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Sitrin, Marina; Azzellini, Dario, They Can’t Represent Us! Reinventing Democracy from Greece to Occupy, London, Verso, 2014 , pp. 192

Combines history of direct democracy from classical Greece to the Indignados, drawing on interviews with activists in contemporary movements, including Occupy, that are based on forms of participatory democracy and reject liberal parliamentary democracy.

, Women’s Activism and Globalization: Linking Local Struggles and Transnational Politics, ed. Naples, Nancy; Desai, Manisha, London and New York, Routledge, 2002 , pp. 352

Focuses on women’s inequalities in rural and urban areas, and considers forms of organization and solidarity across borders. Includes a study of women activists in Mali.

McKittrick, David; McVea, David, Making Sense of The Troubles, 2000 London, Viking, 2012 , pp. 404

Coverage of major events during the Troubles. Includes a useful chronology and an account of the Ulster Workers Council strike in 1974. . The revised 2012 edition also covers political developments in Northern Ireland since the origonal publication including the historic power-sharing agreement between the DUP and Sinn Féin in 2007.

Sémelin, Jaques, Persécutions Et Entraides Dans La France Occupée. Comment 75% Des Juifs Ont Echappé A La Mort, Paris, Le Seuil/Les Arènes, 2013 , pp. 912

Huge historiography which uncovers the role of civil servants in resisting the deportation of Jews during WWII occupation in France; based on several years of archival and interview-based research.

Center, Global, Egypt: Sexual Violence Against Women, Washington, DC, The Law Library of Congress, 2016 , pp. 22

Describes the main legislative instruments protecting women from sexual violence in Egypt, up to 2016. These are: the Egyptian Constitution of 2014 and the Criminal Code of 1937 and amendments to it. The report also discusses suggestions which have been made for improving the legal system.

Kohn, Laurie, #MeToo, Wrongs against Women, and Restorative Justice, XXVIII 2019 , pp. 561-586

Kohn discusses the allegations against high-profile perpetrators as a representative sample of the range of accusations raised generally by the #MeToo movement. She also analyzes the current responses available to redress these wrongs and then turns to the potential of restorative justice. This is conceived as a therapeutic form of dispute resolution that has enormous potential for eliciting the outcomes the #MeToo movement seek: true gender-equality, respect, and understanding.

Hussein, Eblisam, The 2019 Algerian Protests: A Belated Spring?, 25 4 2019 pp. smaller than 0

Hussein argues that although many aspects of Algerian politics combined to prevent a major uprising in 2011, subsequent developments such as Boutifleka's 2013 stroke and the constitutional amendment of 2016 (lifting again the two term limit on holding the presidency) heightened opposition to the regime by 2019.  The article starts by contrasting 'oil rich Algeria' with 'poor Algerians'.

Skocpol, Theda, Rentier state and Shi’a Islam in the Iranian Revolution, 11 3 1982 , pp. 265-283

Skopcol is well known for her theoretical contribution to the theory of revolution, stressing the role of the state (States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China, Cambridge University Press, 1979), here she applies her framework to the Iranian Revolution of 1977-79.

Maliqi, Shkelzen, Kosova: Separate Worlds: Reflections and Analysis, Peja/Pec, Dukagjini, 1998 , pp. 261

Ganev, Venelin, Bulgaria’s Symphony of Hope, 8 4 (October) 1997 , pp. 125-139

Maclean, Sandra, Mugabe at war: The political economy of conflict in Zimbabwe, 23 3 (June) 2002 , pp. 513-528

Examines deterioration of governance in Zimbabwe since independence and the effectiveness of opposition since 2001.

Tritto, Vigliamo, The Working Class Dimension of “1968”, In Gerd-Rainer Horn, The Spirit of ‘68: Rebellion in Western Europe and North America, 1956-1976, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2007 , pp. 264 pp. smaller than 0

Tritto’s comparative chapter on worker protest starts with the important 1962 strike by the Asturian miners.

, Squatting: The Real Story, ed. Wates, Nick; Wolmar, Christian, London, Bayleaf Books, 1983 , pp. 240

Written and produced by squatters, focusing primarily on history in Britain, but some reference to squatting round the world.

Shiva, Vandana, Politics and the Ecology of Survival, London and Tokyo, Sage Publications and UN University Press, 1991 , pp. 365

Analysis by expert on issues of ecology, development and the role of women in conflicts over natural resources in India; includes references to Appiko protests to save forests and satyagraha against mining.

Index on Censorship, , Index on Censorship, 9, No 1, Feburary London, Index on Censorship, 1980

This issue is largely dedicated to dissent in China.

Luthuli, Albert, Let My People Go!, London, Collins, 1962 , pp. 256

Autobiography of President of ANC from 1952 to 1967, and Nobel Prize winner.

Vanaik, Achin, The New Himalayan Republic, 49 (Jan/Feb) 2008 , pp. 47-72

Analyses the ‘Second Democratic Revolution’ of April 2006, which led to the end of the Nepali Monarchy in December 2007, and the historical background to the revolution, with a particular focus on the role of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).

Burbach, Roger, Ecuador: The Popular Rebellion against the “Partidocracia” and the Neo-Liberal State, Berkeley CA, Center for the Study of the Americas, 2007

Tyler, Imogen, Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain, London, Zed Books, 2013 , pp. 224

Begins with forced eviction (despite their resistance) of about 500 travellers from their homes in 2011, and explores exclusion and labelling of a range of ‘abjected’ groups (treated as scapegoats) and denigration of their resistance. Main focus on Britain, but makes comparisons with other oppressed groups, such as those in the Niger Delta.

Smith, Jackie; Glidden, Bob, Occupy Pittsburgh and the challenges of participatory democracy, 11 3-4 2012 , pp. 288-294

, Staining the Wattle, ed. Burgmann, Verity; Lee, Jenny, Ringwood VIC, McPhee Gribble/Penguin Books, 1988 , pp. 308

Cockburn, Cynthia, From Where We Stand: War, Women’s Activism and Feminist Analysis, London and New York, Zed Books, 2007 , pp. 288

Examines women’s resistance to war in many parts of the world, including Sierra Leone, Colombia and Gujarat, India. It also covers women’s cooperation across enemy lines in the former Yugoslavia and in Israel/Palestine, and resistance in the west to imperialist war, and develops theoretical questions about gender and militarism. See also:  Cynthia Cockburn, Women in Black: The Stony Path to “Solidarity”, In Howard Clark, People Power: Unarmed Resistance and Global Solidarity (A. 1.b. Strategic Theory, Dynamics, Methods and Movements) London, Pluto Press, 2009 , pp. 156-163

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