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  • Climate Change and Civic Engagement

    The Origins and Future of the Climate Justice Movement

    by Paul Almeida ...
    The most recent scientific reporting suggests that the outlook for continued global warming is dire. Collective action and civic engagement by ordinary people around the world will prove decisive in slowing down global warming and supporting planetary survival. Climate Change and Civic Engagement demonstrates the origins, gains, and future trajectory of the climate movement. In analyzing ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Social Movements

    The Structure of Collective Mobilization

    by Paul Almeida ...
    Social Movements cleverly translates the art of collective action and mobilization by excluded groups to facilitate understanding social change from below. Students learn the core components of social movements, the theory and methods used to study them, and the conditions under which they can lead to political and social transformation.This fully class-tested book is the first to be organized ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Mobilizing Democracy

    Globalization and Citizen Protest

    by Paul Almeida ...
    Series series Themes in Global Social Change
    What are the conditions and factors that drive people to protest against government economic policies in the developing world?Distinguished Scholarship Award of the Pacific Sociological Association (2015)Paul Almeida’s comparative study of the largest social movement campaigns that existed between 1980 and 2013 in every Central American country (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Collective Resistance to Neoliberalism

    by Paul Almeida, Amalia Pérez Martín ...
    Series series Elements in Contentious Politics
    Civil society actors contested the fifty-year long transition to a global economy based on the principles of neoliberalism. Mobilization against neoliberal measures represents one of the most common forms of social-movement activity across the world. We explore the evolution of resistance to economic liberalization from the 1970s to the current period. Our study highlights several dimensions of ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Climate Action

    Edited by Paul Almeida ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Climate action encompasses all kinds of efforts to mitigate climate change. The Oxford Handbook of Climate Action examines diverse efforts globally, with chapters discussing activism or policy on every continent. The volume presents major theoretical perspectives and concrete strategies for addressing climate change in the twenty-first century. The Handbook considers both noninstitutional and ... Read more

    $230.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Social Movements across Latin America

    Edited by Paul Almeida, Allen Cordero Ulate ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This handbook covers social movement activities in Latin American countries that have had profound consequences on the political culture of the region. It examines the developments of the past twenty years, such as a renewed upswing in popular mobilization, the ending of violent conflicts and military governments, new struggles and a relatively more democratic climate. It shows that, from southern ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Jewish Bravehood

    The victorious saga from Spain to America

    by Paul Roth, Marcelo Almeida ...
    Translated by Rebecca Pearce ...
    Series Book 1 - Jewish History
    The Jews were drastically expelled from Spain by the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile. In Portugal, the king deported 2,000 Jewish children to colonize the island of Santo Tomé, in Africa, and also decreed forced conversion to Christianity. The aim was to erase the traditions of a people. .The persecution grew even more in 1536, when the Inquisition arrived in ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • 1492 Jewish Bravehood

    The victorious saga from Spain to America

    by Paul Roth, Marcelo Almeida ...
    Translated by Rebecca Pearce ...
    Series Book 1 - Jewish History
    The Jews were drastically expelled from Spain by the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile. In Portugal, the king deported 2,000 Jewish children to colonize the island of Santo Tomé, in Africa, and also decreed forced conversion to Christianity. The aim was to erase the traditions of a people. .The persecution grew even more in 1536, when the Inquisition arrived in ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Global Struggles and Social Change

    From Prehistory to World Revolution in the Twenty-First Century

    by Christopher Chase-Dunn, Paul Almeida ...
    Deftly demonstrates how the rise and fall of social movements throughout history is closely linked to economic and political developments.In the early decades of the twenty-first century, an international movement to slow the pace of climate change mushroomed across the globe. The self-proclaimed Climate Justice movement urges immediate action to reduce carbon emissions and calls for the adoption ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

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  • Latin American Politics and Society

    by Gerardo L. Munck, Juan Pablo Luna ...
    Taking a fresh thematic approach to politics and society in Latin America, this introductory textbook analyzes the region's past and present in an accessible and engaging style well-suited to undergraduate students. The book provides historical insights into modern states and critical issues they are facing, with insightful analyses that are supported by empirical data, maps and timelines. Drawing ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • Re-enchanting the World

    Feminism and the Politics of the Commons

    by Silvia Federici ...
    In her clear and combative voice, Federici provides readers with an analysis of some of the key issues and debates in contemporary thinking on this subject. Drawing on rich historical research, she maps the connections between the previous forms of enclosure that occurred with the birth of capitalism and the destruction of the commons and the 'new enclosures' at the heart of the present phase of ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Brazil

    Reversal of Fortune

    by Alfred P. Montero ...
    Once deemed a “dysfunctional” democracy with a “feckless” set of political institutions and a “drunk” economy, today’s Brazil has undergone a complete reversal of fortune. Now in its third decade of democracy, the economy is blossoming and large-scale development projects are underway, including the exploitation of massive, off-shore oil reserves, a nationwide effort to modernize infrastructure, ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD