Political Networks and Social Movements

Political Networks and Social MovementsAfter a landslide electoral victory in 2006, Evo Morales became the first indigenous President of Bolivia. Moraless stunning ascent was mirrored by the rising fortunes of his political party, the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo, which today continues to challenge the status quo in Bolivian politics and implement ambitious social reforms. This study examines how the state and social movements have impacted democratization in Bolivia, along with other

and many responded by fleeing to more tolerant countries

Purushottama Bilimoria

as their leftist activism makes them a target both from government surveillance and the Islamist groups seeking to curtail the city’s social life

and Atsuhiko Yoshida

Jennifer Duprey examines five contemporary plays from Barcelona: Olors and Testament by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet

The volume offers a varied but cohesive exploration of the transposition of the political message into art

article-by-article analysis of the local enactment and application of the model law in each of the jurisdictions concerned

The model of time developed here-revolutionary time-aims at returning to and revitalizing the past so as to make possible a dynamic-embodied present and a future pregnant with change

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battered women are sometimes able to construct creative theological responses to the problem of suffering and evil

Phelan relates Mitchell's life to many issues currently being debated by labor historians