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"In The Inclusion Calculation, Melody E. Valdini examines women's representation in politics and offers insights into men's strategies for using women to advance their own political ambitions. While it is certainly valuable to encourage women to run for office, it is equally important to understand the motivations of male power-holders. To that end, this book examines how men strategically feminize their political parties or government to retain control, demonstrating that a woman's selection as a candidate often depends on a man's perception of her value"--

Women --- Men --- Sex role --- Power (Social sciences) --- Political activity --- Political aspects --- Political sociology --- Women - Political activity --- Men - Political activity --- Sex role - Political aspects --- Power (Social sciences) - United States

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The participatory politics and civic engagement of youth in the digital ageThere is a widespread perception that the foundations of American democracy are dysfunctional, public trust in core institutions is eroding, and little is likely to emerge from traditional politics that will shift those conditions. Youth are often seen as emblematic of this crisis—frequently represented as uninterested in political life, ill-informed about current-affairs, and unwilling to register and vote. By Any Media Necessary offers a profoundly different picture of contemporary American youth. Young men and women are tapping into the potential of new forms of communication such as social media platforms, spreadable videos and memes, remixing the language of popular culture, and seeking to bring about political change—by any media necessary. In a series of case studies covering a diverse range of organizations, networks, and movements involving young people in the political process—from the Harry Potter Alliance which fights for human rights in the name of the popular fantasy franchise to immigration rights advocates using superheroes to dramatize their struggles—By Any Media Necessary examines the civic imagination at work. Before the world can change, people need the ability to imagine what alternatives might look like and identify paths by which change can be achieved. Exploring new forms of political activities and identities emerging from the practice of participatory culture, By Any Media Necessary reveals how these shifts in communication have unleashed a new political dynamism in American youth.Read Online at connectedyouth.nyupress.org

Youth --- Political activity --- Age group sociology --- Community organization --- Mass communications

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The first book by the acclaimed journalist Helen Lewis - the imperfect and unfinished story of the battles for women's rights. Well-behaved women don't make history: difficult women do. Helen Lewis argues that feminism's success is down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women, who fought each other as well as fighting for equal rights. Too many of these pioneers have been whitewashed or forgotten in our modern search for feel-good, inspirational heroines. It's time to reclaim the history of feminism as a history of difficult women. In this book, you'll meet the working-class suffragettes who advocated bombings and arson; the princess who discovered why so many women were having bad sex; the pioneer of the refuge movement who became a men's rights activist; the 'striker in a sari' who terrified Margaret Thatcher; the wronged Victorian wife who definitely wasn't sleeping with the prime minister; and the lesbian politician who outraged the country. Taking the story up to the present with the twenty-first-century campaign for abortion services, Helen Lewis reveals the unvarnished - and unfinished - history of women's rights. Drawing on archival research and interviews, Difficult Women is a funny, fearless and sometimes shocking narrative history, which shows why the feminist movement has succeeded - and what it should do next. The battle is difficult, and we must be difficult too.

Feminism --- Feminism. --- Women --- History --- Political activity --- Political activity. --- Great Britain. --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Community organization

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Government --- Sociology of minorities --- National movements --- Political sociology --- Ethnic groups --- Minorities --- Representative government and representation --- Ethnic conflict --- Cultural pluralism --- Political activity --- Political aspects --- Ethnic groups - Political activity --- Minorities - Political activity --- Ethnic conflict - Political aspects --- Cultural pluralism - Political aspects

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Employers and workers organisations --- Labour conflicts --- France --- Working class --- Labor unions --- Political activity --- Dumay, Jean Baptiste, --- Dumay, Jean-Baptiste, --- Working class - Political activity - France - Le Creusot --- Labor unions - Political activity - France - Le Creusot --- Dumay, Jean Baptiste, - 1841-1926