McGill-Queen's Studies in Protest, Power, and Resistance – serie
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Citizens, Civil Society, and Activism under the EPRDF Regime in Ethiopia
An Analysis from Below
Av Camille Louise Pellerin, Logan Cochrane
Inbunden, 2023
848 kr
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In 2014–15, the Ethiopian government, together with many academics and observers, was surprised by the outbreak of anti-government protests, as large-scale public contestation of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) had been largely absent in the regime’s history. The …
New Media and Revolution
Resistance and Dissent in Pre-uprising Syria
Häftad, 2020
442 kr
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The Arab Spring did not arise out of nowhere. It was the physical manifestation of more than a decade of new media diffusion, use, and experimentation that empowered ordinary people during their everyday lives. In this book, Billie Jeanne Brownlee offers a refreshing insight into the way new media …
Games of Discontent
Protests, Boycotts, and Politics at the 1968 Mexico Olympics
Inbunden, 2021
415 kr
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The year 1968 was ablaze with passion and mayhem as protests erupted in Paris and Prague, throughout the United States, and in cities on all continents. The Summer Olympic Games in Mexico were to be a moment of respite from chaos. But the image of peace – a white dove – adopted by organizers was an …
Organizing Equality
Dispatches from a Global Struggle
Av Alison Hearn, James Compton m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
414 kr
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Struggles for equality happen in all corners of the world. While social and economic justice movements are specific to their different national contexts, identities, and forms of oppression, collaboration and coalition building are required if we are to attain sustainable equality and healing …
Failure of Remain
Anti-Brexit Activism in the United Kingdom
Av Adam Fagan, Stijn van Kessel
Inbunden, 2023
1465 kr
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Studies of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union (“Brexit”) have largely focused on the role of politicians and political parties, on the one hand, and the characteristics of Leave and Remain voters on the other. The Failure of Remain offers the first comprehensive study of the …
Failure of Remain
Anti-Brexit Activism in the United Kingdom
Av Adam Fagan, Stijn van Kessel
Häftad, 2023
540 kr
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Studies of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union (“Brexit”) have largely focused on the role of politicians and political parties, on the one hand, and the characteristics of Leave and Remain voters on the other. The Failure of Remain offers the first comprehensive study of the …
Participation Paradox
Between Bottom-Up and Top-Down Development in South Africa
Av Luke Sinwell
Inbunden, 2023
848 kr
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The last two decades have ushered in what has become known as a participatory revolution, with consultants, advisors, and non-profits called into communities, classrooms, and corporations alike to listen to ordinary people. With exclusively bureaucratic approaches no longer en vogue, authorities …
Intercommunal Warfare and Ethnic Peacemaking
The Dynamics of Urban Violence in Central Asia
Inbunden, 2023
1353 kr
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With increasing urban population density, conflicts in cities erupt more frequently and violently. Cities have become hotspots for armed combat, highlighting the urgency of understanding the impact of local communities and urban factors on the development of violent conflict. Joldon Kutmanaliev …
Our Subversive Voice
The History and Politics of English Protest Songs, 1600–2020
Av John Street, Oskar Cox Jensen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
383 kr
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Whether accompanying a march, a sit-in, or a confrontation with police, songs and protest are inextricably linked. As a tool for political activism, the protest song spells out the issues at the heart of each cause. Over a surprisingly long history, it has been used to spread ideas, inspire …
States Without People
Revolt and Defeat in the Middle East
Av Billie Jeanne Brownlee, Maziyar Ghiabi
Häftad, 2025
442 kr
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The horizon of emancipatory politics is in ruins, scarred by defeats and ongoing conflicts. Under the auspices of technocapitalist elites and their political allies, a reactionary turn tightens its grip on the world. Civil wars and regional conflicts are surging. The Middle East has become the …
Maidan
Ukraine’s Democratic Revolution
Häftad, 2026
485 kr
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The 2013–14 Maidan Revolution, or Revolution of Dignity, was far more than a series of protests: the coalescence of complex social networks formed a powerful grassroots movement that restored democracy to a country slipping into authoritarianism. Maidan gives a carefully researched account of the …
Before and After Rodney King
Race, Space, and Activism in Los Angeles
Häftad, 2026
348 kr
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The urban disorder in Los Angeles in the late spring of 1992 shocked the world. For five days following the acquittal of police officers accused of the vicious beating of African American motorist Rodney King, the city’s Black and immigrant neighbourhoods burned. These events have long been …
Nonviolence, Political Power, and Social Change
Av Iain Atack
Häftad, 2027
365 kr
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Nonviolent political action is a powerful means of mobilizing popular, peaceful resistance to oppressive policies and regimes in pursuit of civil liberties, fundamental human rights, and more democratic government. In Nonviolence, Political Power, and Social Change, Iain Atack examines the …
Organizing Equality
Dispatches from a Global Struggle
Av Alison Hearn, James Compton m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
1465 kr
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Struggles for equality happen in all corners of the world. While social and economic justice movements are specific to their different national contexts, identities, and forms of oppression, collaboration and coalition building are required if we are to attain sustainable equality and healing …
