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How Parliament Works

by Nicolas (House Of Lords, Uk) Besly e Tom (Houses Of Parliament, Uk.) Goldsmith

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 Parliament is constantly in the news and televised daily, but much of its work remains a mystery to outsiders and is sometimes perplexing even to its own members. Written by expert insiders, How Parliament Works is a straightforward and readable analysis of one of the countryâ€™s most complex â€" and often misunderstood â€" institutions.
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The Miners' Strike, 1984â€“5 - Loss Without Limit

by John Lloyd e Martin Adeney

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 This book, first published in 1986, examines the minersâ€™ strike of 1984-5 â€" an event that formed the decisive break with a forty-year-old British tradition of political and industrial compromise. It assesses the strikeâ€™s full implications, and puts it into its historical and political context.
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Femininity In Dissent

by Alison (University Of Melbourne, Australia) Young

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 This book, first published in 1990, examines the images constructed by the Press of women's political protest. Focusing on the peace camp at Greenham Common, it analyses the way in which women protestors are represented in the press as deviant and criminal.
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Religion, Politics And Social Protest - Three Studies On Early Modern Germany

by Hans-Christoph Rublack, Peter Blickle e Winfried Schulze

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 This book, first published in 1984, brings together three essays written by specialists in German history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries whose important work is examines the politics, religious changes and social situations around the social protest movements of the period.
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Peasant Uprisings In Seventeenth-Century France, Russia And China

by Roland Mousnier

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 This book, first published in 1971, is a close analysis of some of the typical peasant uprisings of the seventeenth century. The goal of the movements in France and China was a return to a more traditional society, but in Russia the peasants attempted to replace rigid order with a more democratic society.
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Stages In The Revolution - Political Theatre In Britain Since 1968

by Catherine Itzin

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 This book, first published in 1980, is a comprehensive study of the radical theatre movement in Britain from 1968 to 1978. The essays are based on first-hand interviews, with each section being introduced with a summary of key events before detailing the artists under examination.
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World Crisis - Essays In Revolutionary Socialism

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 The contributors to this book, first published in 1971, analyse as International Socialists the economic and social issues of modern society. Their findings were controversial, as was the alternative they proposed â€" the overthrow of the British system and its replacement by a society based on workersâ€™ control.
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Twenty-Five Years Of Dissent - An American Tradition

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 This book, first published in 1979, is a representative sample of some of the best articles that have appeared in DISSENT, the American democratic socialist quarterly. They provide a two-sided view of political and social action with the democratic society of the USA.
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Liberty And Order - Public Order Policing In A Capital City

by P.A.J. Waddington

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 This unprecedented behind the scenes analysis of public order policing, first published in 1994, investigates the impact of increased police powers and equipment on basic democratic freedoms, describing and analysing police operations from protest marches to riots, and from royal ceremonials to street carnivals.
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Flashpoints - Studies In Public Disorder

by Chas Critcher, David Waddington e Karen Jones

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 This book, first published in 1989, examines how a seemingly trivial incident can act as a flashpoint for wider disturbances. It investigates the underlying causes, the immediate context of the events, and the communication between police and crowd that takes place within them.
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Contemporary Issues In Public Disorder - A Comparative And Historical Approach

by David Waddington

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 In a comparative study drawing on material from the United States and Britain, this book, first published in 1992, examines how various types of industrial, political, urban and sectarian disorder occur. It presents the â€˜flashpointsâ€™ model to explain public disorder.
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The German Peasant War Of 1525

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 This book, first published in 1976, re-examines many aspects of the German Peasant War of 1525, important as the first national peasant revolt in Germany and because of the influence of Engelsâ€™ work on the subject.
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Revolutionary Exiles - The Russians In The First International And The Paris Commune

by Woodford Mcclellan

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 This book, first published in 1979, examines the little-studied forerunners of the Russian revolutionary movement â€" the Russian section of the First International. It looks at the social democratic and Marxist Russians in the International, and the activities of the Russian revolutionaries in the Paris Commune.
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Power, Protest And Participation - Local Elites And The Politics Of Development In India

by Subrata K. (Heidelberg University, Germany) Mitra

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 This book, first published in 1992, examines the attitudes of local elites â€" the hinge between Indian state and rural society â€" towards protest and participation in development, illuminating arguments about the nature of the state as well as the development process.
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The Age Of Protest - Dissent And Rebellion In The Twentieth Century

by Norman F. Cantor

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 This book, first published in 1970, examines significant protest movements of the twentieth century and looks at the similarities and differences between the various dissents and rebellions. It discusses the emergence of protest as an ideal, a viable force for reform.
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Defence And Dissent In Contemporary France

by Jolyon Howorth e Patricia Chilton

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 This book, first published in 1984, examines Franceâ€™s independent nuclear weapons programme of the 1980s alongside the French peace movement, which was almost totally absent â€" in contrast to the peace protests of the US and the rest of Europe.
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Popular Culture And Popular Protest In Late Medieval And Early Modern Europe

by Michael Mullett

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 This book, first published in 1987, examines the enduring traits of a European demotic culture that was largely non-literate, and it then goes on to show how the political outlook of the lower classes arose from the moral attitudes contained in their culture, a culture that was deeply suffused by Christianity.
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The Merthyr Rising

by Gwyn A. Williams

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 This book, first published in 1978, examines the independent political action by the thousands of working people in the town of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.Within weeks of the Rising, trade unions began to appear in South Wales, and this book argues that these events were central to the emergence of a Welsh working class.
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The Christian Origins Of Social Revolt

by William Dale Morris

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 This book, first published in 1949, analyses the thread of Christian anti-authority thought that runs through protests and revolts from the first days of Christianity to modern times. It presents a clear case for the role of Christianity in social unorthodoxies, protests and revolts.
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The Revolt Of The Masses

by José Ortega y Gasset

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 This book, first published in 1930 and reissued in 1961, examines the Western phenomenon of the rise of the â€˜mass-manâ€™. Analysing the state of society, it lays bare the problems that faced the countries of Europe in a book that resonates today in the imposition of direct action over discussion.
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The German Peasant War Of 1525 Â€“ New Viewpoints

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 This book, first published in 1979, presents a series of important investigations into the German Peasant War of 1525 â€" the last great peasant revolt and the first modern revolution. Previously under-studied by English-speaking historians, these essays provide a valuable analysis of the aims and extent of the Peasant War.
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Resistance Against Tyranny

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 This book, first published in 1966, focuses on the stories of ordinary people who have stood up to tyrants around the world. Together they form an examination of political opposition, and a testimony.
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Popular Protest And Public Order - Six Studies In British History, 1790â€“1920

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 This book, first published in 1974, examines the diverse nature of popular protest in Britain. Movements varied immensely from one another in their objectives, their social composition, their tactics and the geographical milieu.
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Demonstration Democracy

by Amitai (George Washington University, Usa) Etzioni

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 This book, first published in 1970, examines the thesis that demonstrations are becoming an integral an integral part of the democratic way of life. It analyses the conditions under which some demonstrations become violent and explores ways in which the incidence of such violence can be greatly reduced.
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