'Extremely convincing' - Electronic Intifada
For decades we have spoken of the ‘Israel-Palestine conflict’, but what if our understanding of the issue has been wrong all along? This book explores ho……続きを見る
The US presidential election in 2016 brought to a head myriad political activism around the world, around the rights of minorities, women, the LGBTQ community, and the environment. In the midst of t……続きを見る
How do we shape a better world for LGBTQ+ people? Olly Alexander, Peppermint, Owen Jones, Beth Ditto, Shon Faye and more share their stories and visions for the future.
'A vital addition to your boo……続きを見る
This edited book expands the current scholarship on teaching world languages for social justice and equity in K-12 and postsecondary contexts in the US. Over the past decade, demand has been growing……続きを見る
“Identity politics” is everywhere, polarizing discourse from the campaign trail to the classroom and amplifying antagonisms in the media, both online and off. But the compulsively referenced phrase ……続きを見る
The principle of the 'lesser evil'-the acceptability of pursuing one exceptional course of action in order to prevent a greater injustice-has long been a cornerstone of Western ethical philosophy. F……続きを見る
The theory and practice of civil disobedience has once again taken on import, given recent events. Considering widespread dissatisfaction with normal political mechanisms, even in well-established l……続きを見る
著者:Carolyn L. Hsu
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2017年01月12日
Over the last thirty years, social entrepreneurship has boomed in the People’s Republic of China. Today there are hundreds of thousands of legally registered NGOs, and millions more unregistered, wo……続きを見る
Personal, provocative and powerfully persuasive - an essential guide to what white feminism is, why it matters, and how we can put an end to it
**'Thoughtful and provocative... It is a must-read' Ro……続きを見る
著者:Anthony Lewis
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年09月14日
The classic bestseller from a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist that tells the compelling true story of one man's fight for the right to legal counsel for every defendent.
A history of the ……続きを見る
Being online, well-being online, and rights online: information, tools and good practice Digital citizenship competences define how we act and interact online. They comprise the values, attitudes, s……続きを見る
**The 2022 Lammy Award Winner in Transgender Nonfiction**
Exploring the intersections of Blackness, gender, fatness, health, and the violence of policing.
To live in a body both fat and Black is to ……続きを見る
著者:Steven Hahn
出版社: Harvard University Press
発売日: 2005年04月30日
This is the epic story of how African-Americans, in the six decades following slavery, transformed themselves into a political peopleーan embryonic black nation. As Steven Hahn demonstrates, rural A……続きを見る
This book focuses on Islamic constitutionalism, and in particular on the relation between religion and the protection of individual liberties potentially clashing with shariᶜa and the Islamic ethos.……続きを見る
著者:Ellen D. Wu
出版社: Princeton University Press
発売日: 2013年11月24日
The Color of Success tells of the astonishing transformation of Asians in the United States from the "yellow peril" to "model minorities"--peoples distinct from the white majority but lauded as well……続きを見る
Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries?
In Please Stop Helping Us, Jason L. Riley examines how well-intentio……続きを見る
The unlikely but true story of the Japanese American Citizens League's fight for an official government apology and compensation for the imprisonment of more than 100,000 Japanese Americans during W……続きを見る
This book examines how the judicialization of politics, and the politicization of courts, affect representative democracy, rule of law, and separation of powers.
This volume critically assesses the ……続きを見る
Stuart A. Scheingold's landmark work introduced a new understanding of the contribution of rights to progressive social movements, and thirty years later it still stands as a pioneering and provocat……続きを見る
In this ambitious work, first published in 1983, Cedric Robinson demonstrates that efforts to understand Black people's history of resistance solely through the prism of Marxist theory are incomplet……続きを見る
著者:Mason W. Moseley
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2018年05月01日
Why is social protest a normal, almost routine form of political participation in certain Latin American democracies, but not others? In light of surging protests in countries like Argentina, Brazil……続きを見る
A galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flourished despite rampant cultural exploitation
The music we call “jazz” arose in late nineteenth century North Americaーmost likely in New Orle……続きを見る
著者:Jane Rhodes
出版社: University of Illinois Press
発売日: 2017年01月30日
A potent symbol of black power and radical inspiration, the Black Panthers still evoke strong emotions. This edition of Jane Rhodes's acclaimed study examines the extraordinary staying power of the ……続きを見る
Interest in citizenship has never been higher. But what does it mean to be a citizen of a modern, complex community? Why is citizenship important? Can we create citizenship, and can we test for it? ……続きを見る
著者:Åsne Seierstad
出版社: Little, Brown and Company
発売日: 2003年12月01日
**This phenomenal international bestseller is "an admirable, revealing portrait of daily life in a country that Washington claims to have liberated but does not begin to understand" (Washington Post……続きを見る
The MacArthur grant–winning environmental justice activist’s riveting memoir of a life fighting for a cleaner future for America’s most vulnerable
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著者:Amika George
出版社: HarperCollins Publishers
発売日: 2021年01月21日
‘Make It Happen reminds us that people of any age can create change in their communities. From finding allies to setting goals, everyone who wants to contribute to a better future can learn from Ami……続きを見る
This book is a very unique one in that it presents the attributes of a great leader, His Excellency Dr. Sam Nujoma, who has won great admiration of being an exemplary leader not only in Namibia but ……続きを見る
Roaming from America to Europe to Australia, Lights Out is a trenchant examination of the tensions between a resurgent Islam and a fainthearted west - and of the implications for liberty in the year……続きを見る
著者:Heidi Boghosian
出版社: City Lights Publishers
発売日: 2013年07月22日
Personal data is the post-9/11 commodity
Topic of book discussed in mainstream media:
"60 Minutes," July 2012: FBI Director Robert Mueller quoted in a story: "I do believe that the cyberthreat will ……続きを見る