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Author : Sheryl Ann Thorburn
Release : 1985
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Book Synopsis Democracy Wall and People's Park by : Sheryl Ann Thorburn
Download or read book Democracy Wall and People's Park written by Sheryl Ann Thorburn. This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Crimethinc Ex-Worker's Collective
Release : 2017
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 212/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis No Wall They Can Build by : Crimethinc Ex-Worker's Collective
Download or read book No Wall They Can Build written by Crimethinc Ex-Worker's Collective. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why do people cross the border without documents? How do they make the journey? Whose interests does the border serve--and what has it done to North America? Every year, thousands of people risk their lives to cross the desert between Mexico and the United States. Drawing on nearly a decade of solidarity work along the border, this book uncovers the true goals and costs of US border policy--and what to do about it."--Back cover.
Author : CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective
Release : 2017
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 205/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis From Democracy to Freedom by : CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective
Download or read book From Democracy to Freedom written by CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Democracy to Freedom grew out of years of dialogue between participants in social movements around the world. Exploring how recent uprisings have been catalyzed and limited by democratic discourse, From Democracy to Freedom explores the difference between government and self-determination, proposing new ways to understand what we�re doing when we make decisions together.
Author : Eduardo Canel
Release : 2010-01-01
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 334/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Barrio Democracy in Latin America by : Eduardo Canel
Download or read book Barrio Democracy in Latin America written by Eduardo Canel. This book was released on 2010-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transition to democracy underway in Latin America since the 1980s has recently witnessed a resurgence of interest in experimenting with new forms of local governance emphasizing more participation by ordinary citizens. The hope is both to foster the spread of democracy and to improve equity in the distribution of resources. While participatory budgeting has been a favorite topic of many scholars studying this new phenomenon, there are many other types of ongoing experiments. In Barrio Democracy in Latin America, Eduardo Canel focuses our attention on the innovative participatory programs launched by the leftist government in Montevideo, Uruguay, in the early 1990s. Based on his extensive ethnographic fieldwork, Canel examines how local activists in three low-income neighborhoods in that city dealt with the opportunities and challenges of implementing democratic practices and building better relationships with sympathetic city officials.
Author : Guobin Yang
Release : 2016-05-17
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 484/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Red Guard Generation and Political Activism in China by : Guobin Yang
Download or read book The Red Guard Generation and Political Activism in China written by Guobin Yang. This book was released on 2016-05-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raised to be "flowers of the nation," the first generation born after the founding of the People's Republic of China was united in its political outlook and at first embraced the Cultural Revolution of 1966, but then split into warring factions. Investigating the causes of this fracture, Guobin Yang argues that Chinese youth engaged in an imaginary revolution from 1966 to 1968, enacting a political mythology that encouraged violence as a way to prove one's revolutionary credentials. This same competitive dynamic would later turn the Red Guard against the communist government. Throughout the 1970s, the majority of Red Guard youth were sent to work in rural villages, where they developed an appreciation for the values of ordinary life. From this experience, an underground cultural movement was born. Rejecting idolatry, these relocated revolutionaries developed a new form of resistance that signaled a new era of enlightenment, culminating in the Democracy Wall movement of the late 1970s and the Tiananmen protest of 1989. Yang's final chapter on the politics of history and memory argues that contemporary memories of the Cultural Revolution are factionalized along these lines of political division, formed fifty years before.
