This study of the abortion controversy in the United States argues that moral positions on abortion are intimately tied to views on sexual behaviour, the care of children, family life, technology, and the importance of the individual.
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Examines the issues, people, and beliefs on both sides of the abortion conflict.
Examines the possibilities for a new-style solidarity suited to a complex capitalist modernity. Explores the past internationalism of labour and socialism and the present one of radical-democratic social movements, discussing how the Left might build on this experience to recove…
In a political climate where loose talk of a third way passes for political idealism, Waterman's passionate book examines the possibilities for a new style global solidarity suited to complex capitalist modernity. The author examines the past internationalism of Labour and socia…
Pt. 1. Basic approaches -- pt. 2. Biography, culture, and willingness -- pt. 3. Movement culture -- pt. 4. Protest and the broader culture -- pt. 5. A normative view.
In The Art of Moral Protest, James Jasper integrates diverse examples of protest - from nineteenth-century boycotts to recent antinuclear, animal-rights, and environmental movements - into a distinctive new understanding of how social movements operate. Jasper highlights their c…
Social Movements have become a central focus of political study in recent years. Paul Byrne's accessible account of British Social movements introduces students to the relevant theories, and puts them into practice by examining groups such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, th…
Social movements have become a central focus of political study in recent years. Byrne's accessible account of British social movements introduces students to the relevant theories, & puts them into practice by examining groups such as Greenpeace.
Examines the isgnificance of the Zapatista struggle within the broader context of North American political activism since 1994.
Examines how Zapatismo, the political philosophy of the Zapatistas, crossed the regional and national boundaries of the isolated indigenous communities of Chiapas to influence diverse communities of North American activists.
The new social movements of the post-war era have brought to prominence the idea that identity can be a crucial focus for political struggle. The civil rights movement, anti-colonial movements in the Third World, the women's movement, the gay movement - all have sought the affir…
"Expansion of transnational capital and mass media to even the remotest of places has provoked a spate of discourses on transnationalism. A core theme in this debate is the penetration of national cultures and political systems by global and local driving forces. The nation-stat…