Author: Carrie Gleason
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Keywords: involved, activist, environmental
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2009-08
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 0778747069
ISBN-13: 9780778747062
"Get Involved!" explores the world of social activism. Each fascinating book will inspire children to learn about the rights all humans have as well as their responsibilities for the world, its people, and animals. ’Special Field Notes’ sections bring the words of prominent activists to life. ’Get Active!’ boxes encourage exploration and research, and offer everyday ways to become a positive force for peacefully changing the world. Environmental activists are concerned for the well being of the environment, including all people, plants, and animals. This wonderfully inf
Author: Marisa Handler
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Keywords: activist, notes, sky, loyal
Number of Pages: 265
Published: 2007-02-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1576753921
ISBN-13: 9781576753927
In this personal and political narrative, Salon.com journalist and anti-globalization activist Marisa Handler offers readers both a compelling coming-of-age memoir and eye-opening insights into what’s really going on inside the global justice movement.
Author: Ellen Rodger
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Keywords: involved, activist, rights, human
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2009-08
List price: $26.60
ISBN-10: 077874695X
ISBN-13: 9780778746959
"Get Involved!" explores the world of social activism. Each fascinating book will inspire children to learn about the rights all humans have as well as their responsibilities for the world, its peoples, and animals. ’Special Field Notes’ sections bring the words of prominent activists to life. ’Get Active!’ boxes encourage exploration and research, and offer everyday ways to become a positive force for peacefully changing the world. In many countries, people do not receive basic rights, such as the right to freedom of expression or the right to equality. This clearly wr
Author: Carrie Gleason
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Keywords: involved, activist, rights
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2009-08
List price: $26.60
ISBN-10: 0778746933
ISBN-13: 9780778746935
"Get Involved!" explores the world of social activism. Each fascinating book will inspire children to learn about the rights all humans have as well as their responsibilities for the world, its peoples, and animals. ’Special Field Notes’ sections bring the words of prominent activists to life. ’Get Active!’ boxes encourage exploration and research, and offer everyday ways to become a positive force for peacefully changing the world. The fight for animal rights can be controversial. Modern champions for animal rights believe that animals should not be regarded as propert
Author: Todd Gitlin
Publisher: Basic Books
Keywords: mentoring, art, activist, letters
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2003-04-10
List price: $22.50
ISBN-10: 0465027385
ISBN-13: 9780465027385
In the spirit of ’60s activism, one of our era’s most influential advocates of social and political change teaches protesters and dissenters how it was done, and how to keep doing it today. "Be original. See what happens." So Todd Gitlin advises the young mind burning to take action to right the wrongs of the world but also looking for bearings, understanding, direction, and practical examples. In Letters to a Young Activist, Todd Gitlin looks back at his eventful life, recalling his experience as president of the formidable Students for a Democratic Society in the ’60s, co
Author: Dorothy Day
Publisher: HarperOne
Keywords: social, activist, catholic, legendary, autobiography, loneliness
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1997-01-15
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0060617519
ISBN-13: 9780060617516
A compelling autobiographical testament to the spiritual pilgrimage of a woman who, in her own words, dedicated herself "to bring[ing] about the kind of society where it is easier to be good.’
Author: Thomas J Bodie
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: court, justice, international, activist, emergence, politics
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1995-02-14
List price: $91.95
ISBN-10: 027595014X
ISBN-13: 9780275950149
The extent to which law circumscribes the activities of states is an old dilemma in international law. The traditional position of the states has been that some areas of international relations are not susceptible to legal resolution. This arises from a desire to protect as much sovereignty as possible. Opposed to this is the position which suggests that there are no issues to which international law does not speak. At stake is the usefulness of international adjudication.
