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From Anger to Action

Inside the Global Movements for Social Justice, Peace, and a Sustainable Planet

By: Ben Jackson,Harriet Lamb

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From Anger to Action

Inside the Global Movements for Social Justice, Peace, and a Sustainable Planet

By: Ben Jackson,Harriet Lamb

From Anger to Action tells the stories of the citizens' movements charting new paths to tackle the big global challenges that lie behind the political upheavals of our times. Drawing on candid insights from citizens, activists, and innovators, and their own experiences as leaders of internationally recognized advocacy organizations, the authors give an insider account of the battle for change and how it can be won – as well as trenchant criticism of where traditional civil society has lost its way and needs renewal. While unflinching on the dangers of the current political crises, the book offers hard-edged hope and a vision for citizen-led change to reshape our fractured politics. We meet communities in economically-battered towns welcoming refugees and Syrian peacebuilders reaching across impossible divides, go behind the scenes with Fairtrade banana farmers and hear of frenzied climate campaigners pushing divestment from oil companies and using social media to drive change. Lamb and Jackson explore how citizens’ movements are transforming our global politics, refashioning internationalism and fighting back against narrow nationalism. The book analyses why some movements secure lasting change – and others fail. And they show how these insights could shape a wider strategy for grassroots-up transformation. From Anger to Action will be of interest to social activists and anyone interested in social movements, global change, and civil society.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538141337

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9781538141335

Fractured Identities

Changing Patterns of Inequality

By: Harriet Bradley

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Fractured Identities

Changing Patterns of Inequality

By: Harriet Bradley

The gap between rich and poor, included and excluded, advantaged and disadvantaged is steadily growing as inequality becomes one of the most pressing issues of our times. The new edition of this popular text explores current patterns of inequality in the context of increasing globalization, world recession and neoliberal policies of austerity. Within a framework of intersectionality, Bradley discusses various theories and concepts for understanding inequalities of class, gender, ethnicity and age, while an entirely new chapter touches on the social divisions arising from disabilities, non-heterosexual orientations and religious affiliation. Bradley argues that processes of fracturing, which complicate the way we as individuals identify and locate ourselves in relation to the rest of society, exist alongside a tendency to social polarization: at one end of the social hierarchy are the super-rich; at the other end, long-term unemployment and job insecurity are the fate of many, especially the young. In the reordering of the social hierarchy, members of certain ethnic minority groups, disabled people and particular segments of the working class suffer disproportionately, while prevailing economic conditions threaten to offset the gains made by women in past decades. Fractured Identities shows how only by understanding and challenging these developments can we hope to build a fairer and more socially inclusive society.

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310

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509503285

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9781509503285

Business in Society

By: Mark Erickson,Carol Stephenson,Harriet Bradley,Steve Williams

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Business in Society

By: Mark Erickson,Carol Stephenson,Harriet Bradley,Steve Williams

This book provides an indispensable introduction to business and organizations from a social perspective. Using classic and contemporary ideas and evidence, the book explores the connections between people, work, organizations and society, and shows how sociology can shed light on current developments in the business world.

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Polity

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0745642330

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9780745642338

Gender and Power in the Workplace

Analysing the Impact of Economic Change

By: Harriet Bradley

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Gender and Power in the Workplace

Analysing the Impact of Economic Change

By: Harriet Bradley

After over two decades of feminist campaigning, why is it that men are still paid more than women and established patterns of gender segregation persist? Are the feminization of the labour force and the rise of dual-earning couples radically affecting the sexual division of labour in the home and at work? What roles are played by trade unions in promoting equality between the sexes? And if women are finally breaking through 'glass ceilings', is it at the expense of men? This important new textbook explores these questions using original material from interviews with female and male employees in five case-study organizations. The author develops a new approach to power, in terms of a range of resources which are used by women to challenge male domination and by men to resist women's encroachment. This approach is used to unpack the complexities of power relations of gender and class as they are played out in the everyday lives of working people. The interaction of class and gender is also explored at the societal level, in terms of increased global competition, feminization and the development of a 'climate of equality' fostered by Equal Opportunities programmes. Women's expectations are increasing, leading them to compete with men for promotion and career advancement; but this is taking place in the context of increasing insecurity, anxiety and work intensification for all employees, especially those in public-sector organizations. Gender and Power in the Workplace makes a major contribution to the sociological analysis of power and to our understanding of how processes of gendering are played out in the sphere of employment.

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259

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1349270504

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9781349270507

Life of Thurlow Weed Including his Autobiography and a Memoir

Vol. II

By: Andrew Dickson White,Thurlow Weed,Thurlow Weed Barnes,Harriet A. Weed

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Life of Thurlow Weed Including his Autobiography and a Memoir

Vol. II

By: Andrew Dickson White,Thurlow Weed,Thurlow Weed Barnes,Harriet A. Weed

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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646

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385312019

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9783385312012

How to Spell it

A Handbook of Commonly Misspelled Words

By: Harriet Wittels,Joan Greisman

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How to Spell it

A Handbook of Commonly Misspelled Words

By: Harriet Wittels,Joan Greisman

Children learning to read (and adults, too!) can look up a word the way they think it should be spelled, then find the correct spelling in the next column in red. Every conceivable spelling of a word is included in this terrific reference that's also a great learning tool.

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340

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0440846307

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9780440846307

The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers

By: Harriet Ann Jacobs

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The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers

By: Harriet Ann Jacobs

Harriet Jacob's life exemplifies the history of her people throughout the nineteenth century. The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers, composed of writings by Jacobs, her brother John S. Jacobs, and her daughter Louisa Matilda Jacobs, writings to them, and private and public writings about them, presents a unique angle of vision. Fueled by the conflict between the impluse of liberty inspiring American life and the institution of chattel slavery blighting that life, the papers collected here off new perspectives on nineteenth-century struggles against slavery, racism, and sexism. The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers is designed as a lasting contribution to the ongoing study of the ways in which these national struggles and the social conditions that gave rise to them have shaped our culture and continue to shape our lives.

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080783131X

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9780807831311

The Life and Writings of Mrs. Harriet Newell

By: Harriet Newell,American Sunday-School Union Committee

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The Life and Writings of Mrs. Harriet Newell

By: Harriet Newell,American Sunday-School Union Committee

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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284

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Wentworth Press

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1010550446

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9781010550440

Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe: Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe: Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe

By: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher (Stowe) was born June 14, 1811, in the characteristic New England town of Litchfield, Conn. Her father was the Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher, a distinguished Calvinistic divine, her mother Roxanna Foote, his first wife. The little new-comer was ushered into a household of happy, healthy children, and found five brothers and sisters awaiting her. The eldest was Catherine, born September 6, 1800. Following her were two sturdy boys, William and Edward; then came Mary, then George, and at last Harriet. Another little Harriet born three years before had died when only one month old, and the fourth daughter was named, in memory of this sister, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher. Just two years after Harriet was born, in the same month, another brother, Henry Ward, was welcomed to the family circle, and after him came Charles, the last of Roxanna Beecher's children. The first memorable incident of Harriet's life was the death of her mother, which occurred when she was four years old, and which ever afterwards remained with her as the tenderest, saddest, and most sacred memory of her childhood. Mrs. Stowe's recollections of her mother are found in a letter to her brother Charles, afterwards published in the "Autobiography and Correspondence of Lyman Beecher." She says:— "I was between three and four years of age when our mother died, and my personal recollections of her are therefore but few. But the deep interest and veneration that she inspired in all who knew her were such that during all my childhood I was constantly hearing her spoken of, and from one friend or another some incident or anecdote of her life was constantly being impressed upon me. "Mother was one of those strong, restful, yet widely sympathetic natures in whom all around seemed to find comfort and repose. The communion between her and my father was a peculiar one. It was an intimacy throughout the whole range of their being. There was no human mind in whose decisions he had greater confidence. Both intellectually and morally he regarded her as the better and stronger portion of himself, and I remember hearing him say that after her death his first sensation was a sort of terror, like that of a child suddenly shut out alone in the dark. "In my own childhood only two incidents of my mother twinkle like rays through the darkness. One was of our all running and dancing out before her from the nursery to the sitting-room one Sabbath morning, and her pleasant voice saying after us, 'Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy, children.

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589

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Library of Alexandria

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146560961X

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9781465609618

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Jacobs, Mrs. Harriet (Brent)

By: Harriet Ann Jacobs

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Jacobs, Mrs. Harriet (Brent)

By: Harriet Ann Jacobs

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Andesite Press

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137544963X

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Harriet Jacobs - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

By: Harriet Jacobs

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Harriet Jacobs - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

By: Harriet Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" was one of the several works written by Harriet Jacobs in her lifetime and was published in 1861. This work is a powerful and revealing autobiography in which Jacobs narrates her journey from slavery to freedom, offering an intimate and profound view of her life and the conditions faced by enslaved women in the United States. Over time, various biographies have been written and continue to be written about this iconic abolitionist and writer, with increasing quality and scope. However, to understand the thoughts and character of a real person, there is nothing better than hearing the story with all its circumstances, mistakes, and successes told by the one who lived it firsthand. This is the purpose of Harriet Jacobs's autobiography: to bring to the public the determined and visionary woman who, through her perseverance and courage, became one of the most influential voices in the fight against slavery and for the rights of African Americans. This work is part of the "Voices of America" collection, which aims to highlight the life stories of important figures in American history, told by themselves.

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