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Out in Africa
Visibility matters to activists—to their social and political relevance, their credibility, their influence. But invisibility matters, too, in times of political hostility or …
Fighting for the Future of Food
When scientists working in the agricultural biotechnology industry first altered the genetic material of one organism by introducing genes from an entirely different organism, the …
Strategies for Social Change
The theory and practice of social movements come together in strategy—whether, why, and how people can realize their visions of another world by acting together. Strategies for …
Fighting for Peace
Fighting for Peace brings to light an important yet neglected aspect of opposition to the Iraq War—the role of veterans and their families. Drawing on extensive participant …
How the Religious Right Shaped Lesbian and Gay Activism
An unexpected analysis of the battle between opposing activist movementsWhile gay rights are on the national agenda now, activists have spent decades fighting for their platform, …
Liberation and Democratization
This study traces the evolution of these two national liberation movements, showing how they have xhibited parallels over the course of their development, but have arrived at such …
Repression And Mobilization
Brings together leading scholars from political science and sociology Recent events—from the collapse of Leninist regimes in Eastern Europe to the democratization of South Asian …
Globalization From Below
When violence broke out at the demonstrations surrounding the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa, Italy, the authors of this book were there. The protests proved to be a critical moment in …
Rhyming Hope and History
Rhyming Hope and History exposes the frayed relations between activism and social movement scholarship and examines the causes and consequences of this disconnect between theory …
Civil Resistance
In the past quarter century the world has witnessed dramatic social and political transformations, due in part to an upsurge in civil resistance. There have been significant …
How Social Movements Matter
Provides original assessments of the consequences of social movements.We have all witnessed social movements and felt their effects-some subtle, others profound. But to truly …
How the Religious Right Shaped Lesbian and Gay Activism
While gay rights are on the national agenda now, activists have spent decades fighting for their platform, seeing themselves as David against the religious right’s Goliath. At the …