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Dogs Are Better Than People - Encountering Good and Evil in the Animal Rescue World (Hardcover): Lori Bradley-Millstein Dogs Are Better Than People - Encountering Good and Evil in the Animal Rescue World (Hardcover)
Lori Bradley-Millstein
R799 R715 Discovery Miles 7 150 Save R84 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wild and Precious Life (Paperback): Deborah Ziegler Wild and Precious Life (Paperback)
Deborah Ziegler
R413 R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Save R23 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Chacha Chaudhary Corona Warriors (Hardcover): Parn Chacha Chaudhary Corona Warriors (Hardcover)
Parn
R729 Discovery Miles 7 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Targeted - One Mom's fight for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. (Hardcover): Lindsey Graham Targeted - One Mom's fight for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. (Hardcover)
Lindsey Graham
R947 Discovery Miles 9 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Summer Suffragists - Woman Suffrage Activists in Scituate, Massachusetts (Hardcover): Lyle Nyberg Summer Suffragists - Woman Suffrage Activists in Scituate, Massachusetts (Hardcover)
Lyle Nyberg; Edited by Janet Paraschos, Alix Stuart
R763 R679 Discovery Miles 6 790 Save R84 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Women Activists between War and Peace - Europe, 1918-1923 (Hardcover): Ingrid Sharp, Matthew Stibbe Women Activists between War and Peace - Europe, 1918-1923 (Hardcover)
Ingrid Sharp, Matthew Stibbe
R4,584 Discovery Miles 45 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Women Activists between War and Peace employs a comparative approach in exploring women's political and social activism across the European continent in the years that followed the First World War. It brings together leading scholars in the field to discuss the contribution of women's movements in, and individual female activists from, Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Russia and the United States. The book contains an introduction that helpfully outlines key concepts and broader, European-wide issues and concerns, such as peace, democracy and the role of the national and international in constructing the new, post-war political order. It then proceeds to examine the nature of women's activism through the prism of five pivotal topics: * Suffrage and nationalism * Pacifism and internationalism * Revolution and socialism * Journalism and print media * War and the body A timeline and illustrations are also included in the book, along with a useful guide to further reading. This is a vitally important text for all students of women's history, twentieth-century Europe and the legacy of the First World War.

Bring Rain - Helping Humanity in Crisis (Hardcover): Sarah Dawn Petrin Bring Rain - Helping Humanity in Crisis (Hardcover)
Sarah Dawn Petrin
R651 R594 Discovery Miles 5 940 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Online Activism in the Middle East - Political Power and Authoritarian Governments from Egypt to Kuwait (Hardcover): Jon... Online Activism in the Middle East - Political Power and Authoritarian Governments from Egypt to Kuwait (Hardcover)
Jon Nordenson
R4,248 Discovery Miles 42 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Does the internet facilitate social and political change, or even democratization, in the Middle East? Despite existing research on this subject, there is still no consensus on the importance of social media and online platforms, or on how we are to understand their influence. This book provides empirical analysis of the day-to-day use of online platforms by activists in Egypt and Kuwait. The research evaluates the importance of online platforms for effecting change and establishes a specific framework for doing so. Egypt and Kuwait were chosen because, since the mid-2000s, they have been the most prominent Arab countries in terms of online and offline activism. In the context of Kuwait, Jon Nordenson examines the oppositional youth groups who fought for a constitutional, democratic monarchy in the emirate. In Egypt, focus surrounds the groups and organizations working against sexual violence and sexual harassment. Online Activism in the Middle East shows how and why online platforms are used by activists and identifies the crucial features of successful online campaigns. Egypt and Kuwait are revealed to be authoritarian contexts but where the challenges and possibilities faced by activists are quite different. The comparative nature of this research therefore exposes the context-specific usage of online platforms, separating this from the more general features of online activism. Nordenson demonstrates the power of online activism to create an essential 'counterpublic' that can challenge an authoritarian state and enable excluded groups to fight in ways that are far more difficult to suppress than a demonstration.

Wages for Housework - A History of an International Feminist Movement, 1972-77 (Hardcover): Louise Toupin Wages for Housework - A History of an International Feminist Movement, 1972-77 (Hardcover)
Louise Toupin
R2,724 Discovery Miles 27 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Revolutionary feminism is resurging across the world. But what were its origins? In the early 1970s, the International Feminist Collective began to organise around the call for recognition of the different forms of labour performed by women. They paved the way for the influential and controversial feminist campaign 'Wages for Housework' which made great strides towards driving debates in social reproduction and the gendered aspects of labour. Drawing on extensive archival research, Louise Toupin looks at the history of this movement between 1972 and 1977, featuring unpublished conversations with some of its founders including Silvia Federici and Mariarosa Dalla Costa, as well as activists from Italy, Germany, Switzerland, the United States and Canada. Encompassing rich theoretical traditions, including autonomism, anti-colonialism and feminism, whilst challenging both classical Marxism and the mainstream women's movement, the book highlights the power and originality of the campaign. Among their many innovations, these pathbreaking activists approached gender, sexuality, race and class together in a way that anticipated intersectionality and had a radical new understanding of sex work.

The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe - A Biography (Paperback): Elaine Showalter The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe - A Biography (Paperback)
Elaine Showalter
R443 R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Save R30 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Inspiring Quotes from Inspiring Women 100 Quotes from 100 Influential Women in History (Hardcover): Katie Johnson Inspiring Quotes from Inspiring Women 100 Quotes from 100 Influential Women in History (Hardcover)
Katie Johnson
R921 Discovery Miles 9 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Class and Gender in British Labour History - Renewing the Debate (or Starting It?) (Paperback, New): Mary Davis Class and Gender in British Labour History - Renewing the Debate (or Starting It?) (Paperback, New)
Mary Davis
R598 Discovery Miles 5 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Politics constructs gender and gender constructs politics: this is a central theme in this collection of essays which seek not only to write a history that focus on women's experiences but seeks also to analyse those dynamic forces that have shaped that history.It examines the 'making' of the other half of the working class - women - as workers, trade unionists and political activists, and seeks to weave together intricate relationship between class and gender, particular within the process of industrialization. It is because the class/gender relationship has often been either ignored or misunderstood that it has been possible to write general histories of the labour movement in which women are hardly mentioned. Featuring contributions from leading and up-and-coming women labour historians, essays are in three sections: the labour market/work (typical and atypical); trade unions; and politics

Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán - From Local to Transnational Civic Engagement (Hardcover): Xóchitl Bada Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán - From Local to Transnational Civic Engagement (Hardcover)
Xóchitl Bada
R3,169 Discovery Miles 31 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

 Chicago is home to the second-largest Mexican immigrant population in the United States, yet the activities of this community have gone relatively unexamined by both the media and academia.  In this groundbreaking new book, Xóchitl Bada takes us inside one of the most vital parts of Chicago’s Mexican immigrant community—its many hometown associations. Hometown associations (HTAs) consist of immigrants from the same town in Mexico and often begin quite informally, as soccer clubs or prayer groups. As Bada’s work shows, however, HTAs have become a powerful force for change, advocating for Mexican immigrants in the United States while also working to improve living conditions in their communities of origin. Focusing on a group of HTAs founded by immigrants from the state of Michoacán, the book shows how their activism has bridged public and private spheres, mobilizing social reforms in both inner-city Chicago and rural Mexico. Bringing together ethnography, political theory, and archival research, Bada excavates the surprisingly long history of Chicago’s HTAs, dating back to the 1920s, then traces the emergence of new models of community activism in the twenty-first century. Filled with vivid observations and original interviews, Mexican Hometown Associations in Chicagoacán gives voice to an underrepresented community and sheds light on an underexplored form of global activism.

An Easy Burden - The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America (25th Anniversary Edition) (Hardcover, 4th... An Easy Burden - The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America (25th Anniversary Edition) (Hardcover, 4th Anniversary ed.)
Andrew Young
R1,065 Discovery Miles 10 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Against the Grain - Brian Fitzpatrick and Manning Clark in Australian History and Politics (Paperback, Print on Demand ed.): Against the Grain - Brian Fitzpatrick and Manning Clark in Australian History and Politics (Paperback, Print on Demand ed.)
R1,307 Discovery Miles 13 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

While Brian Fitzpatrick has today fallen into relative obscurity, efforts persist in discrediting Manning Clark's name. ""Against the Grain"" examines the dual careers of Fitzpatrick and Clark as activists and historians during the Cold War, and shows the political and personal difficulties that beset both men throughout their careers. Contributors Stuart Macintyre, James Waghorne, Ann Curthoys, Mark McKenna, Roger Douglas, Sheila Fitzpatrick, Mark Finnane, John Myrtle, Carolyn Rasmussen, Jill Roe and others critically observe the men's legacy and the value of their work to future generations. The collection also includes memoirs of Fitzpatrick and Clark by their daughters Sheila and Katerina, and Beverley Kingston and Nicholas Brown.

25th Anniversary Edition - An Easy Burden - The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America (Hardcover): Andrew... 25th Anniversary Edition - An Easy Burden - The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America (Hardcover)
Andrew Young; Foreword by Quincy Jones
R954 Discovery Miles 9 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Thinking Art - Materialisms, Labours, Forms (Paperback): Peter Osborne Thinking Art - Materialisms, Labours, Forms (Paperback)
Peter Osborne
R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Vegetarian Myth - Food, Justice and Sustainability (Paperback): Lierre Keith The Vegetarian Myth - Food, Justice and Sustainability (Paperback)
Lierre Keith
R530 R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Save R57 (11%) In Stock

Part memoir, nutritional primer, and political manifesto, this controversial examination exposes the destructive history of agriculture--causing the devastation of prairies and forests, driving countless species extinct, altering the climate, and destroying the topsoil--and asserts that, in order to save the planet, food must come from within living communities. In order for this to happen, the argument champions eating locally and sustainably and encourages those with the resources to grow their own food. Further examining the question of what to eat from the perspective of both human and environmental health, the account goes beyond health choices and discusses potential moral issues from eating--or not eating--animals. Through the deeply personal narrative of someone who practiced veganism for 20 years, this unique exploration also discusses alternatives to industrial farming, reveals the risks of a vegan diet, and explains why animals belong on ecologically sound farms.

Defiant Braceros - How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom (Hardcover): Mireya Loza Defiant Braceros - How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom (Hardcover)
Mireya Loza
R2,896 Discovery Miles 28 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this book, Mireya Loza sheds new light on the private lives of migrantmen who participated in the Bracero Program (1942-1964), a binationalagreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundredsof thousands of Mexican workers to enter this country on temporary workpermits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has longbeen politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailingromanticized image of braceros as a family-oriented, productive, legal workforcehas obscured the real, diverse experiences of the workers themselves.Focusing on underexplored aspects of workers' lives-such as their transnationalunion-organizing efforts, the sexual economies of both hetero andqueer workers, and the ethno-racial boundaries among Mexican indigenousbraceros-Loza reveals how these men defied perceived political, sexual, andracial norms. Basing her work on an archive of more than 800 oral histories from theUnited States and Mexico, Loza is the first scholar to carefully differentiatebetween the experiences of mestizo guest workers and the many Mixtec,Zapotec, Purhepecha, and Mayan laborers. In doing so, she captures themyriad ways these defiant workers responded to the intense discriminationand exploitation of an unjust system that still persists today.

Shutting Down the Streets - Political Violence and Social Control in the Global Era (Hardcover, New): Luis A. Fernandez, Amory... Shutting Down the Streets - Political Violence and Social Control in the Global Era (Hardcover, New)
Luis A. Fernandez, Amory Starr, Christian Scholl
R3,083 Discovery Miles 30 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Recently, a wall was built in eastern Germany. Made of steel and cement blocks, topped with razor barbed wire, and reinforced with video monitors and movement sensors, this wall was not put up to protect a prison or a military base, but rather to guard a three-day meeting of the finance ministers of the Group of Eight (G8). The wall manifested a level of security that is increasingly commonplace at meetings regarding the global economy. The authors of Shutting Down the Streets have directly observed and participated in more than 20 mass actions against global in North America and Europe, beginning with the watershed 1999 WTO meetings in Seattle and including the 2007 G8 protests in Heiligendamm. Shutting Down the Streets is the first book to conceptualize the social control of dissent in the era of alterglobalization. Based on direct observation of more than 20 global summits, the book demonstrates that social control is not only global, but also preemptive, and that it relegates dissent to the realm of criminality. The charge is insurrection, but the accused have no weapons. The authors document in detail how social control forecloses the spaces through which social movements nurture the development of dissent and effect disruptive challenges.

Common - On Revolution in the 21st Century (Hardcover): Pierre Dardot, Christian Laval Common - On Revolution in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
Pierre Dardot, Christian Laval; Translated by Matthew MacLellan; Preface by Imre Szeman
R4,608 Discovery Miles 46 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Around the globe, contemporary protest movements are contesting the oligarchic appropriation of natural resources, public services, and shared networks of knowledge and communication. These struggles raise the same fundamental demand and rest on the same irreducible principle: the common. In this exhaustive account, Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval show how the common has become the defining principle of alternative political movements in the 21st century. In societies deeply shaped by neoliberal rationality, the common is increasingly invoked as the operative concept of practical struggles creating new forms of democratic governance. In a feat of analytic clarity, Dardot and Laval dissect and synthesize a vast repository on the concept of the commons, from the fields of philosophy, political theory, economics, legal theory, history, theology, and sociology. Instead of conceptualizing the common as an essence of man or as inherent in nature, the thread developed by Dardot and Laval traces the active lives of human beings: only a practical activity of commoning can decide what will be shared in common and what rules will govern the common's citizen-subjects. This re-articulation of the common calls for nothing less than the institutional transformation of society by society: it calls for a revolution.

No Chains to Rust - Bob McMahon: Memories of His Journey (Hardcover): Peter Ian Henning No Chains to Rust - Bob McMahon: Memories of His Journey (Hardcover)
Peter Ian Henning
R881 Discovery Miles 8 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Theatre of the Oppressed (Paperback, 4th edition): Augusto Boal Theatre of the Oppressed (Paperback, 4th edition)
Augusto Boal
R501 Discovery Miles 5 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Augusto Boal saw theatre as a mirror to the world, one that we can reach into to change our reality. This book, The Theatre of the Oppressed, is the foundation to 'Forum Theatre', a popular radical form practised across the world. Boal's techniques allowed the people to reclaim theatre, providing forums through which they could imagine and enact social and political change. Rejecting the Aristotelian ethic, which he believed allowed the State to remain unchallenged, he broke down the wall between actors and audience, the two sides coming together, the audience becoming the 'spect-actors'. Written in 1973, while in exile from the Brazilian government after the military coup-d'etat, this is a work of subversion and liberation, which shows that only the oppressed are able to free themselves.

Iran, Israel, and the United States - Regime Security vs. Political Legitimacy (Hardcover): Jalil Roshandel, Nathan Chapman Lean Iran, Israel, and the United States - Regime Security vs. Political Legitimacy (Hardcover)
Jalil Roshandel, Nathan Chapman Lean
R1,321 Discovery Miles 13 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Providing an unbiased analysis of the past, present, and future of the hostile relationship between Iran, Israel, and the United States, this book presents an up-to-date discussion of the security implications for each of the two states as well as the entire region. Ongoing tensions between Iran and Israel are highly dangerous for the Middle East and have the potential to spark another major war in the region, perhaps on a much larger scale than prior conflicts. Such a confrontation between the two nations would jeopardize regional and international security, and is of immediate concern for the United States. In this new book noted scholar Jalil Roshandel provides an in-depth look at topics such as Iranian state support for terrorism, its pursuit of nuclear capability and weapons, the implications of this activity for Israel, and their relations with the Iraqi Kurdish region. The United States' role in this conflict is also detailed, including a history if its relations with Iran, policy with Israel, and position as potential mediator. This book offers valuable context that explains the evolution of these relationships rather than simply summarizing the past and present situations, and concludes with thought-provoking policy alternatives for decision makers. Illustrates the complex relationship between Iran and Israel though an examination of historic events Provides a comprehensive bibliography of significant materials from the fields of history, politics, and international relations Includes an index of subjects, names, places, events, and related issues

Between Discipline and a Hard Place - The Value of Contemporary Art (Hardcover): Alana Jelinek Between Discipline and a Hard Place - The Value of Contemporary Art (Hardcover)
Alana Jelinek
R2,858 Discovery Miles 28 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Written from the perspective of a practising artist, this book proposes that, against a groundswell of historians, museums and commentators claiming to speak on behalf of art, it is artists alone who may define what art really is. Jelinek contends that while there are objects called 'art' in museums from deep into human history and from around the globe - from Hans Sloane's collection, which became the foundation of the British Museum, to Alfred Barr's inclusion of 'primitive art' within the walls of MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art - only those that have been made with the knowledge and discipline of art should rightly be termed as such. Policing the definition of art in this way is not to entrench it as an elitist occupation, but in order to focus on its liberal democratic potential. Between Discipline and a Hard Place describes the value of art outside the current preoccupation with economic considerations yet without resorting to a range of stereotypical and ultimately instrumentalist political or social goods, such as social inclusion or education. A wider argument is also made for disciplinarity, as Jelinek discusses the great potential as well as the pitfalls of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary working, particularly with the so-called 'creative' arts. A passionate treatise arguing for a new way of understanding art that forefronts the role of the artist and the importance of inclusion within both the concept of art and the art world.

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