Crazy for Democracy: Women in Grassroots Movements 1134719256, 9781134719259

Activist Faith: Grassroots Women in Democratic Brazil and Chile 9780271033136

"An extensive and powerful literature on religion, society, and politics in Latin America in recent years has begun

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Building Democracy in Contemporary Russia: Western Support for Grassroots Organizations 9781501720765

Can foreign donors help build new democracies? In the 1990s, public and private organizations such as USAID and the Soro

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Social Movements and the Struggles for Rights, Justice and Democracy in Paraguay (Social Movements and Transformation) 3031258827, 9783031258824

Paraguay is an under-examined, but remarkably fascinating country, where war, dictatorship, and elite capture have produ

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Governing NOW: Grassroots Activism in the National Organization for Women 9781501726743

Boasting more than five hundred thousand contributing members and five hundred chapters nationwide, the National Organiz

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Peasants without the Party: Grassroots Movements in Twentieth Century China 9781317463108, 1563248395, 1563248409, 9781563248405, 9781563248399

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Ballot Box China: Grassroots Democracy in the Final Major One-Party State 9781350218598, 9781848138209

Since 1988, China has undergone one of the largest, but least understood experiments in grassroots democracy. Across 600

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Blessed Are the Organized: Grassroots Democracy in America [Course Book ed.] 9781400836079

In an America where the rich and fortunate have free rein to do as they please, can the ideal of liberty and justice for

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Crazy for the Storm 9780061886430, 0061886432

Norman Olstead’s New York Times bestselling memoir Crazy for the Storm is the story of the harrowing plane crash the aut

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Amakomiti: Grassroots Democracy in South African Shack Settlements (Wildcat) 0745341993, 9780745341996

Can people who live in shantytowns, shacks and favelas teach us anything about democracy? About how to govern society in

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Engendering Democracy in Brazil: Women's Movements in Transition Politics 9781400828425, 1400828422

Brazil has the tragic distinction of having endured the longest military-authoritarian regime in South America. Yet the

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