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  • Rethinking Latin American Social Movements

    Radical Action from Below

    Edited by Harry E. Vanden, Richard Stahler-Sholk, Marc Becker ...
    Series series Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom
    This groundbreaking text explores the dramatic evolution in Latin American social movements over the past fifteen years. Leading scholars examine a variety of cases that highlight significant shifts in the region. First is the breakdown of the Washington Consensus and the global economic crisis since 2008, accompanied by the rise of new paradigms such as buen vivir (living well). Second are ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Social Movements and Leftist Governments in Latin America

    Confrontation or Co-optation?

    Edited by Gary Prevost, Carlos Oliva Campos, Professor Harry E Vanden ...
    In recent years, the simultaneous development of prominent social movements and the election of left and centre-left governments has radically altered the political landscape in Latin America. These social movements have ranged from the community based 'piqueteros' of Argentina that brought down three governments in the space of a month in 2001 to the indigenous movements in Ecuador and Bolivia ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • José Carlos Mariátegui: An Anthology

    Edited by Marc Becker Becker, Harry E. Vanden ...
    José Carlos Mariátegui is one of Latin America’s most profound but overlooked thinkers. A self-taught journalist, social scientist, and activist from Peru, he was the first to emphasize that those fighting for the revolutionary transformation of society must adapt classical Marxist theory to the particular conditions of Latin American. He also stressed that indigenous peoples must take an active, ... Read more

    $24.19 USD

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  • Public Opinion

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    First published in 1922, “Public Opinion” is the fascinating study of the role of citizens in a democracy by Walter Lippmann, an American writer, reporter and political commentator. Lippmann’s notable career spanned decades and produced some of the most important journalism in American history. He was the first to introduce the concept of the Cold War, received many awards, including two Pulitzer ... Read more

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  • Strategy & Soul: A Campaigner's Tale of Fighting Billionaires, Corrupt Officials, and Philadelphia Casinos

    by Daniel Hunter ...
    When Daniel Hunter and Jethro Heiko began planning at a kitchen table, they knew that their movement would be outspent by hundreds of millions of dollars. They were up against powerful elected officials, private investigators, hired thugs, and the state supreme court. Even before they started, newspapers concluded the movement had no chance.This riveting David versus Goliath story is a rare first ... Read more

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  • Science and Government

    by C. P. Snow ...
    Series Book 31 - The Godkin Lectures on the Essentials of Free Government and the Duties of the Citizen
    Science and Government is a gripping account of one of the great scientific rivalries of the twentieth century. The antagonists are Sir Henry Tizard, a chemist from Imperial College, and Frederick Lindemann (Lord Cherwell), a physicist from the University of Oxford. The scientist-turned-novelist Charles Percy Snow tells a story of hatred and ambition at the top of British science, exposing how ... Read more

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  • Power Trip

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    by Damian McBride ...
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  • A Better Politics

    How Government Can Make Us Happier

    by Danny Dorling ...
    Series series Perspectives
    The aim of this book is to inspire a better politics: one that will enable future generations to be happier. Greater well-being and better health should be the goals, rather than wealth maximization. We need to value healthcare more than hedge funds, caring above careers, relationships more than real estate. The book is about what makes most of us happier, but it is also about the collective good. ... Read more

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  • Warrior Politics

    Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos

    by Robert D. Kaplan ...
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  • Creating an Ecological Society

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    Patriots, Priests and the Roots of the Irish Revolution

    by Tom Garvin ...
    The present-day Republic of Ireland was created by a revolutionary elite which developed between 1858 and 1914. Here, one of Ireland's most eminent historians, Professor Tom Garvin, considers the social origins of the revolutionary politicians who became the rulers of Ireland after the 1916 Rising and examines their political preconceptions, ideologies and prejudices. In many cases they were not ... Read more

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