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This study examines Latino national political coalitions in the United States with a focus on Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans. It argues that Latino national political coalitions are an avenue of political empowerment for the Latino Community, but face social, economic, and political challenges in the Latino community.

Hispanic Americans --- Coalitions. --- Coalition (Social sciences) --- Social groups --- Politics and government. --- Social conditions. --- United States --- Ethnic relations. --- Politics and government

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This book examines the impact of increased legislative power and political authority on the internal development of the European Parliament and the supranational party group system. This is done through an analysis of changes in the hierarchical structures that regulate the internal organization of both the EP as a whole and the individual party groups. In addition, the changing pattern of coalition formation between party groups across time and legislative procedure is analyzed. The trends of internal development examined suggest that the increases in EP power that have occurred since the creation of the cooperation procedure by the Single European Act in 1987 have caused a fundamental shift in the character of the European Parliament as a legislative institution. Prior to 1987 the European Parliament, despite direct election and several small attempts to increase its powers, served primarily as a chamber of debate where much more was discussed than accomplished.

Coalitie (Sociale wetenchappen) --- Coalition (Sciences sociales) --- Coalition (Social sciences) --- -Coalition (Social sciences) --- #SBIB:327.7H221 --- 260.1 Europees Parlement --- Coalitions --- Political parties --- 380 Politieke partijen en stromingen --- #A0203A --- Social groups --- Europees Parlement --- #A0511PSA --- European Parliament. --- European Communities. Parliament --- Government --- European Union --- European Parliament --- Coalitions. --- European Union countries --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Political parties - European Union countries

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The New Transnational Activism, first published in 2005, shows how even the most prosaic activities can assume broader political meanings when they provide ordinary people with the experience of crossing transnational space. This means that we cannot be satisfied with defining transnational activists through the ways they think. The defining feature of transnationalism in this book is relational, and not cognitive. This emphasis on activism's relational structure means that even as they make transnational claims, transnational activists draw on the resources, the networks, and the opportunities in which they are embedded, and only then - if at all - on more distant transnational links. But we can no more sharply draw a line between domestic and international politics in studying transnational activism than we could ignore local politics in studying its national equivalent. Understanding the processes that link the local, the national and the international is the major undertaking of the book.

Internationalism --- Coalition (Social sciences) --- Political activists --- Transnationalism --- Internationalism. --- Coalitions --- Political activists. --- Transnationalism. --- Coalitions. --- Coalition (Social sciences). --- Social change --- Community organization --- International movements --- #SBIB:324H73 --- #SBIB:324H74 --- Trans-nationalism --- Transnational migration --- International relations --- Activists, Political --- Political participation --- Intellectual cooperation --- International cooperation --- Cosmopolitanism --- International education --- Nationalism --- Social groups --- Politieke verandering: oppositie en minderheid, protest, politiek geweld --- Politieke verandering: sociale bewegingen --- Persons --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Activités politiques --- Internationalisme --- Transnationalisme

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In A New New Deal, the labor movement leaders Amy B. Dean and David B. Reynolds offer a bold new plan to revitalize American labor activism and build a sense of common purpose between labor and community organizations. Dean and Reynolds demonstrate how alliances organized at the regional level are the most effective tool to build a voice for working people in the workplace, community, and halls of government. The authors draw on their own successes to offer in-depth, contemporary case studies of effective labor-community coalitions. They also outline a concrete strategy for building power at the regional level. This pioneering model presents the regional building blocks for national change. A diverse audience-both within the labor movement and among its allies-will welcome this clear, detailed, and inspiring presentation of regional power-building tactics, which include deep coalition-building, leadership development, policy research, and aggressive political action. A New New Deal explores successful coalitions forged in Los Angeles, Boston, Denver, San Jose, New Haven, and Atlanta toward goals such as universal health insurance for children and sensible redevelopment efforts that benefit workers as well as businesses. The authors view partnerships between labor and grassroots organizations as a mutually beneficial strategy based on shared goals, resulting in a broadened membership base and increased organizational capacity. They make the innovative argument that the labor movement can steward both industry and community and make manifest the ways in which workplace battles are not the parochial concerns of isolated workers, but a fundamental struggle for America's future. Drawing on historical parallels, the authors illustrate how long-term collaborations between labor and community organizations are sowing the seeds of a new New Deal.

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This volume proposes some theories on the conditions that favor the formation of coalitions between terrorist organizations, and how they function within the changing international system. These theories are tested against empirical data on actual cooperation between European and Palestinian terrorist organizations from 1968 to 1990, and cooperation between European left-wing terrorist organizations (the phenomenon known as Euro-terrorism) from 1984 to 1988. These findings form the basis of a broader theory concerning cooperation and coalitions between organizations involved in international terrorism. Finally, an attempt is made to verify whether the new terrorist players driven, at least theoretically, by religious motivation, will imitate the behavior of the ideological or nationalist organizations, and to test whether the theories concerning cooperation and coalitions developed in this volume apply to the new reality.

Terrorists. --- Coalitions. --- Terrorism. --- Acts of terrorism --- Attacks, Terrorist --- Global terrorism --- International terrorism --- Political terrorism --- Terror attacks --- Terrorist acts --- Terrorist attacks --- World terrorism --- Direct action --- Insurgency --- Political crimes and offenses --- Subversive activities --- Political violence --- Terror --- Coalition (Social sciences) --- Social groups --- Criminals --- Terrorist organizations. --- Terror organizations --- Terrorist groups --- Associations, institutions, etc.