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This book is a unique, single-volume treatment offering original source material on the life, accomplishments, disappointments, and lasting legacy of one of American history's most celebrated social reformers-Cesar Chavez.

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A history of the rise of the anti-globalization movement from Seattle to September the 11th.

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This study presents a comparison of American and Canadian Jewish lobbying organizations over the last 15 years, offering an assessment of their influence on foreign policy decisions affecting the Middle East.

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Freedom in Contention examines the workings and impacts of social movements, using the conceptual and analytical tools of liberal political economy. This important book will appeal to political economists, sociologists, philosophers, historians, and other researchers interested in social movements as forces for societal change.

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The non-violent tactics of the Crusaders are described, and their progression from meetings to marches and occasional political campaigning is explored, along with the responses, ranging from active support to violent opposition, that the Crusade evoked.

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Part career guide, part activist's handbook, this unique work provides tools and inspiration for anyone who wants to make a difference but doesn't know where to start. This practical reference walks readers through the different ways they can get involved and the range of possibilities for applying one's interests and skills to meet their community's needs.

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Provides information on US activists of the 1960s and their continued activities into the 1990s. Biographies are divided into sections, covering racial democracy, peace and freedom, sexuality and gender, the environment, radical culture, and visions of alternative societies.

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In recent years there has been growing recognition of the role played in American politics by groups such as Common Cause, the Sierra Club, and Zero Population Growth. This book considers their work in terms of their origins and development, resources, patterns of recruitment, decision-making processes, and lobbying tactics. How do public interest

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This book assesses the challenges that lobbying, particularly by big business and 'lobbyists for hire' poses for democracy and suggests how it can be effectively regulated. -- .

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This pioneering examination of the nuclear threat, written for both the interested general reader and the student of war and peace issues, blends broad philosophical/theoretical themes and themes in the peace and conflict literature with the results of the authors' extensive survey research in the United States and Europe.

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An analysis of the critical views of the liberal internationalists and pacifists who opposed early U.S. attempts to contain the Soviet Union for fear that it would weaken the UN, militarize American foreign policy, hinder European economic development, and encourage colonialism.

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This work seeks to clarify why and when interest group leaders in Washigton, USA seek to mobilize the public order to influence policy decisions in Congress. It grants a more important role to the need for interest group leaders to demonstrate popular support on particular issues.

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Profiles of 50 individuals put a human face on the debate over gun control.

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The first thorough study of photography's interrelationship with social movements -- .

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This groundbreaking interdisciplinary analysis of a wide range of practices, amateur and professional, and of previously unpublished archival material is the first thorough study of photography's interrelationship with social movements -- .

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Explores protest groups, their aims and protest tactics, and investigates the affect their decisions have on press coverage and political debate.

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Explores protest groups, their aims and protest tactics, and investigates the affect their decisions have on press coverage and political debate.

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An exhaustive update of the 2010 classic that analyzes more countries, revamping the theoretical classification of lobbying regulatory environments and the states found therein. Two key innovations in this edition include: new insights on measuring transparency and accountability of the laws and an easy guide to make or amend a law. -- .