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A Post-Western Account of Critical Cosmopolitan Social Theory
The book offers a critical synthesis of critical theory, decolonial theory and Buddhist/Confucian inspired social theory. It does so as a cosmopolitan endeavour in order to …
Sustainable Urbanism and Direct Action
Urban activism can manifest in many guises, from community gardening to mass naked bike rides. But how might we theorize the evidence of the collisions between social forces that …
The Politics of Transnational Peasant Struggle
New waves of land grabbing are working to dispossess peasants in both the Global South and the Global North. But peasants are fighting back. They have come together to contest …
Participation and Non-Participation in Student Activism
Why might some students convert their political interests into activism when others do not? There is a strong need to understand the changing dynamics of contemporary youth …
Autonomy, Refusal, and the Black Bloc
Autonomy, Refusal, and The Black Bloc reinterprets the positioning of critical and radical theory by focusing squarely on the role of class analysis. It also argues that the …
Breaking Intersubjectivity
Trauma is commonly understood as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Yet, as this book explains, the concept of PTSD is problematic because it is rooted in a solipsist …
Taking the Square
From the Arab uprisings to the indignados movement and the global Occupy sit-ins, recent protests and civil unrest have sparked new debates about political organisation, media …
The Confrontational ‘Us and Them’ Dynamics of Polarised Politics in Venezuela
This book provides a theoretical framework for understanding polarised politics. Contrary to the common understanding that polarisation is associated with populism and illiberal …
The Crisis of Liberal Democracy and the Path Ahead
Political representation and democracy are at odds and we need new models to organize politics without relying so heavily on elected representatives. Similarly, capitalism …
Participation and Non-Participation in Student Activism
Why might some students convert their political interests into activism when others do not? There is a strong need to understand the changing dynamics of contemporary youth …
Becoming a Movement
Social movement scholars have become increasingly interested in the role of stories in contentious politics. Stories may facilitate the mobilization of activists and strengthen the …
Liminal Subjects
Through the stories of women in movement in the Americas, Europe and Australasia, this book explores a decolonising and feminised politics of liberation which is being weaved …