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More Than Shelter Activism and Community in San Francisco Public Housing Amy L. Howard 2014 Spring

Public housing projects in San Francisco reveal the power of community action

Fighting for Peace Veterans and Military Families in the Anti–Iraq War Movement Lisa Leitz 2014 Spring

The story of the “military peace movement” that opposed the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

The Durable Slum Dharavi and the Right to Stay Put in Globalizing Mumbai Liza Weinstein 2014 Spring

How Dharavi, Mumbai’s megaslum, has escaped eradication for decades

Answer the Call Virtual Migration in Indian Call Centers Aimee Carrillo Rowe, Sheena Malhotra and Kimberlee Pérez 2013 Fall

What are the personal and political consequences of being a “virtual American” in India?

Oye Loca From the Mariel Boatlift to Gay Cuban Miami Susana Peña 2013 Fall

Illustrates the development of a Cuban American gay male culture in Miami

The Future of Social Movement Research Dynamics, Mechanisms, and Processes Jacquelien van Stekelenburg, Conny Roggeband and Bert Klandermans, Editors 2013 Fall

An up-to-date and comprehensive overview of current and future social movement scholarship

The Marrying Kind? Debating Same-Sex Marriage within the Lesbian and Gay Movement Mary Bernstein and Verta Taylor, Editors 2013 Spring

A look inside the lesbian and gay movement’s disagreements over same-sex marriage

Driven from New Orleans How Nonprofits Betray Public Housing and Promote Privatization John Arena 2012 Fall

How public housing advocates in New Orleans became active supporters of privatization

Strategies for Social Change Gregory M. Maney, Rachel V. Kutz-Flamenbaum, Deana A. Rohlinger and Jeff Goodwin, Editors 2012 Spring

Examines how strategies within social movements develop and work

Out in Africa LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa Ashley Currier 2012 Fall

The first insider’s view of contemporary LGBT rights activism in Namibia and South Africa

Gay Rights at the Ballot Box Amy Stone 2012 Spring

From Boulder in 1974 to Maine Question 1 in 2009, the first comprehensive history of the LGBT movement’s fight against anti-gay ballot measures

Body and Soul The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination Alondra Nelson 2013 Fall

The legacy of the Black Panther Party’s commitment to community health care, a central aspect of its fight for social justice

Between Feminism and Islam Human Rights and Sharia Law in Morocco Zakia Salime 2011 Fall

How feminists and Islamists have constituted each other’s agendas in Morocco

Cape Town after Apartheid Crime and Governance in the Divided City Tony Roshan Samara 2011 Spring

Reveals how liberal democracy and free-market economics reproduce the inequalities of apartheid in Cape Town, South Africa

Free Burma Transnational Legal Action and Corporate Accountability John G. Dale 2011 Spring

How Burma’s pro-democracy movement transcends its borders

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