"The Rise of the Latino Vote examines the struggles of activists and elected officials from the 1960s to the 1980s to mold Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans into a single national political constituency. Its argument is three-fold. First, it argues that the drive to f…
This book provides an in-depth and thematic analysis of socially engaged art in Mainland China, exploring its critical responses to and creative interventions in China's top-down, pro-urban, and profit-oriented socioeconomic transformations. It focuses on the socially conscious …
"Ezra Taft Benson's ultra-conservative vision made him one of the most polarizing leaders in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His willingness to mix religion with extreme right-wing politics troubled many. Yet his fierce defense of the traditional …
New approaches to contentious politics -- The context of mobilization -- Repertoires of contention -- Political attitudes of youth activists -- Mobilization networks -- Activism and contentious politics in Bahrain, Algeria, Jordan and Morocco
In this monograph, Chris Featherman adopts a discourse analytical approach to explore the ways in which social movement ideologies and identities are discursively constructed in new and old media. In the context of his argument, Featherman also considers current debates surround…
Introduction -- Frontier, market, and environmental crisis -- Landscapes of reform -- Back to nature -- Fighting for conservation -- Fighting over conservation -- Fighting against conservation -- Epilogue
A compelling and long-overdue exploration of the Progressive-era conservation movement, and its lasting effects on American culture, politics, and contemporary environmentalism The turn of the twentieth century caught America at a crossroads, shaking the dust from a bygone era a…
"Examines the lives of great leaders of recent centuries to offer models of moral leadership, helping readers discover lessons for their own lives and times"--
"Examines the lives of great leaders of recent centuries to offer models of moral leadership, helping readers discover lessons for their own lives and times"--
"Examines the lives of great leaders of recent centuries to offer models of moral leadership, helping readers discover lessons for their own lives and times"-- We can't help but be inspired by great leaders--those who led lives of moral purpose and in some way left the world a …
Was bedeutete ‚Weltrevolution' und ‚internationale Solidarität' für einfache Parteiaktivisten und die sowjetische Bevölkerung? Das Buch präsentiert erstmals eine Gesellschaftsgeschichte des frühsowjetischen revolutionären Internationalismus. Auf Basis neuerschlossener Quellen un…
