Human rights, civil rights Books
John Wiley & Sons Truth Commissions and State Building
Book SynopsisTruth Commissions and State Building demonstrates that the work of both institutions is interlinked and intrinsic to reform in post-conflict and post-authoritarian settings. Chapters examine truth commissions as transitional justice mechanisms for civic inclusion, identity formation, institutional reform, and nation-(re)building.Trade Review“While there are a few books on transitional justice, broadly construed, and others focusing on Africa, this volume’s framing is entirely unique and its discussion of outcomes and legacies, essential.” Aderomola Adeola, co-editor of The Palgrave Handbook of Democracy, Governance and Justice in Africa“This is the first time I have seen an effort to develop sustained and systematic investigation of how truth commissions operate as state building tools. The book will be of great interest to those studying transitional justice, as well as African politics, memory politics, and legal pluralism.” Bronwyn Leebaw, author of Judging State-Sponsored Violence, Imagining Political Change
£71.10
Columbia University Press Spirited Women Gender Religion and Cultural
Book SynopsisThis is the study of a small group of Tibetan Buddhists called the Nyishangba who have maintained an egalitarian culture, where women own land and have equal rights, including in social and religious institutions, and where the usual subordination of women does not appear to occur.Trade ReviewDrawing threads of individual oral histories together with detailed ethnographic inquiry, Watkins weaves a colorful background to her analysis of gender relations among the Nyeshangte of the Nepal Himalaya... The author traces through the history of the Nyeshangte people, their traditional trading practices and the historical and modern factors which have transformed their way of life. Royal Society for Asian Affairs
£28.80
Columbia University Press The Dual Agenda Race and Social Welfare Policies
Book SynopsisThis book chronicles the complex connections between race and class that have marked American social reform since the New Deal, revealing an aspect of the civil rights struggle that that has been too long overlooked or obscured: the struggle for policies to expand social and economic welfare for blacks and whites alike.Trade ReviewThe Hamiltons'lucid study of the history of policy making in social welfare, from the New Deal to the present, is written from a black perspective and is meticulously researched and documented. Black civil rights organizations, seeking a universal social welfare system, jobs in the regular work force, and national hegemony over government programs, worked for policies that comprised a dual agenda: the pursuit of race-specific issues and the fight for a social welfare agenda that included all citizens regardless of race. Part of the story is that of the clash of the two agendas... Highly recommended. Choice A richly detailed history of African American political strategy Perspectives on Political Science
£90.00
Columbia University Press Religious Diversity and Human Rights
Book SynopsisThe collection's central theme is the way in which the diversity of religious beliefs and practices-from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism-relates and can conflict with the moral universalism implied by the concept of human rights.
£29.75
Columbia University Press African American Power and Politics The Political
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Reagan revolution on African-American political life. The book also critically assesses the Clinton administration's record on race and the Democratic party response to affirmative action, welfare, and other aspects of the African-American political agenda.Table of Contents1. Elections 1. Epistemology and the Native-Son Candidate 2. Theory 3. Methodology 2. The Political Context of a Native-Son Candidate 4. The Arkansas Electorate 5. The African American Electorate 3. The Making of a Native-Son Candidate 6. The Congressional Vote for Clinton 7. The Attorney General Vote for Clinton 8. The Gubernatorial Vote for Clinton 4. The Southern Native-Son Presidential Candidate 9. The Presidential Vote for Clinton 10. The Regional Vote: Clinton and Carter 5. The Native-Son Candidate and the Democratic Party 11. The Democratic Party in Presidential Elections: The Native-Son Theory Revisited 12. Epilogue: Scandal, Public Support, and the Native-Son Variable
£28.80
Columbia University Press Jews Against Prejudice
Book SynopsisThis vital contribution to the story of civil rights in modern America traces the political evolution of Jewish defense organizations from their initial incarnations as groups concerned primarily with defending American Jews against the virulent anti-Semitism of the 1920s and 1930s to their leading role in the fight against all forms of prejudice during the middle half of this century.
£95.00
Columbia University Press Gays and Lesbians in the Democratic Process
Book SynopsisIn this collection of articles, the various authors examine the interaction of gays and lesbians with the democratic process in regards to public policy, public opinion, and political representation.
£29.75
Columbia University Press Electric Sounds Technological Change and the
Book SynopsisAn overview of human rights concepts and laws for social workers that stresses the need to infuse human rights into social work policy and practice. The volume covers the history and development of human rights from the passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 onwards.Trade ReviewFoundation documents provide an essential tool for understanding the issues and applying the understanding to concrete social policy advocacy and action. Canadian Association of Social Workers Bulletin A human rights compass-a preliminary guide for the translation of human rights for social workers... It is to be welcomed. -- Jeremy Roche European Journal of Social Work As soon as this text is published I will adopt it... The day-to-day applications of articles contained in an international policy instrument, such as the right to health care and nutrition, assist social workers in their lobbying efforts with government... This is a text which is overdue for social work students and faculty. -- Rosemary Link, Augsburg College Reichert makes human rights concepts come alive... Practice case examples and human rights analysis of the NASW's Code of Ethics are particularly valuable in orienting the reader to the domestic practice applications of the global human rights movement. -- Lynne M. Healy, University of ConnecticutTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Development and History of Human Rights 2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 3. Building on the Universal Declaration: The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, by Robert J. McCormick and Elisabeth Reichert 4. The International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, by Robert J. McCormick and Elisabeth Reichert 5. Vulnerable Groups: Women 6. Vulnerable Groups: Children, Persons with Disabilities, and/or HIV-AIDS Gays and Lesbians Older Persons and Victims of Racism 7. International Aspects of Human Rights 8. Applying Human Rights to the Social Work Profession Conclusion Appendices Appendix A: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix B: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Appendix C: Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Appendix D: International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
£26.25
Columbia University Press Conflict Unending
Book SynopsisGanguly authoritatively analyzes why hostility persists as well as the current prospects for war and peace in the region.Trade ReviewGanguly presents a concise, dispassionate summary of each Indo-Pakistani conflict. Library Journal In his brilliant new book, [Ganguly] provides a sophisticated and lucid explanation of why India and Pakistan have suffered such chronically bad relations. Conflict Unending sets the industry standard... and it cements Ganguly's reputation as one of the world's leading experts on subcontinental political affairs. Foreign Affairs Conflict Unending is a welcome successor to much-worn copies of Sources of Conflict on library shelves. There is no better concise presentation for those seeking a grounding in this sadly still current subject. -- Thomas Perry Thornton Political Science Quarterly This outstanding examination of the India-Pakistan conflict is indispensable reading for the scholar and policymaker. Sumit Ganguly offers a guide to its deeper origins and its dangerous manifestations with clarity and rigor. Dr. Ganguly has explored the reasons for India-Pakistan discord; his book is a major contribution to our understanding of what has emerged as one of the world's major trouble spots -- Stephen P. Cohen Brookings Institution Into this vague understanding [of the India-Pakistan conflict] strides the refreshingly direct Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions since 1947, a book that manages to explicate the origins and evolution of South Asian political and military strife in a manner that is both straightforward and nuanced...making Conflict Unending's clear account of the core motivations at work both timely and significant. Arms Control Today Ganguly's comprehensive assessment of Indo-Pakistan tension should be required background reading for policy-makers, journalists and others seeking to understand the causes and history of conflict between these two sparring siblings. Asian Affairs A straightforward, well-written account... Brevity and lucidity are the strong points of this... easy read. -- Sanjay Joshi HistorianTable of ContentsIntroduction: A Relationship of Unremitting Hostility? 1. The First Kashmir War 2. The Second Kashmir War 3. The Bangladesh War 4. From Crisis to Crisis 5. The Nuclear Dimension 6. The Kargil War Epilogue: A Restive Relationship Enters a New Century Appendices
£23.80
Columbia University Press Challenges in Human Rights
Book SynopsisBy using human rights as a guidepost, social workers can help create social welfare policies that better serve societal needs. Bringing together essays from a diverse range of authors, this title demonstrates how approaching social work from a human rights perspective can affect legislation, resource management, and enforcement of policies.Trade ReviewA lively and serious contribution to social work education, and remarkably timely... Highly recommended. Choice An inspirational book, pleading social workers to use human rights as a guidepost. European Journal of Social WorkTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction: Social Work Perspectives on Human Rights, by Elisabeth Reichert 1. Human Rights in the Twenty-first Century: Creating a New Paradigm for Social Work, by Elisabeth Reichert 2. Human Rights in Social Work Practice: An Invisible Part of the Social Work Curriculum?, by Lena Dominelli 3. Global Distributive Justice as a Human Right: Implications for the Creation of a Human Rights Culture, by Joseph Wronka 4. Cultural Relativism and Community Activism, by Jim Ife 5. Development, Social Development, and Human Rights, by James Midgley 6. Using Economic Human Rights in the Movement to End Poverty: The Kensington Welfare Rights Union and the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, by Mary Bricker-Jenkins, Carrie Young, and Cheri Honkala 7. Economic and Social Rights: The Neglected Human Rights, by Silvia Staub-Bernasconi 8. Human Rights and Women: A Work in Progress, by Janice Wood Wetzel 9. Human Rights Violations Against Female Offenders and Inmates, by Katherine van Wormer 10. Children's Rights as a Template for Social Work Practice, by Rosemary J. Link 11. Globalization, Democratization, and Human Rights: Human-Made Disasters and a Call for Universal Social Justice, by Brij Mohan 12. Law and Social Work: Not-So-Odd Bedfellows in Promoting Human Rights, by Robert J. McCormick Index
£92.65
Columbia University Press After Evil
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewEspecially rich in exploring the psychological and religious dimensions of human rights practices and discourses, and in listening to those voices, including Islamist ones, that are currently viewed as opposed to human rights, thus helping to render them intelligible. Choice Original, subtle, and provocative. -- Debra L. Delaet ID: International Dialogue After Evil is a large, even magisterial book... [It] aims to document human rights discourse... as an ideology that transcends any particular instance and operates as a symbolic logic, governing not just international law but our own emotional lives...This ambitious and persuasive book charts human rights as an ethical philosophy, a symbolic relation between subjects, and a pervasive ideology of our own relationship to history. -- Daniel Worden Postmodern Culture Robert Meister's central idea is that human rights since the end of the Second World War have provided a limited and problematic response to the phenomenon of political evil-particularly slavery, colonialism, genocide, and ethnic cleansing... The conclusion that Meister drives home is that human rights as they are understood today reconcile us to the given rather than offering grander visions of justice... Human rights as we know them today are explicitly intended to limit the promise of justice-both because the horrors of the twentieth century suggest that such promise might come at too high a cost, and because the promise of justice as greater political and social equality is opposed by the post-Cold War powers. -- Joe Hoover Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding Thoughtful and thought-provoking. -- Claudia Card Holocaust and Genocide Studies [After Evil] contains many brilliant, perceptive and thought provoking insights. SurvivalTable of ContentsPreface: My Task Introduction: Disavowing Evil 1. The Ideology and Ethics of Human Rights 2. Ways of Winning 3. Living On 4. The Dialectic of Race and Place 5. "Never Again" 6. Still the Jewish Question? 7. Bystanders and Victims 8. Adverse Possession 9. States of "Emergency" 10. Surviving Catastrophe Conclusion: Justice in Time Acknowledgments Notes References Index
£95.00
Columbia University Press Screening Torture
Book SynopsisTrade Review...adds breath and freshness to the analysis of media representations of state terror and political violence. -- Dr Ruth Kitchen DigitalIcons Thoughtful, insightful, and compelling... Flynn and Salek have gathered together a collection of essays that will have wide appeal to communication scholars, film scholars and graduate students. -- Marita Gronnvoll European Journal of Communication This book is a compelling critique of our dominant political and media discourses. The European LegacyTable of ContentsScreening Torture: An Introduction Part I. Torture and the Implications of Masculinity 1. Countering the Jack Bauer Effect: An Examination of How to Limit the Influence of TV's Most Popular, and Most Brutal, Hero 2. Mel Gibson's Tortured Heroes: From the Symbolic Function of Blood to Spectacles of Pain 3. It's a Perfect World: Torture, Confession, and Sacrifice Part II. Torture and the Sadomasochistic Impulse 4. Lust, Caution: Torture, Sex, and Passion in Chinese Cinema 5. The Art of Photogenic Torture 6. Beyond Susan Sontag: The Seduction of Psychological Torture 7. Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange as Art Against Torture Part III. Confronting the Legacies of Torture and State Terror 8. "Accorded a Place in the Design": Torture in Post-Apartheid Cinema 9. Confessing Without Regret: An Israeli Film Genre Part IV. Torture and the Shortcomings of Film 10. Movies of Modern Torture as Convenient Truths 11. Torture at the Limit of Politics 12. Doing Torture in Film: Confronting Ambiguity and Ambivalence 13. Documenting the Documentaries on Abu Ghraib: Facts Versus Distortion List of Contributors Index
£83.60
Columbia University Press Modern Slavery
Book SynopsisSiddharth Kara demonstrates the scope of modern slavery and its role in global supply chains to offer a concrete path toward its abolition. This searing exposé—including revelatory interviews with both the enslaved and their oppressors—documents one of humanity’s greatest wrongs and lays out the framework to eradicate it.Trade ReviewThis book provides an overview of the different forms of modern-day slavery, as well as a framework for the eradication of the phenomenon. Siddharth Kara uses case studies to exemplify the cultural norms that perpetuate trafficking and provides an extensive analysis of data through a unique business-model approach. Using a combination of rigorous analysis and anecdotal stories, Kara delves into subfields in modern-day slavery that have rarely been covered -- Jennifer Bryson Clark, coeditor of A Global Handbook on Human Trafficking and Modern Day SlaveryTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Modern Slavery: An Overview2. Sex Trafficking: The Case of Nigeria3. Labor Trafficking: Slavery at Your Dining Table4. Organ Trafficking: Sold for Parts5. Technology and Human Trafficking: Friend and Foe6. Debt Bondage: Beyond South Asia7. Global Supply Chains: Blood and the Sea8. A Framework to Eradicate SlaveryAppendix A: Global Slavery MetricsAppendix B: Select Slavery EconomicsAppendix C: Sample Research QuestionnaireNotesWorks CitedIndex
£75.15
Columbia University Press Confronting Injustice and Oppression
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Preface to the 2013 Reissue Introduction: The Relevance of Injustice and Oppression for Social Work and Social Policy Part One: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 1. Injustice and Oppression: Meaning, Links, and Alternatives 2. Injustice and Oppression: Origins, Evolution, Dynamics, and Consequences 3. Social Change Strategies to Overcome Injustice and Oppression 4. Dilemmas and Vicissitudes of Social Work Part Two: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Organizing 5. Transition Policies Beyond Poverty, Unemployment, and Discrimination 6. Social-Change-Oriented "Radical" Practice Epilogue Appendix A. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Economic Bill of Rights Appendix B. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix C. Framework for Analysis and Development of Social Policies Works Cited Index
£101.70
Columbia University Press Confronting Injustice and Oppression
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Preface to the 2013 Reissue Introduction: The Relevance of Injustice and Oppression for Social Work and Social Policy Part One: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 1. Injustice and Oppression: Meaning, Links, and Alternatives 2. Injustice and Oppression: Origins, Evolution, Dynamics, and Consequences 3. Social Change Strategies to Overcome Injustice and Oppression 4. Dilemmas and Vicissitudes of Social Work Part Two: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Organizing 5. Transition Policies Beyond Poverty, Unemployment, and Discrimination 6. Social-Change-Oriented "Radical" Practice Epilogue Appendix A. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Economic Bill of Rights Appendix B. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix C. Framework for Analysis and Development of Social Policies Works Cited Index
£29.75
Columbia University Press Religion Secularism and Constitutional Democracy
Book SynopsisCritically engaging with traditional secularism and religious accommodationism, this collection introduces a constitutional secularism that robustly meets contemporary challenges.Trade ReviewReligion, Secularism, and Constitutional Democracy critically confronts the contemporary resurgence of 'political theology' with theoretical and philosophical sophistication while nevertheless exhibiting an admirable commitment to respect and tolerance of religious observance and plurality. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of religion and politics today. -- John P. McCormick, University of Chicago The question of the proper role of religion in a secular state, once thought settled, has reemerged as a major challenge to contemporary democracies. The essays in this superb volume address the many aspects of this question with depth and clarity, connecting normative, historical, and institutional analyses in an exemplary way. Taken together, the contributions do more than represent the state of the art in this field of research; rather, they take it to a new level of refinement. -- Rainer Forst, Goethe University Frankfurt This volume is practically a 'who's-who' of the very top scholars writing on religion, secularism, and cultural pluralism. It sits at the cutting edge of debates in all of these fields and will be required reading in seminar rooms across North America and Europe. -- Andrew F. March, author of Islam and Liberal CitizenshipTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Jean L. Cohen Part I: Freedom of Religion or Human Rights 1. Religious Freedom and the Fate of Secularism, by Samuel Moyn 2. Religion: Ally, Threat, or Just Religion?, by Anne Phillips 3. Regulating Religion Beyond Borders: The Case of FGM/C, by Yasmine Ergas 4. Pluralism vs. Pluralism: Islam and Christianity in the European Court of Human Rights, by Christian Joppke Part II: Non-Establishments and Freedom of Religion 5. Rethinking Political Secularism and the American Model of Constitutional Dualism, by Jean L. Cohen 6. Is European Secularism Secular Enough?, by Rajeev Bhargava 7. State-Religion Connections and Multicultural Citizenship, by Tariq Modood 8. Breaching the Wall of Separation, by Denis Lacorne 9. Transnational Nonestablishment (Redux), by Claudia Haupt Part III: Religion, Liberalism, and Democracy 10. Liberal Neutrality, Religion, and the Good, by Cecile Laborde 11. Religious Arguments and Public Justification, by Aurelia Bardon 12. Religious Truth and Democratic Freedom: A Critique of the Religious Discourse of Anti-Relativism, by Carlo Invernizzi Accetti 13. Republicanism and Freedom of Religion in France, by Michel Troper Part IV: Sovereignty and Legal Pluralism in Constitutional Democracies 14. Sovereignty and Religious Norms in the Secular Constitutional State, by Dieter Grimm 15. Religion and Minority Legal Orders, by Maheila Malik 16. The Intersection of Civil and Religious Family Law in the U.S. Constitutional Order: A Mild Legal Pluralism, by Linda C. McClain 17. Religion-Based Legal Pluralism and Human Rights in Europe, by Alicia Cebada Romero Conclusion: Is Religion Special? Contributors Index
£31.50
Columbia University Press From Selma to Moscow
Book SynopsisSarah B. Snyder shows how transnational connections and social movements spurred American activism that enshrined human rights in U.S. foreign policy making for years to come. From Selma to Moscow reshapes our understanding of the role of human rights activism in transforming U.S. foreign policy in the 1960s and 1970s.Trade ReviewIn this illuminating book Sarah Snyder explains the origins of the human rights movement in the 1960s and chronicles its evolution until the inauguration of Jimmy Carter. Linking the evolution of human rights to other social movements, she probes the motives, highlights the transnational connections, and analyzes the successes and failures of activists regarding human rights violations inside the Soviet Union, Southern Rhodesia, Greece, South Korea, and Chile. This book is an important contribution to the literature on human rights. -- Melvyn Leffler, Edward Stettinius Professor of American History, University of VirginiaIn this impressive and deeply researched work, Sarah Snyder reveals the way global struggles over human rights became a feature of American politics and foreign policy in the 1960s and 70s as activists, journalists, and Congress members made the case that the United States was complicit if the country ignored brutal repression. An important contribution. -- Mary L. Dudziak, Emory University School of LawBased on deep and thorough archival research, as well as an innovative and creative use of quantitative measures, Snyder’s book demonstrates that issues of human rights emerged as a significant priority for many Americans, both political leaders and activists, well before the Carter administration. From Selma to Moscow is an extremely important contribution to what remains one of the most important challenges in American foreign policy. -- Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt UniversityHuman rights is emerging as one of the central concerns of modern humanities and social science scholarship. From Selma to Moscow illuminates the missing links between histories of the 1940s and the 1970s, the focus of previous studies. Sarah Snyder’s globe-spanning tale of activists and policy makers reveals the significance of the 1960s for bringing human rights to the forefront of U.S. foreign relations. An important book from an excellent historian. -- Tim Borstelmann, University of Nebraska–LincolnThis well-written and persuasively argued book leaves me wanting even more, and it...will remain an important book for years to come. -- Kelly J. Shannon * American Historical Review *Sarah Snyder's book illuminates the nuances and contradictions of American foreign policy in this era. * Diplomatic History *Her argument, articulated with refreshing clarity early in her introduction, is that Americans engaged in transnational human rights campaigns much earlier than previously assumed, namely in the 1960s. * Journal of Contemporary History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Human Rights Activism Directed Across the Iron Curtain2. A Double Standard Abroad and at Home? Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence3. Causing Us “Real Trouble”: The 1967 Coup in Greece4. Does the United States Stand for Something? Human Rights in South Korea5. Translating Human Rights into the Language of Washington: American Activism in the Wake of the Coup in Chile6. “A Call for U.S. Leadership”: Congressional Activism on Human RightsConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£79.20
Columbia University Press From Selma to Moscow
Book SynopsisSarah B. Snyder shows how transnational connections and social movements spurred American activism that enshrined human rights in U.S. foreign policy making for years to come. From Selma to Moscow reshapes our understanding of the role of human rights activism in transforming U.S. foreign policy in the 1960s and 1970s.Trade ReviewIn this illuminating book Sarah Snyder explains the origins of the human rights movement in the 1960s and chronicles its evolution until the inauguration of Jimmy Carter. Linking the evolution of human rights to other social movements, she probes the motives, highlights the transnational connections, and analyzes the successes and failures of activists regarding human rights violations inside the Soviet Union, Southern Rhodesia, Greece, South Korea, and Chile. This book is an important contribution to the literature on human rights. -- Melvyn Leffler, Edward Stettinius Professor of American History, University of VirginiaIn this impressive and deeply researched work, Sarah Snyder reveals the way global struggles over human rights became a feature of American politics and foreign policy in the 1960s and 70s as activists, journalists, and Congress members made the case that the United States was complicit if the country ignored brutal repression. An important contribution. -- Mary L. Dudziak, Emory University School of LawBased on deep and thorough archival research, as well as an innovative and creative use of quantitative measures, Snyder’s book demonstrates that issues of human rights emerged as a significant priority for many Americans, both political leaders and activists, well before the Carter administration. From Selma to Moscow is an extremely important contribution to what remains one of the most important challenges in American foreign policy. -- Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt UniversityHuman rights is emerging as one of the central concerns of modern humanities and social science scholarship. From Selma to Moscow illuminates the missing links between histories of the 1940s and the 1970s, the focus of previous studies. Sarah Snyder’s globe-spanning tale of activists and policy makers reveals the significance of the 1960s for bringing human rights to the forefront of U.S. foreign relations. An important book from an excellent historian. -- Tim Borstelmann, University of Nebraska–LincolnThis well-written and persuasively argued book leaves me wanting even more, and it...will remain an important book for years to come. -- Kelly J. Shannon * American Historical Review *Sarah Snyder's book illuminates the nuances and contradictions of American foreign policy in this era. * Diplomatic History *Her argument, articulated with refreshing clarity early in her introduction, is that Americans engaged in transnational human rights campaigns much earlier than previously assumed, namely in the 1960s. * Journal of Contemporary History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Human Rights Activism Directed Across the Iron Curtain2. A Double Standard Abroad and at Home? Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence3. Causing Us “Real Trouble”: The 1967 Coup in Greece4. Does the United States Stand for Something? Human Rights in South Korea5. Translating Human Rights into the Language of Washington: American Activism in the Wake of the Coup in Chile6. “A Call for U.S. Leadership”: Congressional Activism on Human RightsConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£25.20
Columbia University Press Dangerous Trade
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn novel and creative ways, Dangerous Trade integrates a variety of theoretical approaches to security and arms studies; global governance; international and domestic affairs; and qualitative and quantitative data. With fresh thinking and originality, this book does not re-chew what others have already said or go down paths already trodden. Indeed, it shows an innovative mind at work. -- Ulrich Krotz, European University InstituteErickson has written an important work that speaks to concerns and debates among international relations theorists, students of international institutions, and scholars of arms transfers. For all the talk in recent years of 'mixed methods' and 'eclectic approaches,' this is a book that actually delivers. It uses quantitative and qualitative techniques to develop and test a refreshingly broad theory of social reputation in international and domestic politics. Instead of engaging in tribal wars, Erickson shows that rational choice scholars and constructivists are both right, and that both have been remiss in failing to theorize domestic politics. This is a wonderful book and must-read, not only for students of arms transfers but also for a new generation of international relations scholars seeking to build rigorous theory that captures the complexity of the social world states inhabit. -- Jeffrey T. Checkel, Simon Fraser University, and global fellow, Peace Research Institute OsloWhy do states sometimes do good, even against their clear material and strategic interests? In this smart book, Jennifer L. Erickson provides a compelling and surprising answer that defies easy characterization. Governments are calculating, strategic, and even cynical about when and under what circumstances they may tie their hands for the noble purpose of limiting the flow of weapons to bad actors. But all the strategic concerns ultimately are shaped by social norms and the quintessentially human desire to be seen in a favorable light. Erickson develops and tests this important argument with wonderfully informative and compact case studies and empirical analysis. There are no wasted words in this book, just deep learning, conveyed with the brisk confidence borne of years of hard work and deep thinking. Dangerous Trade is a signal advance in scholarship that helps us understand major changes in international relations since the Cold War's end. -- William C. Wohlforth, Dartmouth College[Dangerous Trade] is at once a page-turner and a page-lingerer due to its riveting prose and profound lessons to the scholarship in international relations. * H-Diplo *A methodologically and analytically eclectic take on efforts to impose human rights concerns on the arms trade. It is an easy read and a good contribution to the academic literature on transnational advocacy. * Humanity *A welcome addition to the rich scholarly debate on international norm compliance. * International Political Science Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. Introduction and Overview2. "Responsible" Arms Transfer Policy and the Politics of Social Reputation3. History and Contemporary Trends in Conventional Arms Export Controls4. Explaining Commitment: International Reputation and "Responsible" Arms Transfer Policy5. Explaining Compliance: Domestic Reputation and Arms Trade Scandal6. Conclusions and ImplicationsAppendix A. Multilateral Conventional Arms Control in the Twentieth CenturyAppendix B. Data Sources and CodingAppendix C. Full Statistical ResultsNotesReferencesIndex
£22.00
Columbia University Press Dying for Rights
Book SynopsisNorth Korea’s human rights violations are unparalleled in the contemporary world. In Dying for Rights, Sandra Fahy provides the definitive account of the abuses committed by the North Korean state, domestically and internationally, from its founding to the present.Trade ReviewReadable, beautifully written, and often profound. * Free Korea *This well-researched, multidisciplinary book, based on a wide range of source material, is intended for a wide audience. -- M. J. Frost, emerita, Wittenberg University * Choice *Dying for Rights is an exhaustive and important account of the human rights abuses that the Kim regime has inflicted on the North Korean people over decades, from the quotidian to the horrific. With her deep knowledge and her anthropological approach, augmented by her obvious compassion for the victims of this regime, Sandra Fahy has provided the basis for one day holding Kim Jong Un to account. A must-read. -- Anna Fifield, author of The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong UnThe story of North Korean human rights abuses has been difficult to tell because so much of the problem remains shrouded by the state, with nameless and faceless victims. Fahy remedies this malady with a beautifully written and human story of human rights abuses in North Korea that takes us beyond hard-to-obtain statistics. -- Victor Cha, D. S. Song-KF Professor of Government, Georgetown University and former National Security Council director for Japan and Korea affairsNorth Korea is a tragic symphony full of discordant themes. Famine. Surveillance. Detention. Oppression. Regimentation. Desperation. Suicide. Escape. These stories were told in the report to the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2014. Five years later, the tragedy continues. Dying for Rights confirms and expands the melancholy and frightening stories presented in 2014. This serious chronicle calls our distracted attention back to the human themes to which we must respond. Somber, compelling, and unrelenting chords from a dangerous land of ‘endless winter’ that still awaits the arrival of the sun. -- Michael Kirby, chair of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights Violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 2013-2014Sandra Fahy's Dying for Rights is a riveting and comprehensive account of the worst human rights violations occurring in the contemporary world. Fahy addresses the Kim regime's draconian coercion, control, surveillance, and punishment, and the plight of North Koreans crushed by a deliberate policy of human rights denial. She scrutinizes the lives of North Koreans abused and exploited at home and abroad. She addresses all themes relevant to understanding the North Korean human rights crisis, from political prison camps to refugees and laborers officially dispatched overseas to work under abysmal conditions. She sheds light on the dynamics of the North Korean escapee community. Fahy illuminates a new dimension of evidence collected by the UN Commission of Inquiry by transcending legal analysis and looking at escapee testimony through an anthropological lens. -- Greg Scarlatoiu, executive director of the Committee for Human Rights in North KoreaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: DescentPart I: The Crimes1. The History of Human Rights Violations in North Korea2. Famine and Hunger3. Discrimination and Religious Persecution4. Information Control5. Forbidding the Foreign6. Control of Movement7. Prison Camps, Torture, and Execution8. Exporting Rights ViolationsPart II: The Denials9. From the Mouths of Foreign Nationals10. The State News Strikes Back11. North Korea’s Rhetoric of Denial at the United Nations12. Broadcasting DenialConclusion: AscentNotesBibliographyIndex
£28.50
Columbia University Press Protection Amid Chaos
Book SynopsisProtection Amid Chaos follows Palestinians living in refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan as they develop binding claims on assets and resources in challenging spaces. Nadya Hajj shows how they adapt flexible though legitimate property rights claims based on legal knowledge retained from their homeland to the restrictions of refugee life.Trade ReviewNadya Hajj asks an important question - namely, why and how do property rights get institutionalized in "transitional" contexts? With so many places in the world characterized by unpredictability and uncertainty, this question resonates far beyond the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon and Jordan. Based on a treasure trove of data from in-depth interviews and original documents, among other sources, Hajj traces the evolution of property rights in the camps over time, showing how they evolved from informal understandings of ownership to formal legal claims as Palestinians sought greater predictability in their lives. These strategies, however, had ambiguous effects: On the one hand, the formalization of property rights afforded refugees a measure of protection. On the other, they exposed them to greater control by external actors such as the Jordanian state, the Lebanese military, and the Palestinian Fatah. Hajj's impressive work sheds light on a critical and enduring question of great consequence for macro-level development outcomes and for micro-level concerns of people living in uncertain conditions. -- Melani Cammett, Harvard University Hajj has written an outstanding book on the politics of Palestinian property rights in the refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon. With careful precision, Hajj documents the circumstances that resulted in the degree of Palestinian property rights formalization across the various camps. The book masterfully documents the debates and strategic considerations confronting dislocated and dispossessed Palestinians as they began to build local communities in their new settings. -- Amaney A. Jamal, Princeton University With unprecedented numbers of displaced people across the Middle East, this book provides a timely and powerful analysis of how refugee communities seek to establish and enforce property rights in conflict and transitional settings. Drawing on her extensive research in Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon, the author combines rich empirical documentation with original theoretical insights. Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how refugee communities adapt to insecure environments. -- Jeannie Sowers, The University of New HampshireTable of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations and Translations Note on Arabic Transliteration Introduction 1. A Theory of Property Right Formation in Palestinian Refugee Camps 2. Crafting Informal Property Rights in Fawdah 3. Formal Property Rights in Refugee Camps in Jordan 4. Formal Property Rights in Refugee Camps in Lebanon 5. Renegotiating Property Rights in Nahr al-Bared Camp Conclusion Appendix A: Titles from NBC and Beddawi in Arabic with English Translations Appendix B: Research Methods Notes References Index
£38.25
Columbia University Press How the Gloves Came Off
Book SynopsisAn examination of the legal and national-security debates that made torture an acceptable act of counterterrorism.Trade ReviewArsenault's book provides a much-needed historical context for the torture policy that emerged during the post-9/11 years. It is comprehensive, well researched, and, at the same time, digestible. -- Karen J. Greenberg, Director, Center on National Security at Fordham Law School One of the most perplexing and disturbing outcomes of the 9/11 attacks and the rise of global terrorism was America's adoption of torture against captured suspected terrorists-so-called detainees. This outstanding book by Elizabeth Grimm Arsenault lays out-in a reliable, scholarly, and readable manner-how this overreach occurred, how it profoundly violated U.S. norms and devotion to human rights, and what might be done to ensure a more appropriate balance between security and liberty for the United States in the future. For my own teaching and research endeavors, I keep this important volume close at hand. -- Loch K. Johnson, Regents Professor, University of Georgia This is a thoughtful and provoking account of how the United States abandoned its own-and the world's-legal and normative prohibitions against the use of torture. At its core are a compelling story about how once-cherished legal norms can unravel and the poignant observation that there is no single culprit but rather a system of actors-including top policy makers, their lawyers, and interrogators-aided by shifting public attitudes and cultural norms. -- Emilie Hafner-Burton, University of California, San Diego I recommend that you read this book. It will provoke thoughts within you, but it will also provide you a broader and deeper insight into human nature, regardless of where you lie on the line between assuring national security and upholding agreed-upon legal norms against torture. -- Sonu Chandiram Biz IndiaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Part I. Background 1. Introduction 2. History of POW Treatment in the United States: From the Revolutionary War to the Korean War 3. Modern POW Treatment in the United States: The Vietnam War, the Geneva Conventions, and the Pre-9/11 Era Part II. Evolution of Norms Around POW Treatment 4. POW Treatment and Lawyers 5. POW Treatment and Policy Makers 6. POW Treatment and Interrogators Part III. Conclusion 7. Implications and Recommendations Appendix A: Who's Who Appendix B: Timeline of Major Events Appendix C: Acronyms Notes Bibliography Index
£28.50
Columbia University Press Media Capture
Book SynopsisThis book features pathbreaking analysis from journalists and academics of the changing nature and peril of media capture—how formerly independent institutions fall under the sway of governments, plutocrats, and corporations. Contributors analyze diverse cases of media capture worldwide, many drawn from firsthand experience.Trade ReviewMedia capture is one of the most pressing problems facing democracies today. Bringing together the voices of scholars and reporters, this book provides a fascinating overview of the many ways in which this phenomenon is affecting political landscapes around the world. Importantly, it also proposes novel solutions for combating media capture and protecting journalists. A must-read! -- Julia Cagé, author of Saving the Media: Capitalism, Crowdfunding, and DemocracyThis is a highly insightful collection showing how media capture has crept within a range of systems and institutions for the past two decades. It is also an important contribution to the literature on democratic backsliding. It is the great merit of Anya Schiffrin to highlight a major but understudied threat to democracy. -- Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, author of The Quest for Good Governance: How Societies Develop Control of CorruptionThis book is a remarkable achievement. For scholars and concerned citizens alike, it is a milestone in the ongoing debates about the uncertain future of news. At a moment when democratic institutions are under assault and journalism is withering away, the essays featured in Schiffrin’s wonderful volume are especially timely. Anyone who cares about the future of journalism—and democracy—should read this important book! -- Victor Pickard, author of Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation SocietyMuch of our lives as journalism, communication and media scholars and researchers are spent talking and writing about“them”—the journalists. With this book, we listen to them and are richer because of their insight. * Journalism *This is a collection around a theme of great importance which media scholars will find stimulating and original. * Australian Journalism Review *The book is a recommended read for both academics and the general audience, and strongly advised for policymakers who wish to help independent media. * European Journal of Communication *Table of ContentsPart I: OverviewIntroduction, by Anya Schiffrin1. How Silicon Valley Copied Wall Street’s Media Capture Playbook, by Rana Foroohar2. From Media Capture to Platform Capture, by Nikki Usher3. Media Capture and the Crisis in Local Journalism, by Philip M. Napoli4. Nobody Home, by Noam CohenPart II: Examples of Problems5. A Serf on Google’s Farm, by Josh Marshall6. The Rise and Fall of Blogging in the 2000s, by Felix Salmon7. Digital Payola: Policing the Open Contributor Network, by James Ledbetter8. Media Capture and the Corporate Education-Reform Philanthropies, by Andrea Gabor9. Using Old Media to Capture New in Turkey, by Andrew Finkel10. A Loud Silence, by Raju Narisetti11. The Capture of Britain’s Feral Beast, by Mary Fitzgerald, James Cusick, and Peter GeogheganPart III: Solutions12. A Global Strategy for Combating Media Capture, by Mark M. Nelson13. The Hamster Wheel, Triumphant: Commercial Models for Journalism Are Not Working; Let’s Try Something Else, by Dean Starkman and Ryan Chittum14. Building Trust (and a Trust), by Andrew Sullivan15. Defending Vanguard Journalists, by Joel Simon16. Do Technology Companies Care About Journalism?, by Emily BellList of ContributorsIndex
£85.00
Columbia University Press Tortured Logic Why Some Americans Support the
Book SynopsisWhy do people persist in supporting torture—and can they be persuaded to change their minds? Erin M. Kearns and Joseph K. Young draw upon a novel series of group experiments to understand how and why the average citizen might come to support the use of torture techniques.Trade ReviewIn this compelling and salient book, Kearns and Young inject needed experimental evidence into discussions about why and under what conditions the public supports the use of torture in the service of counterterrorism. A must read for any serious student or scholar of counterterrorism. -- James A. Piazza, Pennsylvania State UniversityIn Tortured Logic, Kearns and Young use clever experiments and careful interviews to provide compelling evidence that public support for torture depends on context. That public support for government violence is so malleable should be of great interest—and potential concern—to social scientists and policymakers alike. -- Courtenay R. Conrad, coauthor of Contentious Compliance: Dissent and Repression under International Human Rights LawTortured Logic is written by two stellar researchers, one a political scientist and the other a criminologist, which gives this book a strong interdisciplinary perspective. Together, the two authors bring an array of skills that make them well suited to produce a volume of this caliber. -- Victor Asal, University at Albany, State University of New YorkKearns and Young have provided a masterful book which is thought-provoking, richly detailed, and speaks to important policy questions, not to mention pressing ethical debates about the rights of detainees in the war on terrorism. * H-Diplo *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: What Impacts Public Perception of Torture in Counterterrorism?1. Media and Perceptions of Torture 2. Fear, Death, and TV3. Context Matters?4. Elite Cues, Identity, and EfficacyConclusion: Torture, Terrorism, and the FutureAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex
£83.60
Columbia University Press Tortured Logic Why Some Americans Support the
Book SynopsisWhy do people persist in supporting torture—and can they be persuaded to change their minds? Erin M. Kearns and Joseph K. Young draw upon a novel series of group experiments to understand how and why the average citizen might come to support the use of torture techniques.Trade ReviewIn this compelling and salient book, Kearns and Young inject needed experimental evidence into discussions about why and under what conditions the public supports the use of torture in the service of counterterrorism. A must read for any serious student or scholar of counterterrorism. -- James A. Piazza, Pennsylvania State UniversityIn Tortured Logic, Kearns and Young use clever experiments and careful interviews to provide compelling evidence that public support for torture depends on context. That public support for government violence is so malleable should be of great interest—and potential concern—to social scientists and policymakers alike. -- Courtenay R. Conrad, coauthor of Contentious Compliance: Dissent and Repression under International Human Rights LawTortured Logic is written by two stellar researchers, one a political scientist and the other a criminologist, which gives this book a strong interdisciplinary perspective. Together, the two authors bring an array of skills that make them well suited to produce a volume of this caliber. -- Victor Asal, University at Albany, State University of New YorkKearns and Young have provided a masterful book which is thought-provoking, richly detailed, and speaks to important policy questions, not to mention pressing ethical debates about the rights of detainees in the war on terrorism. * H-Diplo *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: What Impacts Public Perception of Torture in Counterterrorism?1. Media and Perceptions of Torture 2. Fear, Death, and TV3. Context Matters?4. Elite Cues, Identity, and EfficacyConclusion: Torture, Terrorism, and the FutureAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex
£27.00
Columbia University Press Exhuming Violent Histories Forensics Memory and
Book SynopsisNicole Iturriaga offers an ethnographic examination of how Spanish human rights activists use forensic methods to challenge dominant histories, reshape collective memory, and create new forms of transitional justice. Exhuming Violent Histories sheds new light on how science and technology intersect with human rights and collective memory.Trade ReviewOften moving and eminently readable way....a quite useful text for undergraduate students of ethnography, human rights, memory, and collective collaboration. * H-Sci-Med-Tech *Exhuming Violent Histories exhibits deep research and attention to detail, in addition to being clearly written. In all my years conducting forensic investigations of the disappeared and researching and writing about their effects on survivors and communities, I have never come across a book that does such a thorough job of analyzing this process in the context of Spain. -- Eric Stover, coauthor of Hiding in Plain Sight: The Pursuit of War Criminals from Nuremberg to the War on TerrorExhuming Violent Histories is an engaging ethnography of how forensic and genetic sciences are being deployed to recover and reframe literally buried histories in post-Franco Spain. Through their painstaking work, human rights-oriented forensic specialists and human rights activists are together challenging the necropower of the state and revising the official history of the Franco era. Iturriaga also reflects upon transnational advocacy and how such efforts further social justice. -- Gail Kligman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los AngelesNicole Iturriaga has written a terrific book. Exhuming Violent Histories is a compelling portrait of efforts to reclaim the remains of civilian victims of the Spanish Civil War era. But more importantly, she has delivered a clarion call for how activists can utilize forensic science to advance human rights on a global scale. -- Scott Ellsworth, author of The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for JusticeThere is no doubt that scholars of human rights, peace, conflict and justice studies, and law and social movements will find this well-researched and accessibly written book useful and deeply engaging. * Social Forces *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. No Pasarán? The Spanish Civil War, the Franco Regime, and Democracy2. Excavations: A Scientific Trojan Horse3. At the Foot of the Grave: Teaching Science and the “True” History of Spain4. Reburying the Dead: Performance of Grief and Reframed Narratives5. Transnational NetworksEpilogueMethodological AppendixNotesBibliographyIndex
£80.00
Columbia University Press Exhuming Violent Histories
Book SynopsisNicole Iturriaga offers an ethnographic examination of how Spanish human rights activists use forensic methods to challenge dominant histories, reshape collective memory, and create new forms of transitional justice. Exhuming Violent Histories sheds new light on how science and technology intersect with human rights and collective memory.Trade ReviewOften moving and eminently readable way....a quite useful text for undergraduate students of ethnography, human rights, memory, and collective collaboration. * H-Sci-Med-Tech *Exhuming Violent Histories exhibits deep research and attention to detail, in addition to being clearly written. In all my years conducting forensic investigations of the disappeared and researching and writing about their effects on survivors and communities, I have never come across a book that does such a thorough job of analyzing this process in the context of Spain. -- Eric Stover, coauthor of Hiding in Plain Sight: The Pursuit of War Criminals from Nuremberg to the War on TerrorExhuming Violent Histories is an engaging ethnography of how forensic and genetic sciences are being deployed to recover and reframe literally buried histories in post-Franco Spain. Through their painstaking work, human rights-oriented forensic specialists and human rights activists are together challenging the necropower of the state and revising the official history of the Franco era. Iturriaga also reflects upon transnational advocacy and how such efforts further social justice. -- Gail Kligman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los AngelesNicole Iturriaga has written a terrific book. Exhuming Violent Histories is a compelling portrait of efforts to reclaim the remains of civilian victims of the Spanish Civil War era. But more importantly, she has delivered a clarion call for how activists can utilize forensic science to advance human rights on a global scale. -- Scott Ellsworth, author of The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for JusticeThere is no doubt that scholars of human rights, peace, conflict and justice studies, and law and social movements will find this well-researched and accessibly written book useful and deeply engaging. * Social Forces *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. No Pasarán? The Spanish Civil War, the Franco Regime, and Democracy2. Excavations: A Scientific Trojan Horse3. At the Foot of the Grave: Teaching Science and the “True” History of Spain4. Reburying the Dead: Performance of Grief and Reframed Narratives5. Transnational NetworksEpilogueMethodological AppendixNotesBibliographyIndex
£22.50
Columbia University Press To Catch a Dictator
Book SynopsisTo Catch a Dictator is a dramatic insider’s account of the hunt for Hissène Habré, the former despot of Chad, and his momentous trial. The human rights lawyer Reed Brody recounts how he and an international team of investigators, legal experts, and victims went on a quest for justice.Trade ReviewFrom one of the world’s great fighters for justice, a most powerful tale of true crime that is at once gripping, forensic, and deeply human. -- Philippe Sands, author of East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"Reed Brody’s remarkable book, To Catch a Dictator, is part political thriller, part memoir, part handbook for human rights attorneys and activists the world over. Brody describes the atrocities committed by Hissène Habré, who brutally ruled Chad from 1982 to 1990 with U.S. government support, and with profound humanity writes of the victims of Habré’s torture, who courageously persevered in their decades-long fight for justice. This compelling book serves as a guiding light to those who would pursue justice and human rights in these times that appear increasingly dark. -- Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!A riveting account of how a band of unrelenting victims and their allies were able to turn the tables on a brutal tyrant who thought he had gotten away with his crimes. I saw the story play out in real time as Senegal organized one of the most important trials in African history, and it was every bit as extraordinary as it appears on the page. Reed Brody’s engrossing book will restore your hope in the possibility of justice. -- Aminata Touré, former prime minister of SenegalTo Catch a Dictator reads like a gripping espionage thriller, except the whole thing is about true-life crime on an international scale. This definitive account of the origins and conduct of the Hissène Habré trial abounds with dictators, spies, assassinations, and political intrigue. -- Craig Etcheson, author of Extraordinary Justice: Law, Politics, and the Khmer Rouge Tribunals[To Catch a Dictator] makes for great reading...an engrossing blow-by-blow account...provid[ing] fascinating insights into the nature of such an international legal coalition. -- Nicolas van de Walle * Foreign Affairs *An absorbing saga that raises a disturbing question: How do brutal fascists like Habre and other murderous heads of state evade a courtroom reckoning for so long after falling from power? -- Steve Levingston * The Washington Post *Catchy, easy to read and inspiring...Brody is a natural storyteller. -- Mia Swart, Edge Hill University * African Yearbook *Table of ContentsForeword, by Jacqueline MoudeïnaProloguePart I. Hissène Habré, an “African Pinochet”1. Souleymane Guengueng2. Hissène Habré3. The Pinochet Precedent4. A President Can Be ProsecutedPart II. Building the Case5. Politics Enters the Picture6. The Terror Files7. A Grenade Attack8. Justice Comes to Chad9. A Banana Republic?10. Reed Brody’s Schedule11. Habré Is Indicted, Again12. The Caliph13. A Senegalese Merchant14. “Reed Bloody, a Hateful Jew”15. Habrémania16. Habrécadabra17. The Trade Union of Heads of State18. “On Behalf of Africa”Part III. Building a Court19. Mr. X20. La France21. Panic in Chad22. An “Insider” Witness23. “Hope Is the Last Thing to Vanish”24. A Bizarre Decision25. Backlash26. “A Political and Legal Soap Opera”27. “Hurricane Mimi”28. “President Habré Has Been Kidnapped”29. A Trial in ChadPart IV. The Trial of Hissène Habré30. Two Heart Attacks31. Round One to Habré32. “You Will Be Tried Whether You Like It or Not”33. “From the Victims I Ask for Forgiveness”34. Khadidja Tells Her Secret35. The Man Who Runs Faster Than Death36. Souleymane Testifies37. The Verdict Is AnnouncedEpilogueAcknowledgmentsIndex
£69.26
MO - University of Illinois Press Nursing Civil Rights Gender and Race in the Army
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewLavinia L. Dock Award for Exemplary Historical Research Writing, American Association for the History of Nursing, 2017. "Particularly strong in the themes of civil rights and gender equality and adds important information on subjects that have been traditionally underrepresented in academic literature. Threat has made a substantial contribution to this important subject and has started a stimulating discussion."--Susan Malka, author of Daring to Care: American Nursing and Second Wave Feminism"This book links nurses’ struggles to broader drives for racial and gender justice. Highly recommended."--Choice"Charissa J. Threat accomplishes her purpose of broadening our thinking about discrimination history beyond race and gender to economic rights and labor as part of an equal rights agenda. . . . Threat effectively threads her argument, that although race and gender were key Civil Rights forces, labor and economics were also critical in shaping the agenda. . . . She effectively uses nursing, as should other scholars, to understand broader social and political issues." --Journal of the History of Medicine"Charissa J. Threat offers an original way to view the struggles of professional black women and white men in nursing. . . . This book is more than a history of two groups struggling for acceptance in the cultures and politics of professional nursing and the military. Threat's discussion about the complexities surrounding the concept of equality allows the reader to consider larger societal issues about inclusion."--American Historical Review"By combining narratives of African American women and white men and analyzing the Army Nurse Corps' policies regarding both race and gender, Threat links together gender and racial equality to provide a new framework in which to understand the 1960s civil rights movement. . . . Threat's arguments make Nursing Civil Rights an important work in understanding the gender and racial structure of the Army Nurse Corps in the 1960s and 1970s."--Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"A welcome amendment to the history of nursing in the United States. . . . Threat's examination of nursing's organizational evolution yields new insights about the racial politics of alliance and division."--Women's Review of Books"This book offers new insight into American history, and adds an important perspective to existing works on nursing history by Sarnecky, Vuic, and Hine. This excellent book will appeal to scholars and teachers of medicine and nursing history, military history, and civil rights and gender."--Bulletin of the History of Medicine"A fascinating study of how nurses, black and white, men and women, fought for economic opportunities within the military."--Pacific Historical Review "Nursing Civil Rights illuminates thoroughly the issues of racial and gender inclusion in the US military." --The Journal of African American History "Nursing Civil Rights skillfully links African American and male nurses’ efforts to integrate the military nursing corps to a broader history of struggles for racial and sexual equality in the early- and mid-twentieth century. This book makes a clear case that social change, wars, and the military are intimately connected."--Kara Dixon Vuic, author of Officer, Nurse, Woman: The Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War "Nursing Civil Rights tells the untold story of how the United States’ Army Nurse Corps, a profoundly conservative institution, came to represent real racial and gendered diversity--still elusive in both our society and in other branches of the armed services. Yet, this well documented and reasoned book does more. It uses the Army Nurse Corps as an example of the complicated intersections of race, gender, Cold War politics, and the quest of some women and men for social justice and equality. Nursing Civil Rights will be invaluable not only for those who want to understand the radicalized and gendered structure of our health care institutions, but also the culture within which we all live and work."--Patricia D'Antonio, author of American Nursing: A History of Knowledge, Authority, and the Meaning of Work
£77.35
MO - University of Illinois Press Recovering Subversion Feminist Politics beyond
Book SynopsisPresents a feminist analysis of Indian issues that goes past rights to get to justice. This work explores the relationship between law and feminist politics, by examining the contemporary Indian women's movement with comparisons to France and the United States.Trade Review"Menon unpacks the practical difficulties, the ideological contradictions, and the political impasses that have accompanied the Indian women's movement's attempts to deal with questions of violence, abortion, rape, and parliamentary representation. The result is a very important and provocative piece of scholarship that will help feminists everywhere think through the complexities of gender, citizenship, and rights in today's world."--Ania Loomba, Catherine Bryson Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania"Nivedita Menon is among the most interesting intellectuals writing in the Indian academy today. This collection of her essays has been long awaited, and the final product is thought-provoking, energetic, and a pleasure to read. A work of such a high order of intelligence and theoretical sophistication is a rare thing." --Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, Professorial Fellow, Wolfson College and Reader in English, University of Oxford
£19.79
University of Illinois Press Black Power in the Belly of the Beast
Book SynopsisThe first serious study of the diverse organizations associated with the resurgence of Black nationalism in the 1960sTrade Review"[Black Power in the Belly of the Beast] is compelling because it rehearses the dominant recitation foraged from contemporary Black Power manifestos, interviews, documentaries, and the autobiographies which followed."--Journal of African American History
£19.79
MO - University of Illinois Press The Political Use of Racial Narratives School Desegregation in Mobile Alabama 195497
Book SynopsisExploring who benefits and who pays when different narratives of race compete for acceptanceTrade Review"A splendid analysis of how racial narratives can influence the public's support for or opposition to school desegregation. . . . Pride's work is a virtually flawless product of painstaking research. Moreover, his innovative examination of the impact of narratives makes his book valuable for students and researchers in the social sciences."--American Historical Review"A rich and interesting account of local political struggles in Mobile, Alabama, starting in 1954, against federally imposed school desegregation. . . . This book is a valuable contribution to the field both conceptually in terms of our understanding of the political power of the narrative, and in terms of historical detail."--Ethnic and Racial Studies
£19.79
University of Illinois Press The Political Geographies of Pregnancy
Book SynopsisA searing study of how modern reproductive politics shapes women's bodily agencyTrade Review"Neatly reviews many of the major dramas and dilemmas that, thirty years after the federalization of women's 'choice,' continue to bedevil policymakers and ordinary people. But it also moved me, and will move others, to wake up and test its conclusions."--Rickie Solinger, Women's Review of Books"The Political Geographies of Pregnancy is an important challenge to the rush to accept technological breakthroughs as progress. It depends on how they are practiced and who has authority."--Barbara Burrell, Rhetoric and Public Affairs
£19.79
MO - University of Illinois Press Detroits Cold War
Book Synopsis Detroit''s Cold War locates the roots of American conservatism in a city that was a nexus of labor and industry in postwar America. Drawing on meticulous archival research focusing on Detroit, Colleen Doody shows how conflict over business values and opposition to labor, anticommunism, racial animosity, and religion led to the development of a conservative ethos in the aftermath of World War II. Using Detroit--with its large population of African-American and Catholic immigrant workers, strong union presence, and starkly segregated urban landscape--as a case study, Doody articulates a nuanced understanding of anticommunism during the Red Scare. Looking beyond national politics, she focuses on key debates occurring at the local level among a wide variety of common citizens. In examining this city''s social and political fabric, Doody illustrates that domestic anticommunism was a cohesive, multifaceted ideology that arose less from Soviet ideologTrade Review "Colleen Doody agrees with those scholars who see a contested New Deal liberalism and a powerful conservation before the latter's flowering in the 1970s. Her most important contribution is to show how 'the ideas that became central to this [conservative] movement developed at a grassroots level much earlier.'"--Labour/Le Travail "[A] well-written, and solidly researched book. Detroil's Cold War is highly recommended. It will be useful in undergraduate courses, and is an important contribution to the emerging scholarship on the rise of conservatism in twentieth century America."--American Catholic Studies "Detroit's Cold War is a concise, clearly written, and sensibly organized book. It highlights important trends in the United States that have yet to run their course."--The Michigan Historical Review"Colleen Doody's insightful study of Cold War Detroit introduces readers to a profoundly conservative political history that maps onto and intersects with the history of labor radicalism in the Motor City."--American Historical Review "Urban historians and historians of conservatism will. . . value the detailed research on the varied dimensions of anticommunist politics in the heart of a New Deal protégé."--The Journal of American History "An important and well-timed book. Doody's rich historical analysis helps to situate the contemporary mistrust and criticism toward unions, collective action, and the welfare state throughout the USA."--Labor Studies Journal "Colleen Doody makes the important argument that deep-seated social and political conflicts--which were not always linked to the actual communist movement--produced the extraordinary wave of anticommunism that gripped the country during the decade after World War II."--Joshua B. Freeman, author of Working-Class New York: Life and Labor Since World War II
£17.99
Indiana University Press AntiZionism on Campus
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAnti-Zionism on Campus is a tour de force. It accurately exposes the depth of anti-Israel bias on campuses (primarily in the U.S., but with several insightful chapters also focusing on the British, Australian, Canadian, and South African campus climate). It also underscores the high price and personal risk that comes with taking on this rising tide of anti-Zionism. * Legal Insurrection *Though these testimonials acknowledge that free academic inquiry can—and should—include criticism of any nation's policies, the writers make a persuasive case that the BDS movement is a dangerous amalgam of speech suppression and thinly veiled anti-Semitism. . . . Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction and Overview: The Silencing / Andrew Pessin and Doron Ben-AtarI. Scholars' Essays1. BDS and Self-Righteous Moralists / Dan Avnon2. Consensus, Canadian Trade Unions, and Intellectuals for Hamas / Julien Bauer3. Bullies at the Pulpit / Doron Ben-Atar4. A Traumatic Professorial Education: Anti-Zionism and Homophobia in a Serial Campus Hate Crime / Corinne E. Blackmer5. Slouching Toward the City That Never Stops: How a Left-Orientalist Anti-Israel Faculty Tour Forced Me to Say Something (Big Mistake!) / Gabriel Noah Brahm6. On Radio Silence and the Video That Saved the Day: The Attack Against Prof. Dubnov at the University of California San Diego, 2012 / Shlomo Dubnov7. Fraser vs UCU: A Personal Reflection / Ronnie Fraser8. If You Are Not With Us : The National Women's Studies Association and Israel / Janet Freedman9. Rhodes University: Not a Home for All: A Progressive Zionist's Two-Year Odyssey / Larissa Klazinga10. Loud and Fast versus Slow and Quiet: Responses to Anti-Israel Activism on Campus / Jeffrey Kopstein11. A Controversy at Harvard / Martin Kramer12. Attempts to Exclude Pro-Israel Views from Progressive Discourse: Some Case Studies from Australia / Philip Mendes13. Anti-Israel Antisemitism in England / Richard Millett14. Conspiracy Pedagogy on Campus: BDS Advocacy, Antisemitism, and Academic Freedom / Cary Nelson15. When Did We Abandon Academic Integrity for Academic Freedom? / Denise Nussbaum16. BDS and Zionophobic Racism / Judea Pearl17. Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at the University of Texas, Austin: Anti-Zionists on the Attack / Ami Pedahzur and Andrew Pessin18. Col. Richard Kemp at the University of Sydney, Australia 11 March 2015 / Jan Poddebsky, Peter Keeda, and Clive Kessler19. "Oh! Now I've Got You!": In the Sights of Anti-Israelists at The Claremont Colleges / Yaron Raviv20. The Magic of Myth: Fashioning the BDS Narrative in the New Anthropology / David M. Rosen21. Retaliation: The High Price of Speaking Out about Campus Antisemitism and What It Means for Jewish Students / Tammi Rossman-Benjamin22. A Field Geologist in Politicized Terrain / Jill S. Schneiderman23. Fanatical Anti-Zionism and the Degradation of the University: What I Have Learned in Buffalo / Ernest Sternberg24. What is it Like to be an (Assertive) Israeli Academic Abroad? / Elhanan YakiraII. Students' Essays25. A Wake-Up Call at the University of Michigan / Jesse Arm26. On Leaving UCLA Due to Hostile and Unsafe Campus Climate / Milan Chatterjee27. BDS and Antisemitism at Stanford University / Molly Horwitz28. On Being Pro-Israel, and Jewish, at Oberlin College / Eliana Kohn29. Battling Anti-Zionism at CUNY John Jay College / Tomer Kornfeld30. Students for Justice in Palestine at Brown University / Jared Samilow31. Battling Anti-Zionism at the University of Missouri / Daniel SwindellIII. Concluding Thoughts32. Inconclusive, Unscientific Postscript: On the Purpose of the University, and a Ray of Hope / Andrew PessinIndex
£32.40
Indiana University Press AntiZionism on Campus
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAnti-Zionism on Campus is a tour de force. It accurately exposes the depth of anti-Israel bias on campuses (primarily in the U.S., but with several insightful chapters also focusing on the British, Australian, Canadian, and South African campus climate). It also underscores the high price and personal risk that comes with taking on this rising tide of anti-Zionism. * Legal Insurrection *Though these testimonials acknowledge that free academic inquiry can—and should—include criticism of any nation's policies, the writers make a persuasive case that the BDS movement is a dangerous amalgam of speech suppression and thinly veiled anti-Semitism. . . . Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction and Overview: The Silencing / Andrew Pessin and Doron Ben-AtarI. Scholars' Essays1. BDS and Self-Righteous Moralists / Dan Avnon2. Consensus, Canadian Trade Unions, and Intellectuals for Hamas / Julien Bauer3. Bullies at the Pulpit / Doron Ben-Atar4. A Traumatic Professorial Education: Anti-Zionism and Homophobia in a Serial Campus Hate Crime / Corinne E. Blackmer5. Slouching Toward the City That Never Stops: How a Left-Orientalist Anti-Israel Faculty Tour Forced Me to Say Something (Big Mistake!) / Gabriel Noah Brahm6. On Radio Silence and the Video That Saved the Day: The Attack Against Prof. Dubnov at the University of California San Diego, 2012 / Shlomo Dubnov7. Fraser vs UCU: A Personal Reflection / Ronnie Fraser8. If You Are Not With Us : The National Women's Studies Association and Israel / Janet Freedman9. Rhodes University: Not a Home for All: A Progressive Zionist's Two-Year Odyssey / Larissa Klazinga10. Loud and Fast versus Slow and Quiet: Responses to Anti-Israel Activism on Campus / Jeffrey Kopstein11. A Controversy at Harvard / Martin Kramer12. Attempts to Exclude Pro-Israel Views from Progressive Discourse: Some Case Studies from Australia / Philip Mendes13. Anti-Israel Antisemitism in England / Richard Millett14. Conspiracy Pedagogy on Campus: BDS Advocacy, Antisemitism, and Academic Freedom / Cary Nelson15. When Did We Abandon Academic Integrity for Academic Freedom? / Denise Nussbaum16. BDS and Zionophobic Racism / Judea Pearl17. Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at the University of Texas, Austin: Anti-Zionists on the Attack / Ami Pedahzur and Andrew Pessin18. Col. Richard Kemp at the University of Sydney, Australia 11 March 2015 / Jan Poddebsky, Peter Keeda, and Clive Kessler19. "Oh! Now I've Got You!": In the Sights of Anti-Israelists at The Claremont Colleges / Yaron Raviv20. The Magic of Myth: Fashioning the BDS Narrative in the New Anthropology / David M. Rosen21. Retaliation: The High Price of Speaking Out about Campus Antisemitism and What It Means for Jewish Students / Tammi Rossman-Benjamin22. A Field Geologist in Politicized Terrain / Jill S. Schneiderman23. Fanatical Anti-Zionism and the Degradation of the University: What I Have Learned in Buffalo / Ernest Sternberg24. What is it Like to be an (Assertive) Israeli Academic Abroad? / Elhanan YakiraII. Students' Essays25. A Wake-Up Call at the University of Michigan / Jesse Arm26. On Leaving UCLA Due to Hostile and Unsafe Campus Climate / Milan Chatterjee27. BDS and Antisemitism at Stanford University / Molly Horwitz28. On Being Pro-Israel, and Jewish, at Oberlin College / Eliana Kohn29. Battling Anti-Zionism at CUNY John Jay College / Tomer Kornfeld30. Students for Justice in Palestine at Brown University / Jared Samilow31. Battling Anti-Zionism at the University of Missouri / Daniel SwindellIII. Concluding Thoughts32. Inconclusive, Unscientific Postscript: On the Purpose of the University, and a Ray of Hope / Andrew PessinIndex
£74.70
Indiana University Press African Cinema and Human Rights
Book SynopsisAfrican Cinema and Human Rights is an interdisciplinary look at the role of moving images in human rights struggles through the lens of African cinema.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Filmmaking on the African Continent: On the Centrality of Human Rights Thinking / Mette Hjort and Eva JørholtPart I: Perspectives 1. Human Rights, Africa, and Film: A Cautionary Tale / Mark Gibney2. African Cinema: Perspective Correction / Rod Stoneman3. Africa's Gift to the World: An Interview with Gaston Kaboré / Rod Stoneman4. Toward New African Languages of Protest: African Documentary Films and Human Rights / Alessandro Jedlowski5. Challenging Perspectives: An Interview with Jean-Marie Teno / Melissa Thackway6. In Defense of Human Rights Filmmaking: A Response to the Skeptics, Based on Kenyan Examples / Mette Hjort7. The Zanzibar International Film Festival and Its Children Panorama: Using Films to Socialize Human Rights into the Educational Sector and a Wider Public Sphere / Martin MhandoPart II: Cases8. Ousmane Sembène's Moolaadé: Peoples' Rights vs Human Rights / Samba Gadjigo9. Haile Gerima's Harvest: 3000 Years in the Context of an Evolving Language of Human Rights / Ashish Rajadhyaksha10. Abducted Twice? Difret (2015) and Schoolgirl Killer (1999) / Tim Bergfelder11. Timbuktu and "L'homme de haine" / Kenneth Harrow12. Beats of the Antonov: A Counter-narrative of Endurance and Survival / N. Frank Ukadike13. Human Rights Issues in the Nigerian Films October 1 and Black November / Osakue Stevenson Omoera14. The Anti-Ecstasy of Human Rights: A Foray into Queer Cinema on "Homophobic Africa" / John Erni15. Refugees from Globalization: "Clandestine" African Migration to Europe in a Human (Rights) Perspective / Eva JørholtIndex
£71.10
Indiana University Press African Cinema and Human Rights
Book SynopsisAfrican Cinema and Human Rights is an interdisciplinary look at the role of moving images in human rights struggles through the lens of African cinema.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Filmmaking on the African Continent: On the Centrality of Human Rights Thinking / Mette Hjort and Eva JørholtPart I: Perspectives 1. Human Rights, Africa, and Film: A Cautionary Tale / Mark Gibney2. African Cinema: Perspective Correction / Rod Stoneman3. Africa's Gift to the World: An Interview with Gaston Kaboré / Rod Stoneman4. Toward New African Languages of Protest: African Documentary Films and Human Rights / Alessandro Jedlowski5. Challenging Perspectives: An Interview with Jean-Marie Teno / Melissa Thackway6. In Defense of Human Rights Filmmaking: A Response to the Skeptics, Based on Kenyan Examples / Mette Hjort7. The Zanzibar International Film Festival and Its Children Panorama: Using Films to Socialize Human Rights into the Educational Sector and a Wider Public Sphere / Martin MhandoPart II: Cases8. Ousmane Sembène's Moolaadé: Peoples' Rights vs Human Rights / Samba Gadjigo9. Haile Gerima's Harvest: 3000 Years in the Context of an Evolving Language of Human Rights / Ashish Rajadhyaksha10. Abducted Twice? Difret (2015) and Schoolgirl Killer (1999) / Tim Bergfelder11. Timbuktu and "L'homme de haine" / Kenneth Harrow12. Beats of the Antonov: A Counter-narrative of Endurance and Survival / N. Frank Ukadike13. Human Rights Issues in the Nigerian Films October 1 and Black November / Osakue Stevenson Omoera14. The Anti-Ecstasy of Human Rights: A Foray into Queer Cinema on "Homophobic Africa" / John Erni15. Refugees from Globalization: "Clandestine" African Migration to Europe in a Human (Rights) Perspective / Eva JørholtIndex
£26.99
Indiana University Press New Critical Spaces in Transitional Justice
Book SynopsisGathering work from contributors in international law, political science, sociology, and history, New Critical Spaces in Transitional Justice explains current trends in responses to post-conflict and post-authoritarian nations and offers original empirical research to help define the field for the future.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Reconceptualizing Transitional Justice: Exploring the Nexus between Agency and Spatiality / Arnaud Kurze and Christopher K. Lamont Part I: Art, Activism and Politics: Redefining Space in Transitional Justice 1. Borrowing Achilles' Armor: The Political Afterlife of Former Transitional Justice Mechanisms / Marcos Zunino 2. The Site and Sights of Transitional Justice: Art at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg /Eliza Garnsey 3. Youth Activism, Art and Transitional Justice: Emerging Spaces of Memory After the Jasmine Revolution / Arnaud Kurze Part II: Civil Society, Gender and Transitions: Emerging Spaces and Victimhood 4. Gendered PostConflict Justice: Male Survivors of Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda / Philipp Schulz 5. Claiming Space: Advocacy for Gender Justice in Cambodia / Katharina Behmer 6. The Question of Gender Inclusiveness of BottomUp Strategies in Bosnia and Herzegovina Caterina Bonora Part III: Spatiality, Temporality and the State 7. Libya in Transition: Spaces for Justice After Qadhafi / Christopher K. Lamont 8. Navigating the Narrow Spaces for Transitional Justice in Iraq / Mieczysław P. Boduszyński9. Accountability in Syria: What are the Options? / Iva Vukusic10. Dignity for the Defeated: Recognizing the "Other" in PostYugoslav Commemorative Practices / Vjeran PavlakovićConclusion: Practicing Critical Transitional Justice and the Road Ahead / Arnaud Kurze and Christopher K. LamontBibliographyIndex
£52.20
Indiana University Press New Critical Spaces in Transitional Justice
Book SynopsisGathering work from contributors in international law, political science, sociology, and history, New Critical Spaces in Transitional Justice explains current trends in responses to post-conflict and post-authoritarian nations and offers original empirical research to help define the field for the future.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Reconceptualizing Transitional Justice: Exploring the Nexus between Agency and Spatiality / Arnaud Kurze and Christopher K. Lamont Part I: Art, Activism and Politics: Redefining Space in Transitional Justice 1. Borrowing Achilles' Armor: The Political Afterlife of Former Transitional Justice Mechanisms / Marcos Zunino 2. The Site and Sights of Transitional Justice: Art at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg /Eliza Garnsey 3. Youth Activism, Art and Transitional Justice: Emerging Spaces of Memory After the Jasmine Revolution / Arnaud Kurze Part II: Civil Society, Gender and Transitions: Emerging Spaces and Victimhood 4. Gendered PostConflict Justice: Male Survivors of Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda / Philipp Schulz 5. Claiming Space: Advocacy for Gender Justice in Cambodia / Katharina Behmer 6. The Question of Gender Inclusiveness of BottomUp Strategies in Bosnia and Herzegovina Caterina Bonora Part III: Spatiality, Temporality and the State 7. Libya in Transition: Spaces for Justice After Qadhafi / Christopher K. Lamont 8. Navigating the Narrow Spaces for Transitional Justice in Iraq / Mieczysław P. Boduszyński9. Accountability in Syria: What are the Options? / Iva Vukusic10. Dignity for the Defeated: Recognizing the "Other" in PostYugoslav Commemorative Practices / Vjeran PavlakovićConclusion: Practicing Critical Transitional Justice and the Road Ahead / Arnaud Kurze and Christopher K. LamontBibliographyIndex
£22.49
Indiana University Press Class Race and the Civil Rights Movement
Book SynopsisRace, Class, and the Civil Rights Movement is a unique sociohistorical analysis of the civil rights movement. In it Jack M. Bloom analyzes the interaction between the economy and political systems in the South, which led to racial stratification.Trade ReviewBooks that significantly reorient fields of study are rare. Class, Race, and the Civil Rights Movement, did that for the study of the civil rights movement when if first appeared in 1987. Rarer still are books that seem just as relevant 40 years later. As the new material in the 2nd edition of the makes clear, this edition belongs in this second select group as well. -- William Bryce * Against the Current *Table of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionIntroductionI. The Changing Political Economy of Racism1. The Political Economy of Southern Racism2. The Old Order Changes3. 1948: The Opening of the Breach4. The Splitting of the Solid SouthII. The Black Movement5. The Defeat of White Power and the Emergence of the "New Negro" in the South6. The Second Wave7. Ghetto Revolts, Black Power, and the Limits of the Civil Rights Coalition8. Class and Race: A RetrospectiveNotesBibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Class Race and the Civil Rights Movement
Book SynopsisRace, Class, and the Civil Rights Movement is a unique sociohistorical analysis of the civil rights movement. In it Jack M. Bloom analyzes the interaction between the economy and political systems in the South, which led to racial stratification.Trade ReviewBooks that significantly reorient fields of study are rare. Class, Race, and the Civil Rights Movement, did that for the study of the civil rights movement when if first appeared in 1987. Rarer still are books that seem just as relevant 40 years later. As the new material in the 2nd edition of the makes clear, this edition belongs in this second select group as well. -- William Bryce * Against the Current *Table of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionIntroductionI. The Changing Political Economy of Racism1. The Political Economy of Southern Racism2. The Old Order Changes3. 1948: The Opening of the Breach4. The Splitting of the Solid SouthII. The Black Movement5. The Defeat of White Power and the Emergence of the "New Negro" in the South6. The Second Wave7. Ghetto Revolts, Black Power, and the Limits of the Civil Rights Coalition8. Class and Race: A RetrospectiveNotesBibliographyIndex
£56.10
Indiana University Press Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This impressive volume indexes the historical, political, and cultural roles played by African women documentarians from North and West Africa. The editors and featured authors brilliantly tackle a wide array of topics, from marginalization and violence to female subjectivity and human rights, and in the process, they recalibrate the parameters of the documentary genre itself. This is a crucial and welcome intervention in the wider field of postcolonial cinema—strongly recommended!"—Vlad Dima, Syracuse University"Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is an important contribution to the burgeoning sub-discipline of African Women in Cinema Studies as well as the ever-growing discourse in women's film studies and scholarship on African cinema that include African women filmmakers' experiences. The contributors draw from an eclectic selection of films, which allows both the novice readership and those seasoned in the discipline to (re)discover the wide-ranging cinematic practice of African women documentarians."—Beti Ellerson, Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema"This groundbreaking anthology is an important contribution to the fields of African Studies, Francophone Studies, and Film and Media Studies. The essays within are each deeply researched and collectively wide-ranging, moving from ethnographic experiments of the 1970s to contemporary activist productions, from North to West to Central Africa. As interest in nonfictional narrative continues to build both within and outside of the academy, Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers charts a body of work that is vital to world cinema."—Rachel Gabara, University of Georgia"Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is an important contribution to the burgeoning sub-discipline of African Women in Cinema Studies as well as the ever-growing discourse in women's film studies and scholarship on African cinema that include African women filmmakers' experiences. The contributors draw from an eclectic selection of films, which allows both the novice readership and those seasoned in the discipline to (re)discover the wide-ranging cinematic practice of African women documentarians."—Beti Ellerson, Founder and Director, Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in CinemaTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Suzanne Crosta, Sada Niang, and Alexie Tcheuyap1. Documenting the Unseemly: Moroccan Women's Documentaries in the 2000s, by Florence Martin2. Outsiders on the Inside: Rokhaya Diallo's Les marches de la liberté as Activist Documentary, by Sheila Petty3. Challenging Documentary Practice: A Return to Safi Faye's Kaddu Beykat, by Melissa Thackway4. Revisiting the "Domestic Ethnography" Approach in Khady Sylla's Une Fenêtre ouverte, by El Hadji Moustapha Diop5. Tales of Colonels: Auteurship and Authority in Mama Colonel (2017) and This is Congo (2017), by Alexie Tcheuyap and Felix Veilleux6. Authorizing Reality in Leila Kilani's Our Forbidden Places (2008) and Kaouther Ben Hania's The Slasher of Tunis (2014), by Suzanne Gauch7. Documenting Tyranny: The Politics of Memory in Leila Kilani and Osvalde Lewat, by Herve Tchumkam8. Ecological Representations in African Women Documentaries, by Suzanne Crosta9. Looping the Loop: Rama Thiaw's The Revolution Won't Be Televised (2016), by Sada Niang10. Dancing with the Camera: Interview with Nadine Otsobogo, by Suzanne Crosta, Sada Niang, and Alexie TcheuyapIndex
£56.10
Indiana University Press Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This impressive volume indexes the historical, political, and cultural roles played by African women documentarians from North and West Africa. The editors and featured authors brilliantly tackle a wide array of topics, from marginalization and violence to female subjectivity and human rights, and in the process, they recalibrate the parameters of the documentary genre itself. This is a crucial and welcome intervention in the wider field of postcolonial cinema—strongly recommended!"—Vlad Dima, Syracuse University"Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is an important contribution to the burgeoning sub-discipline of African Women in Cinema Studies as well as the ever-growing discourse in women's film studies and scholarship on African cinema that include African women filmmakers' experiences. The contributors draw from an eclectic selection of films, which allows both the novice readership and those seasoned in the discipline to (re)discover the wide-ranging cinematic practice of African women documentarians."—Beti Ellerson, Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema"This groundbreaking anthology is an important contribution to the fields of African Studies, Francophone Studies, and Film and Media Studies. The essays within are each deeply researched and collectively wide-ranging, moving from ethnographic experiments of the 1970s to contemporary activist productions, from North to West to Central Africa. As interest in nonfictional narrative continues to build both within and outside of the academy, Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers charts a body of work that is vital to world cinema."—Rachel Gabara, University of Georgia"Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is an important contribution to the burgeoning sub-discipline of African Women in Cinema Studies as well as the ever-growing discourse in women's film studies and scholarship on African cinema that include African women filmmakers' experiences. The contributors draw from an eclectic selection of films, which allows both the novice readership and those seasoned in the discipline to (re)discover the wide-ranging cinematic practice of African women documentarians."—Beti Ellerson, Founder and Director, Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in CinemaTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Suzanne Crosta, Sada Niang, and Alexie Tcheuyap1. Documenting the Unseemly: Moroccan Women's Documentaries in the 2000s, by Florence Martin2. Outsiders on the Inside: Rokhaya Diallo's Les marches de la liberté as Activist Documentary, by Sheila Petty3. Challenging Documentary Practice: A Return to Safi Faye's Kaddu Beykat, by Melissa Thackway4. Revisiting the "Domestic Ethnography" Approach in Khady Sylla's Une Fenêtre ouverte, by El Hadji Moustapha Diop5. Tales of Colonels: Auteurship and Authority in Mama Colonel (2017) and This is Congo (2017), by Alexie Tcheuyap and Felix Veilleux6. Authorizing Reality in Leila Kilani's Our Forbidden Places (2008) and Kaouther Ben Hania's The Slasher of Tunis (2014), by Suzanne Gauch7. Documenting Tyranny: The Politics of Memory in Leila Kilani and Osvalde Lewat, by Herve Tchumkam8. Ecological Representations in African Women Documentaries, by Suzanne Crosta9. Looping the Loop: Rama Thiaw's The Revolution Won't Be Televised (2016), by Sada Niang10. Dancing with the Camera: Interview with Nadine Otsobogo, by Suzanne Crosta, Sada Niang, and Alexie TcheuyapIndex
£28.80
Indiana University Press Human Rights at the UN The Political History of
Book SynopsisProvides a political history of the emergence and development of the human rights movement in the 20th century through the crucible of the United Nations, focusing on the hopes and expectations, concrete power struggles, national rivalries, and bureaucratic politics that moulded the international system of human rights law.Trade ReviewInternational human rights law is based primarily on Western values and jurisprudence, but strong challenges from Asia and Africa have stimulated a lively debate over the issue. Thankfully, the current cultural gap has been bridged successfully by the team of Normand (Lahore Univ., Pakistan) and Zaidi (Center for Economic and Social Rights), who have produced an illuminating intellectual fusion. The authors carefully examine the historical background prior to WW II, and then distinguish between group and individual rights in the development of UN principles and covenants. They stress the lack of enforcement mechanisms, but praise the UN for giving birth to "the modern human rights regime." Not surprisingly, they blame the Cold War for the evident defects as the US and USSR were both reluctant to accept limitations on sovereignty. The end of the Cold War helped further the UN human rights agenda, but it still "remained dependent on voluntary state compliance with soft norms and policy targets." Normand and Zaidi are strongly critical of recent US policy, thus the latter sections of the book are increasingly polemical, but the authors do clearly announce that they are "human rights activists," not just scholars. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and up. -- A. Klinghoffer * Choice *International human rights law is based primarily on Western values and jurisprudence, but strong challenges from Asia and Africa have stimulated a lively debate over the issue. Thankfully, the current cultural gap has been bridged successfully by the team of Normand (Lahore Univ., Pakistan) and Zaidi (Center for Economic and Social Rights), who have produced an illuminating intellectual fusion. . . . Recommended.October 2008 -- A. Klinghoffer * Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden *. . . Normand and Zaidi have presented a quite readable account of the history of the UN human rights system, mostly providing a perspective on power relations . . . .January 2009 -- Klaas Dykmann * H-Soz-u-Kult, H-Net *. . . Zaidi and Normand, both human rights advocates for many years, have prepared a quite critical, readable and highly interesting book. . . January 2009 * History.Transnational *Overall, this volume is extremely well written, organized, and researched, and provides a comprehensive understanding of the development of human rights at the United Nations. September, 2009 * H-NET Reviews Humanities & Social Sciences *Table of ContentsContentsSeries Editors' Foreword by Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. WeissForeword by Richard A. FalkPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1. Human Rights Foundations in the First Half of the Twentieth Century1. First Expressions of International Human Rights Ideas2. The Decline of Human Rights between World Wars3. The Human Rights Crusade in World War II4. Human Rights Politics in the United Nations CharterPart 2. UN Negotiations and the Modern Human Rights Framework5. Laying the Human Rights Foundation6. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights7. The CovenantsPart 3. The Impact of Civil Society and Decolonization8. The Human Rights of Special Groups9. The Right to Development10. Looking at Human Rights since 1990 and in the FutureNotesIndexAbout the AuthorsAbout the United Nations Intellectual History Project
£25.19
Indiana University Press War of Words War of Stones Racial Thought and
Book SynopsisRace and racial thinking on the Swahili coastTrade ReviewThis book is painstakingly researched, providing a compelling portrait of the intricacies of Zanzibari politics in the post-independence period and the historical legacies that shaped those politics. Glassman's theorizing of race in relation to memory, nationalism, and modernity is provocative, raising questions that will certainly stimulate debate. * American Historical Review *This book is a well organized and well written account of Zanzibar's 'time of politics,' a period spanning from the first elections in 1957 until independence in 1963. A critical political and intellectual history, this book is required reading for anyone interested in Tanzania's history. It, moreover, is a valuable contribution to literature on racial thought and relations in Africa that will appeal widely to both scholars and students. * African Studies Quarterly *[Achieves] a valuable contribution to the study of political discourse, violence, and the organization of space and social relationships in Zanzibar. More generally . . . provide[s] interesting discussions of colonialism, power, identity politics and the ideology of modernization.Nov. 2012 * Africa *Highly recommended. * Choice *On the whole, the book is well researched and written, and presents the most comprehensive and rigorous study of popular and intellectual discourses on nationalist politics on the islands. . . . It is scrongly recommended to whoever wishes to understand Zanzibar's political history from colonial times to the present. * H-Africa / H-net *This book is a well-researched and thorough history of the racial and nationalist discourse during the Time of Politics in the Zanzibar Islands. . . . It is highly recommended for graduate-level courses on race, nationalism, identity, politics, and Zanzibar. * Islamic Africa *[This] book is first and foremost a political and cultural history of the last decade before independence, whose detailed and finely-depicted intricacies, grounded in numerous archival sources and interviews, are explored . . . War of Words, War of Stones is of interest not only to historians but also to sociologists, political scientists, and anthropologists interested in unravelling the threads of wide-scale violence.LIII (4) 212 2013 * Cahiers d'Etudes africaines *This book is a towering achievement. Glassman has gone a long way toward setting the record straight about the sources of racial animosity in late colonial Zanzibar. . . . [T]his immeasurbaly brilliant book . . . will provide a new benchmark for understanding Zanzibari political history. * Journal of Historical Geography *Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsNote on UsagePart 1. Introduction 1. Rethinking Race in the Colonial World 2. The Creation of a Racial StatePart 2. War of Words 3. A Secular Intelligentsia and the Origins of Exclusionary Ethnic Nationalism 4. Subaltern Intellectuals and the Rise of Racial Nationalism 5. Politics and Civil Society during the Newspaper WarsPart 3. War of Stones 6. Rumor, Race, and Crime 7. Violence as Racial Discourse 8. "June" as Chosen TraumaConclusion and Epilogue: Remaking RaceGlossaryNotesList of ReferencesIndex
£21.59
University of Notre Dame Press The Natural Rights Republic Studies in the
Book SynopsisRenowned political theorist Michael Zuckert examines the natural rights philosophy as expressed in sources like the Declaration of Independence, and aims to counter contemporary confusion by offering an insightful study of the concept that dominated the mindset of the founding generation of the United States.Trade Review"...highly intelligent and thoughtful.... There is much to praise in this book." —International Studies in Philosophy“In this important and engaging book . . . politicial theorist Michael P. Zuckert explores the central significance of the natural rights philosophy to the era of the American Revolution.” —American Historical Review“If a ‘real’ American is one who reasons exclusively from natural rights, then all ‘real’ Americans must presumably disavow utilitarianism and perhaps Kantianism as well—a provocative thesis to say the least. A broad implication of this book is that American political theory (from Jefferson up to Rawls and Nozick) is most essentially a history of attempts to articulate what it means to be an American. Zuckert nicely explains why natural rights figure so prominently in this history.” —Ethics"Zuckert's book is a powerful exposition of the most central political principles of the American founding. Its elegant articulation of its own thesis, together with its insightful analysis and critique of a wide variety of alternative views, makes it an extremely important contribution to debates on our national origins, which all serious students of the founding and of liberalism will have to confront." —First Things"Erudite, cogently argued, and beautifully written." —Choice“Zuckert’s arguments are clear, accessible, and make effective use of some fascinating historical documents. . . It offers an interesting and valuable historical context for the analysis of natural rights and their role in political society.” —Comptes rendus philosophiques (Philosophy in Review)“This study commands attention and stimulates disagreement.” —Journal of American Studies“The Natural Rights Republic contains many provocative ideas...Anyone who reads Zuckert’s book will learn much of value about the natural rights tradition in America.” —International Journal of the Classical Tradition“This book will likely come to be regarded as a magisterial treatment of the spiritual and theoretical underpinnings of the American founding. It should be read especially by those American Christians inclined to see their country’s founding principles as more Christian than they actually were.” —Calvin Theological Journal
£74.70
University of Notre Dame Press The Natural Rights Republic
Book SynopsisIn The Natural Rights Republic, renowned political theorist Michael P. Zuckert examines the natural rights philosophy as expressed in sources like the Declaration of Independence and aims to counter contemporary confusion by offering an insightful study of the concept that dominated the mindset of the founding generation of the United States.Trade Review"...highly intelligent and thoughtful.... There is much to praise in this book." —International Studies in Philosophy“In this important and engaging book . . . politicial theorist Michael P. Zuckert explores the central significance of the natural rights philosophy to the era of the American Revolution.” —American Historical Review“If a ‘real’ American is one who reasons exclusively from natural rights, then all ‘real’ Americans must presumably disavow utilitarianism and perhaps Kantianism as well—a provocative thesis to say the least. A broad implication of this book is that American political theory (from Jefferson up to Rawls and Nozick) is most essentially a history of attempts to articulate what it means to be an American. Zuckert nicely explains why natural rights figure so prominently in this history.” —Ethics"Zuckert's book is a powerful exposition of the most central political principles of the American founding. Its elegant articulation of its own thesis, together with its insightful analysis and critique of a wide variety of alternative views, makes it an extremely important contribution to debates on our national origins, which all serious students of the founding and of liberalism will have to confront." —First Things"Erudite, cogently argued, and beautifully written." —Choice“Zuckert’s arguments are clear, accessible, and make effective use of some fascinating historical documents. . . It offers an interesting and valuable historical context for the analysis of natural rights and their role in political society.” —Comptes rendus philosophiques (Philosophy in Review)“This study commands attention and stimulates disagreement.” —Journal of American Studies“The Natural Rights Republic contains many provocative ideas...Anyone who reads Zuckert’s book will learn much of value about the natural rights tradition in America.” —International Journal of the Classical Tradition“This book will likely come to be regarded as a magisterial treatment of the spiritual and theoretical underpinnings of the American founding. It should be read especially by those American Christians inclined to see their country’s founding principles as more Christian than they actually were.” —Calvin Theological Journal
£25.19
