Human rights, civil rights Books

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 —Choice“Zuckert’s arguments are clear, accessible, and make effective use of some fascinating historical documents.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

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Book SynopsisBioethicist Stephen G. Post argues that human beings are, by nature, inclined toward a presence in the universe that is higher than their own. In consequence, the institutions of everyday life are not justifed in censoring the spiritual and religious expression that arises from the human spirit.Trade Review"This is a well reasoned and clearly presented thesis that merits serious consideration by thoughtful readers. Recommended for academic and public libraries.” —Library Journal“It is long past time, Stephen Post persuasively argues, to stop tying ourselves into legal, philosophical, and psychological knots in trying to deny the obvious. The obvious is that people are, in maddeningly diverse ways, religious, and that the way people are is a public reality to be welcomed in order to make our common life more authentically human. This book both provokes and convinces.” —First Things"...Post has itegrated diverse sources into an inclusive argument."—Journal of Religion“Although Post’s conclusion is controversial... his premise is nonetheless compelling....” —ForeWord Magazine“… a provocative proposal … Post’s kind of public square would enable millions of Americans to speak where they have felt silenced, and to speak in their native tongue rather than an awkward second language.” —Journal of Church and State“Professor Post’s thought transcends sectarian boundaries by reason of his stress on the givens of human nature. His rigorous demonstration that by nature humanity should enjoy and exercise freedom of religious expression uncovers the foundations, in natural theology, for liberty — an important and urgent proposition. His book sets forth a strenuous argument on behalf of fundamental principles and demands a close reading.” —Jacob Neusner, Bard College“St. Augustine once wrote that our hearts will remain ‘restless till they find their rest in God.’ Stephen Post vindicates Augustine’s insight by mapping acutely our natural inclinations and intuitions of the divine. He also elaborates Augustine’s insight by arguing that our souls will become listless if they are forbidden to speak and our democracies will become feckless if they are forbidden to hear the public voices of religion. This is an elegant, erudite, and engaging meditation that brings the best of law, religion, and science into a rare and powerful combination.” —John Witte, Jr., Emory University"... sharply reasoned and passionate.... This is a boldly creative presentation, with a useful index and rigorous contemporary sourceing, underscoring its obvious relevance to current debates about the place of religious sentiment in the public square. ...this eclectic, reflective book will prove valuable to readers and researchers in religion, psychology, political science, and the law." —Choice"...this work represents a valuable contribution to the discussion of religious freedom, and will be appreciated by a wide audience. Using convincing evidence from medical and neurological studies, Post has demonstrated that religious inclination lies at the heart of what it means to be human."—Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith“This book is a valuable addition to the growing literature proposing promising alternatives to what has been called the naked public square.” —First Things“Stephen Post has done the culture a great favor. He has made religious liberty a question, not of who God is, but of who we are. And that is a question that people from many different traditions can all meaningfully engage. Agree with him or disagree with him about the finer points, you'll have to admit the debate over religion in public life will never be the same.” —Kevin J. “Seamus” Hasson, President of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty“...a commonsense critique...” —Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology, October 2003

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Book SynopsisBioethicist Stephen G. Post argues that human beings are, by nature, inclined toward a presence in the universe that is higher than their own. In consequence, the institutions of everyday life are not justifed in censoring the spiritual and religious expression that arises from the human spirit.Trade Review"This is a well reasoned and clearly presented thesis that merits serious consideration by thoughtful readers. Recommended for academic and public libraries.” —Library Journal“It is long past time, Stephen Post persuasively argues, to stop tying ourselves into legal, philosophical, and psychological knots in trying to deny the obvious. The obvious is that people are, in maddeningly diverse ways, religious, and that the way people are is a public reality to be welcomed in order to make our common life more authentically human. This book both provokes and convinces.” —First Things"...Post has itegrated diverse sources into an inclusive argument."—Journal of Religion“Although Post’s conclusion is controversial... his premise is nonetheless compelling....” —ForeWord Magazine“… a provocative proposal … Post’s kind of public square would enable millions of Americans to speak where they have felt silenced, and to speak in their native tongue rather than an awkward second language.” —Journal of Church and State“Professor Post’s thought transcends sectarian boundaries by reason of his stress on the givens of human nature. His rigorous demonstration that by nature humanity should enjoy and exercise freedom of religious expression uncovers the foundations, in natural theology, for liberty — an important and urgent proposition. His book sets forth a strenuous argument on behalf of fundamental principles and demands a close reading.” —Jacob Neusner, Bard College“St. Augustine once wrote that our hearts will remain ‘restless till they find their rest in God.’ Stephen Post vindicates Augustine’s insight by mapping acutely our natural inclinations and intuitions of the divine. He also elaborates Augustine’s insight by arguing that our souls will become listless if they are forbidden to speak and our democracies will become feckless if they are forbidden to hear the public voices of religion. This is an elegant, erudite, and engaging meditation that brings the best of law, religion, and science into a rare and powerful combination.” —John Witte, Jr., Emory University"... sharply reasoned and passionate.... This is a boldly creative presentation, with a useful index and rigorous contemporary sourceing, underscoring its obvious relevance to current debates about the place of religious sentiment in the public square. ...this eclectic, reflective book will prove valuable to readers and researchers in religion, psychology, political science, and the law." —Choice"...this work represents a valuable contribution to the discussion of religious freedom, and will be appreciated by a wide audience. Using convincing evidence from medical and neurological studies, Post has demonstrated that religious inclination lies at the heart of what it means to be human."—Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith“This book is a valuable addition to the growing literature proposing promising alternatives to what has been called the naked public square.” —First Things“Stephen Post has done the culture a great favor. He has made religious liberty a question, not of who God is, but of who we are. And that is a question that people from many different traditions can all meaningfully engage. Agree with him or disagree with him about the finer points, you'll have to admit the debate over religion in public life will never be the same.” —Kevin J. “Seamus” Hasson, President of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty“...a commonsense critique...” —Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology, October 2003

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Book SynopsisThis timely collection provides a theoretical understanding of human rights violations, corruption, political fragmentation, and reform in Columbia in the last forty years.Trade Review“Christopher Welna and Gustavo Gallon have assembled a first-rate group of authors to produce an unusually comprehensive analysis of Colombia's profound and complex problems. The chapters are cogently argued, packed with keen insight, and often buttressed by rich empirical data. They cover the gamut—from culture to drugs to political economy, institutional reform and US policy. It is impossible to come away from reading this superb volume without understanding that, whatever progress has been made in Colombia in recent years, the task of constructing an enduring peace and just society remains a formidable one.” —Michael Shifter, Vice President for Policy, Inter-American Dialogue"This excellent volume provides not only an introduction to the difficult issues of peace, democracy, and human rights in Colombia; it also offers a series of very intelligent and provocative discussions of these issues. The authors make use of a wide variety of primary and secondary sources that will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and the growing number of general readers interested in the direction of U.S. foreign policy." —John C. Dugas, Kalamazoo College“Welna and Gallón have admirably met the challenge put to them by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, who asked ‘What can a university in the United States do to help resolve Colombia's conflict?’ Bringing together clear-eyed analyses by the foremost Colombian and American scholars, they shed much-needed light on the root causes of the longest-running guerrilla war in this hemisphere. They provide a critical path to understanding Colombia's core political challenges, and in so doing they lay the groundwork for an eventual resolution to Latin America's costliest struggle for democracy.” —Anthony DePalma, The New York Times“Chapters in part 1, ‘Peace,’ ask why Colombia’s internal war has lasted so long and why peace efforts have not achieved peace. Part 2, ‘Democracy,’ deals with structural problems in Colombian government—the flawed 1991 constitutional and electoral reform in particular—and includes a chapter on organized crime from 1978 to 1998. Part 3, ‘Human Rights,’ contains essays arguing that human rights should not be subordinated to the war on drugs. . . . Recommended.” —Choice“Welna and Gallon present 11 papers . . . addressing such topics as the cultural contexts of conflict, changes in illicit drug organizations, political reform after 1991, the struggle for electoral reform, interactions between organized crime and the political system, and human rights effects of the 'War on Drugs.'” —Research Book News“Organized around the three themes in the title—the interlinked issues of peace, democracy and human rights—the volume explores such key topics of relevance to Colombian politics as the drug trade, the peace process, institutional reform and the effects of U.S. foreign policy. . . There continues to be a shortage of solid political science work of the topic of Colombia, despite its complexity and centrality to U.S. foreign policy, and this volume helps fill that gap. The presentation is such that the book can be is useful and accessible to academics, policymakers and the general public.” —The Americas“This collection of papers asks why Colombia’s peace efforts have failed to produce durable peace. Why has Colombia’s long-standing democracy experienced such glaring failures? Who should be accountable for the violence suffered by the Colombian people? This book tries to answer these questions, and delves deeply into the underlying politics and human rights issues in Colombia.” —Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment “The contributors to the book write on essential themes, such as institutional (especially electoral) reform, the politics of the narcotics trade, shifts and continuities in the US policy, and human rights. . . . The volume puts a particular stress on Plan Colombia. Its contributors argue convincingly that the rhetoric of an integrated approach to Colombian narco-violence was not acted upon. Resources were heavily concentrated in a counter-narcotics campaign that stressed the defeat of terrorism and undercutting the resource base of the guerrillas, together with the interdiction and penalisation of drugs, traffic, crop fumigation, and eradication.” —Bulletin of Latin American Research

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Book SynopsisThese essays explore the impact of religion and politics on human rights and violence in contemporary Latin America.Trade Review"This book makes an important and original contribution to the fields of religion and politics and to the study of human rights and violence in contemporary Latin America. Religion is treated seriously, by authors who really understand it. The book also brings fresh research and a long view to bear on its examination of civil violence and rights. Scholars and students in a range of disciplines—history, anthropology, sociology, political science, and religion—will find this book of great value." —Frances Hagopian, Harvard University"As the Middle East is today, so was Latin America for decades during the last century, with major stories on every front page and evening news program and with the role of the Church often front and center. Violence pervades much of the region today, especially in Central America, but one hears less of the role of religion now. This volume is a most welcome addition to the study of religion and human rights in the Americas and brings together excellent studies of less covered areas of the recent past and exciting treatments of the new roles of religion in today’s conflict areas." —Tom Quigley, former policy advisor on Latin America and the Caribbean to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops"A generation or two ago, the image of church people faced with state-sponsored violence in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Central America prompted numerous studies and inspired many to organize and march. This collection sheds new light on those familiar stories and examines the perplexing violence of the present and responses to it, such as pentecostal prison ministry in Brazil and church groups assisting migrants fleeing through Mexico. Each study, whether local, national, or regional, is a treasure; they are enhanced by thematic surveys that bring fresh insight for a new generation of scholars and readers." —Phillip Berryman, author of Religion in the Megacity: Catholic and Protestant Portraits from Latin America"Religious Responses to Violence contains 15 chapters by experts on Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. They cover the history of Latin America from the mid-twentieth century to the present—roughly from Vatican II to Pope Francis and from the early development of Evangelical churches to their current prominence in communities and politics. . . . Anyone involved in that great movement will benefit from reading Religious Responses to Violence." —Friends Journal“The book begins with the paradox that ‘modern Latin America is both notably violent and notably religious’ and ends with the empirically based conclusion about ‘the unique qualities of religious as a social force against violence.’ . . . Religious actors play an ongoing and irreplaceable role in acting as an antidote to the universal hold of justice as a revenge seeking lex talionis that so far has been noticed by a few anthropological studies but not the public eye. Religious Responses to Violence is not an easy to read primer. But it’s a necessary one.” —Catholic Book Reviews“The 15 contributions reveal the multiple and at times conflicting responses from churches that range from active non-violence to challenging state violence, accompanying popular mobilizations, supporting development projects, and taking up arms in support of revolutionary movements. The volume makes a key contribution to understanding religion in contemporary Latin America.” —Choice“This book has much to offer. Featuring scholars from different disciplines, it presents a wonderful account of historical events and analysis of what Latin Americans had experienced during the political and social turbulence of the region from the 1970s to the present times . . . the topics complement each other and are relevant to anyone working on this issue today.” —Theological Studies

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Book SynopsisThis collection of works by Burroughs illuminates her views on religion, society, black womanhood, and social justice and restores the spotlight to an integral African American theologian, philosopher, activist, and intellectual.Trade Review"As Kelisha Graves posits, most of the existing black women's historical, intellectual, and religious scholarship offers limited insight (if any) into the views and ideas of Nannie Helen Burroughs, despite her views and published writings on wide-ranging, important topics from democracy and human rights to gender and social justice. This volume offers the first compilation of Burroughs's scattered writings in a single text, ensuring them a more central role in future historical feminist, religious, and social justice narratives." —Sharon Harley, University of Maryland"Kelisha Graves's Nannie Helen Burroughs makes a valuable contribution to the field of black intellectual thought by providing a different analytical framework for those scholars studying African American women activists against Jim Crow's oppression and for civil rights for all people." —Linda D. Tomlinson, Fayetteville State University“Graves suggests that Burroughs has earned a place alongside some of the great thought leaders on Civil Rights. Her wide circle of acquaintances included everyone from famous educator Mary McLeod Bethune to Martin Luther King Jr., whose parents she knew well from her extensive work with the National Baptist Convention.” —The Fayetteville Observer"In a public career that spanned six decades, the educator and civil rights activist Nannie Helen Burroughs was a leading voice in the African American community. . . . In this collection of documents, the historian Kelisha B. Graves focuses on Burroughs’s published writings on race and racism, women’s rights, and social justice. . . . Graves has raised interesting questions about ambiguities in the black protest movement in the first half of the twentieth century." —The Journal of American History"This is a tremendous scholarly reintroduction of Nannie Helen Burroughs as a black thinker, a civil rights activist, and a race woman. It not only makes a substantial contribution to black intellectual history, but provides invaluable resources to black historians and black political theorists looking to theorize black women anew." —Tommy J. Curry, University of Edinburgh

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Book SynopsisFrom Revolution to Power in Brazil: How Radical Leftists Embraced Capitalism and Struggled with Leadership examines terrorism from a new angle. Kenneth Serbin portrays a generation of Brazilian resistance fighters and militants struggling to rebuild their lives after suffering torture and military defeat by the harsh dictatorship that took control with the support of the United States in 1964, exiting in 1985.Based on two decades of research and more than three hundred hours of interviews with former members of the revolutionary organization National Liberating Action, Serbin's is the first book to bring the story of Brazil's long night of dictatorship into the present. It explores Brazil's status as an emerging global capitalist giant and its unique contributions and challenges in the social arena. The book concludes with the rise of ex-militants to positions of power in a capitalist democracyand how they confronted both old and new challenges posed by BraziliaTrade Review“This is a thorough, balanced, and beautifully written account of the progression of the Brazilian left over the past fifty years. This book presents a compelling account, unique in its virtues. The scholarship is outstanding. Kenneth Serbin calls on a vast compendium of secondary sources, previously untapped primary sources, and his own extensive oral histories of key figures in this process.” —Bryan McCann, Georgetown University“From Revolution to Power in Brazil provides a lavishly detailed chronicle of the guerrillas and revolutionaries who rose to the pinnacle of Brazil’s political system only to fall from grace and find their quest for power questioned by robust institutions. As Brazil grapples once again with threats to its democratic advances, this book is essential reading for understanding how political power functions in Latin America’s largest country.” —Simon Romero, New York Times"Kenneth Serbin is one of the most eminent historians of Brazil working today. His previous books have illuminated key aspects of this country’s recent past, especially during the dark dictatorship period. This volume adds to this accumulated knowledge, by unveiling how some relevant actors in the Brazilian political arena evolved from the military to the democratic periods. Always using a fluid and gracious style and following the strictest academic precision, Serbin helps us to better understand our society and ourselves." —Carlos Eduardo Lins da Silva, Insper Institute of Education and Research“Using collective biography, [Serbin] tells the story of nine activists who moved into position in the political system. . . . This is a valuable study providing insight into the unique political system of present-day Brazil.” —Choice"From Revolution to Power in Brazil is important for understanding the life trajectories of former militants who survived military rule in Brazil, and it offers new pathways for thinking about activism and dissent under dictatorship and transition politics." —Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies“This tribute to the legacy of a generation of courageous activists, in a country that sees itself once again defending its fragile democracy against a powerful authoritarian resurgence, would be enough to make From Revolution to Power in Brazil mandatory reading, regardless of disagreements that are bound to arise around the study of such sensitive and timely topics.” —American Historical Review“Serbin . . . offers readers what is likely to become a new classic in the area. From Revolution to Power in Brazil is indeed a work that innovates in scope, focus, and goals." —Latin American Politics and Society

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“In Natural Law and Human Rights, the French philosopher Pierre Manent provides a searching critique of the doctrines, policies, and practices of ‘human rights’ prevailing today. To interpret or replace them, he proposes the original natural law that is always available to anyone who ponders the basic human experiences. That law, knowable and accessible in our time, is our guide to live for the best.” —Harvey C. Mansfield, Kenan Professor of Government, Harvard University; Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution, Stanford University“Pierre Manent’s book is a compact feast. Once properly digested, his thesis is original and electrifying.” —Patrick Deneen, author of Why Liberalism Failed“Pierre Manent takes on the now-daring task of rehabilitating classical natural law and does so with what might be described as Gallic verve.” —Will Morrisey, author of The Dilemma of Progressivism“Why is the 'critique of modernity' such a ubiquitous genre? . . . Natural Law and Human Rights, the new book by formidable French political theorist Pierre Manent, provides another framework for understanding the proliferation of these critiques of modernity.” —The Hedgehog Review"This is a bold book, and Patrick Deneen’s back-cover blurb of this book as a 'compact feast' may undersell it. This book is a treasure chest, for in a little more than 100 pages Manent lavishly offers gems of insight. His greatest jewel of wisdom is that modern man cannot win his fight against the natural law, for it is still part of him, deny it though he may." —The Federalist“Manent’s prescient critique of human rights may be the best tool at our disposal to interpret the weaknesses that COVID-19 has revealed. The modern politics of human rights is too individualistic, too theoretical, and too technical, Manent warns, all faults that poison our ability to deliberate the natural ends of man and make a real choices, take real actions.” —The American Mind“It takes a bold man to offer public criticism of the idea of ‘human rights.’ . . . The western world is blessed to have such a man—bold, profound, and prudent—in Pierre Manent. All of these virtues are displayed in his excellent new book, Natural Law and Human Rights. . . . The book is rich in insight, the fruit of Manent’s decades of deep meditation on the history of political philosophy and on the intellectual, moral, and political predicament of the modern world.” —Public Discourse“[Manent] details the need for our discourse on human rights to be reintegrated into what he calls an ‘archic’ understanding of human and political existence. Only by seeing rights as rooted in duties and by seeing them in light of the the natural moral law can we be both intellectually sound in our practical reasoning and well-grounded in our claims about human rights.” —International Philosophical Quarterly“In a remarkable book titled Natural Law and Human Rights: Toward a Recovery of Practical Reason, Manent responds to Montaigne’s challenge. Here Manent persuasively defends the enduring relevance of the old cardinal virtues—courage, justice, prudence, and moderation—and of a conception of non-arbitrary conscience that can provide practical reason with rich moral content.” —The New Criterion"Manent helps us to see the deep chasm that lies between the modern human rights worldview and that of natural law." —The New BioethicsTable of Contents1. Why Natural Law Matters 2. Counsels of Fear 3. The Order of the State without Right or Law 4. The Law, Slave to Rights 5. The Individual and the Agent 6. Natural Law and Human Motives Appendix: Recovering Law’s Intelligence

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Book SynopsisThese essays explore the impact of religion and politics on human rights and violence in contemporary Latin America.Trade Review"This book makes an important and original contribution to the fields of religion and politics and to the study of human rights and violence in contemporary Latin America. Religion is treated seriously, by authors who really understand it. The book also brings fresh research and a long view to bear on its examination of civil violence and rights. Scholars and students in a range of disciplines—history, anthropology, sociology, political science, and religion—will find this book of great value." —Frances Hagopian, Harvard University"As the Middle East is today, so was Latin America for decades during the last century, with major stories on every front page and evening news program and with the role of the Church often front and center. Violence pervades much of the region today, especially in Central America, but one hears less of the role of religion now. This volume is a most welcome addition to the study of religion and human rights in the Americas and brings together excellent studies of less covered areas of the recent past and exciting treatments of the new roles of religion in today’s conflict areas." —Tom Quigley, former policy advisor on Latin America and the Caribbean to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops"A generation or two ago, the image of church people faced with state-sponsored violence in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Central America prompted numerous studies and inspired many to organize and march. This collection sheds new light on those familiar stories and examines the perplexing violence of the present and responses to it, such as pentecostal prison ministry in Brazil and church groups assisting migrants fleeing through Mexico. Each study, whether local, national, or regional, is a treasure; they are enhanced by thematic surveys that bring fresh insight for a new generation of scholars and readers." —Phillip Berryman, author of Religion in the Megacity: Catholic and Protestant Portraits from Latin America"Religious Responses to Violence contains 15 chapters by experts on Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. They cover the history of Latin America from the mid-twentieth century to the present—roughly from Vatican II to Pope Francis and from the early development of Evangelical churches to their current prominence in communities and politics. . . . Anyone involved in that great movement will benefit from reading Religious Responses to Violence." —Friends Journal“The book begins with the paradox that ‘modern Latin America is both notably violent and notably religious’ and ends with the empirically based conclusion about ‘the unique qualities of religious as a social force against violence.’ . . . Religious actors play an ongoing and irreplaceable role in acting as an antidote to the universal hold of justice as a revenge seeking lex talionis that so far has been noticed by a few anthropological studies but not the public eye. Religious Responses to Violence is not an easy to read primer. But it’s a necessary one.” —Catholic Book Reviews“The 15 contributions reveal the multiple and at times conflicting responses from churches that range from active non-violence to challenging state violence, accompanying popular mobilizations, supporting development projects, and taking up arms in support of revolutionary movements. The volume makes a key contribution to understanding religion in contemporary Latin America.” —Choice“This book has much to offer. Featuring scholars from different disciplines, it presents a wonderful account of historical events and analysis of what Latin Americans had experienced during the political and social turbulence of the region from the 1970s to the present times . . . the topics complement each other and are relevant to anyone working on this issue today.” —Theological Studies

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This theoretically sophisticated and politically powerful book marks a groundbreaking moment in the anthropological study of Kashmir and South Asia that will also make an excellent text in undergraduate and graduate seminar on various themes and topics." * New Books in Islamic Studies (NBN) *"By focusing on the embodiment of kinship ties and mobilization of ritual that sustain those left behind, Resisting Disappearance sensitively shows how the political reality of ongoing occupation transforms everyday lives. Ather Zia’s compelling book will be of interest to students of militarization, occupation and colonization, gender politics and kinship, ritual, everyday life, and activism, at all levels." * Political and Legal Anthropology Review *"An indispensable text...Ather Zia weaves together a haunting, collective memoir of Muslim women’s organizing in Kashmir." * South Asian History and Culture *"The depth and familiarity of Zia’s analysis is inspiring...This is a truly marvellous book—it is a key contribution to anthropology and feminism." * South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies *"Resisting Disappearance is about what all of our society forgets: How Kashmiri women are continually resisting, striving every day and resisting the disappearances of family members,usually, sons, husbands or fathers...remarkable as it makes us understand the nuances and the multiple dynamics within Kashmir." * Feminism in India *"[A]n important and successful addition to both ethnographic works and works of feminist political theory on South and Central Asia." * Journal of Asian Studies *"[W]ith its engaging conversations on enforced disappearances... Zia’s work goes beyond Kashmir and is a testimony to the thousands of lives left un-grieved in conflict zones." * The India Forum *"The work pushes the boundary of ethnographic writing by recovering the aesthetics of poetry in the context of doing fieldwork in violent sites." * Borderlines *"[A]m imperative and urgent text... very lucid in style and structure and stands as evidence of Zia’s deeply reflective and introspective scholarship." * Doing Sociology *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"With accessible writing that will engage both general readers and scholars, Hayes’s finely crafted book effectively shows that civil rights require sustained collective action and solidarity." * Library Journal *"My kind of book!" -- Opal Tometti, co-founder of Black Lives Matter"[Hayes's] work is truly transnational, crossing many borders, and interdisciplinary, grounded in history, sociology, and politics...Highly recommended." * Choice *"Love for Liberation provides an accessible and usable playbook of transnational histories and movement stories in a dynamic format. It presents new ways of thinking about and applying research on the globalization of race, Black culture, and the diaspora underground's relationship to social change." * Peace and Change: Journal of Peace Research *

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Building an Archive of Asian American Organizing Praxis Robyn Magalit Rodriguez and Diane C. Fujino  PART 1: INCARCERATIONS, DISPLACEMENTS, AND TRANSFORMATIONS Chapter 1 Prison-to-Leadership Pipeline: Asian American Prisoner Activism Eddy Zheng  Chapter 2 Ho'opono Mamo and Restorative Practices: Reflections on Scholar Activism in Juvenile Justice Systems Change Karen Umemoto  Chapter 3 The Streets of SoMa: Building Community amid Displacement in San Francisco Angelica Cabande, with Katherine Nasol  PART 2: INTERNATIONALISM AND LOCAL STRUGGLES Chapter 4 Dismantling the "Undocumented Korean Box": Race, Education, and Undocumented Korean Immigrant Activism for Liberation Ga Young Chung  Chapter 5 Drivers on the Front Lines: The New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Neoliberalism, and Global Pandemic—An Interview with Javaid Tariq Diane C. Fujino  Chapter 6 BAYAN USA: Filipino Transnational Radical Activism in the United States in the Twenty-First Century Jessica Antonio  PART 3: POLITICAL EDUCATION AND RADICAL PEDAGOGY Chapter 7 Political Education as Revolutionary Praxis May C. Fu  Chapter 8 "Organizing Wherever Your Feet Land": Reconceptualizing Writing and Writing Instruction in the Legacy of Asian American Activism Katherine H. Lee  Chapter 9 How Does It Feel to Be on the Precipice? ChangeLab, A Racial Justice Experiment Soya Jung  PART 4: ON MOVEMENT BUILDING: SHAPED BY THE PAST, CREATING NEW FUTURES Chapter 10 On Movement Praxis in the Era of Trumpism Alex T. Tom  Chapter 11 "Pete Wilson Trying to See Us All Broke": Asian American Cross-Racial Student Activism in 1990s California Robyn Magalit Rodriguez, with Wayne Jopanda  Chapter 12 The Struggle to Abolish Environmental and Economic Racism: Asian Radical Imagining from the Homeland to the Front Line Pam Tau Lee  Epilogue: Radical Love for a New Generation Robyn Magalit Rodriguez  List of Contributors  Index 

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Building an Archive of Asian American Organizing Praxis Robyn Magalit Rodriguez and Diane C. Fujino  PART 1: INCARCERATIONS, DISPLACEMENTS, AND TRANSFORMATIONS Chapter 1 Prison-to-Leadership Pipeline: Asian American Prisoner Activism Eddy Zheng  Chapter 2 Ho'opono Mamo and Restorative Practices: Reflections on Scholar Activism in Juvenile Justice Systems Change Karen Umemoto  Chapter 3 The Streets of SoMa: Building Community amid Displacement in San Francisco Angelica Cabande, with Katherine Nasol  PART 2: INTERNATIONALISM AND LOCAL STRUGGLES Chapter 4 Dismantling the "Undocumented Korean Box": Race, Education, and Undocumented Korean Immigrant Activism for Liberation Ga Young Chung  Chapter 5 Drivers on the Front Lines: The New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Neoliberalism, and Global Pandemic—An Interview with Javaid Tariq Diane C. Fujino  Chapter 6 BAYAN USA: Filipino Transnational Radical Activism in the United States in the Twenty-First Century Jessica Antonio  PART 3: POLITICAL EDUCATION AND RADICAL PEDAGOGY Chapter 7 Political Education as Revolutionary Praxis May C. Fu  Chapter 8 "Organizing Wherever Your Feet Land": Reconceptualizing Writing and Writing Instruction in the Legacy of Asian American Activism Katherine H. Lee  Chapter 9 How Does It Feel to Be on the Precipice? ChangeLab, A Racial Justice Experiment Soya Jung  PART 4: ON MOVEMENT BUILDING: SHAPED BY THE PAST, CREATING NEW FUTURES Chapter 10 On Movement Praxis in the Era of Trumpism Alex T. Tom  Chapter 11 "Pete Wilson Trying to See Us All Broke": Asian American Cross-Racial Student Activism in 1990s California Robyn Magalit Rodriguez, with Wayne Jopanda  Chapter 12 The Struggle to Abolish Environmental and Economic Racism: Asian Radical Imagining from the Homeland to the Front Line Pam Tau Lee  Epilogue: Radical Love for a New Generation Robyn Magalit Rodriguez  List of Contributors  Index 

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Book SynopsisPersonal Justice Denied tells the extraordinary story of the incarceration of mainland Japanese Americans and Alaskan Aleuts during World War II. Although this wartime episode is now almost universally recognized as a catastrophe, for decades various government officials and agencies defended their actions by asserting a military necessity. The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment was established by act of Congress in 1980 to investigate the detention program. Over twenty days, it held hearings in cities across the country, particularly on the West Coast, with testimony from more than 750 witnesses: evacuees, former government officials, public figures, interested citizens, and historians and other professionals. It took steps to locate and to review the records of government action and to analyze contemporary writings and personal and historical accounts. The Commission's report is a masterful summary of events surrounding the wartime relocation and detention activities, Table of ContentsPrologue by the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund Foreword Introduction Summary PART ONE: NISEI AND ISSEI Before Pearl Harbor Executive order 9066 Exclusion and Evacuation Economic Loss Assembly Centers Relocation Centers Loyalty: Leave and Segregation Ending the Exclusion Protest and Disaffection Military Service Hawaii Germans and German Americans After Camp Appendix: Latin Americans PART TWO: THE ALEUTS War and Evacuation in Alaska Notes to Parts One and Two PART THREE: RECOMMENDATIONS PART FOUR: PAPERS FOR THE COMMISSION Addendum to Personal Justice Denied Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Asylum and Sanctuary Seekers’ Stories 2. Sanctuary’s Beginnings 3. A Thousand Years of Medieval Sanctuary 4. From Religious Sanctuary to Secular Asylum 5. Nineteenth-Century Sanctuary outside the Law 6. The Pleasures of Holocaust Rescue 7. The Twentieth-Century Heyday of Asylum 8. Asylum Now in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom 9. Asylum Now in Europe and Beyond 10. The Golden Door Ajar: US Asylum Policy 11. Contemporary Sanctuary Movements 12. The News from Tucson Afterword | Does Asylum Have a Future? Appendix Notes References Index Illustrations follow page

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Asylum and Sanctuary Seekers’ Stories 2. Sanctuary’s Beginnings 3. A Thousand Years of Medieval Sanctuary 4. From Religious Sanctuary to Secular Asylum 5. Nineteenth-Century Sanctuary outside the Law 6. The Pleasures of Holocaust Rescue 7. The Twentieth-Century Heyday of Asylum 8. Asylum Now in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom 9. Asylum Now in Europe and Beyond 10. The Golden Door Ajar: US Asylum Policy 11. Contemporary Sanctuary Movements 12. The News from Tucson Afterword | Does Asylum Have a Future? Appendix Notes References Index Illustrations follow page

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Book SynopsisHighlights the global movement for historical justice—acknowledging and redressing historic wrongs—as one of the most significant moral and social developments of our times. Such historic wrongs include acts of genocide, slavery, systems of apartheid, the persecution of presumed enemies of the state, colonialism, and the oppression of or discrimination against ethnic or religious minorities.

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Book SynopsisIn the 1950s, baby boomer Donna Solecka Urbikas grew up in the American Midwest yearning for a “normal” American family. But her Polish-born mother and half sister had endured hunger, disease, and desperate escape from slave labour in Siberia. In this unforgettable memoir, Donna recounts her family history and her own survivor's story.Trade ReviewPoignant and empowering. ... Refreshingly honest ... about the effects that war has on its survivors and inevitably their children."" - Polish American Journal""Set against the background of Polish history, Urbikas recounts her mother and sister's plight of deportation, liberation, and journey through Central Asia to England and finally the United States. ... An ambitious and dense narrative."" - Polish American Historical Review, ""Superbly records the bitter suffering both of victims of the Soviet Gulag and of displaced emigrants. In this context, Donna's teenage 'tragedy' of failing to make the cheerleading squad is particularly poignant."" - Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, author of Between Nazis and Soviets""A primer for all who seek to understand the harrowing journey of Poles during this fateful period."" - Allen Paul, author of Katyn: Stalin's Massacre and the Triumph of Truth""An unprecedented saga of a loving mother and her two daughters raised years and oceans apart: the older one in Soviet slavery during World War II, the younger in freedom and safety in the United States. The demons that possessed the mother in slavery- fighting like a tigress to protect her child- never left her in freedom, emotionally harming her younger daughter. A unique perspective on the tragic deportation of Poles to Siberia."" - Wesley Adamczyk, author of When God Looked the Other WayTable of Contents Preface Map Introduction Part 1. The Generation between the Wars The Haunting Past Uneasy Peace The Interview Hiding Lost Lives Regained Birth into War Polish School The First World War Mothers Walenty and Natalia Operation Marriage Cradling Death The Farm Uncertainty Train Travel Part 2. Russia and Siberia The Lieutenant The Impact The Arrest Family Secrets Soviet Labor Camp Majorettes and Identity Prison without Bars The Longing Undeserved Beauty Homeland Fleeting Summer Breezes and Conspiracies Terms of Endearment The Human Commodity Market A Less Than Normal Childhood Part 3. Choices and Destiny Amnesty The Fittest Survive Religion The Guardian A Man of Honor Under Naked Skies Not Me Death in Small Doses Like No Other Numbing Existence War and Mental Illness From Here to Hell Part 4. Bittersweet Lessons I, as Savior? India The World at War England The Land of White Rice and Cinnamon Forever the Farm Reconciliation King Takes Rook Epilogue On Being a Mother Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisAfter the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, victims, perpetrators, and the country as a whole struggled to deal with the legacy of the mass violence. The government responded by creating a new version of a traditional grassroots justice system called gacaca. Bert Ingelaere offers a comprehensive assessment of what these courts set out to do, how they worked, what they achieved.Trade ReviewThis masterful study provides a balanced, nuanced assessment of Rwanda's local courts, showing how diverse social dynamics influenced both the operations of gacaca and its outcomes in different local communities. Essential reading for anyone interested in transitional justice and conflict resolution, in Rwanda and beyond."" - Catharine Newbury, Smith College""Rigorous and reliable. It has much to say about the difficulties of reconciliation politics."" - Choice

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Groundbreaking. In the first detailed description of Stalin’s mass terror, Vatlin unfolds the day-to-day working of the Soviet political police who carried out orders to select, arrest, interrogate, and often murder their fellow citizens. An absorbing, heartrending account.”—David Shearer, author of Policing Stalin’s Socialism“Although the literature on the Great Terror has improved markedly over the past twenty-five years, only a handful of case studies consider how the purges took place at the grassroots level. Thankfully, Alexander Vatlin’s pathbreaking work has now become available to English-speaking audiences. One can only hope that Agents of Terror will inspire more research on the purge’s perpetrators and victims as well as on the broader sociology of this brutal period.”—David Brandenberger, author of Propaganda State in Crisis“A sensationally significant, detailed microhistory of Stalin’s Great Terror, based on the criminal files of NKVD agents who were arrested as scapegoats at the end of the terror—what some historians have called the purge of the purgers.”—Lynne Viola, author of The Unknown Gulag"Make[s] a vital contribution to the growing literature on perpetrators under Stalin." - The Times Literary Supplement“A landmark work that introduces new dimensions to the study of Stalinist terror.” — Canadian Slavonic Papers

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDemocracy is fragile, and only fully appreciated when it is lost. Sergio Bitar, now one of the most prominent political leaders in Chile, recounts the story of the 1973 military coup and his imprisonment in a direct, unsentimental style that sharply highlights the dramatic events he narrates."" - Isabel Allende Llona""A compelling account, a best seller in Chile ... and an important contribution to the country's understanding of itself."" - Foreign Affairs

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Book SynopsisFrom 1973 to 1990 in Chile, approximately 370,000 young men were conscripted to serve in Augusto Pinochet's regime. Some were brutal enforcers, but many themselves endured physical and psychological abuse. Relying on unpublished material, interviews, and field notes, Passmore locates these individuals' narratives at the intersection of long-term histories of patriotism, masculinity, and poverty.Trade ReviewWith crisp prose and superb scholarship, Leith Passmore provides a groundbreaking exploration of the lives and memories of military conscripts under, and after, the seventeen-year rule of General Pinochet, South America's most famous violator of human rights in living memory."" - Paul W. Drake, author of Between Tyranny and Anarchy""Few books are able to capture, as this one does, the full complexity of the Pinochet dictatorship's horror. Passmore leads us, in magisterial fashion, into one of its darkest corners: the tortured memories of thousands of former conscripts transformed simultaneously into perpetrators and victims of the dictatorial nightmare."" - Verónica Valdivia, author of El golpe después del golpe: Leigh vs Pinochet (1960–1980)

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Book SynopsisFrom 1973 to 1990 in Chile, approximately 370,000 young men were conscripted to serve as soldiers in Augusto Pinochet's violent regime. Some were brutal enforcers, but many endured physical and psychological abuse. Leith Passmore examines the emergence, in the early twenty-first century, of a movement of ex-conscripts seeking reparations.

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Book SynopsisReforms in Myanmar (formerly Burma) have eased restrictions on citizens’ political activities. Yet for most Burmese, Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung shows, eking out a living from day to day leaves little time for civic engagement.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface: A Personal Odyssey Chronology List of Abbreviations Terminological Note Introduction 1 Variations in Coping Strategies 2 Living Frugally 3 Working on the Side 4 Networks, Community, and External Aid 5 Boosting Morale 6 Accommodating, Resisting, and Exiting Conclusion: Implications for Regime Change and Democracy Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing upon years of research and interviews with survivors, Buried Histories is an impressive contribution to the literature on genocide and mass atrocity, crucially addressing the topics of media, military organization, economic interests, and resistance.Trade ReviewIn compelling prose and with heartbreaking intimacy, Roosa offers the most important collection of case studies of the Indonesian massacres ever published. This is an essential, masterful, and devastating book for anyone who cares about the history and mechanics of human evil." - Joshua Oppenheimer, director of The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence"This is a rigorous study graced with absorbing and poignant stories. Roosa presents the subjectivity of the perpetrators, bystanders, resisters, and victims with a rare sense of subtlety. Attentive to the contingencies of history, he shows how nothing was inevitable in the tragic muteness of countless disappearances." - Karlina Supelli, Driyarkara School of Philosophy, Jakarta"Roosa portrays a tense political environment that gave no real hint of the killing that was to follow. This book represents a major breakthrough in presenting the killings in their immediate context and in the richness of its oral history data." - Robert Cribb, Australian National University

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Book SynopsisThis collection of case studies by scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds turns a critical and reflective eye toward qualitative fieldwork on perpetrators of genocide. This volume provides an essential starting point for future research while advancing genocide studies, transitional justice, and related fields.Trade ReviewFor those interested in understanding genocidal violence from the perpetrator's perspective, this volume brings you insights from scholars with firsthand experience interviewing killers. And for researchers sensitive to the ethical and methodological challenges of working with perpetrators, you will value its practical guidance."" - Omar McDoom, London School of Economics""Offers a series of timely and incisive reflections on the ethical and methodological challenges that confront researchers in the fields of genocide and perpetrator studies. Not only does it shed critical light on the vexed issue of categorization, but it also offers valuable perspectives on how to approach our own preconceptions and positionality within the field."" - Susanne C. Knittel, editor of The Routledge International Handbook of Perpetrator Studies

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Book SynopsisWhen the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, its primary target was the outright exclusion of women from particular jobs. Over time, the Actâs scope of protection has expanded to prevent not only discrimination based on sex but also discrimination based on expression of gender identity. Kimberly Yuracko uses specific court decisions to identify the varied principles that underlie this expansion. Filling a significant gap in law literature, this timely book clarifies an issue of increasing concern to scholars interested in gender issues and the law.Trade Review“Excellent for collections on the law, gender politics, and civil rights.”—Choice * Choice *

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Book SynopsisWhy we cannot truly implement human rights unless we also recognize human responsibilities When we debate questions in international law, politics, and justice, we often use the language of rightsand far less often the language of responsibilities. Human rights scholars and activists talk about state responsibility for rights, but they do not articulate clear norms about other actors' obligations. In this book, Kathryn Sikkink argues that we cannot truly implement human rights unless we also recognize and practice the corresponding human responsibilities. Focusing on five areasclimate change, voting, digital privacy, freedom of speech, and sexual assaultand providing many examples of on-the-ground initiatives where people choose to embrace a close relationship between rights and responsibilities, Sikkink argues for the importance of responsibilities to any comprehensive understanding of political ethics and human rights.

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of this book was acclaimed as a practical, insightful and humane guide for professionals in mental health, social work and voluntary and government agencies who are concerned with the care of refugees and other victims of political and military violence. These professionals can develop feelings of irritation, disappointment and hopelessness when their work seems not to have the expected result. Successful counselling and therapy require empathy with such victims of traumatic events. But empathy must be based on, and combined with, expertise and knowledge that is both scientific and research-based, and focused on the special needs of these victims. This book is written from the first-hand experience of a world expert in this field, and provides * A practical guide to clinical work with adult, child and adolescent victims * A conceptual framework which places treatment in the context of the main therapeutic approaches * A review of the research evidence thatTable of ContentsThe Experiences of Refugees. Traumatization and Uprooting: Theoretical Views. Diagnostic Appraisal. Working with Cultural Differences. Treatment Goals and the Therapeutic Relationship. Treatment of Crises and Symptoms. Restoring Emotional Stability. Victims of Sexual Violence. Children and Adolescents. Specific Issues in Working with Refugees. References. Indexes.

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Book SynopsisDevelops the author's collective traumatization theory, which contends that the concentration camps set up by the Bosnian Serb authorities had the primary purpose of inflicting collective trauma on the non-Serb population of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Trade Review“Torture, Humiliate, Kill is a masterfully written and meticulously researched monograph about the Serb-run concertation camps during the 1992–95 Bosnian War. This groundbreaking book represents both a tribute to the victims and an essential reference for understanding the genocidal intent of the systematic violence by the Serb military against the Bosniak population.”—Hariz Halilovich, RMIT University“Hikmet Karcic’s Torture, Humiliate, Kill: Inside the Bosnian Serb Camp System is a must read for anyone concerned about genocide and/or keen to gain critical insights to the nightmare that engulfed Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. It is research-based, detailed, nuanced, and revelatory. The facts are horrific, and the analysis is incisive.”—Samuel Totten, Author of Genocide by Attrition: The Nuba Mountains of Sudan, and co-author of The United Nations Genocide Convention: An Introduction“This is an authoritative, meticulously researched study that breaks new ground in its analysis of the concentration camp system run by the Serb extremists in Bosnia in the 1990s. Essential reading for anyone interested in the nature of genocidal violence.”—Marko Hoare, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology“Hikmet Karcic has produced a vivid, moving, and sensitive account of Bosnian Serb camp system, shedding light on how the camps were not only instruments of death, but thoroughly genocidal instruments of social-psychological terror. Placing Bosnian Serb camps in their local historical and global context, Torture, Humiliate, Kill significantly advances our critical knowledge of the Bosnian Genocide.”—Douglas Irvin-Erickson, Assistant Professor and Director of the Raphaël Lemkin Genocide Prevention Program, the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University

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Book SynopsisDeploying global numerical data on US foreign aid and comparative historical analysis of America’s post-Cold War foreign policies in Southeast Asia, Aid Imperium provides the most comprehensive explanation that links US strategic assistance to physical integrity rights outcomes in recipient countries.Table of Contents 1. Acknowledgements 2. List of Figures 3. List of Tables 4. Abbreviations 5. Introduction 6. United States Aid Imperium and Human Rights 7. Human Rights Renaissance in the Philippines, 1990s 8. From the War on Terror to the Crisis in Arroyo’s Strong Republic 9. Overcoming the Human Rights Crisis: Reforms under Obama and Aquino 10. Human Rights Renaissance in Thailand, 1990s 11. From the War on Terror to Thaksin’s War on Drugs and Dark Influences 12. Conclusion 13. Appendix 14. Bibliography 15. About the Author

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Book SynopsisIn a global economy, workers must assert their collective rights as workers in order to win human rights as individuals. By introducing Marxian and Institutional analysis, this book reveals the class relations and power structures that determine the position of workers in the global economy.Trade ReviewAn important contribution to the interdisciplinary study of labor. McIntyre's book will challenge the debate over labor rights on all fronts. - Michael Hillard, University of Southern Maine ""An important, timely, and needed contribution to our understanding of worker rights."" - Patrick McHugh, George Washington University

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Book SynopsisExplains how relevant political players in Arab countries among regimes, opposition movements, and external actors have adapted ten years after the onset of the Arab Spring. It includes contributions on Egypt, Morocco, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Algeria, Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, and Tunisia.Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments PREFACE Hicham Alaoui Introduction Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World: Regimes, Oppositions, and External Actors after the Spring Hesham Sallam, Lisa Blaydes, and Amr Hamzawy I. Regime Strategies of Control Chapter 1 Authoritarian Narratives and Practices in Egypt Amr Hamzawy Chapter 2 The People Vs. the Palace: Power and Politics in Morocco since 2011 Samia Errazzouki Chapter 3 Kuwait’s Changing Landscape: Palace Projects and the Decline of Rule by Consensus Farah Al-Nakib Chapter 4 The Decay of Family Rule in Saudi Arabia Michael Herb Chapter 5 Syria’s Repressive Peace Samer Abboud II. Opposition Mobilization Strategies and Obstacles to Reform Chapter 6 Mobilization without Movement: Opposition and Youth Activism in Jordan Sean Yom Chapter 7 Cycles of Contention in Lebanon Lina Khatib Chapter 8 Algeria: Anatomy of a Revolutionary Situation Thomas Serres Chapter 9 The Nexus of Patronage, Petrol, and Population in Iraq David Siddhartha Patel Chapter 10 Understanding the Roots, Dynamics, and Potential of an “Impossible” Revolution: The Prospects and Challenges of Democratization in Sudan Khalid Mustafa Medani Chapter 11 Tunisia: The Challenges of Party Consolidation and the Specter of Authoritarian Reversal Lindsay J. Benstead Chapter 12 Examining Yemen’s Post-2011 Trajectory: From Reform to War to Many Yemens April Longley Alley III. Transnational Influences Chapter 13 U.S. Influence on Arab Regimes: From Reluctant Democracy Supporter to Authoritarian Enabler Sarah Yerkes Chapter 14 Chinese Soft Power Projection in the Arab World: From the Belt and Road Initiative to Global Pandemic Response Lisa Blaydes Chapter 15 Iran’s Culture Wars in the Arab World Abbas Milani Chapter 16 The Arab Counter-Revolution: The Formation of a Regional Alliance to Undermine the Arab Spring Toby Matthiesen Chapter 17 Myths of Expansion: Turkey's Changing Policy in the Arab World Ayça Alemdaroğlu and Gönül Tol Conclusion: The Ongoing Struggle for Political Reform in the Arab World Larry Diamond List of Contributors

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Amy Lai examines the current free speech crisis in Western universities. She studies the origin, history, and importance of freedom of speech in the university setting, and addresses the relevance and pitfalls of political correctness and microaggressions on campuses.Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part One Chapter One: Free Speech in Western Universities Chapter Two: Academic Freedom: History, Definitions, and Democratic Significance Chapter Three: Campus Free Speech and Academic Freedom Part Two Chapter Four: Free Speech, Compelled Speech, Facts/Falsehoods/Unpopular Opinions Chapter Five: Political Correctness, Harassment/Discrimination/Hate Speech, Microaggression Chapter Six: Deplatforming, Trigger Warning, Safe Space Part Three Chapter Seven: The United Kingdom: Human Rights Act, a New Bill, and the Uncertain Future of Campus Speech Chapter Eight: The United States: First Amendment, Speech Policies, and Promising but "Not Quite There Yet" Results Chapter Nine: Canada: The (Ir)Relevance of the Charter to Campus Free Speech Conclusion

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Book SynopsisWhile other scholars have focused on presidents starting military conflicts abroad or infringing on civil liberties at home, Stuart Streichler integrates international humanitarian law into an analysis of the repercussions of presidential war powers for human rights.

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Book SynopsisWhile medical identification and treatment of gender dysphoria have existed for decades, the development of transgender as a ""collective political identity"" is a recent construct. The Remarkable Rise of Transgender Rights explains the growth of the transgender rights movement despite its marginalized status.Trade ReviewThe Remarkable Rise of Transgender Rights not only is the first comprehensive treatment of the success of the trans rights movement, but also serves as a blue print for any other ‘essentially contested rights' movement. If I may make a bold prediction, this will become the model by which other rights treatment books are structured and judged."" - Charles Anthony Smith, University of California, Irvine""The authors have done an excellent job in tackling a complicated and compelling set of issues with humanity, eloquence, and rigor. This book will be of interest to faculty, to students, and to members of the larger LGBTQ community, including activists. Highly recommended!"" - Craig Rimmerman, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Amy Lai examines the current free speech crisis in Western universities. She studies the origin, history, and importance of freedom of speech in the university setting, and addresses the relevance and pitfalls of political correctness and microaggressions on campuses.Trade Review“Amy Lai provides a much-needed cross-national perspective on the problem of censorship in Western universities. Read this brave book, and raise your own voice in defense of freedom.”—Jonathan Zimmerman, Berkowitz Professor in Education, University of Pennsylvania“As book bans, trigger warnings, and deplatforming foster scepticism toward freedom of expression, Amy Lai offers a necessary defense of the legal and philosophical underpinnings of the right to dissent. Reframing contemporary questions of academic freedom through readings from Milton, Locke, Kant, J.S. Mill, and Rawls, she underscores its value and our collective obligation to maintain difficult conversations on sensitive cultural and political questions. Anyone concerned with these issues will find much in this book to enlighten, provoke, and disquiet them, and much to reconsider, or dissent from, in her unflinching analysis of recent flashpoints in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.”—Brendan de Caires, Executive Director of PEN CanadaTable of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part One Chapter One: Free Speech in Western Universities Chapter Two: Academic Freedom: History, Definitions, and Democratic Significance Chapter Three: Campus Free Speech and Academic Freedom Part Two Chapter Four: Free Speech, Compelled Speech, Facts/Falsehoods/Unpopular Opinions Chapter Five: Political Correctness, Harassment/Discrimination/Hate Speech, Microaggression Chapter Six: Deplatforming, Trigger Warning, Safe Space Part Three Chapter Seven: The United Kingdom: Human Rights Act, a New Bill, and the Uncertain Future of Campus Speech Chapter Eight: The United States: First Amendment, Speech Policies, and Promising but "Not Quite There Yet" Results Chapter Nine: Canada: The (Ir)Relevance of the Charter to Campus Free Speech Conclusion

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Book SynopsisWhile other scholars have focused on presidents starting military conflicts abroad or infringing on civil liberties at home, Stuart Streichler integrates international humanitarian law into an analysis of the repercussions of presidential war powers for human rights.Trade Review“President Bush unlawfully endorsed the use of torture after 9/11 despite categorical prohibitions in both US and international law. Stuart Streichler’s well-documented yet eminently readable new book recounts how Bush endeavored to work around the law while critically examining the larger issues of presidential wartime authority and the challenges of holding top officials accountable for law of war violations. A must-read for anyone concerned about executive war powers and compliance with the rule of law.”—David Glazier, Loyola Marymount University“I found that I kept wanting to turn the pages. Streichler manifests excellent scholarship and, just as importantly, a very accessible writing style.”—Sanford V. Levinson, University of Texas“Streichler does an admirable job of bringing together thousands of pieces of information into a coherent, lucid story. Presidential Accountability in Wartime is a page turner.”—David Luban, Georgetown UniversityTable of Contents Preface Introduction 1. The Law of War 2. The New Paradigm 3. Congress and an Unchecked Presidency 4. The Court versus the Commander in Chief 5. The Torture Debate Conclusion Appendices A: Presidential Memorandum B: Common Article 3 C: War Crimes Act Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe subject of rights occupies a central place in liberal political thought. This tradition posits that rights are entitlements of individuals by virtue of their personhood and that rights stand apart from politics. These essays question these assumptions and examine how rights constitute us as subjects and are implicated in political struggles.Trade Review...Sarat and Kearns have compiled a formidable collection. The essays are varied, theoretically sophisticated, nuanced, cogently written and generally accessible."" —Carl F. Stychin, Social & Legal Studies

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Book SynopsisThrough the lens of urban water provision, this book shows how politicians fail to provide reliable and high quality public services because they often benefit politically from manipulating public service provision for electoral gain. In many young democracies, politicians exchange water service for votes or political support, attempting to reward allies or punish political enemies.Trade ReviewWater and Politics explains the politics of multiple pathways to the provision of basic public services—a key issue both for equity and governance. The analysis expertly distills the key factors that shape very different urban water provision outcomes."" - Jonathan Fox, author of Accountability Politics: Power and Voice in Rural Mexico""This fascinating and resonant study makes important contributions to the comparative politics of developing countries as well as to normative debates about the possibilities for better governance of public services there. Politics at the urban scale has been pivotal for effective reform in these settings. This book casts new light on how and why."" - Jeffrey Sellers, University of Southern California

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Book SynopsisFollowing the end of World War II in 1945, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spent three decades carrying out agrarian reform among nearly one third of the world's rural population. This book presents a new perspective on the first step of this reform, when the CCP helped redistribute over 40 million hectares of land to over 300 million peasants.

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Book SynopsisExamines novels that depict human rights violations in order to explore causes of intergroup violence within diverse societies, using Germany as a test case. In these texts, the book shows that an exaggeration of difference between minority and majority groups leads to violence.Table of Contents Introduction Beginnings Political Contexts: Right-Wing Extremism in Contemporary Germany From Diversity to Interculturality in German Studies Organization of the Book Chapter 1: Difference-The Link Between Interculturality and Human Rights Definitions Thinking Human Rights from a Right to Difference A New Model of Intercultural Competence Human Rights Literature Empathy for Intercultural Competence: Insights from Cognitive Criticism Moving Forward: Reading Human Rights Texts with an Intercultural Lens Chapter 2: Other Neighbors: Genocide as a Crime of Cultural Exclusion in Bernhard Schlink's The Reader and Nicol Ljubic's The Stillness of the Sea Genocide as a Crime of Cultural Exclusion and Its Remediation through Trials and Literature Schlink's and Ljubic's Literary Case Studies Schlink's The Reader: Cultural Ignorance and Universalist Empathy for a Perpetrator Generation Ljubic's The Stillness of the Sea: Intercultural Answers to Cultural Exclusion Concluding Thoughts and Pedagogical Approaches: Universalism and Interculturality for Spaces of Reconciliation Chapter 3: Imprisoning Others: Captivity and Alienation in Herta MÜller's The Hunger Angel and Abbas Khider's Die Orangen des PrÄsidenten The Imprisonment of Rightless Others MÜller's and Khider's Transnational Narratives of Captivity MÜller's The Hunger Angel: Losing Oneself, Language, and Certitudes Khider's Die Orangen des PrÄsidenten: The Political Prison as a Universal Rightless Space Concluding Thoughts and Pedagogical Approaches: Deconstructing Exclusion through Alienation and Difference Chapter 4: Exclusive Communities: Expulsion in Sabrina Janesch's Katzenberge and GÜnter Grass's The Call of the ToadHeimat Ideologies and Cultural Exclusion in Intercultural Eastern Europe Janesch's and Grass's Literatures of Expulsion Janesch's Katzenberge: The Re-Interculturalization of Silesia Grass's The Call of the Toad: Intercultural Layers of Expulsion Concluding Thoughts and Pedagogical Approaches: Deconstructing Heimat and Nostalgia in Reflective Intercultural Texts Chapter 5: Becoming other: Refugees in Germany in Jenny Erpenbeck's Go, Went, Gone and Shida Bazyar's Nachts ist es leise in Teheran Refugee Rights and the Performance of Threat Erpenbeck's and Bazyar's Refugee Narratives Erpenbeck's Go, Went, Gone: Universalist Empathy for o/Others Bazyar's Nachts ist es leise in Teheran: Intercultural Perspectives of Migration and Exile Concluding Thoughts and Pedagogical Approaches: Telling Stories of Difference for an Intercultural German Society Conclusion: Literatures of Uncertainty for an Uncertain World Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisArgues that the use of camps and detention facilities has been a ubiquitous practice in countless wars and genocides in order to achieve the wartime objectives of perpetrators. Although camps have been used for different strategic purposes, their essential functions are always the same: to inflict torture and lasting trauma on the victims.Trade Review“Hikmet Karcic has produced a vivid, moving, and sensitive account of Bosnian Serb camp system, shedding light on how the camps were not only instruments of death, but thoroughly genocidal instruments of social-psychological terror. Placing Bosnian Serb camps in their local historical and global context, Torture, Humiliate, Kill significantly advances our critical knowledge of the Bosnian Genocide.”- Douglas Irvin-Erickson, Assistant Professor and Director of the Raphaël Lemkin Genocide Prevention Program, the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason UniversityTable of Contents LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: HISTORY OF ETHNIC RELATIONS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA CHAPTER 2: COLLECTIVE TRAUMATIZATION CHAPTER 3: VIŠEGRAD CHAPTER 4: PRIJEDOR CHAPTER 5: BIJELJINA CHAPTER 6: BILECA CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES

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Book SynopsisDuring World War II, 110,000 citizens and resident aliens of Japanese ancestry were banished from their homes and confined behind barbed wire for two and a half years. This work surveys the historical origins, political characteristics, and legal consequences of that calamitous episode.

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