Author: Aditya Adhikari
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1781685649
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The Bullet and the Ballot Box offers a rich and sweeping account of a decade of revolutionary upheaval. When Nepal’s Maoists launched their armed rebellion in the nineties, they had limited public support and many argued that their ideology was obsolete. Twelve years later they were in power, and their ambitious plan of social transformation dominated the national agenda. How did this become possible? Adhikari’s narrative draws on a broad range of sources – including novels, letters and diaries – to illuminate the history and human drama of the Maoist revolution. An indispensible account of Nepal’s recent history, the book offers a fascinating case study of how communist ideology has been reinterpreted and translated into political action in the twenty-first century.
The Bullet and the Ballot Box
Author: Aditya Adhikari
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1781685649
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The Bullet and the Ballot Box offers a rich and sweeping account of a decade of revolutionary upheaval. When Nepal’s Maoists launched their armed rebellion in the nineties, they had limited public support and many argued that their ideology was obsolete. Twelve years later they were in power, and their ambitious plan of social transformation dominated the national agenda. How did this become possible? Adhikari’s narrative draws on a broad range of sources – including novels, letters and diaries – to illuminate the history and human drama of the Maoist revolution. An indispensible account of Nepal’s recent history, the book offers a fascinating case study of how communist ideology has been reinterpreted and translated into political action in the twenty-first century.
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1781685649
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The Bullet and the Ballot Box offers a rich and sweeping account of a decade of revolutionary upheaval. When Nepal’s Maoists launched their armed rebellion in the nineties, they had limited public support and many argued that their ideology was obsolete. Twelve years later they were in power, and their ambitious plan of social transformation dominated the national agenda. How did this become possible? Adhikari’s narrative draws on a broad range of sources – including novels, letters and diaries – to illuminate the history and human drama of the Maoist revolution. An indispensible account of Nepal’s recent history, the book offers a fascinating case study of how communist ideology has been reinterpreted and translated into political action in the twenty-first century.
Revolution at the Ballot Box
Land Use Planning
Author: Roger W. Caves
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 080393825X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
There is a growing trend in Europe and the United States towards local use of the referendum to decide land use matters. Local communities are taking a more active role in planning the building programmes around them. Using examples from the United States this book includes an analysis and overview of direct democracy, the increasing use of ballot box planning to settle land use issues, legal considerations of ballot box planning and the future of this type of urban management.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 080393825X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
There is a growing trend in Europe and the United States towards local use of the referendum to decide land use matters. Local communities are taking a more active role in planning the building programmes around them. Using examples from the United States this book includes an analysis and overview of direct democracy, the increasing use of ballot box planning to settle land use issues, legal considerations of ballot box planning and the future of this type of urban management.
Give Us the Ballot
Author: Ari Berman
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374711496
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book of 2015 A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2015 A Boston Globe Best Book of 2015 A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2015 An NPR Best Book of 2015 Countless books have been written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in 1965 and the turbulent forces it unleashed. Give Us the Ballot tells this story for the first time. In this groundbreaking narrative history, Ari Berman charts both the transformation of American democracy under the VRA and the counterrevolution that has sought to limit voting rights, from 1965 to the present day. The act enfranchised millions of Americans and is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. And yet, fifty years later, we are still fighting heated battles over race, representation, and political power, with lawmakers devising new strategies to keep minorities out of the voting booth and with the Supreme Court declaring a key part of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. Berman brings the struggle over voting rights to life through meticulous archival research, in-depth interviews with major figures in the debate, and incisive on-the-ground reporting. In vivid prose, he takes the reader from the demonstrations of the civil rights era to the halls of Congress to the chambers of the Supreme Court. At this important moment in history, Give Us the Ballot provides new insight into one of the most vital political and civil rights issues of our time.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374711496
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book of 2015 A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2015 A Boston Globe Best Book of 2015 A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2015 An NPR Best Book of 2015 Countless books have been written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in 1965 and the turbulent forces it unleashed. Give Us the Ballot tells this story for the first time. In this groundbreaking narrative history, Ari Berman charts both the transformation of American democracy under the VRA and the counterrevolution that has sought to limit voting rights, from 1965 to the present day. The act enfranchised millions of Americans and is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. And yet, fifty years later, we are still fighting heated battles over race, representation, and political power, with lawmakers devising new strategies to keep minorities out of the voting booth and with the Supreme Court declaring a key part of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. Berman brings the struggle over voting rights to life through meticulous archival research, in-depth interviews with major figures in the debate, and incisive on-the-ground reporting. In vivid prose, he takes the reader from the demonstrations of the civil rights era to the halls of Congress to the chambers of the Supreme Court. At this important moment in history, Give Us the Ballot provides new insight into one of the most vital political and civil rights issues of our time.
Between Revolution and the Ballot Box
Author: Paula Alonso
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521771856
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This is a comprehensive study of the formative years of the Argentine Radical Party.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521771856
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This is a comprehensive study of the formative years of the Argentine Radical Party.
The Ballot, the Streets—or Both
Author: August H. Nimtz
Publisher: Haymarket Books
ISBN: 1642590916
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Nimtz uncovers in one that attempts to chart a course between plain opportunism and anarchist rejections of the electoral arena. Instead, electoral campaigns are seen as crucial for developing political education and organisation, and as a key way to measure your forces and communicate with the wider population. As radical left reformist projects, exemplified by Sanders and Corbyn, once again become a political force and the left has to think about what it means to run for office in a capitalist state, it's a good time to look back at how the left has historically conducted such debates.
Publisher: Haymarket Books
ISBN: 1642590916
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Nimtz uncovers in one that attempts to chart a course between plain opportunism and anarchist rejections of the electoral arena. Instead, electoral campaigns are seen as crucial for developing political education and organisation, and as a key way to measure your forces and communicate with the wider population. As radical left reformist projects, exemplified by Sanders and Corbyn, once again become a political force and the left has to think about what it means to run for office in a capitalist state, it's a good time to look back at how the left has historically conducted such debates.
Citizen Lawmakers
Author: David D. Schmidt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780877225942
Category : Referendum
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780877225942
Category : Referendum
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
America at the Ballot Box
Author: Gareth Davies
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812247191
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A chronological collection of essays, America at the Ballot Box uses the history of presidential elections to illuminate both the fundamental character of American political democracy, and its evolution from the early Republic to the late twentieth century.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812247191
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A chronological collection of essays, America at the Ballot Box uses the history of presidential elections to illuminate both the fundamental character of American political democracy, and its evolution from the early Republic to the late twentieth century.
Miracle in Natal
Author: Alan Thorold
Publisher: Prickly Pear (UK)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
South African anthropologist Alan Thorold and his students went out during the South African elections to interview people about their thoughts on the end of apartheid and process of democratization. This pamphlet is a record of those interviews, and a rare look behind the rhetoric that spin doctors pile up in the mass media around politics and political processes in Africa.
Publisher: Prickly Pear (UK)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
South African anthropologist Alan Thorold and his students went out during the South African elections to interview people about their thoughts on the end of apartheid and process of democratization. This pamphlet is a record of those interviews, and a rare look behind the rhetoric that spin doctors pile up in the mass media around politics and political processes in Africa.
TIME for BALLOT-BOX REVOLUTION - the COMMON MAN's REVOLUTION Revisited ( Friendship Is Peace)
Author: Edward O. Nikagbatse
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944783686
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
ELECTIONS 2019NIGERIA IN THE 21st CENTURY -TIME FOR BALLOT-BOX REVOLUTION -THE COMMON MAN'S REVOLUTIONRevisited ( Friendship is Peace)A CONTINOUS MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLES OF NIGERIAThe Revolutionary Motto:"Eat from the rich and vote for yourselves - the Vanguard of the Common Man"
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944783686
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
ELECTIONS 2019NIGERIA IN THE 21st CENTURY -TIME FOR BALLOT-BOX REVOLUTION -THE COMMON MAN'S REVOLUTIONRevisited ( Friendship is Peace)A CONTINOUS MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLES OF NIGERIAThe Revolutionary Motto:"Eat from the rich and vote for yourselves - the Vanguard of the Common Man"