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Interventions eBook Series

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  • Asylum Seekers, Sovereignty, and the Senses of the International

    A Politico-corporeal Struggle

    by Eeva Puumala ...
    Series series Interventions
    The confrontation between asylum seeking and sovereignty has mainly focused on ways in which the movement and possibilities of refugees and migrants are limited. In this volume, instead of departing from the practices of governance and surveillance, Puumala begins with the moving body, its engagements and relations and examines different ways of seeing and sensing the struggle between asylum ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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  • Tragedy in the Commons

    Former Members of Parliament Speak Out About Canada's Failing Democracy

    by Alison Loat, Michael MacMillan ...
    In Tragedy in the Commons, Alison Loat and Michael MacMillan, founders of the non-partisan think tank Samara, draw on an astonishing eighty exit interviews with former Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum to unearth surprising observations about the practice of politics in Canada.Though Canada is at the top of international rankings of democracies, Canadians themselves ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Let's Move On

    Beyond Fear & False Prophets

    by Vicente Fox, Sulay Hernandez ...
    Vicente Fox offers his unique viewpoint as a former head of state, avid historian, and true admirer of America’s constitutional ideals. He knows where a Trump presidency can lead—and it is nowhere good. Let’s Move On is a political manifesto written in Fox’s trademark, no-nonsense style where he both denounces Trump’s malignant anti-intellectualism and inspires people to rise up and resist.“Fox ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Dominance and Decline

    Making Sense of Recent Canadian Elections

    by Andre Blais, Joanna Everitt, Patrick Fournier, Neil Nevitte, Elisabeth Gidengil ...
    Coming out of the 2000 Canadian federal election, the dominance of the Liberal Party seemed assured. By 2011 the situation had completely reversed: the Liberals suffered a crushing defeat, failing even to become the official opposition and recording their lowest ever share of the vote. Dominance and Decline provides a comprehensive, comparative account of Canadian election outcomes from 2000 ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Demand the Impossible!

    A Radical Manifesto

    by Bill Ayers ...
    The insurgent activist and educator shares a vital rally cry for today's movement-makers in "a manifesto that should be read by everyone" (Angela Y. Davis).In an era defined by mass incarceration, endless war, economic crisis, catastrophic environmental destruction, and a political system offering more of the same, radical social transformation has never been more urgent—or seemed more remote. ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why Place Matters

    Geography, Identity, and Civic Life in Modern America

    Edited by Wilfred M. McClay, Ted V. McAllister ...
    Contemporary American society, with its emphasis on mobility and economic progress, all too often loses sight of the importance of a sense of place” and community. Appreciating place is essential for building the strong local communities that cultivate civic engagement, public leadership, and many of the other goods that contribute to a flourishing human life.Do we, in losing our places, lose the ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Crunchy Cons

    The New Conservative Counterculture and Its Return to Roots

    by Rod Dreher ...
    When a National Review colleague teased writer Rod Dreher one day about his visit to the local food co-op to pick up a week’s supply of organic vegetables (“Ewww, that’s so lefty”), he started thinking about the ways he and his conservative family lived that put them outside the bounds of conventional Republican politics. Shortly thereafter Dreher wrote an essay about “crunchy cons,” people whose ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

    Information Technology and Political Islam

    by Philip N. Howard ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
    Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people are developing political identities online, and digital technologies are helping civil society build ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Was the American Revolution a Mistake?

    Reaching Students & Reinforcing Patriotism Through Teaching History as Choice

    by Burton Weltman ...
    Why was George Washington dismayed by the outcome of the American Revolution?Would slavery still exist if the South had not seceded from the Union in 1861?Might socialists rule America today if Teddy Roosevelt had not run for President and lost in 1912?History is full of contingencies. People confront problems and debate options for solving them. Then they make a choice and face the consequences ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Systemic and Non-Systemic Opposition in the Russian Federation

    Civil Society Awakens?

    by Cameron Ross ...
    Series series Post-Soviet Politics
    Over the period December 2011-July 2013 a tidal wave of mass protests swept through the Russian Capital and engulfed scores of cities and regions. Civil society, it appeared, had at last woken up. This fascinating book examines the rise and fall of the non-systemic opposition and the role of the systemic political opposition during this turbulent period. Leading experts in the field from Russia ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • CiviC Disobedience

    Taking Politics Seriously, A Democtratic Theory of Political Disobedience

    by Dr Claire Moulin-Doos ...
    The book offers a counter-model to the classical liberal theories of civil disobedience, as developed by authors such as John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin. Based on a strict opposition between liberalism and democracy it proposes a new perspective for the understanding of political disobedience. As an alternative to civil disobedience the author proposes the idea of civic disobedience. With reference ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • Schooling and the Making of Citizens in the Long Nineteenth Century

    Comparative Visions

    Edited by Daniel Tröhler, Thomas S. Popkewitz, David F. Labaree ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Education
    This book is a comparative history that explores the social, cultural, and political formation of the modern nation through the construction of public schooling. It asks how modern school systems arose in a variety of different republics and non-republics across four continents during the period from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. The authors begin with the republican ... Read more

    $57.99 USD