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41. The Legacies of Caribbean Radical Politics

    Edited by Shalini Puri

    The year 2009 marked the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution and the thirtieth anniversary of the Grenadian and Nicaraguan Revolutions, and as such offered an occasion to assess the complex legacies of revolutionary politics in the Caribbean. This volume considers what we might learn from such...

    Published September 22nd 2010 by Routledge
42. Changing Images of Civil Society

    From Protest to Governance

    Edited by Bruno Jobert, Beate Kohler-Koch

    Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy

    Civil society has become one of the key parts of the reference framework for governance, seeking to replace traditional public action in which representative democracy is combined with bureaucratic implementation. The success of the civil society myth contrasts with and consequently manifests...

    Published June 9th 2010 by Routledge
43. Civil Societies and Social Movements

    Potentials and Problems

    Edited by Derrick Purdue

    Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

    This volume examines and contributes to debates surrounding social capital, social movements and the role of civil society in emerging forms of governance. The authors adopt a broad range of research approaches, from testing hypotheses drawn from rationale choice theory against available...

    Published June 9th 2010 by Routledge
44. Rebellion and Reform in Indonesia

    Jakarta's security and autonomy polices in Aceh

    By Michelle Ann Miller

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

    Armed separatist movements in Papua, East Timor and Aceh have been a serious problem for Indonesia's central government. This book examines the policies of successive Indonesian governments to contain secessionist forces, focusing in particular on Jakarta's response towards the armed separatist...

    Published May 31st 2010 by Routledge
45. The Power of the Powerless (Routledge Revivals)

    Citizens Against the State in Central-eastern Europe

    By Vaclav Havel

    Books of great political insight and novelty always outlive their time of birth and this reissued work, initially published in 1985, is no exception. Written shortly after the formation of Charter 7, the essays in this collection are among the most original and compelling pieces of political...

    Published December 17th 2009 by Routledge
46. Transnational Labour Solidarity

    Mechanisms of commitment to cooperation within the European Trade Union movement

    By Katarzyna Gajewska

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    The book examines the integration of European trade union movement and explores the prospects for European or transnational solidarity among workers. Contrary to much existing research and despite national differences, Gajewska examines how trade unions cooperate and the forms in which this...

    Published May 10th 2009 by Routledge
47. Protest, Repression and Political Regimes

    An Empirical Analysis of Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa

    By Sabine C. Carey

    Series: Security and Governance

    This volume investigates the relationship between protest, repression and political regimes in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. Considering how different political regimes use repression and respond to popular protest, this book analyzes the relationship between protest and repression in...

    Published December 15th 2008 by Routledge
48. Social Movements

    A Reader

    Edited by VINCENZO RUGGIERO, Nicola Montagna

    Series: Routledge Student Readers

    This timely Reader plays an important role in the field of social movements. It fills a significant gap by covering a number of connected areas within social studies. Responding to growing demand for interpretation and analysis of re-emerging social conflicts in the developed, as well as the...

    Published June 15th 2008 by Routledge
49. Global Activism

    By Ruth Reitan

    Series: Rethinking Globalizations

    This comprehensive study traces the transnationalization of activist networks, analyzing their changing compositions and characters and examining the roles played by the World Social Forum in this process. Comparing four of the largest global networks targeting the 'neoliberal triumvirate' of the...

    Published July 26th 2007 by Routledge
50. Global Activism

    By Ruth Reitan

    Series: Rethinking Globalizations

    This comprehensive study traces the transnationalization of activist networks, analyzing their changing compositions and characters and examining the roles played by the World Social Forum in this process. Comparing four of the largest global networks targeting the 'neoliberal triumvirate' of the...

    Published December 13th 2006 by Routledge