Challenges existing views of crafts and service workers in Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Confronts globalization and technology from philosophical perspectives.

An exploration of the voluntary simplicity movement including comments from simple livers and a look at class, race, and gender in this movement.

Studies interest group litigation in Canada.

Examines the conflict that exists between the Mohawk Warrior Movement and Canada within the context of the Mohawk nation's struggle for national self-determination.

Examines the relationship between grassroots Catholic Church groups (base Christian communities) and the mobilization of peasant farmers in the fight for control of Amazon lands.

Describes the Russian rock music counterculture and how it is changing in response to Russia's transition from a socialist to a capitalist society. It explores the lived experiences, the thoughts and feelings of the rock musicians as they meet the challenges of change.

An examination of the class and gender conditions of working-class women in the coal mining fields reveals how they struggled for development and change and how the struggle sometimes lead to empowerment.