...Aksana Ismailbekova Despite the violence of Soviet rule, Soviet policies improved the status of women in Central Asia. The collapse of the Soviet Union ushered in a restoration of revival of Islam and patriarchal customs. In Kyrgyzstan, Islamic organizations are taking an increasingly active role...

... active participants in society. Disability rights activists have developed an expansive repertoire of activist engagements (including online) that transcend the boundaries of familiar models of overt protest, dissent, and confrontation typical of disabled activists in Western democratic countries...

... Sargsyan Velvet Revolution protests democracy elections corruption civil society activism Russia diaspora 271 The revolution . . . ended the hopelessness, apathy, and indifference that had come to characterize the post-Soviet period. Armenia s Unfinished Revolution ARMINE ISHKANIAN When...

... geopolitics cyberspace internet interweb snowden leak wikileaks economy state localization data convergence functionality analysis cia outsourcing facebook twitter activism monitoring surveillance hacking cyberwarfare Google 9 The aims of the Internet economy and those of state...

... of California Elizabeth Perry China Campus paradox chinese civil society legitimacy activism Tiananmen increase protest students challenge party-state threat university PRC NGO Mao Cultural Revolution guidance counselors fudaoyuan banji nianji homeroom ideological political...

... Shapiro China environment environmental activism environmentalism nongovernmental organizations pollution social media networking supply chain protest 224 The activists strategies . . . reflect both the importance of new social media and the shifting constraints under which civil...

... of California Jason Stearns humanitarian intervention Africa Darfur Sudan International Criminal Court Joseph Kony Congo Rwanda activism peacekeeping 317 For much of Africa s post cold war history, the question has not been whether humanitarian intervention is a cover-up for big power...

... was the messenger of God, there are many ‘Islams,’ depending on locale, education, custom, politics, and personal attitudes. © 2002 Current History. All rights reserved. 2002 The Regents of the University of California activism Islam Mawdudi Middle East Muslim Qutb September Shiite Sunni United...