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1	Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide more books like this by Nicholas D Kristof, Sheryl Wudunn add to wishlist Two Pulitzer Prize winners issue a call to arms against our era's most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women in the developing world. see all copies from £13.70! new only from £13.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond more books like this by Don Cheadle, John Prendergast add to wishlist Shocked and enraged by the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Cheadle teamed up with leading activist Prendergast to focus the world's attention on the suffering and violence there and offer six strategies readers themselves can implement to help make a difference in the fate of a nation. see all copies from £1.54! new only from £1.58! \| first editions
3	Hope in Hell: Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders more books like this by Dan Bortolotti add to wishlist Doctors Without Borders, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres, delivers emergency aid around the world. This book tells its history and examines the lives of individual volunteers. Topics range from emergency surgery in war zones to witnessing atrocities. see all copies from £3.12! new only from £3.12! \| first editions
4	Interest Group Society more books like this by Jeffrey M Berry add to wishlist The "gold standard" on interest group politics has been updated for the first time in over a decade. With the help of a new co-author and premier scholar - Clyde Wilcox of Georgetown University - this long awaited revision offers up-to-date coverage on the explosion of business lobbyists, the closer relationship between parties and interest ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £6.38!
5	Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times more books like this by Amy Goodman, David Goodman add to wishlist The award-winning journalists and authors of "The Exception to the Rulers" and "Static" return with this revolutionary work that celebrates the ordinary heroes who have stood up, often at great risk, to defend democracy and change America for the better. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61!
6	Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries more books like this by Naomi Wolf add to wishlist From an icon in the contemporary feminist movement and a well-respected political commentator comes this clear, accessible handbook about how to understand and use democracy. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61!
7	American Taboo: A Murder in the Peace Corps more books like this by Philip Weiss add to wishlist Journalist Philip Weiss investigates the Peace Corps cover-up of the murder of a beautiful young volunteer in 1976, which allowed the perpetrator, a fellow volunteer, to walk free. Twenty-three-year-old Deborah Ann Gardner was volunteering on the South Pacific island of Tonga, as was Dennis Priven, a math and science teacher. When Gardner let ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	The Marketing of Rebellion: Insurgents, Media, and International Activism more books like this by Clifford Bob, Douglas McAdam (Editor), Sidney Farrow (Editor) add to wishlist How do a few Third World political movements become global causes celebres, while most remain isolated? This book rejects dominant views that needy groups readily gain help from selfless nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Instead, they face a Darwinian struggle for scarce resources where support goes to the savviest, not the neediest. Examining ... see all copies from £11.38! new only from £11.38!
9	A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis more books like this by David Rieff add to wishlist Rieff examines the unique role that humanitarian agencies play and addresses the question of whether their advocacy and increasingly close working relationships with governments may have co-opted them. He draws lessons from Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
10	Ojibwa Warrior: Dennis Banks and the Rise of the American Indian Movement more books like this by Dennis Banks, Richard Erdoes add to wishlist Banks, founder of the American Indian Movement, tells his story for the first time and presents an insider's look the group and its protest events--including the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee--enhanced by dramatic photographs. see all copies from £9.63! new only from £10.25! \| first editions
11 view cover	Get Out of Our House: Revolution!: A New Plan for Selecting Representatives more books like this by Tim Cox add to wishlist Get Out of Our House (GOOOH) details the plan for Americans to evict all 435 politicians from the United States House of Representatives?replacing them with patriots just like you. The system is designed to bypass partisanship, sever ties with special interest money, replace career politicians, and hold elected officials accountable. Will you join ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.19!
12 view cover	Breaking the Silence: French Women's Voices from the Ghetto more books like this by Fadela Amara, Helen Harden Chenut (Translator), Sylvia Zappi add to wishlist Born in France of Algerian parents, Fadela Amara is a human rights activist who speaks with both a personal and a collective voice. This book is a passionate account of her struggle to found the movement called 'Ni Putes Ni Soumises' (Neither Whore Nor Submissive), aimed at shattering the law of silence about violence against women within French ... see all copies from £7.91! new only from £7.91!
13 view cover	The New American Revolution: Using the Power of the Individual to Save Our Nation from Extremists more books like this by Tammy Bruce add to wishlist The bestselling author of "The Death of Right and Wrong" and "The New Thought Police" offers a manifesto to fight extremism and tells how to use individuality to preserve America's ideals and control its destiny. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	In the Footsteps of Gandhi: Conversations with Spiritual more books like this by Catherine Ingram, Ramchandra Gandhi (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! new only from £6.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Youth, Identity, Power: The Chicano Movement more books like this by Carlos Munoz, Jr. add to wishlist Youth, Identity, Power is a study of the origins and development of Chicano radicalism in America. Written by a leader of the Chicano Student Movement of the 1960s who also played a role in the creation of the wider Chicano Power Movement, this is the first fill-length work to appear on the subject. It fills an important gap in the history of ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.24!
16 view cover	Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees more books like this by Caroline Moorehead add to wishlist Human smuggling is now said to have an annual turnover of over $7 billion - more than revenue from smuggling drugs. Caroline Moorehead's important new book looks at 'human cargo' from Afghanistan, Liberia, Palestine and many other places. -- She has visited war zones, camps, prisons - and the black Dinka families from the Sudan who were re-settled ... see all copies from £1.99! new only from £1.99! \| first editions
17 view cover	The New Transnational Activism more books like this by Sidney Tarrow add to wishlist The New Transnational Activism shows how even the most prosaic activities can assume broader political meanings when they provide ordinary people with the experience of crossing transnational space. This means that we cannot be satisfied with defining transnational activists through the ways they think. The defining feature of transnationalism in ... see all copies from £10.58! new only from £11.10! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Humanitarians: The International Committee of the Red Cross more books like this by Professor David P Forsythe add to wishlist The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) coordinates the world's largest private relief system for conflict situations. Its staff operates throughout the world, and in recent years the ICRC has mounted large operations in the Balkans and Somalia. Yet despite its very important role its internal workings are mysterious and often ... see all copies from £18.35! new only from £20.63!
19 view cover	Nonviolence: Twenty-Five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea more books like this by Mark Kurlansky, Richard Dreyfuss (Read by) add to wishlist From the prize-winning, "New York Times" bestselling author comes a provocative history that persuasively argues that even the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and World War II could have been avoided by nonviolent means. see all copies from £6.21! new only from £10.66!
20 view cover	Unexpected Power: Conflict and Change Among Transnational Activists more books like this by Shareen Hertel add to wishlist see all copies from £8.60! new only from £8.60! \| first editions
21 view cover	Citizen Democracy: Political Activists in a Cyncial Age more books like this by Stephen E Frantzich add to wishlist Through a series of carefully chosen vignettes, Stephen E. Frantzich portrays citizens from every walk of life-rich and poor, old and young, black and white, male and female, left and right, famous and obscure engaged in extraordinary civic activity. Their causes run the gamut from civil rights to flag burning, from the Internet to the environment ... see all copies from £12.54! new only from £17.54!
22 view cover	Rights from Wrongs: A Secular Theory of the Origins of Rights more books like this by Professor Alan M Dershowitz add to wishlist Prominent Lawyer Alan Dershowitz delivers an original, thought-provoking and controversial examination of the age-old legal debate - what is the source of our human rights? This is a wholly new and compelling answer to one of the most persistent dilemmas in both law and moral philosophy: If rights are 'natural', where do theses rights come from: ... see all copies from £3.96! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	The Good Fight: Declare Your Independence & Close the Democracy Gap more books like this by Ralph Nader add to wishlist The man who shook up American politics in 2000 -- and is doingso again in 2004 -- returns to hold both parties' feet to the fire with his straight talk about Bush, corporate government, and the whole political charade. Ralph Nader -- relentless activist, brilliant visionary -- may also be the most honest man we've got left in politics. And yet ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	We Make Change: Community Organizers Talk about What They Do--And Why more books like this by Kristin Layng Szakos, Joe Szakos add to wishlist Community organizers work at their jobs because they are passionate, because they believe that change is possible, and because they enjoy working with people. Although it's not an occupation that leads to great wealth, community organizers can make a living at it. They get salaries, pensions and health insurance. They raise families. They do well ... see all copies from £11.81! new only from £14.65!
25 view cover	The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference more books like this by Harry C Boyte, Don Shelby (Foreword by) add to wishlist Nationally known community organiser and activist Harry C Boyte incites readers to join today's "citizen movement", offering practical tools for how we can change the face of America by focusing on issues close to home. Targeting useful techniques for individuals to raise public consciousness and effectively motivate community-based groups, Boyte ... see all copies from £7.51! new only from £7.51!

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