The first scholarly collection devoted to Shirley Graham Du Bois and her legacy as an artist and activistShirley Graham Du Bois centers her cultural, intellectual, and political significance as a Black...

Historians and literary historians alike recognize David Walker's Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World (1829-1830) as one of the most politically radical and consequential antislavery texts...

How consumer and environmental activists became significant players in U.S. and world politicsAmid the mass protests of the 1960s, another, less heralded political force arose: public interest progressivism....

This ethnography unravels the continuing political tensions surrounding Senegal’s 1999 national ban on “female genital mutilation”The Senegalese parliament authorized a national ban on “Female...

An ethnography of a long-unbuilt mosque in Greece that explores government operations and contemporary democracyWhy Not Build the Mosque? tells the story of the Greek state’s centuries-long attempt...

How grassroots activism transforms contemporary urban politics in Philadelphia and beyondImmigration, gentrification, and the rise of an innovation-based economy are altering American cities. In Mobilization...

Analyzes the impact of International Conflict Feminism’s alliance with powerful global institutionsIn this book, Vasuki Nesiah tells the story of the astonishing uptake of International Conflict Feminism...

An examination of the transformation of the Democratic Party since the late 1960sWho governs political parties? Recent insurgent campaigns, such as those of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, have thrust...

Ven. Fulton J. Sheen, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Rev. Jerry Falwell—religious leaders who popularized theology through media campaigns designed to persuade the publicIn Religion in the Public...