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Have the poor fared best by participating in conventional electoral politics or by engaging in mass defiance and disruption? The authors of the classic Regulati
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Authors: Isaac William Martin
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-02 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Why do protesters sometimes take to the streets to demand lower taxes on the rich? In this urgently relevant study, sociologist Isaac William Martin examines ho
Street Politics
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Pages: 282
Authors: Asef Bayat
Categories: Business & Economics
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The story of a grassroots political movement that flourished throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Challenging Authority
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A People's History of Poverty in America
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In A People's History of Poverty in America, political scientist Stephen Pimpare brings the human lives and real-life stories of those who struggle with poverty