Political Science : Civil Rights

The first overview of social movements and the cultural forms that helped shape them, The Art of Protest shows the importance of these movements to American culture. In comparative accounts of movements beginning with the African American civil rights movement through the Internet-driven movement for global justice, T. V. Reed enriches our understanding of protest and its cultural expression. more...

Price: $75.00

This book analyses administrative struggle and resistance, from the late 1960s through to the present day, in land purchases for Aboriginal communities. It is based on information and material which has never been available for public scrutiny before. more...

Price: $26.50

A major work of history, investigative journalism that breaks new ground, and personal memoir, Carry Me Home is a dramatic account of the civil rights era's climactic battle in Birmingham, as the movement led by Martin Luther King, Jr., brought down the institutions of segregation. more...

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This is a new edition - with a substantial new introduction - of a book which has had a significant impact on economics, philosophy and political science. Robert Sugden shows how conventions of property, mutual aid, and voluntary supply of public goods can evolve spontaneously out of the interactions of self-interested individuals, and can become moral norms. Sugden was among the first social scientists to use evolutionary game theory. His approach remains distinctive in emphasizing psychological and cultural notions of salience. more...

Price: $110.00

An encyclopedia on American history and law, this work examines the issues of civil liberties and their relevance to major events. It also provides a historical context and a philosophical discussion of the evolution of civil liberties. It covers aspects, including the traditional civil liberties: freedom of speech, press, assembly, and petition. more...

Price: $595.00