identity. The authors assembled in this project employ a variety of rhetorical methods, theories, and texts committed to the larger academic movement toward the decolonTable of ContentsList of Illustrations – Acknowledgments – Mary E. Stuckey: Foreword: The Questions of Decolonization – Casey Ryan Kelly/Jason Edward Black: Introduction: Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric – Part One: Time, Memory, and Identity – Randall A. Lake/Tyler Hiebert/Chris Robbins: Chapter One: Decolonizing Reconciliation: Art and Conciliation from the Ground Up Among Canadian Aboriginal Peoples – Catherine Palczewski: Chapter Two: Women at the Greasy Grass/Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument: Remapping the Gendered/Sexed Circumference of Memory – Lee M. Pierce: Chapter Three: Melancholic Mirages and Ethopoeic Enemies: Reconsidering Temporality in Canada’s Apologies to First Peoples – Matthew Brigham/Paul Mabrey: Chapter Four: “The Original Homeland Security, Fighting Terrorism Since 1492”: A Public Chrono-Controversy – Part Two: Representations, Caricatures, and the Popular – Christopher J. Gilbert: Chapter Five: Decolonizing Caricature: Prosopographia in the Comic Politics of Marty Two Bulls, Sr. – Amanda Morris/Casey R. Schmitt: Chapter Six: Indians Aren’t Funny: Native Stand-Up as Contact Zone – Danielle Endres: Chapter Seven: A Critical Rhetorical History of the Utes Nickname – Raymond Blanton: Chapter Eight: Survive or Surrender: The Rhetoric of Indigenous Land in Hell or High Water and Wind River – Part Three: “Rhetorics of Resistance” – Stephanie Houston Grey: Chapter Nine: The Tail of the Black Snake: Social Protest and Survivance in South Louisiana – Margret McCue-Enser: Chapter Ten: Intersectional Rhetoric and the Perversity of Form: Ada Deer’s Confirmation Statement as Resistive Rhetoric – Kelly Young: Chapter Eleven: The Rhetorical Persona of the Water Protectors: Anti-Dakota Pipeline Resistance with Mirror Shields – Rachel Presley: Chapter Twelve: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Rhetorical Strategies for Environmental Protection and Tribal Resistance in the Dakota Access Pipeline Movement – Kristine Warrenburg Rome: Chapter Thirteen: Counterpublicity and the Trail of Broken Treaties: Why Not “AIM” for New Sites of Deliberation? – Anthony Sutton: Chapter Fourteen: Farming, Fieldwork, and Sovereignty: Addressing Colonialist Systems with Participatory Critical Rhetoric – Contributor Biographies – Index.
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc Bangladesh Divided
Book SynopsisBangladesh Divided: Political and Literary Reflections on a Corrupt Police and Prison State examines the totalitarian police regime of Bangladesh, responsible (since 2009) for hundreds and thousands of victims who have disappeared, been killed, and/or been imprisoned. This book is a contribution toward the need for autocratic Awami power to be openly examined and challenged. Bangladesh Divided calls for peace, tolerance, compromise, social justice, rule of law, and democratically free and fair elections with a level playing field for all concerned, especially the major political parties. This book will interest students and scholars of Bangladesh studies, as well as those specializing in South Asian (regional) studies all around the world.Trade Review“As the titles suggest—this one and the earlier Bangladesh: Political and Literary Reflections on a Divided Country—the two books by Q M Jalal Khan are unique publications devoted to detailing and documenting the political and economic terrorism of the Hasina regime and its tearing and trampling down of human rights, social justice, rule of law, electoral politics, and, above all, the popular democratic opposition of the country, the BNP. The two books provide an unadulterated and unmediated view of the fascist regime and its completely destructive and subversive policies implemented with the help of its brutal and beastly police along with its other state tools—executive and judiciary—taking the country down the dark and dangerous tunnel with no end in sight except a continuation of the regime’s cold-blooded murders, cruel killings and kidnappings, and its barbaric remands and imprisonments, ending, maybe, in a liberating bloodbath. Both volumes are no doubt a fascinating read and resource for those interested in knowing about the bloody perpetrators in the court, police, and civil administration, all led by their autocratic and despotic leader Hasina, whose terrible police repression of the opposition BNP knows no bounds.” —Mina Farah, political writer and columnist“Timely, poignant, and comprehensive, Bangladesh Divided is a stark reminder of the deadly political and social crises facing Bangladesh today. It’s fair, compelling, and heartbreaking.” —Md Saidul Islam, Visiting Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Associate Professor of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeTable of ContentsAcknowledgements – Foreword – A Sour and Bitter Taste of Bangladesh Under Sheikh Hasina: Extracts/Excerpts From the International Media – Part A. The Main Text – Preface and Introduction – Bangladesh Dented, Demoted, and Demented Under Sheikh Hasina’s Digital Carnival of Corruption and Ruthless Repression – Sheikh Hasina’s Fascist Accumulation of Power and Control Through Her Police Force and Her Machiavellian Malarkey – Sheikh Hasina’s Terror Police (Police League?) and the Brutal Repression of the BNP, the Largest Political Party of Bangladesh – Sheikh Hasina’s Egotistical and Egregious Personalization of Democracy and Her Steamroller Suppression of the People’s Choices and Voices – Sheikh Hasina’s Dirty Policy of Divide and Rule, Sabotage, and Subversion: An Impediment to Peace, Freedom, and Unity – Forty-Eight Questions for the Fantastically Fascistic Sheikh Hasina – Top-Notch Treatment of the Top Court in Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina’s Convenient Redefinition of Contempt of Court – Strong Election Commission (EC) but Stronger Neutral Care-Taker Government (CTG) – Unwanted Indian Interference in the Politics, Economy, and Culture of Bangladesh – Muslim Rohingyas and the Buddhist Myanmar: Is Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh Hopelessly Abandoned by Her Too Friendly, Yet More Unfriendly Master Neighbor India? – On Those Bumps and Blunders and Bloopers by the Opposition BNP – Miracles? Only Plus (+) Hasina the Horrible? Only Minus (–) Khaleda the Admirable? – Conclusion and Postscript – Part B. Five Political Poems on the Divided and Authoritarian Awami Bangladesh – Beauty of Bangladesh: The Obverse – Bangladesh: As Split as Us and They – No Matter What, Let’s Go Digital – The Awami Principles Versified – Beauty of Bangladesh: The Reverse – Part C. Two Short Chapters on Academic and Cultural Divide in Bangladesh – Master’s Degree Holding Teaching Faculty and the Higher Education in Bangladesh – Standard/প্রমিত বা বিশুদ্ধ Bangla and Mixed/প্রভাবিত বা মিশ্র Bangla: In Favor of the Latter – Part D. Pieces on Donald Trump: Lessons and Implications for Bangladesh – Hazlitt’s "The Indian Jugglers" and Donald Trump’s Visit to Riyadh: A Successful Circus? – A Pre-Election Who Said What Account of Donald Trump: Lessons and Implications for Bangladesh – On Certain Aspects of Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump – A Portrait of Donald Trump: Concordances With the Characters in Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion (1913) – Barack Obama’s Last Presidential Looks at Michelle: Shakespearean, Da Vincian, and Wordsworthian Elements? – Part E. Five Political Poems of International Interest – On Barack Obama’s Second Inauguration (20 January 2013) – Poetry, Critical Theory, and the Princess – Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 1995 – CNN Footage of a Kosovar Mass Grave (1995/1996) – Happy New Year (2009) to Israel – Part F. Appendices – Appendix A: Displacement/Replacement of Islamic Religion in Bangladesh – Appendix B: Alleged Conspiracies Behind the (25 February 2009) Pilkhana BDR Massacre – Appendix C: 15 August: Know the Facts, Not Fiction by Abu Obaid Chowdhury (Ranu Chowdhury) USA – Appendix D: Hasina’s Zia Phobia by Abu Obaid Chowdhury (Ranu Chowdhury) USA – Appendix E: Unforgettable Zia That I Knew: A Flashback by Abu Obaid Chowdhury (Ranu Chowdhury) – Appendix F: Three Summaries of How the 3–7 November 1975 Events Unfolded – Appendix G: পরিকল্পনা ছিল রেডিও স্টেশনে নেয়ার নামে জিয়াকে খুন করা মেজর জেনারেল আ ল ম ফজলুর রহমান (অব.) – Appendix H: A Declaration of Independence Article – Appendix I: প্রেসিডেন্ট জিয়ার জীবন থেকে দুটি শিক্ষা শফিক রেহমান – Appendix J: Selected Independence-Related Political and Historical Works on Bangladesh – Appendix K: Links to a Few Media Reports of Endless Awami Vote Rigging on 30 December 2018.
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc Black Religious Landscaping in Africa and the
Book SynopsisBlack Religious Landscaping in Africa and the United States uses the prism of spatial theory to explore various aspects of Black landscapes on the African continent and Black Atlantic diasporic locations. The volume explores the ways in which Black people in Africa and in the Diaspora have identified obstacles and barriers to Black freedoms and have constructed counter-landscapes in response to these obstacles. The chapters in the book present diverse representations of the Black creative impulse to form religious landscapes and construct social, economic and political spaces that are habitable for Black people and Black bodies. These landscapes and spaces are physical, psychological and conceptual. They are gendered and racialized in ways that are shaped by their specific religious, geographic and socio-historical contexts. These contexts are influenced by colonial systems and institutions of modern slavery. The landscapes that people of African descent struggle to constructTable of ContentsAcknowledgements – Introduction – Psychological, Aesthetical, and Religio-Cultural Landscaping – Tracey E. Hucks: In Search of a "Land Language": Explorations of Race and Land in the African Diaspora – Maarman S. Tshehla: The Struggle for the African Soul in the Interface between Koma (Christian Missions) and Thuto (Basotho Traditions) – Itumeleng D. Mothoagae: The Role of Religion in the Formation of White Nationalism: Exclusion, Race, Ethnicity and Identity in Shaping Democratic South Africa’s Identity – Boitumelo Senokoane/Mofenyi L. Mataboge: Back to Africa: Towards a Re-imagination of "Youth" in Africa – Melinda Contreras-Byrd: A Psychologist’s Perspective on Becoming Agents of an Unruly Transformation – Karen D. Crozier: Affirmative Action and the New Jim Crow: Listening for and Living from the Sound of the Genuine – Sites of Religious Landscaping: Black Churches and African Independent Churches – Donn Worgs: "To Be Relevant": Black Churches, Education and Productive Engagement – Ronald E. Peters: The Reconnectional Hope: Interfaith Transformation of Recidivism to Regeneration of Community – Clemence Makamure/Vengesai Chimininge: Leadership Succession Practices in African Independent Churches in Zimbabwe: The Case of Zion Apostolic Faith Mission Church – Vengesai Chimininge/Clemence Makamure: The Place of Women in African-Initiated Churches in Zimbabwe: The Case of Zionist and Apostolic Churches – Daniel Pratt Morris-Chapman: Pick Up Your Cash and Follow Me: Pentecostalism, Prosperity and Socioeconomic Empowerment in Southwest Cameroon – Conclusion – Notes on Contributors – Index.
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc The Diplomacy of Theodore Brown and the
Book SynopsisThis book chronicles the diplomacy of civil rights activist Theodore Brown and the American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa (ANLCA) to help end the Nigeria-Biafra civil war from 1967 to 1970. The book challenges histories dismissive of the ANLCA and makes its contribution to African American history and U.S. history by arguing that the group was successful as the only African American group allowed to serve as mediators to the conflict. This was a first for African American relations with Africa as a result of post-coloniality. Their endeavor opened up a new avenue for relations between the two peoples. Their effort was unique because it was independent of the U.S. government.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments – Introduction – Sourcing the Prelude to 1960: Great Britain, Nigerians, African Americans, Nigeria and the United States – Two Decisions: The United States and the American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa Engage Pre-War Nigeria – Declaring War, Declaring African America – "The Response in Africa Especially in Nigeria Was Extremely Encouraging" – Conclusion: A Pyrrhic Victory? – Index.
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Peter Lang Publishing Inc Bangladesh
Book SynopsisBangladesh: A Suffering People Under State Terrorism explores the destructive political situation in Bangladesh under the one-party and one-person rule of the despotic Sheikh Hasina. The contributors to this edited collection examine the catastrophic political environment of the country in view of the Hasina regime's relentless oppression and repression since 2009, the authoritarian rule of her father in the early 1970s as well as the topic of Indian political, cultural and economic hegemony to which this dictatorial regime is increasingly surrendering Bangladesh''s national interest, integrity and sovereignty. The contributors also attempt to expose the wholesale corruption and unprecedented vote-rigging that have rendered the regime completely illegal and illegitimate. They also highlight how the regime has been clinging to power by systemically unleashing terror and tyranny through its widespread networks of state machinery.Trade Review“A highly informative book of unique originality with an intellectual distinction of its own. Oriented from insightful personal as well as research-based observations, the book provides a fresh analysis of the fascist political development in Bangladesh. Its contents offer an unadulterated and uncompromising view of the more than eleven years of tormenting regime that has brought Bangladesh to its knees and tatters. A narrative of the sharp and sheer decline of democratic culture, to the extent of one-party and one-person authoritarian rule, starting from 1972 to 1975 and then 2009 onwards, the volume of essays seeks to spell out the vicious police control and blind judicial suppression along with total Hinduization and Indianization of Bangladesh at the cost of the freedom of expression and popular political dissent of the great majority. Unlike the publications that safely follow a so-called academic and conveniently neutral line of thinking hardly rising above the merely traditional establishment narratives, this volume is distinguished by virtue of its honestly presenting the burning issues that divide the people in a violently confrontational way: democratic freedom, tolerance and harmonious development first or forced suppression of the opposition and corruption-tainted false show of development first? Peace and national unity and solidarity first or looting and smuggling of vast amounts and stealing of elections first? Independence and sovereignity first or being an Indian puppet first? The volume successfully dismantles and destabilizes the purely partisan narrative of the government machinery and its strength therefore lies in boldly exposing the autocratic character of the ruling party that has blatantly rigged elections, one after another, to hold onto power with the help of the police, RAB and RAW. The work will surely intrigue the international community concerned about the future of democracy and human rights in Bangladesh. It will give a voice to the overwhelming majority of the country and will merit a wide readership both at home and abroad. Arguing for democratic fair play and a level playing field for all political parties, the collection of essays demands that the fascist Hasina regime stops stealing elections, smuggling billions, ruling by police force and judicial persecution and acting as an Indian colony corrupting and criminalizing all institutions of Bangladesh. In other words, the publication is asking for a regime change with no delay.”—Syed Serajul Islam, Professor of Political Science, Lakehead University, Canada“For the first time, this study on Hasina’s Fascist rule in Bangladesh has brought human suffering under state terrorism to the limelight. The collection of well-written essays on the subject, and an excellent prehistory of its metamorphosis, are very thought-provoking, illuminating, and important. They go beyond merely appraising the problems of democracy and governance in the country.”—Taj Hashmi, Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice, Austin Peay State UniversityTable of ContentsSurendra Kumar Sinha: On Certain Aspects of My Book, A Broken Dream: Rule of Law, Human Rights and Democracy (Amazon and Amazon Kindle, 2018): A Synopsis of Some of Its Facts and Opinions – Surendra Kumar Sinha: The Supreme Court as the Guardian of Independence, With Reflections on the State of Rule of Law, Minority Situation, Quality of Education, and Rampant Corruption – Zoglul Husain: A Brief Outline of Indian Hegemony in Bangladesh – Mahmudur Rahman: Islamophobia, neo-BAKSAL fascism, and freedom movement in Bangladesh – R Chowdhury: The Untold Truth About Sheikh Mujib’s Stance on Independence in 1971 and How He Brought Bangladesh to the Brink of Collapse to Invite August 15 About Three and a Half Years Later – Abid Bahar: Understanding Sheikh Mujib`s Surrender on March 25, 1971 and Its Repercussions in the Post-Liberation Bangladesh – R Chowdhury: Ziaur Rahman’s Legacy: Sheikh Hasina’s Nightmare! – Sultan Ahmad: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and His Daughter Sheikh Hasina: A Short Account of Their Dismal and Disastrous Record – Sabria Chowdhury Balland: Sheikh Hasina’s Bangladesh: Falsification in the Name of Progress, Culture of Rape and Impunity, and Revenge Politics – Abid Bahar: Sheikh Hasina Imposing Shackles on Bangladesh: Annihilating the Normal and Normalizing the Abnormal – Mohammad Zainal Abedin: Begum Khaleda Zia: The Most Oppressed Political Legend in the 21st Century – Q M Jalal Khan: Sheikh Hasina’s Brutal BNP-Phobia and Her Scandalous "Midnight" Power Grab Through Vampire Vote Dacoity and Villainous "S/Election" Rigging With an All-Time High Record of Humongous White-Collar Corruption (in 6 parts with appendices) – Appendix A – Appendix B – Appendix C – Appendix D – Appendix E – Appendix F – Appendix G – Appendix H – Appendix I – About the Contributors.
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Edinburgh University Press The Egyptian Dream
Book SynopsisThe story of Egyptian identity from the beginning of the 20th century is one constructed by statesmen, intellectuals and Islamic thinkers. This book argues that the current fragmentation of Egypt's political scene reflects the increasing social division in a country where 'the people' are demanding a redefinition of their national identity.
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Edinburgh University Press Islamists and the Politics of the Arab Uprisings
Book SynopsisScrutinises the political strategies and ideological evolution of Islamist actors and forces following the Arab uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa.
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Edinburgh University Press Conquered Populations in Early Islam
Book SynopsisThis book traces the journey of new Muslims as they joined the early Islamic community and articulated their identities within it. It focuses on Muslims of slave origins, who belonged to the society in which they lived but whose slave background rendered them somehow alien.Trade Review'Incisively critical and refreshingly good humored, this is highly recommended for students and scholars of all levels.' - R. A. Miller, emerita, University of Massachusetts Boston, CHOICE
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Edinburgh University Press Commemorating Peterloo
Book SynopsisTwo hundred years after the massacre of protestors in Manchester, known as Peterloo, distinguished scholars of Romantic-era literature join together in this commemorative volume to assess the implications of the violence.
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Edinburgh University Press The Politics of Slavery
Book SynopsisLooking at scholarship on both 'old' and 'new' slavery, Laura Brace assesses the work of Aristotle, Locke, Hegel, Kant, Wollstonecraft and Mill, and explores the contemporary concerns of human trafficking and the prison industrial complex to consider the limitations of 'new slavery' discourse.
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Edinburgh University Press The Religion of White Rage
Book SynopsisThis book sheds light on the phenomenon of white rage, and maps out the uneasy relationship between white anxiety, religious fervour, American identity and perceived black racial progress.
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Orion Publishing Co Blood and Silk
Book Synopsis''A lively and learned guide to the politics, personalities and conflicts that are shaping a dynamic group of countries'' FINANCIAL TIMES''A fascinating and many-layered portrait of Southeast Asia'' THANT MYINT-UWhy are the region''s richest countries such as Malaysia riddled with corruption? Why do Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines harbour unresolved violent insurgencies? How do deepening religious divisions in Indonesia and Malaysia and China''s growing influence affect the region and the rest of the world? Thought-provoking and eye-opening, Blood and Silk is an accessible, personal look at modern Southeast Asia, written by one of the region''s most experienced outside observers. This is a first-hand account of what it''s like to sit at the table with deadly Thai Muslim insurgents, mediate between warring clans in the Southern Philippines and console the victims of political violence in Indonesia - all in an effort to negotiate pTrade ReviewBooks on the rise of Asia tend to concentrate on China and India. Vatikiotis fills a gap by providing a lively and learned guide to the politics, personalities and conflicts that are shaping a dynamic group of countries, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Burma -- Gideon Rachman * FINANCIAL TIMES Summer Reads *Blood and Silk is not a dry socio-political analysis. Vatikiotis has an eye for quirky detail, whether it be the Thai crown prince's pet poodle commissioned as an air force officer and dressed in uniform, or the self-important Muslim separatist from southern Thailand who prayed with Osama bin Laden in Khartoum but found the terrorist mastermind uninspiring and unimpressive. In the end, though, the outlook is menacing. Indonesia risks "the kind of ethnic and religious sectarian strife we see in the Middle East today". Malaysians are dismayed by "the slow disintegration of the multiracial compact". In Thailand, there is "little prospect of the military willingly giving up power". The Philippines remains "a prisoner of oligarchy". Even Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar has disappointed her liberal supporters. We can hope that Vatikiotis is wrong, but I fear he is not -- VICTOR MALLET * FINANCIAL TIMES *Vatikiotis's arguments are fluent and convincing, and his writing is suffused with a deep knowledge of and affection for Southeast Asia and its peoples -- Richard Cockett * LITERARY REVIEW *[An] ambitious and timely book * THE ECONOMIST *A fascinating and many-layered portrait of Southeast Asia, brimming with colourful characters, insights and anecdotes, Blood and Silk is a rich palimpsest as can only be written by a longstanding student and scholar of the region like Michael Vatikiotis -- Thant Myint-U, author of THE RIVER OF LOST FOOTSTEPSVatikiotis offers a lucid portrait of this fascinating region by bringing together a student's sense of wonder and curiosity, a journalist's scepticism and diligence in making sense of reality, and a peacemaker's compassion for the vulnerable -- Salil Tripathi * SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST *
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New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd Albertina Sisulu
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New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd Albertina Sisulu
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MY - University of Toronto Press The Sleeping Giant Awakens Genocide Indian
Book SynopsisThe Sleeping Giant Awakens considers how residential school Survivors and other Indigenous peoples, settlers, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada approached the question of genocide in the Indian Residential Schools system. It assesses prospects for conciliation in the aftermath of genocide.Trade Review“In addition to residential school survivor memoirs, the superb The Sleeping Giant Awakens should be mandatory reading for all Canadians.” -- Jane Griffith * Ontario History *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Understanding Genocide: Raphael Lemkin, the UN Genocide Convention, and International Law 2. Pluralists, Indigenous Peoples, and Colonial Genocide 3. Forcible Transfer as Genocide in the Indian Residential Schools 4. The Sixties and Seventies Scoop and the Genocide Convention 5. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the Question of Genocide 6. The TRC, Indigenous Death, Inside and Outside the Residential Schools 7. Indigenous Genocide: Remembering, Commemorating, Forgetting 8. Indigenous Peoples and Genocide: Challenges of Recognition and Remembering 9. Reconciliation, Resurgence, and Rollback in the Aftermath of Genocide
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University of Toronto Press The Sleeping Giant Awakens
Book SynopsisConfronting the truths of Canada’s Indian residential school system has been likened to waking a sleeping giant. In The Sleeping Giant Awakens, David B. MacDonald uses genocide as an analytical tool to better understand Canada’s past and present relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples. Starting with a discussion of how genocide is defined in domestic and international law, the book applies the concept to the forced transfer of Indigenous children to residential schools and the Sixties Scoop, in which Indigenous children were taken from their communities and placed in foster homes or adopted. Based on archival research, extensive interviews with residential school Survivors, and officials at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, among others, The Sleeping Giant Awakens offers a unique and timely perspective on the prospects for conciliation after genocide, exploring the difficulties in moving forward in a context where manTrade Review“In addition to residential school survivor memoirs, the superb The Sleeping Giant Awakens should be mandatory reading for all Canadians.” -- Jane Griffith * Ontario History *"MacDonald’s argument that the harms of forcible transfer are genocidal is compelling and well made. As he also acknowledges, however, the settler state cannot resolve or fully address these harms unless it is prepared to enter into a new relationship with First Nations on profoundly different terms." -- Sarah Maddison * The British Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Understanding Genocide: Raphael Lemkin, the UN Genocide Convention, and International Law 2. Pluralists, Indigenous Peoples, and Colonial Genocide 3. Forcible Transfer as Genocide in the Indian Residential Schools 4. The Sixties and Seventies Scoop and the Genocide Convention 5. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the Question of Genocide 6. The TRC, Indigenous Death, Inside and Outside the Residential Schools 7. Indigenous Genocide: Remembering, Commemorating, Forgetting 8. Indigenous Peoples and Genocide: Challenges of Recognition and Remembering 9. Reconciliation, Resurgence, and Rollback in the Aftermath of Genocide
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Stanford University Press Protest Dialectics: State Repression and South
Book Synopsis1970s South Korea is characterized by many as the "dark age for democracy." Most scholarship on South Korea's democracy movement and civil society has focused on the "student revolution" in 1960 and the large protest cycles in the 1980s which were followed by Korea's transition to democracy in 1987. But in his groundbreaking work of political and social history of 1970s South Korea, Paul Chang highlights the importance of understanding the emergence and evolution of the democracy movement in this oft-ignored decade. Protest Dialectics journeys back to 1970s South Korea and provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the numerous events in the 1970s that laid the groundwork for the 1980s democracy movement and the formation of civil society today. Chang shows how the narrative of the 1970s as democracy's "dark age" obfuscates the important material and discursive developments that became the foundations for the movement in the 1980s which, in turn, paved the way for the institutionalization of civil society after transition in 1987. To correct for these oversights in the literature and to better understand the origins of South Korea's vibrant social movement sector this book presents a comprehensive analysis of the emergence and evolution of the democracy movement in the 1970s.Trade Review"Protest Dialectics shows how the dramatic protest of the 1960s transformed during the repressive era of 1970s South Korea, establishing a foundation for effective activism. Chang offers new insight into how democracy movements find ways to continue in hard times, and to reemerge when circumstances change. To understand democratic transitions, we must pay attention to long struggles for reform, even when effective action seems unlikely." -- David S. Meyer, University of California * Irvine *"For all the high drama of movements at the peak of their mobilizing power, the seeds of these struggles almost invariably are sown earlier. The singular contribution of Paul Chang's book on the South Korean Democracy movement during the neglected decade of the 1970s is to lay bare those seeds like no scholar before him." -- Doug McAdam * Stanford University *"This important book gives the 1970s democratization movement in South Korea the recognition it deserves. Chang shows that while the working-class movement was certainly a vital element, Christians and white-collar workers, particularly lawyers and journalists, gave rise to the discourse of human rights, forming the moral backbone of the democratization movement." -- Namhee Lee * University of California, Los Angeles *"The book makes a strong contribution to the study of mobilization by demonstrating how repression can work while simultaneously inducing movement diversification and survival. Chang's pairing of quantitative and qualitative data show that protest counts are an insufficient indication of repression's effects on collective resistance. The findings also have important implications for the study of dissent under authoritarianism: as regimes become stronger and more repressive, they can also render civil society more contentious. Chang deserves praise for his highly readable rendering of the complex events at hand." -- Dana M. Moss * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction: Protest Dialectics and South Korea's Democracy Movement chapter abstractThe introductory chapter lays out the empirical and theoretical justifications for the study. It focuses on the long historical process of democratization in South Korea. The introduction also discusses limitations of the sociological literature on the relationship between repression and mobilization and argues that the present study offers a more nuanced understanding of social movement development in highly repressive contexts. It ends with a summary of the empirical chapters. 1The Making of the Authoritarian State chapter abstractChapter 1 tracks the transformation of President Park Chung Hee's leadership as he shifted from ruling within the parameters of a democratic system to establishing a formal authoritarian structure in 1972. The chapter discusses his pursuit of national security and economic development that led to two important policy decisions in the 1960s: Korea's participation in the Vietnam War and normalization of relations with Japan. Intent on pushing through his policies, Park Chung Hee reverted to using the military to put down student demonstrations, which reflected his increasing reliance on coercive tactics to silence criticisms of his policies. This chapter shows how this authoritarian tendency culminated in the Yusin Constitution in 1972. 2Consolidating Authoritarianism chapter abstractChapter 2 discusses the repressive structures that undergirded Park's dictatorship including the military and the Korean Central Intelligence Agency. In addition, based on a fairly nuanced and evolving repression strategy, Park consolidated the authoritarian system by enacting additional political control laws that allowed him to ignore basic rights and bypass habeas corpus codified in his own Yusin Constitution. The promulgation of presidential Emergency Decrees, along with the National Security Law and the Anti-Communist Law, reflected a greater capacity for structural repression. This chapter presents a temporal analysis of aggregate protest data that shows that increasing state repression had a profoundly negative impact on the ability of dissidents to stage public protests. 3The Rise and Fall of the Student Movement chapter abstractChapter 3 explains how students, based on a proud history of political engagement, made multiple attempts to organize a nationwide movement against Park Chung Hee's government. The state, consequently, targeted the student movement in recognition of the powerful potential of students to galvanize social change. Increasing state repression was fueled by Park's determination to not let large student protests develop into the kind of "revolution" that brought down Syngman Rhee's government in 1960. This chapter shows that the consequences of repression were dire for students as the arrests and incarceration of thousands of student protestors led to the rapid demobilization of their movement at two critical junctures in 1971 and 1974. 4The Emergence of Christian Activism chapter abstractChapter 4 discusses the emergence of Christian activists who replaced students as central leaders of the movement after 1975. The participation of Christians in anti-government protests was critical to the survival of the democracy movement and for various reasons discussed in the chapter–including symbolic power, organizational resources, and international connections–the state was less effective at repressing them than other secular groups. 5The Politicization of Journalists and Lawyers chapter abstractChapter 5 explores how and why journalists and lawyers became key contributors to the democracy movement in the latter part of the 1970s. While each addressed different aspects of Park Chung Hee's authoritarian government, both groups came to the fore of the movement as the severity of state repression reached new heights. The chapter shows that key state repression strategies–the advertisement repression of newspapers in 1974, the demobilization of students in 1974, the People's Revolutionary Party case in 1975–motivated the politicization of new movement actors. 6Tactical Adaptation and the Rise of Human Rights chapter abstractChapter 6 argues that state repression unintentionally motivated the development of protest strategies and the movement's ideology. Because different groups relied on tactics that were specific to their groups' cultural norms, the demobilization of the student movement and the entry of new movement actors altered the overall character of the movement. Similarly, while the initial goals of the movement in the early 1970s revolved around democratic and economic reforms, new actors further diversified the issues that were raised in anti-government protests including adopting the human rights discourse. 7Repression and the Formation of Alliances chapter abstractChapter 7 explores an additional unintended consequence of state repression. The diversification of movement actors provided the opportunity to create alliances and coalitions which in turn strengthened the solidarity of the movement. Movement solidarity, the chapter argues, was primarily driven by the repression strategies the state employed against dissenting groups. The impact of outgroup contention on ingroup solidarity is evident in the formation of loose-based alliances between diverse sectors of the democracy movement. These informal alliances, in turn, led to formal coalitional organizations that brought together Christians, oppositional politicians, intellectuals, and students. Conclusion: The Legacy of the 1970s Democracy Movement chapter abstractThe concluding chapter broadens the analytic lens by discussing the legacy of the 1970s democracy movement for South Korea's democratization. Although the Yusin system ended with Park Chung Hee's death in 1979, social movements active during Park's reign continued to have consequences for the democracy movement in the 1980s. This chapter shows how the movement in the 1980s inherited from the 1970s several important pillars of mobilization, including a generation of leaders who came of age during the Yusin period, organizational models, and master symbols defining the movement's ideology.
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Manchester University Press The Xinjiang Emergency: Exploring the Causes and
Book SynopsisThe Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is the site of the largest mass repression of an ethnic and/or religious minority in the world today. Researchers estimate that since 2016 one million people have been detained there without trial. In the detention centres individuals are exposed to deeply invasive forms of surveillance and psychological stress, while outside them more than ten million Turkic Muslim minorities are subjected to a network of hi-tech surveillance systems, checkpoints and interpersonal monitoring. Existing reportage and commentary on the crisis tend to address these issues in isolation, but this ground-breaking volume brings them together, exploring the interconnections between the core strands of the Xinjiang emergency in order to generate a more accurate understanding of the mass detentions’ significance for the future of President Xi Jinping’s China.Trade Review'An ambitious, in-depth analysis of the mind of Beijing as it hounds its Turkic peoples through a staggering range of unprovoked assaults on their ancient culture, language, traditions and religion. Despite its obvious academic appeal, reams of footnotes and painstaking scholarship, this anthology is also a compilation that makes essential reading for avid China watchers eager to make sense of the Uyghur crisis.'Bitter Winter'A powerful, but anguishing read even for more specialised readers!'Michael Sheringham, Asian Affairs 54.2 -- .Table of Contents1 Framing the Xinjiang emergency: colonialism and settler colonialism as pathways to cultural genocide?– Michael ClarkePart I: Context2 Echoes from the past: repression in the Uyghur region now and then – Sandrine Catris3 The Kashgar Dangerous House Reform Program: social engineering, ‘a rebirth of the nation’ and a significant building block in China’s creeping genocide – Anna Hayes 4 Settler colonialism in the name of counterterrorism: of ‘savages’ and ‘terrorists’ – Sean R. RobertsPart II: Discourses and practices of repression5 Pathology, inducement and mass incarcerations of Xinjiang’s ‘targeted population’ – Timothy A. Grose and James Leibold6 Two-faced: Turkic Muslim camp workers, subjection and active witnessing – Darren Byler7Corrective ‘re-education’ as (cultural) genocide: a content analysis of the Uyghur primary school textbook Til-Ädäbiyat (2018, rev. 1st ed) – Dilmurat Mahmut and Joanne Smith Finley8 Predatory biopolitics: organ harvesting and other means of monetizing Uyghur ‘surplus’ – Matthew P. Robertson Part III: Domestic and international implications9 ‘Round the clock, three dimensional control’: the evolution and implications of the ‘Xinjiang mode’ of counterterrorism – Michael Clarke10 The effect of Xinjiang’s virtual lockdown on the Uyghur diaspora – Ablimit Baki Elterish11 ‘Window of opportunity’: the Xinjiang emergency in China’s ‘new type of international relations’ – David TobinIndex
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Manchester University Press The Xinjiang Emergency: Exploring the Causes and
Book SynopsisThe Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is the site of the largest mass repression of an ethnic and/or religious minority in the world today. Researchers estimate that since 2016 one million people have been detained there without trial. In the detention centres individuals are exposed to deeply invasive forms of surveillance and psychological stress, while outside them more than ten million Turkic Muslim minorities are subjected to a network of hi-tech surveillance systems, checkpoints and interpersonal monitoring. Existing reportage and commentary on the crisis tend to address these issues in isolation, but this ground-breaking volume brings them together, exploring the interconnections between the core strands of the Xinjiang emergency in order to generate a more accurate understanding of the mass detentions’ significance for the future of President Xi Jinping’s China.Table of Contents1 Framing the Xinjiang emergency: colonialism and settler colonialism as pathways to cultural genocide?– Michael ClarkePart I: Context2 Echoes from the past: repression in the Uyghur region now and then – Sandrine Catris3 The Kashgar Dangerous House Reform Program: social engineering, ‘a rebirth of the nation’ and a significant building block in China’s creeping genocide – Anna Hayes 4 Settler colonialism in the name of counterterrorism: of ‘savages’ and ‘terrorists’ – Sean R. RobertsPart II: Discourses and practices of repression5 Pathology, inducement and mass incarcerations of Xinjiang’s ‘targeted population’ – Timothy A. Grose and James Leibold6 Two-faced: Turkic Muslim camp workers, subjection and active witnessing – Darren Byler7Corrective ‘re-education’ as (cultural) genocide: a content analysis of the Uyghur primary school textbook Til-Ädäbiyat (2018, rev. 1st ed) – Dilmurat Mahmut and Joanne Smith Finley8 Predatory biopolitics: organ harvesting and other means of monetizing Uyghur ‘surplus’ – Matthew P. Robertson Part III: Domestic and international implications9 ‘Round the clock, three dimensional control’: the evolution and implications of the ‘Xinjiang mode’ of counterterrorism – Michael Clarke10 The effect of Xinjiang’s virtual lockdown on the Uyghur diaspora – Ablimit Baki Elterish11 ‘Window of opportunity’: the Xinjiang emergency in China’s ‘new type of international relations’ – David TobinIndex
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC In the City by the Sea
Book SynopsisShortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys PrizeBy the acclaimed winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018
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Bristol University Press Cultural Sexism: The politics of feminist rage in
Book SynopsisHow does gendered power work? How does it circulate? How does it become embedded? And most importantly, how can we challenge it? Heather Savigny highlights five key traits of cultural sexism – violence, silencing, disciplining, meritocracy and masculinity – prevalent across the media, entertainment and cultural industries that keep sexist values firmly within popular consciousness. She traces the development of key feminist thinkers before demonstrating how the normalization of misogyny in popular media, culture, news and politics perpetuates patriarchal values within our everyday social and cultural landscape. She argues that we need to understand why #MeToo was necessary in the first place in order to bring about impactful, lasting and meaningful change.Table of ContentsIntroduction: From Waves to Tsunamis Repoliticizing Sexism Media Merit Silence Discipline Violence Conclusion: The Politics of Feminist Rage Appendix: Practical Steps to Overcoming Cultural Sexism
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Bristol University Press Cultural Sexism: The politics of feminist rage in
Book SynopsisHow does gendered power work? How does it circulate? How does it become embedded? And most importantly, how can we challenge it? Heather Savigny highlights five key traits of cultural sexism – violence, silencing, disciplining, meritocracy and masculinity – prevalent across the media, entertainment and cultural industries that keep sexist values firmly within popular consciousness. She traces the development of key feminist thinkers before demonstrating how the normalization of misogyny in popular media, culture, news and politics perpetuates patriarchal values within our everyday social and cultural landscape. She argues that we need to understand why #MeToo was necessary in the first place in order to bring about impactful, lasting and meaningful change.Table of ContentsIntroduction: From Waves to Tsunamis Repoliticizing Sexism Media Merit Silence Discipline Violence Conclusion: The Politics of Feminist Rage Appendix: Practical Steps to Overcoming Cultural Sexism
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