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Princeton University Press Democratic Rights The Substance of
Book SynopsisWhen the Supreme Court in 2003 struck down a Texas law prohibiting homosexual sodomy, it cited the right to privacy based on the guarantee of 'substantive due process' embodied by the Constitution. This book argues that ideal democracy is comprised of three core values - political autonomy, equality of interests, and reciprocity.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007 "Develops a 'value theory of democracy' grounded in political autonomy, equality of interests, and reciprocity."--Nina C. Ayoub, Chronicle of Higher Education "[B]rettschneider has produced an innovative, imaginative new perspective on judicial review. He makes a persuasive case that democracy itself demands the legal recognition of certain substantive rights...[N]o one interested in rights or democratic theory can afford to ignore this book."--A.D. Sarat, Choice "Democratic Rights is not only ambitious but distinctive ... and marked by virtues that one does not always find in such books, being clearly written, carefully argued, and admirably concise. It is a book, in short, that is well worth the attention of democratic theorists and anyone who wants to know how far contractualism can take us in political and legal philosophy."--Richard Dagger, Criminal Law and PhilosophyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER ONE The Value Theory of Democracy 7 I. Introduction 7 II. Procedural Democractic Theories 11 III. Procedure-Independent Theories: Epistemic and Democratic 17 IV. Conclusion 26 CHAPTER TWO Paradigmatic Democratic Rights and Citizens as Addressees of Law 28 I. Introduction 28 II. Citizens as Authors and Addressees: Co-Originality and Citizens' Status 29 III. Rule of Law 38 IV. Freedom of Expression and Conscience 44 V. Conclusion 52 CHAPTER THREE Democratic Contractualism: A Framework for Justifiable Coercion 54 I. Introduction 54 II. A Lexicon of Citizenship 55 III. The Principle of Democracy's Public Reason 61 IV. The Inclusion Principle 64 V. Conclusion 69 CHAPTER FOUR Public Justification and the Right to Privacy 71 I. Introduction 71 II. Situating Democratic Privacy: A Critique of Liberal and Republican Accounts 73 III. Relevance and the Boundaries of Privacy 78 IV. Privacy, Equality, and Democratically Justifiable Coercion 85 V. Conclusion 94 CHAPTER FIVE The Rights of the Punished 96 I. Introduction 96 II. The Need for Justification to Criminals qua Citizens: The Problem with Punishment as War 98 III. State Punishment as an Issue of Political Morality: Punishing Criminals qua Persons versus Criminals qua Citizens 101 IV. Democratic Rights Against Punishment 105 V. Capital Punishment 108 VI. Conclusion 112 CHAPTER SIX Private Property and the Right to Welfare 114 I. Introduction 114 II. The Right to Private Property and State Coercion 115 III. Democratic Contractualism and the Right to Private Property 119 IV. Democratic Proposals for Welfare Rights 126 V. Objections 132 VI. Conclusion 135 CHAPTER SEVEN Judicial Review: Balancing Democratic Rights and Procedures 136 I. Introduction 136 II. The Limits of a Pure Outcomes-Based Theory 140 III. The Failure of Pure Procedural Theories 145 IV. Impure Procedural and Outcomes-Based Theories 146 V. The Flaws with Formal Democratic Arguments and the Need for Examples in a Theory of Democracy 150 VI. The Objection from Benevolent Dictatorship 157 VII. Conclusion 158 Conclusion: Democratic Rights and Contemporary Politics 160 Bibliography 163 Index 169
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Princeton University Press The Young Turks Crime against Humanity
Book SynopsisIntroducing evidence from more than 600 secret Ottoman documents, this book demonstrates in unprecedented detail that the Armenian Genocide and the expulsion of Greeks from the late Ottoman Empire resulted from an official effort to rid the empire of its Christian subjects.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2013 Albert Hourani Book Award, Middle East Studies One of ForeignAffairs.com's Best Books on the Middle East for 2012 "Akcam has long courted controversy in Turkey, where he was jailed as a student activist in the 1970s before claiming asylum in Germany, but his intellectual courage is beyond question. Moreover, while Turkey's official account of what happened in 1915 is unchanged, Turkish public and intellectual opinion is now much more open to debate. This dispassionate, scholarly study is a valuable contribution to help that debate move on."--Delphine Strauss, Financial Times "[T]he fact that a Turkish historian with access to the Ottoman archives has written this book is of immeasurable significance."--Foreign Affairs "Akcam has long been the most vocal Turkish scholars regarding the Ottoman participation in genocidal acts against Armenians. Here, using Ottoman archival sources, the author makes his case that the Young Turk government had planned prior to WWI to remove the empire's Christian and no-Turkish Muslim population... The author's discussion of the removal and execution of the Armenians is extremely detailed and well documented, and his usage of Ottoman sources, although questioned by Turkish nationalist scholars, is a very important addition to the study of this issue."--Choice "[A] major breakthrough in the our understanding of the social engineering that led to the near destruction of the Armenians of Anatolia, and of the dual-track mechanism for organizing it that the Young Turks employed... [A] must for serious scholars of the Armenian Genocide."--John M. Evans, former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia (2004-2006), American Diplomacy "Taner Akcam's study represents a giant step forward. He produced a most important book, all the more so because the ideology of Islamism has endured, and most recently some of its outstanding proponents have seized power in the Middle East."--Dr. Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East "Taner Akcam's study represents a giant step forward. He produced a most important book, all the more so because the ideology of Islamism has endured, and most recently some of its outstanding proponents have seized power in the Middle East."--Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Jewish Political Studies Review "The Young Turks' Crime against Humanity is an informative work whose usefulness is greatly enhanced by several well-drawn maps. Akcam draws upon rich archival sources--particularly the Prime Ministerial Ottoman Archive in Istanbul and the archives of the Ministry of the Interior, as well as Turkish court proceedings immediately after the war--to advance an argument about the deliberate 'demographic engineering' planned and implemented by the Ottoman state before and during the First World War."--Peter Gatrell, European Review of History "This book, an edited translation of the now outdated 2008 Turkish original, is a welcome addition to the scholarship."--Ugur Ungor, European History Quarterly "The book is a welcome addition to the scholarship on the Armenian genocide. Clearly structured ... the book offers some captivating discussions."--Ugur Umit Ungor, Journal of Ecclesiastical History "Akcam's impressive brick-by-brick dismantling of the official Turkish historiography will certainly become a landmark study of the Armenian Genocide and will help serve as yet another nail in the coffin of state-sponsored genocide negationism."--Artyom H. Tonoyan, Journal of Church and State "Taner Akcam's work is valuable in providing references for the relationship between the settlement policies of the CUP during WWI and the deportation policy against the non-Muslim population. It contains a great number of sources belonging to both Ottoman and foreign sources."--Hazal Duran, Insight Turkey "[T]his is a powerful and important contribution to many fields of study... I highly recommend this book to both specialists and generalists."--Kent F. Schull, Chicago Journals "The Young Turks' Crime against Humanity is a welcome and important addition to the long list of books by Taner Akcam on the history of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey."--Yair Auron, European Legacy "This is an important book in that its evidence comes primarily from Ottoman documents produced by the perpetrators--sources that were previously thought to be either inaccessible or irrelevant to the issues."--Robert Melson, Holocaust and Genocide StudiesTable of ContentsPreface ix Guide to Ottoman Turkish Words and Names xxxvii Abbreviations xxxix CHAPTER ONE Ottoman Sources and the Question of Their Being Purged 1 CHAPTER TWO: The Plan for the Homogenization of Anatolia 29 CHAPTER THREE: The Aftermath of the Balkan Wars and the"Emptying" of Eastern Thrace and the Aegean Littoral in 1913-14 63 CHAPTER FOUR: The Transformation of Ottoman Policies toward the Ottoman Greeks during the First World War 97 CHAPTER FIVE: The Initial Phase of Anti-Armenian Policy 125 CHAPTER SIX: Final Steps in the Decision-Making Process 157 CHAPTER SEVEN: Interior Ministry Documents and the Intent to Annihilate 203 CHAPTER EIGHT: Demographic Policy and the Annihilation of the Armenians 227 CHAPTER NINE: Assimilation: The Conversion and Forced Marriage of Christian Children 287 CHAPTER TEN: The Question of Confi scated Armenian Property 341 ELEVEN Some Official Denialist Arguments of the Turkish State and Documents from the Ottoman Interior Ministry 373 CHAPTER TWELVE: Toward a Conclusion 449 Selected Bibliography 453 Index 471
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Princeton University Press Making Human Rights a Reality
Book SynopsisIncludes bibliographical references (pages 199-265) and index.Trade ReviewA Winner of the 2015 ISA Annual Best Book Award, International Studies Association "Over the last 60 years, the international community has constructed a global human rights system, embodied in an expanding array of principles, declarations, treaties, courts, and transnationally organized lawyers and activists. Yet, as Hafner-Burton makes clear in this important book, the system's aspirations have far outstripped its ability to enforce international law and protect norms."--Foreign Affairs "The book exemplifies exactly what I am training my doctoral students to do in their writing projects: instead of creating a research design of their own, to review existing scholarship to arrive at an empirically-informed argument relevant to policy-makers that challenges existing wisdom or weighs in constructively in a debate... Hafner-Burton's call for human rights scholarship to be useful to steward states and for steward states to pay attention, resonates loud and clear."--Charli Carpenter, Duck of Minerva "Hafner-Burton effectively bridges the worlds of scholarship and practice in developing a compelling, informed, and accessible argument regarding how to promote global human rights more effectively. This fantastic book makes meaningful contributions to the academic study of human rights and also offers a compelling vision of a practical strategy for advancing human rights that should be of interest to policymakers and practitioners. Ultimately, Hafner-Burton offers a clear-headed and compelling argument in this highly readable book that should be of interest to anyone committed to making human rights a reality."--Debra L. DeLaet, International DialogueTable of ContentsPreface ix Research xiii Introduction xv 1 The Problem of Human Rights 1 Part I The Calculus of Abuse 19 2 Contexts 21 3 Rationales 29 Part II International Law 41 4 The International Human Rights Legal System 44 5 Scholarly Perspectives 67 6 Practitioner Perspectives 86 7 System Reform 116 Part III A Stewardship Strategy 135 8 The Status Quo 138 9 Nongovernmental Organizations 151 10 National Human Rights Institutions 164 11 Triage 176 12 Making More of Law and Power 193 Notes 199 Index 267
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Princeton University Press The Individualists
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Individualists is a superb work of intellectual history. Anyone wishing to understand a modern political denomination encompassing such diverse creatures as the anarchist Albert Jay Nock, the priestess of capitalism Ayn Rand, the politician Rand Paul and the billionaire philanthropist Charles Koch ought to have a copy on his shelf."---Barton Swaim, Wall Street Journal"One of the best guides you’ll find to the libertarian universe."---Jesse Walker, Reason"Zwolinski and Tomasi’s historical survey of the libertarian movement, warts and all, is uncommonly honest and comprehensive. Purely as exegesis, the book is without peer, and anyone who wants to know what libertarianism is should run, not walk, to pick it up."---Matt McManus, Jacobin"Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasi [are] both committed libertarians who are appalled at the movement’s turn toward a harder-edged conservatism. . . . As they see it, libertarianism once had a left-of-center valence—and could still reclaim it"---Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker"If there is one lesson to take away from The Individualists, it’s that the meaning of libertarianism has always been contested and in flux, a movement more capacious than it is often given credit for. . . . [It] doesn’t shy away from the ugly parts of libertarianism, but it highlights much more that libertarians can take pride in."---Jacob Grier, Washington Examiner"Some books become good friends. They not only stimulate our minds, but they also speak to our very souls. The Individualists . . . is such a book. . . excellent, wisely written, and beautifully crafted.”"---Bradley J. Birzer, Law & Liberty"This represents the key division running through the delightful new book The Individualists, a fabulous intellectual history from Matt Zwolinksi and John Tomasi, two sympathetic biographers of the ideology who nonetheless acknowledge that their co-ideologists can be a bit impractical, even zany. . . . The Individualists is a clarifying work that both explains and demonstrates how libertarianism operates as a coherent philosophy and how it differs from other members of its philosophical family. Its authors write with a palpable love of ideas and even of the sometimes-goofy, often-curmudgeonly characters who propagated them—and who find the idea of a driver’s license a license to totalitarianism."---Tal Fortgang, Commentary
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Princeton University Press The Young Turks Crime against Humanity The
Book SynopsisIntroducing evidence from more than 600 secret Ottoman documents, this book demonstrates in unprecedented detail that the Armenian Genocide and the expulsion of Greeks from the late Ottoman Empire resulted from an official effort to rid the empire of its Christian subjects.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2013 Albert Hourani Book Award, Middle East Studies One of ForeignAffairs.com's Best Books on the Middle East for 2012 "Akcam has long courted controversy in Turkey, where he was jailed as a student activist in the 1970s before claiming asylum in Germany, but his intellectual courage is beyond question. Moreover, while Turkey's official account of what happened in 1915 is unchanged, Turkish public and intellectual opinion is now much more open to debate. This dispassionate, scholarly study is a valuable contribution to help that debate move on."--Delphine Strauss, Financial Times "[T]he fact that a Turkish historian with access to the Ottoman archives has written this book is of immeasurable significance."--Foreign Affairs "Akcam has long been the most vocal Turkish scholars regarding the Ottoman participation in genocidal acts against Armenians. Here, using Ottoman archival sources, the author makes his case that the Young Turk government had planned prior to WWI to remove the empire's Christian and no-Turkish Muslim population... The author's discussion of the removal and execution of the Armenians is extremely detailed and well documented, and his usage of Ottoman sources, although questioned by Turkish nationalist scholars, is a very important addition to the study of this issue."--Choice "[A] major breakthrough in the our understanding of the social engineering that led to the near destruction of the Armenians of Anatolia, and of the dual-track mechanism for organizing it that the Young Turks employed... [A] must for serious scholars of the Armenian Genocide."--John M. Evans, former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia (2004-2006), American Diplomacy "Taner Akcam's study represents a giant step forward. He produced a most important book, all the more so because the ideology of Islamism has endured, and most recently some of its outstanding proponents have seized power in the Middle East."--Dr. Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East "Taner Akcam's study represents a giant step forward. He produced a most important book, all the more so because the ideology of Islamism has endured, and most recently some of its outstanding proponents have seized power in the Middle East."--Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Jewish Political Studies Review "The Young Turks' Crime against Humanity is an informative work whose usefulness is greatly enhanced by several well-drawn maps. Akcam draws upon rich archival sources--particularly the Prime Ministerial Ottoman Archive in Istanbul and the archives of the Ministry of the Interior, as well as Turkish court proceedings immediately after the war--to advance an argument about the deliberate 'demographic engineering' planned and implemented by the Ottoman state before and during the First World War."--Peter Gatrell, European Review of History "This book, an edited translation of the now outdated 2008 Turkish original, is a welcome addition to the scholarship."--Ugur Ungor, European History Quarterly "The book is a welcome addition to the scholarship on the Armenian genocide. Clearly structured ... the book offers some captivating discussions."--Ugur Umit Ungor, Journal of Ecclesiastical History "Akcam's impressive brick-by-brick dismantling of the official Turkish historiography will certainly become a landmark study of the Armenian Genocide and will help serve as yet another nail in the coffin of state-sponsored genocide negationism."--Artyom H. Tonoyan, Journal of Church and State "Taner Akcam's work is valuable in providing references for the relationship between the settlement policies of the CUP during WWI and the deportation policy against the non-Muslim population. It contains a great number of sources belonging to both Ottoman and foreign sources."--Hazal Duran, Insight Turkey "[T]his is a powerful and important contribution to many fields of study... I highly recommend this book to both specialists and generalists."--Kent F. Schull, Chicago Journals "The Young Turks' Crime against Humanity is a welcome and important addition to the long list of books by Taner Akcam on the history of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey."--Yair Auron, European Legacy "This is an important book in that its evidence comes primarily from Ottoman documents produced by the perpetrators--sources that were previously thought to be either inaccessible or irrelevant to the issues."--Robert Melson, Holocaust and Genocide StudiesTable of ContentsPreface ix Guide to Ottoman Turkish Words and Names xxxvii Abbreviations xxxix CHAPTER ONE Ottoman Sources and the Question of Their Being Purged 1 CHAPTER TWO: The Plan for the Homogenization of Anatolia 29 CHAPTER THREE: The Aftermath of the Balkan Wars and the"Emptying" of Eastern Thrace and the Aegean Littoral in 1913-14 63 CHAPTER FOUR: The Transformation of Ottoman Policies toward the Ottoman Greeks during the First World War 97 CHAPTER FIVE: The Initial Phase of Anti-Armenian Policy 125 CHAPTER SIX: Final Steps in the Decision-Making Process 157 CHAPTER SEVEN: Interior Ministry Documents and the Intent to Annihilate 203 CHAPTER EIGHT: Demographic Policy and the Annihilation of the Armenians 227 CHAPTER NINE: Assimilation: The Conversion and Forced Marriage of Christian Children 287 CHAPTER TEN: The Question of Confi scated Armenian Property 341 ELEVEN Some Official Denialist Arguments of the Turkish State and Documents from the Ottoman Interior Ministry 373 CHAPTER TWELVE: Toward a Conclusion 449 Selected Bibliography 453 Index 471
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Princeton University Press Reluctant Accomplice A Wehrmacht Soldiers Letters
Book SynopsisReluctant Accomplice is a volume of the wartime letters of Dr. Konrad Jarausch, a German high-school teacher of religion and history who served in a reserve battalion of Hitler's army in Poland and Russia, where he died of typhoid in 1942. He wrote most of these letters to his wife, Elisabeth. His son, acclaimed German historian Konrad H. Jarausch,Trade Review"It's difficult or impossible to summon sympathy for a soldier in Hitler's army--even one with no hatred for Jews--but the letters home of Konrad Jarausch do peel away stereotypes."--Neal Gender, American Jewish World "A detailed and disturbing portrait of a so-called average German soldier of the time... Jarausch has edited 350 of his father's letters, sent from occupied Poland and the PoW camps in Russia between 1939 until his death. His father was too old at 40 to be involved in fighting but he was close enough to the front to give gruesome accounts of the enormous Russian death toll in the camps... [W]hat these letters reveal in astonishing detail is that his belief in German superiority begins to weaken as he notices and hears of the murderous German reprisals, shootings and ethnic cleansing."--Louis Nowra, The Australian "Thought-provoking in its ambiguities... By age, temperament and conviction, then, Jarausch seemed designed for the role of skeptic about the Nazi regime. Reluctant Accomplice charts the growth of Jarausch's belief that Hitler's war was a disaster, for humanity and for Germany itself... The case of Jarausch suggests that, in a situation where radical evil holds sway, goodness has to become equally radical in order to combat it."--Adam Kirsch, The Tablet "Reluctant Accomplice: A Wehrmacht Soldier's Letters from the Eastern Front (Princeton University Press), is a revealing glimpse into the mind of a patriotic German who was skeptical of the Nazi leadership and soured on the fascist regime."--Sheldon Kirshner, Canadian Jewish News "Jarausch's voluminous set of correspondence offers a thoughtful and detailed account of life as a German soldier on the Eastern Front... It shows just how much coming to terms with the Nazi past is still an ongoing process."--Hester Vaizey, European History Quarterly "This remarkable compilation of wartime letters is nothing short of one of the most humbling and insightful reads you're likely to come across this year."--David Marx, David Marx Book Reviews "Reluctant Accomplice is a fascinating, important, and highly readable collection. The documents add depth, complexity, and a tragically human dimension to our understanding of how German soldiers experienced the war on the Eastern Front."--Alan E. Steinweis, Journal of Modern History "In this outstanding edition, Konrad H. Jarausch and his assistants Klaus J. Arnold and Eve M. Duffy have done an excellent job. The book contains an impressive biographical essay about the son's search for the father he never knew. Writers may succeed in producing approaches of this kind--at least sometimes. But historians? Usually such attempts fall flat. Yet this edition impressively proves the contrary--it is indeed possible."--Christian Hartmann, English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsPreface vii Foreword by Richard Kohn xiii In Search of a Father: Deaing with the Legacy of Nazi Complicity 1 Part I: The Polish Campaign 45 Letters from Poland, September 1939 to January 1940 53 Part II: Training Recruits 139 Letters from Poland and Germany, January 1940 to August 1941 146 Part III: War of Annihilation in Russia 237 Letters from Russia, August 1941 to January 1942 246 Acknowledgments 367 Notes to "In Search of a Father" 369 Selected Suggestions for Further Reading 381 Index 383
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Princeton University Press Terror in Chechnya Russia and the Tragedy of
Book SynopsisTerror in Chechnya is the definitive account of Russian war crimes in Chechnya. Emma Gilligan provides a comprehensive history of the second Chechen conflict of 1999 to 2005, revealing one of the most appalling human rights catastrophes of the modern era--one that has yet to be fully acknowledged by the international community. Drawing upon eyewitnTrade ReviewWinner of the 2011 Lemkin Award, Institute for the Study of Genocide "Emma Gilligan's book chronicles Moscow's brutal response to the republic's demand for freedom, an onslaught that has shattered Chechen society, fuelled armed resistance across the Caucasus and bred a new generation of violent extremists. She focuses on the second Chechen war, started by Boris Yeltsin in autumn 1999 and pursued by Vladimir Putin when he stepped up from the prime minister's post to the Kremlin in 2000... Her thorough research is enlivened by testimony from Chechen victims of Russian troops and their local henchmen."--Irish Times "Gilligan provides the definitive history of Russian policies toward Chechnya in the period from 1999 to the present. Utilizing first-person interviews and documents from Russian, US, and international nongovernmental organizations, she narrates the events of the First and Second Chechen wars, the rise of Chechen terrorism, and the events at Beslan within a larger context of human rights, making comparisons to other 20th-century situations including those in Bosnia... She has created a history remarkably free of technical jargon and specialist vocabulary that should serve as a good introduction to the subject and region for students and scholars of history, political science, and international law."--Choice "Terror in Chechnya is perhaps the most important book about the Chechen war available in English today."--Anna Brodsky, Russian Review "[Gilligan's] book is an important contribution to the literature. Her multilayered approach, her ability to highlight competing perspectives, and her insights into the way future investigations of human rights abuses could be conducted make her work a valuable contribution to the study of human rights."--Maria Raquel Freire, Perspectives on Politics "[T]he Chechen conflict, as a research subject, should be more frequently addressed to from the various perspectives. Gilligan's book is a solid pioneering piece of work in this direction."--Kiryl Kascian, Central European Journal of International and Security Studies "Emma Gilligan's book is an invaluable guide to the tragic consequences for Chechnya--and Russia--of a twin dynamic that has dominated post-Soviet Russian politics: the use of violence to maintain the territorial dimensions of the state, and the resilience of authoritarian politics."--Simon Cosgrove, Europe-Asia StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Ac know ledg ments xi Introduction 1 PART ONE: THE CRIMES CHAPTER 1: THE BOMBING, 1999? 2000 23 The Prelude to War 23 The Assault on Chechnya 32 CHAPTER 2: THE ZACHISTKA, 2000? 2002 50 The Massacre at Novye Aldy 54 Torture at Chernokozovo 58 Temporary Filtration Points 62 CHAPTER 3: THE DISAPPEARANCES, 2002? 5 77 Th e Early Cases 78 Chechenization 83 Summary Executions and Mass Graves 91 CHAPTER 4: FINDING REFUGE 98 Evacuation Routes 99 The Humanitarian Response and Forced Migrant Status 103 Forced Evictions and the Politics of Normalization 110 Asylum in Eu rope 118 PART TWO: THE RESPONSE CHAPTER 5: CHECHEN RETALIATION 123 Budennovsk and Kizliar 127 Dubrovka and Operation Boomerang 130 Beslan 138 CHAPTER 6: CIVIL SOCIETY REACTS 144 The Journalists: Babitskii, Politkovskaia, Abdulaeva, and Aliev 146 The Moscow Human Rights Community 157 Local Chechen Re sis tance 161 CHAPTER 7: INTERNATIONAL FAILURE 165 The UN Commission on Human Rights 166 The Council of Europe 168 The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 174 The United States and the War on Terror 177 A War Crimes Tribunal for Chechnya 179 CHAPTER 8: SEEKING JUSTICE IN EU ROPE: CHECHENS AT THE EUROPE AN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS 183 NGO Justice 186 Human Rights Case I: Isaeva, Iusupova and Bazaeva v. Russia 188 Human Rights Cases II and III: Bazorkina v. Russia and Luluev v. Russia 192 Human Rights Case IV: Chitaev and Chitaev v. Rus sia 197 Public Hearings 199 CONCLUSION 204 Notes 213 Bibliography 241 Index 265
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Princeton University Press The Crime of Aggression
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Noah Weisbord has written as masterful an account of the century of legal toil dedicated to corralling the human urge to wage war as has yet found two covers . . . . Weisbord’s work is that rarest of writings on legal matters: a kind of Decameron, a thoughtfully interconnected set of what might well be abstruse concepts, but told as a series of parables, aperçus, and case studies."---Brendan Howley, Literary Review of Canada"[This] insightful book . . . offers a valuable and provocative thesis . . . . The time is ripe to align with thinkers such as Weisbord, who advance a bold step forward for the restoration of relative peace rather than descend in a hopeless spiral of endless, grievous aggression against fellow human beings."---Shelley Walia, Frontline"A remarkable insider’s account of the historical efforts to criminalize wars of aggression."---Payam Akhavan, Global Justice Journal"Weisbord’s prophetic voice . . . should be heard and attended to by any human rights organization aiming at genuine pertinency in the 2020s and beyond."---Brian Philips, Journal of Human Rights Practice"Richly textured, eminently readable. . . . Masterful. . . . Riveting. . . . Overall, the book’s engaging style and readability make it an ideal companion to a broad variety of courses in international law and international relations. It should also, in my view, be on the recommended reading list for governmental and intergovernmental lawyers, including military lawyers, who must address legal issues related to the use of force and international criminal law. The book provides an especially useful starting point for those lawyers as they begin to wrestle with the complex applications of the crime of aggression in actual practice."---Laura Dickinson, The American Journal of International Law
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Princeton University Press Faith in Schools Autonomy Citizenship and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A political scientist at Washington University in St. Louis and a native of England, where public funding of religious schools is common, MacMullen dissects the educational and political arguments for and against implementation of such a system in the United States... [MacMullen] proposes a solution he believes can satisfy both the wishes of families and the requirements of citizenship."--Education Week "MacMullen's book is an interesting read, with some significant policy implications. While the book does not necessarily win the case for adopting the author's approach, it succeeds admirably in advancing a more meaningful consideration of the goals of public education policy and whether religious instruction is incompatible with those goals."--Valerie Stoker, Journal of the American Academy of ReligionTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 PART I: Civic Education and Religious Schools 13 CHAPTER 1: The Civic Case against Religious Schools 15 The Civic Goals of Education 16 Civic Goals as the Only Goals of Public Education Policy 21 Do Religious Schools Make Good Citizens? 29 The Civic Value of Religious Schools 35 Responses and Conclusions 37 CHAPTER 2: Civic Education and the Autonomy Problem in Political Liberalism 41 Conflicting Educational Goals: Three Approaches to Resolution 41 Liberalism without Political Primacy 49 Is Autonomy a "Cost" of Civic Education? 54 Liberal Democratic Principles Presuppose the Value of Autonomy 60 Conclusion 62 PART II: Autonomy as a Public Value 65 CHAPTER 3: Autonomy, Identity, and Choice 67 Autonomy as Ongoing Rational Reflection 69 Caricatures of Rational Autonomy 73 The Nature of Autonomous Reflection 81 Conclusion 86 CHAPTER 4: The Value of Autonomy in a Pluralist World 88 John Stuart Mill, Joseph Raz, and the Intrinsic Value of Autonomy 88 Contemporary Liberal Responses to Mill: The Neutrality Condition 92 Autonomy and Moral Responsibility 93 Arguments for the Instrumental Value of Autonomy 96 The Instrumental Value of Autonomy and the Neutrality Principle 103 Conclusion 111 CHAPTER 5: Autonomy as a Goal of Education Policy: Objections and Responses 113 Parental Rights and Interests 113 "Parents Are People Too" 119 The Death Knell for Traditional Ways of Life? 124 Other Objections and Responses 129 Conclusion 136 PART III: Religious Schools and Education for Autonomy 137 CHAPTER 6: Secular Public Schools: Critiques and Responses 139 What's Wrong with Secular Education? 141 Public Control of Schools 147 Authority and Autonomy 151 Conclusion 155 CHAPTER 7: Religious Secondary Schools as Threat to Autonomy? 157 The Development of Autonomy Cannot Be Taken for Granted 157 The Autonomy Case against Religious Schools 162 Hallmarks of Permissible Religious Secondary Schools 169 Regulation and Entanglement 175 Conclusions and Policy Implications 179 CHAPTER 8: The Role of Religious Primary Schools 182 Age-Sensitive Education 182 Primary Culture and Identity 184 Reasoning within an Ethical Framework 188 Cognitive Development and Autonomous Reflection 190 Maintaining the Option of Autonomous Religious Belief 193 Hallmarks of Permissible Religious Primary Schools 197 Conclusion 202 Conclusion 205 Bibliography 221 Index 227
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Princeton University Press The Europeanization of the World
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Headley flies in the face of post-1960s criticism of the West to argue that the Renaissance and the Reformation laid the groundwork for the world's present understanding of human rights and constitutional democracy... Headley offers considerable evidence for these Western contributions to pushing diverse cultures toward a new, globalized way of life... In a brief epilogue, [he] sets aside his scholarly mien to launch a devastating critique of American policies at home and abroad since 2001... A densely written defense of the Western tradition."--Kirkus Reviews "This is a provocative, compelling, and successful book that traces the culture-transcending qualities of the idea of a common humanity and political dissent in Europe... Balanced and deeply intelligent, Headley's book recasts the role of European civilization in shaping our future."--A.R. Brunello, Choice "John Headley's lucid study of the intellectual origins of human rights and democracy in the European tradition rewards the careful reader... Headley has written an excellent book, penetrating and well-written. The two sections on the United States described above arc in brief, isolated sections, and have little to do with the rest of the book. The reader stands to gain a great deal from this senior scholar's broad analysis of these distinctly European values."--John F. Kicza, Renaissance Quarterly "There is much in this book for Renaissance scholars, historical sociologists, and students of contemporary history. For the ... historically oriented sociologist, the book is an important contribution to understanding the European heritage."--Gerard Delanty, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations xi Preface xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: The Renaissance Defining and Engagement of the Global Arena of Humanity 9 Imperial and Global Motifs in the Advent of the New Geography 13 The Fully Habitable World for Renaissance Europe 31 Chapter 2: The Universalizing Principle and the Idea of a Common Humanity 63 The Universalizing Process: From Christendom to the Civilization of Europeans 66 The Career of Natural Rights in the Early Modern Period 103 Chapter 3: The Emergence of Politically Constituted Dissent in the European World 149 The Initial Constituting of Political Dissent: Thomas More's Horrific Vision 154 Party and Opposition in the Eighteenth-Century Anglo-American Experience 168 Aftermath 195 Epilogue 207 Notes 219 Bibliography 243 Index 269
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Princeton University Press Standing Soldiers Kneeling Slaves
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In a fascinating study of public space and the less-than-public contradictions of nineteenth-century culture, Kirk Savage sheds light not only on memory and monument but also on the invention of the 'popular' itself." —Henry Louis Gates, Jr. "A richly detailed and engagingly written study." —Boston Globe "Kirk Savage shows ingenuity in his analysis and interpretation of post-war commemorative sculpture." —Times Literary Supplement"An important and innovative work that will surely gain a wide scholarly audience . . . My hope is that it will also gain the wider readership its message deserves among the civic leaders who shape public policy and the general citizenry who both inherit and build the public monuments that guide public memory. Though the story Savage traces is often a discouraging one, his message is ultimately hopeful. By understanding how we have defined our past and our present through the lasting medium of public sculpture, we can imagine how we can shape, and perhaps redeem our future." —Catherine W. Bishir, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians "[A] tour de force." —Library Journal
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Princeton University Press Basic Rights
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Princeton University Press To Build a Black Future
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Princeton University Press The Struggle for the Peoples King
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Yazdiha shows how the corrupted memory of the Civil Rights Movement now allows it to be used against itself, inviting broader reflection about the place of collective memory in democratic politics. The book also makes a strong case forteaching history comprehensively and unflinchingly. . . . In the political cautions that story makes, [The] Struggle for the People's King is a book that will be revealing to students and useful to activists." * Choice *"Yazdiha demonstrates how the United States’ collective future is at stake in the stories Americans tell themselves to rationalize, legitimize, or justify their political claims. Based on assiduous research with sophisticated mixed theories laid out in a methodological appendix." * Library Journal *"The Struggle for the People’s King offers a new set of tools for examining meaning construction processes in efforts to bring about or resist social change. . . . Yazdiha’s ideas extend far beyond a focus on collective memory related to a specific historical figure. Her work opens the door to analyses that give close attention to how culture and structured inequalities constrain and enable social change and efforts to remedy injustice and inequality."---Rory McVeigh, Social Forces
£64.00
Princeton University Press The Struggle for the Peoples King
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Yazdiha shows how the corrupted memory of the Civil Rights Movement now allows it to be used against itself, inviting broader reflection about the place of collective memory in democratic politics. The book also makes a strong case forteaching history comprehensively and unflinchingly. . . . In the political cautions that story makes, [The] Struggle for the People's King is a book that will be revealing to students and useful to activists." * Choice *"Yazdiha demonstrates how the United States’ collective future is at stake in the stories Americans tell themselves to rationalize, legitimize, or justify their political claims. Based on assiduous research with sophisticated mixed theories laid out in a methodological appendix." * Library Journal *"The Struggle for the People’s King offers a new set of tools for examining meaning construction processes in efforts to bring about or resist social change. . . . Yazdiha’s ideas extend far beyond a focus on collective memory related to a specific historical figure. Her work opens the door to analyses that give close attention to how culture and structured inequalities constrain and enable social change and efforts to remedy injustice and inequality."---Rory McVeigh, Social Forces
£22.50
Princeton University Press The Origins of Citizenship in Ancient Athens
Book SynopsisIn this unusual synthesis of political and socio-economic history, Philip Manville demonstrates that citizenship for the Athenians was not merely a legal construct but rather a complex concept that was both an institution and a mode of social behavior. He further shows that it was not static, as most scholarship has assumed, but rather has slowly evolved over time. The work is also an explanation of the origins and development of the polis.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press sincTrade Review"There can be no questioning the value and validity of Manville's patient unravelling of the strands that...make up the close weave of classical Athenian citizenship: corporate identity, territoriality, population density, personal freedom, and landownership above all. It is one of the many strengths of Manville's quietly persuasive approach that he can deploy comparative ethnographic evidence from so-called 'primitive' states with telling sensitivity."--Paul Cartledge, The Times Literary Supplement "This book well repays the attention of anyone, whether historian, literary critic, or archaeologist, who is interested in the wider context of pre-classical Athenian society."--Gregory Crane, Bryn Mawr Classical Review "A real contribution to the perennial debate on the Athenian way of life. I would recommend it strongly to all who are also interested in the origins of our own society and our own brand of citizenship."--Harold B. Mattingly, HistoryTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface to the Paperback Edition, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*A Note on References and Abbreviations, pg. xiii*Chapter One. Introduction: What was Athenian Citizenship?, pg. 1*Chapter Two. In Search of the Polis, pg. 35*Chapter Three. Early Society, pg. 55*Chapter Four. Laws, Boundaries, and Centralization, pg. 70*Chapter Five. Land, Society, and Population at the Beginning of the Sixth Century, pg. 93*Chapter Six. Solon and the "Invention" of the Athenian Polis, pg. 124*Chapter Seven. Tyranny, Trials, and the Triumph of Kleisthenes, pg. 157*Chapter Eight. Conclusion, pg. 210*References, pg. 221*Index, pg. 259
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Indian Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty
Book SynopsisProviding a clear account of the laws and politics of Indian gaming, this book explains how it has become one of the most politically charged phenomena: at stake are a host of competing legal rights and political interests for tribal, state, and federal governments. This book uses examples that reflect a wide range of tribal experience.Trade Review“Light and Rand have studied the history, legalities, economics, politics, and social issues surrounding Indian casinos to produce this readable and highly informative volume. Their work, the most significant and comprehensive book on the subject to date, remarkably examines and documents from both Indian and non-Indian perspectives the wide array of concerns, public policy shifts, and sovereignty issues that have surfaced in the wake of the ever-increasing visibility of Native American casinos. Highly recommended.”—Choice“The best book on Indian gaming to date. . . . Belongs in every serious American Indian studies collection.”—Wicazo Sa Review: A Journal of Native American Studies
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Hoovers War on Gays Exposing the FBIs Sex
Book SynopsisFully exposes the extraordinary invasion of US citizens’ privacy perpetrated on a historic scale by an institution tasked with protecting American life. What Hoover’s War on Gays reveals is the FBI’s distinctly unethical, off-the-books long-term targeting of gay men and women and their organisations under cover of “official” rationale.Trade Review“A significant contribution to the literature on the gay and lesbian movements, on the history of the FBI, and on the political and cultural changes shaping twentieth century US.” Athan Theoharis, author of The FBI and American Democracy: A Brief Critical History “A brilliant and fascinating look at the FBI’s decadeslong interest in gays, one of the best things I have read about the FBI in years. It is an impressive achievement and very readable. Charles managed to obtain related files and follow the threads in those accounts which, in turn, led him to others. A groundbreaking book, covering a topic in FBI history that has not been previously explored in any significant way.” Matthew Cecil, author of Hoover’s FBI and the Fourth Estate: The Campaign to Control the Press and the Bureau’s Image.
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Pluto Press The Intensification of Surveillance Crime
Book SynopsisA shocking expose of surveillance methodsTable of Contents1. The intensification of surveillance Kirstie Ball (Lecturer in Organizational Management, University of Birmingham) and Frank Webster (Professor of Sociology, University of Birmingham) 2. Surveillance after September 11th David Lyon (Professor of Sociology, Queen's University, Canada) 3. Data – mining and surveillance in the post 9-11 environment Oscar Gandy (Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania) 4. Joined – up surveillance? Charles Raab (Professor of Government, University of Edinburgh) 5. ‘They Don’t Even Know We’re There’: The Electronic Monitoring of Offenders In England and Wales Mike Nellis (Senior Lecturer in Probation Studies, University of Birmingham) 6. Information warfare, surveillance and human rights by Frank Webster 7. Mapping out Cybercrimes in a Cyberspatial Surveillant Assemblage David Wall (Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds) 8. The constant state of emergency? Surveillance after 9/11 David Wood (Earl Grey Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Newcastle University), Eli Konvitz (PhD) and Kirstie Ball Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press The Kurds in Turkey
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Pluto Press (UK) Shadow Lives The Forgotten Women of the War on
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Pluto Press Compensation to Palestinian Refugees and the
Book SynopsisA variety of contributors - Palestinian, Israeli, and international scholars -examine the topic of Palestinian refugee compensation.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements 1. Introduction by Rex Brynen and Roula El-Rifai 2. Palestinian Negotiation Priorities on Reparations for Refugees - Leila Hilal 3. Compensation for Palestinian Refugees: an Israeli Perspective by Orit Gal 4. An Analysis of the Palestinian Refugees’ Right to Reparation under International Law with a Focus on the Right to Compensation by Lena El-Malak 5. The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine’s Records on Palestinian Refugee Property Losses by Michael Fischbach 6. Israel’s Policy Regarding Palestinian Refugee Real Estate Holdings: Israel’s State Records by Roby Nathanson and Hagar Tzameret- Kertcher 7. In Search of Information About Refugee Property Ownership by Elia Zureik and Jaber Suleiman 8. The Value of 1948 Palestinian Refugee Material Damages: An Estimate Based on International Standards by Thierry J. Senechal and Leila Hilal 9. The Typology of Palestinian Refugee Losses in 1948: A Balance Sheet Approach by Atif Kubursi 10. Implementation of an Agreed Solution for Palestinian Refugee Claims: Learning from the Experience of Other Claims Mechanisms by Norbert Wuehler and Heike Niebergall 11. Gender dimensions of redress for the Palestinian refugees by Megan Bradley and Roula El-Rifai 12. Redressing Internally Displaced Persons in Israel by Megan Bradley 13. Linking Palestinian Compensation Claims with Jewish Property Claims against Arab Countries by Michael Fischbach 14. Palestinian Refugee Compensation: Connections and Complexities by Rex Brynen 15. Beyond Compensation: Reparations, Transitional Justice and the Palestinian Refugee Question by Anne Massagee Index
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Pluto Press Hong Kong in Revolt The Protest Movement and the
Book SynopsisA dive into the tumultuous protests in Hong Kong that are forming the identity of a generationTrade Review'Clear, insightful, thorough and persuasive. It provides first-hand observations of the movement and its different groups and currents which help the reader embrace the diversity and complexity of the unrest. Without a doubt, this is the best book on Hong Kong's astonishing revolt.' -- Bruno Jetin, Associate Professor at University of Sorbonne Paris Nord'A timely must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the background, dynamics, and prospects of the ongoing 2019-20 Hong Kong protests.' -- Professor Poe Yu-ze Wan, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan'A brilliant assessment of the Hong Kong Revolt. Guided by Marxist theory, Au criticises both the Beijing party dictatorship and western capitalist propaganda.' -- Bodo Zeuner, Professor in Political Science, Free University of Berlin'Hong Kong’s revolt against increasing control by Beijing stands no chance of success unless it finds a counterpart on the mainland. This book is the best and most up-to-date guide to the complexity of this issue and the ongoing movement, from a progressive perspective.' -- Professor Gilbert Achcar, SOAS, University of London'A vivid picture of the struggle is painted by Au ... his viewpoint on the underlying dynamics of the rebellion, as it unfolded, is as insightful as it is invaluable' -- New Politics'Lively' -- Dissent'Delves deep into the roots of the Umbrella Movement, exploring how political values and questions of identity have played a role in the unrest' -- DAZED'If you are just going to read one book on the 2019 movement, it has to be Hong Kong in Revolt' -- rs21'At once hopeful but realistic, supportive but critical about what has happened, and what is still to happen, in Hong Kong' -- Lausan CollectiveTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. An Overview 2. Actors 3. Events 4. Issues 5. The Dragon, the Goose, and the Coronavirus Timeline of the 2019 Hong Kong Revolt References Index
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Pluto Press Hong Kong in Revolt
Book SynopsisA dive into the tumultuous protests in Hong Kong that are forming the identity of a generationTrade Review'Clear, insightful, thorough and persuasive. It provides first-hand observations of the movement and its different groups and currents which help the reader embrace the diversity and complexity of the unrest. Without a doubt, this is the best book on Hong Kong's astonishing revolt.' -- Bruno Jetin, Associate Professor at University of Sorbonne Paris Nord'A timely must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the background, dynamics, and prospects of the ongoing 2019-20 Hong Kong protests.' -- Professor Poe Yu-ze Wan, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan'A brilliant assessment of the Hong Kong Revolt. Guided by Marxist theory, Au criticises both the Beijing party dictatorship and western capitalist propaganda.' -- Bodo Zeuner, Professor in Political Science, Free University of Berlin'Hong Kong’s revolt against increasing control by Beijing stands no chance of success unless it finds a counterpart on the mainland. This book is the best and most up-to-date guide to the complexity of this issue and the ongoing movement, from a progressive perspective.' -- Professor Gilbert Achcar, SOAS, University of London'A vivid picture of the struggle is painted by Au ... his viewpoint on the underlying dynamics of the rebellion, as it unfolded, is as insightful as it is invaluable' -- New Politics'Lively' -- Dissent'Delves deep into the roots of the Umbrella Movement, exploring how political values and questions of identity have played a role in the unrest' -- DAZED'If you are just going to read one book on the 2019 movement, it has to be Hong Kong in Revolt' -- rs21'At once hopeful but realistic, supportive but critical about what has happened, and what is still to happen, in Hong Kong' -- Lausan CollectiveTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. An Overview 2. Actors 3. Events 4. Issues 5. The Dragon, the Goose, and the Coronavirus Timeline of the 2019 Hong Kong Revolt References Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Terms of Democracy
Book SynopsisThe Terms of Democracy shows how democracy makes radical demands upon political leaders and citizens alike. By setting out the terms of democracy in a fresh and systematic way, Michael Saward provides compelling responses to many troubling questions in democratic theory.Trade Review"Saward's The Terms of Democracy is a masterpiece of both erudition and concision. The clear analytical style and crisp critical synopses make it one of the best brief guides to democratic theory available today." Robert E. Goodin, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University "An impressive statement of the case for democracy. The book provides a rare combination of rigorous philosophical argument about principles with a scrupulous assessment of institutional practices in the light of those principles." David Beetham, Professor of Politics, University of LeedsTable of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Justification:. 1. Strategies for Justification. 2. The Grounds of Political Equality. Part II: Constituting Responsive Rule:. 3. Responsive Rule, Constitutionalism and Democratic Requirements. 4. Majority Rule and Direct Democracy. 5. Democratic Rights. 6. Democratic Institutions. Part III: Community and Constraint:. 7. Political Units for Democracy. 8. Constrained Democracy. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Global Human Rights Institutions
Book SynopsisThe range of global human rights institutions which have been created over the past half century is a remarkable achievement. Yet, their establishment and proliferation raises important questions. Why do states create such institutions and what do they want them to achieve? Does this differ from what the institutions themselves seek to accomplish? Are global human rights institutions effective remedies for violations of human dignity or temples for the performance of stale bureaucratic rituals? What happens to human rights when they are being framed in global institutions? This book is an introduction to global human rights institutions and to the challenges and paradoxes of institutionalizing human rights. Drawing on international legal scholarship and international relations literature, it examines UN institutions with a human rights mandate, the process of mainstreaming human rights, international courts which adjudicate human rights, and non-governmental human rights organizatiTrade Review"A useful text on advanced undergraduate/postgraduate human rights courses, and as a primer for researchers in the field looking to get a lot of information in one place." Political Studies Review "Oberleitner offers a lucid history, topography and enlightening assessments of the work of the major and some of the minor institutions that define the human rights movement today. The volume will be an excellent resource and guide for activists, civil servants, diplomats, researchers, students and their teachers." J. Paul Martin, Columbia University "At last we have a comprehensive account of human rights institutions that brings together international relations and international law perspectives. This panorama of a book will prove as valuable to international officials, diplomats and NGOs as it will to academics and their students." Kevin Boyle, Human Rights Centre, University of EssexTable of ContentsPreface by Conor Gearty. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. 1 Introduction. 2 Institutionalizing human rights: expectations, paradoxes, and consequences. Efficiency, legitimacy, power. Arena, instrument, actor. Autonomy and dependence. Form and function. Bureaucracy: authority and alienation. Predominance of law. Exclusion and inclusion. Guarding the guards. Remedy and ritual. 3 The rise of global human rights institutions. A timeline. A typology. Functions, activities, and expectations. 4 United Nations human rights institutions. Commission on Human Rights. ‘Politicisation’: membership and selectivity. Standard setting. Advisory services and technical cooperation. Response to human rights violations: 1235 and 1503. Special procedures. The Commission 1946-2006: achievements and legacy. Human Rights Council. Membership. Mandate. First steps. Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Membership, mandate, and activities. Hierarchy, expertise, and politics. Prospects. Commission on the Status of Women. Economic and Social Council. General Assembly. A ‘grand debate’ on human rights?. Leadership, budget, standards, scrutiny. Third Committee. Achievements. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. A mandate between servant and shield. From headquarters to the field. Treaty bodies. State reports. Inter-state complaints. Individual complaints. Inquiries. General Comments. Achievements. 5 Mainstreaming human rights. From mandate to mainstreaming. International Labour Organisation. United Nations Development Programme. United Nations Children’s Fund. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. World Health Organisation. Food and Agricultural Organisation. World Bank and International Monetary Fund. World Trade Organisation. Challenges ahead in mainstreaming human rights. United Nations Security Council. Safeguarding international peace and security. Genocide, the responsibility to protect, and human security. Peace operations. Democratic legitimacy. International humanitarian law and civilians in armed conflict. Criminal justice for human rights violations. Cooperation, transparency, and the role of NGOs. Prospects. 6 World courts and human rights. International Court of Justice. International Criminal Court. Towards a world court of human rights?. 7 Non-governmental organisations . Independence between law and politics. Consultation, co-operation, compensation, competition. Functions. Information, definition, mobilisation. Agenda-setting, norm-making, and policy development. Accompanying implementation. Advocacy, education, and operation. Legitimacy. Challenges. 8 Conclusion . References. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Global Human Rights Institutions
Book SynopsisThe range of global human rights institutions which have been created over the past half century is a remarkable achievement. Yet, their establishment and proliferation raises important questions. Why do states create such institutions and what do they want them to achieve? Does this differ from what the institutions themselves seek to accomplish? Are global human rights institutions effective remedies for violations of human dignity or temples for the performance of stale bureaucratic rituals? What happens to human rights when they are being framed in global institutions? This book is an introduction to global human rights institutions and to the challenges and paradoxes of institutionalizing human rights. Drawing on international legal scholarship and international relations literature, it examines UN institutions with a human rights mandate, the process of mainstreaming human rights, international courts which adjudicate human rights, and non-governmental human rights organizatiTrade Review"Oberleitner offers a lucid history, topography and enlightening assessments of the work of the major and some of the minor institutions that define the human rights movement today. The volume will be an excellent resource and guide for activists, civil servants, diplomats, researchers, students and their teachers." J. Paul Martin, Columbia University "At last we have a comprehensive account of human rights institutions that brings together international relations and international law perspectives. This panorama of a book will prove as valuable to international officials, diplomats and NGOs as it will to academics and their students." Kevin Boyle, Human Rights Centre, University of EssexTable of ContentsPreface by Conor Gearty. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. 1 Introduction. 2 Institutionalizing human rights: expectations, paradoxes, and consequences. Efficiency, legitimacy, power. Arena, instrument, actor. Autonomy and dependence. Form and function. Bureaucracy: authority and alienation. Predominance of law. Exclusion and inclusion. Guarding the guards. Remedy and ritual. 3 The rise of global human rights institutions. A timeline. A typology. Functions, activities, and expectations. 4 United Nations human rights institutions. Commission on Human Rights. ‘Politicisation’: membership and selectivity. Standard setting. Advisory services and technical cooperation. Response to human rights violations: 1235 and 1503. Special procedures. The Commission 1946-2006: achievements and legacy. Human Rights Council. Membership. Mandate. First steps. Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Membership, mandate, and activities. Hierarchy, expertise, and politics. Prospects. Commission on the Status of Women. Economic and Social Council. General Assembly. A ‘grand debate’ on human rights?. Leadership, budget, standards, scrutiny. Third Committee. Achievements. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. A mandate between servant and shield. From headquarters to the field. Treaty bodies. State reports. Inter-state complaints. Individual complaints. Inquiries. General Comments. Achievements. 5 Mainstreaming human rights. From mandate to mainstreaming. International Labour Organisation. United Nations Development Programme. United Nations Children’s Fund. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. United Nations Human Settlements Programme. World Health Organisation. Food and Agricultural Organisation. World Bank and International Monetary Fund. World Trade Organisation. Challenges ahead in mainstreaming human rights. United Nations Security Council. Safeguarding international peace and security. Genocide, the responsibility to protect, and human security. Peace operations. Democratic legitimacy. International humanitarian law and civilians in armed conflict. Criminal justice for human rights violations. Cooperation, transparency, and the role of NGOs. Prospects. 6 World courts and human rights. International Court of Justice. International Criminal Court. Towards a world court of human rights?. 7 Non-governmental organisations . Independence between law and politics. Consultation, co-operation, compensation, competition. Functions. Information, definition, mobilisation. Agenda-setting, norm-making, and policy development. Accompanying implementation. Advocacy, education, and operation. Legitimacy. Challenges. 8 Conclusion . References. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Diary of an Escape
Book Synopsisn Many people across the world know Antonio Negri as an internationally renowned political thinker whose book, Empire, co-authored with Michael Hardt, is an international bestseller. Much less well known is the fact that, up until 1979, Negri was a university professor teaching in Paris and Padova.Trade Review"At once a narration of philosophy, politics and personal memoir. The experience of the oppressed political prisoner divests the courts of their own web of rationality, exposing the system which upholds the semblance of justice." Irish Left Review "No one who seeks to comment on global capitalism or the movements opposing it can afford to ignore Negri. He remains one of Europe's few truly public intellectuals." Katharine Ainger, The New Statesman (The New Statesman list of 12 great thinkers of our time) "A guru of the post-modern left." Slavoj Zizek "One of the most important thinkers of our time." Fredric JamesonTable of ContentsIntroduction by the author Chapter 1. The Trial (24 February to 24 May 1983) 1-37 Chapter 2: Self Defence in Court (25 May to 8 July 1983) 38-57 Chapter 3: In Parliament (9 July to 18 September 1983) 58-98 Chapter 4: Freedom (19 September to 30 November 1983) 99-135
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Diary of an Escape
Book Synopsisn Many people across the world know Antonio Negri as an internationally renowned political thinker whose book, Empire, co-authored with Michael Hardt, is an international bestseller. Much less well known is the fact that, up until 1979, Negri was a university professor teaching in Paris and Padova.Trade Review"At once a narration of philosophy, politics and personal memoir. The experience of the oppressed political prisoner divests the courts of their own web of rationality, exposing the system which upholds the semblance of justice." Irish Left Review "No one who seeks to comment on global capitalism or the movements opposing it can afford to ignore Negri. He remains one of Europe's few truly public intellectuals." Katharine Ainger, The New Statesman (The New Statesman list of 12 great thinkers of our time) "A guru of the post-modern left." Slavoj Zizek "One of the most important thinkers of our time." Fredric JamesonTable of ContentsIntroduction by the author Chapter 1. The Trial (24 February to 24 May 1983) 1-37 Chapter 2: Self Defence in Court (25 May to 8 July 1983) 38-57 Chapter 3: In Parliament (9 July to 18 September 1983) 58-98 Chapter 4: Freedom (19 September to 30 November 1983) 99-135
£14.99
University of British Columbia Press Securing Borders
Book SynopsisDetention and deportation are the two most extreme sanctions of an immigration penality that polices noncitizens, identifies those deemed dangerous, diseased, deceitful, or destitute, and refuses them entry or casts them out. They play a key role in regulating national borders, citizens, and populations. But what determines whether a noncitizen is deserving or undeserving? And how have anxieties about risky outsiders and the quest for security shaped Canada's response to immigrants and refugees?Anna Pratt takes a close look at the discursive formations, transformations, and technologies of power that have surrounded the laws, policies, and practices of detention and deportation in Canada since the Second World War. She demonstrates that although the desire to fortify the border against risky outsiders has long been prominent in Canadian immigration penality, the degree to which concerns about security, crime, and fraud have come to govern the process is unprecedented.<Trade ReviewUltimately, Pratt writes convincingly of how (specific groups of) humans have become the object of management. This book also urges for research on a number of immigration management-related issues (e.g. discretion on the part of immigration officials). What I also consider a strength of the book is that it brings abundant light onto these minority ethnic groups in Canada that are relatively neglected by research … it will be invaluable for the researcher of immigration and ethnicity as well as to public official working with migrants and NGO workers. -- Georgios A. Antonopoulos, University of Durham * British Journal of Criminology Advance Access *Pratt’s book provides a complete and lucid analysis of the darker side of immigration policies in Canada. It maintains balance between a theoretical framework, historical backgrounders and practical illustrations, as well as between law and social science insights which will make reading accessible to a larger audience…It is, arguably the most complete and up-to-date Canadian book on detention and deportation. -- Sophie Dorais, McGill University * Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 21, no. 1, 2006 *This book goes a long way to render visible the material conditions and tangible practices of the detention and deportation of undeserving and undesirable non-citizens, who are essentially being criminalized for the mere act of migration. -- Harsha Walia * The Rain Review of Books, Issue 4:1, Winter 2006 *Anna Pratt, a sociologist who teaches criminology, examines an important aspect of Canada’s refugee policy – detention and deportation – from the perspective of human rights and social justice. She sees larger a pattern in connections between the federal government’s immigration and refugee policies, public concerns about crime and welfare fraud, media reporting on immigrant communities such as Toronto’s Somalis, and the trend towards neo-liberalism. -- Greg Marquis, University of New Brunswick * Law and Politics Review, Vol. 16, No.3 *Table of Contents1 Overview and Orientations2 Detention at the Celebrity Inn3 Reframing Discretion4 From Purity to Security5 Floods and Frauds6 Risky Refugees7 Discretion, Dangerousness, and National Security8 Criminals First9 Risk-Smart Borders10 ConclusionAppendix:NotesBibliographyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Negotiating Buck Naked
Book SynopsisSoon after the arrival of Doukhobors to British Columbia, new immigrants clashed with the state over issues such as land ownership, the registration of births and deaths, and school attendance. As positions hardened, the conflict, often violent, intensified and continued unabated for the better part of a century, until an accord was finally negotiated in the mid-1980s.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsOrganizations and Acronyms1 Introduction2 Deconstructing the Discourse of Conflict and Culture3 Auto-Narrative4 Competing Narratives5 Negotiating a New Narrative6 Rendering the Past into Meaning7 Turning Points of Reason8 Conflict and Terrorism: Lessons for the PractitionerAppendicesA Survey of Bombings and BurningsB Doukhobor Groups and RepresentativesC EKCIR MembersD Rules of Procedure Notes References Index
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University of British Columbia Press Organizing the Transnational
Book SynopsisThis collection articulates a multi-level cultural politics of transnationalism to frame contemporary analyses of immigration and diasporas.Trade ReviewWith Organizing the Transnational: Labour, Politics, and Social Change, Luin Goldring and Sailaja Krishnamurti present the diversity and expression of transnationalism as both concept and reality. By incorporating non-academics in this discussion, the collection expands the current debate on transnationalism to include the perspectives of non-governmental actors and agencies. ... As such, the book serves as a springboard to share and debate the origins and manifestations of transnational identity in the Canadian context. -- David Dorey, International Settlement Canada, Vol. 21, No. 4, Spring 2008Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction / Luin Goldring and Sailaja KrishnamurtiPart 1: Institutions, Policies, and Identities1 State and Media Construction of Transnational Communities: A Case Study of Recent Migration from Hong Kong to Canada / Myer Siemiatycki and Valerie Preston2 Emerging Postnational Citizenships in International Law: Implications for Transnational Lives and Organizing / Susan J. Henders3 Transnational Nationalism: Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada / Sarah V. Wayland4 Demystifying Transnationalism: Canadian Immigration Policy and the Promise of Nation Building / Uzma Shakir5 On Tim Hortons and Transnationalism: Negotiating Canadianness and the Role of Activist/Researcher / Leela ViswanathanPart 2: States, Transnational Labour, and Diasporic Capital6 Globalizing Work, Globalizing Citizenship: Community–Migrant Worker Alliances in Southwestern Ontario / Kerry Preibisch7 Forcing Governments to Govern in Defence of Noncitizen Workers: A Story about the Canadian Labour Movement’s Alliance with Agricultural Migrants / Stan Raper8 Transnationalism, Development, and Social Capital: Tamil Community Networks in Canada / R. Cheran9 Dancing Here, “Living” There: Transnational Lives and Working Conditions of Latina Migrant Exotic Dancers / Gloria Patricia and Díaz Barrero10 Transnational Work and the Labour Politics of Gender: A Study of Male and Female Mexican Migrant Workers Employed in Canada / Ofelia Becerril11 Development and Diasporic Capital: Nonresident Indians and the State / Pablo S. BosePart 3: Transnational Organizing and Social Change12 The Institutional Landscapes of Salvadoran Refugee Migration: Transnational and Local Views from Los Angeles and Toronto / Patricia Landolt13 The South Asia Left Democratic Alliance: The Dilemmas of a Transnational Left / Aparna Sundar14 Transnationalism and Political Participation among Filipinos in Canada / Philip F. Kelly15 Transnational Organizing in the Americas / Rusa Jeremic16 The Challenges of Extraterritorial Participation: Peru’s Advisory Councils for Peruvians Abroad / Gaby Motta and Carlos Enrique Terry (with Luin Goldring)Conclusion / Sailaja Krishnamurti and Luin GoldringReferences; Contributors; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Reaction and Resistance Feminism Law and Social
Book SynopsisAnalyzes late 20th-century responses to feminism, and asks: to what extent does the concept of backlash accurately explain reactions to feminism over time? This book offers feminists and other activists empirically grounded knowledge that can be used to develop legal and political strategies for change.Trade ReviewReaction and Resistance adds to the extant critical and feminist theorizing about the workings of social movements and counter-movements. Their research provides empirically grounded knowledge that feminists and other social activists can draw on in developing new legal and political strategies…. The contributors, taken together, bring an interdisciplinary, historically informed approach to the analysis of feminism, law, and social change. The chapters provide exemplars of the complete range of issues that feminists have addressed. They build on and expand the existing work and synthesize knowledge about the dynamics and impacts of feminist social movements. -- SirReadaLot, February 2008This text provides an analysis of the resistance to feminism evident in the Courts, government, media and academia. As a result of these views, a wide range of social ills have been allowed to proliferate including child poverty, sexual harassment and sexual assault. […] The book is a well organized outline of what remains to be done, and what can be done, to achieve equality between men and women. -- Ronald F. MacIsaac, Verdict, Issue 116, March 2008Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Feminism, Law, and Social Change: An Overview / Dorothy E. Chunn, Susan B. Boyd, and Hester LessardPart 1: Media Representations of Feminism, Anti-Racism, and Their Counter-Movements2 “Take It Easy Girls”: Feminism, Equality, and Social Change in the Media / Dorothy E. Chunn3 Virtual Backlash: Representations of Men’s “Rights” and Feminist “Wrongs” in Cyberspace / Robert Menzies4 Imperial Longings, Feminist Responses: Print Media and the Imagining of Nationhood after 9/11 / Sunera ThobaniPart 2: Sexual Terrains: Criminal Law and the Campus5 The Discursive Disappearance of Sexualized Violence: Feminist Law Reform, Judicial Resistance, and Neo-liberal Sexual Citizenship / Lise Gotell6 Backlash in the Academy: The Evolution of Campus Sexual Harassment Regimes / Hester LessardPart 3: Familial Identities and Neo-Liberal Reform7 Feminism, Fathers’ Rights, and Family Catastrophes: Parliamentary Discourses on Post-Separation Parenting, 1966-2003 / Susan B. Boyd and Claire F.L. Young8 Child-Centred Advocacy and the Invisibility of Women in Poverty Discourse and Social Policy / Wanda Wiegers9 Challenging Heteronormativity? Reaction and Resistance to the Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships / Claire F.L. Young and Susan B. BoydContributorsIndex
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University of British Columbia Press The Freedom of Security Governing Canada in the
Book SynopsisA trenchant exploration of how security and counter-terrorism practices are not only eroding civil liberties, but reshaping the very nature of our political freedom.Trade Review[Bell] pursues her thinking uncompromisingly and shares her research with an eloquence rare in academic treatises ... she invites us to think anew about an important aspect of contemporary political life. Security practices are now so imbedded in our ideas of freedom that we are unable to disengage from them. We are no longer able to fully appreciate how security intrudes in our lives as we travel, play, work or participate in the political process ... by forcing us to confront these unattractive facts and to recognize just how insidious security has become, Bell does her readers a considerable service. -- Nathalie Des Rosiers * Literary Review of Canada *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Relations of Freedom, Relations of Security1 Opting In: Precautionary Engagement as National Security Strategy2 The Socio-Legal Paradox of Freedom: Security Certificates and the Politics of Exception3 Interventionary Designs: The Liberal Way of War in Afghanistan4 Sovereignty and Refusal: The Violent Limits of Liberal RightsConclusion: Freedom beyond SecurityNotesReferencesIndex
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University of British Columbia Press The Politics of Acknowledgement
Book SynopsisHuman rights violations leave deep scars on people, societies, and nations. Since the early 1990s, international rights groups have argued that resolving the violence of the past through instruments of transitional justice such as truth commissions is a necessary condition for a peaceful future. But how can nations ensure that these tribunals are the best path to reconciliation?The Politics of Acknowledgement develops a theoretical framework of acknowledgement with which to evaluate truth commissions. Rather than applying this framework to successful tribunals, Joanna Quinn uses it to analyze the difficulties encountered and the ultimate failure of two poorly understood truth commissions in Uganda and Haiti. The failure of these commissions reveals that if reconciliation is to be achieved, acknowledgement of past violence and harm by both victims and perpetrators must come before goals such as forgiveness, social trust, civic engagement, and social cohesion.Table of Contents1 IntroductionPart 1: Theoretical Model2 The Politics of Acknowledgement3 Truth Commissions4 The Truth Commissions of Uganda and HaitiPart 2: Analysis: Parallels between the Ugandan and Haitian Cases5 Political Will6 Institutional Constraints7 Whither Acknowledgement?8 Social Underpinnings9 Acknowledgement: A New Lens for EvaluationAppendicesNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press In Defence of Principles
Book SynopsisSince 9/11 and the onset of the war on terror, the principal challenge confronting liberal democracies has been to balance freedom with security and individual with collective rights. In Defence of Principles sheds new light on the evolution of human rights norms in liberal democracies by charting the activism of four Canadian NGOs on issues of refugee rights, hate speech, and the death penalty, including their use of difficult, often controversial legal cases as platforms to assert human rights principles and shape judicial policy-making.Although human rights principles are often spoken of in absolute terms, this book reminds us that they are never certain even in countries that have a vibrant civil society, a long tradition of rule of law, and a judiciary that possesses the constitutional authority to engage in judicial review. The struggles of these NGOs reveal not only the fragility but also the resilience of ideas about rights in liberal democracies.Trade ReviewIn Defence of Principles is a comprehensive survey of three groundbreaking Charter cases and the NGOs that plunged into the heart of these controversies. Thompson’s book ultimately reminds readers of the fragility of NGOs’ gains in the field of human rights, as the experiences of AI Canada in Kindler and of the CCC in Singh both show. Thompson’s work also describes how NGO intervention is not without its costs. The CCLA and AI Canada, for instance, paid a substantial price in the form of adverse publicity and decreased donations, respectively, for being seen to side with odious individuals (whether a virulent racist or two violent criminals). In spite of these setbacks, the persistence of Singh, Keegstra, and Kindler in current debates on refugees, free expression, and capital punishment remains a legacy of the intervention and bold ideas of Canada’s NGOs. -- Stephen Hsia * Osgoode Hall Law Journal Vol 49, No 2 *This is a well-crafted, subtle, and highly relevant though specialized contribution to human rights and security. Summing up: Highly recommended. -- M.D. Crosston, Bellevue University * CHOICE, Vol. 48, No. 09 *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: In Defence of Principles1 My Brother’s Keeper: The Canadian Council of Churches and the Rights of Refugees2 The “Misuse” of Freedom? The Canadian Jewish Congress, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and the Limits of Expression3 Shocking the Conscience? Amnesty International Canada and Abolition of the Death PenaltyConclusion: Principles in the Age of RightsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Property Territory Globalization Struggles over
Book SynopsisFocusing on sites of friction in property regimes, this book reveals that a politics of place can help local actors build bases of autonomy to withstand, and even reshape, the forces of globalization.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgments1 Introduction: Property, Autonomy, Territory, and Globalization / Scott Prudham and William D. Coleman2 The Globalization of International Law, Indigenous Identity, and the New Constitutionalism / A. Claire Cutler3 Lifeworlds and Property: Epistemological Challenges to Cree Concepts of Land in the Twentieth Century / Susan M. Preston4 Making Forests “Normal”: Sustained Yield, Improvement, and the Establishment of Globalist Forestry in British Columbia / Scott Prudham5 Contested Autonomy: Globalization and Miskito Customary Property Rights in the Rio Plantano Biosphere Reserve / Sharlene Mollett6 Globalization, Intellectual Property, and the Emergence of New Property Types / Daniel Gorman7 Competing or Relational Autonomies? Globalization, Property, and Friction over Land Rights / Eva Mackey8 Plant Genetic Resources, Farmers’ Rights, and the Globalization of Intellectual Property Rights: Reinforcing Asymmetries in Autonomies / William D. Coleman and Austina J. Reed9 Globalization without World Order: Intellectual Property and Its Discontents / Anna GreenspanCoda10 Property Rites: Cultural Narrations of the Palestinian Catastrophe / Jasmin HabibNotes and Acknowledgments; Works Cited; Contributors; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Unsettled Balance Ethics Security and Canadas
Book SynopsisA timely exploration of the uneasy balance between ethics and security in Canada’s international decision-making processes since 9/11.Table of ContentsIntroductionEthics and Security: New Issues and Contexts for Decision Making / Rosalind WarnerPart 1: Freedom from Fear: Humanitarianism and Military Security1 The Responsibility to Protect: From Evolving Norm to Practice / W. Andy Knight2 War-Fighting and the Decline of Humanitarian Space in Canadian Security Policy / Alistair Edgar3 The Commercial Military and Security Services Industry: A Canadian Consideration? / Chris HendershotPart 2: Security across Borders4 Charter Values and Post-9/11 Security and Terrorism Law and Policy: Comparing Canada’s “Home” and “Away” Games / Barbara J. Falk5 The Ethics of Mega-Event Security: When the World Comes to Visit / Veronica KitchenPart 3: Freedom from Want: Development, Gender, and Environment6 What Does It Mean to Be a Country of Focus? Canada’s Foreign Aid to Ethiopia / David R. Black and Rebecca Tiessen7 Losing Gender Equality along the Way: The Failure to Mainstream Gender in Canada’s Commitments to International Security and Development / Rebecca Tiessen and Sarah Tuckey8 Spreading the Guilt: Canada and Climate Change Adaptation Funding / Peter StoettPart 4: Regional Security: Countries and Areas9 Ethics, Security, and Free-Trade Agreements: The Case of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement / Jim Rochlin10 Canada’s Moral Identity in Africa and Its Implications for Policy in the Twenty-First Century / Edward AkuffoConclusion: Moving Forward with Ethics and Security / Rosalind WarnerQuestions for DiscussionSuggested ReadingsIndex
£69.70
University of British Columbia Press Unsettled Balance Ethics Security and Canadas
Book SynopsisA timely exploration of the uneasy balance between ethics and security in Canada’s international decision-making processes since 9/11.Table of ContentsIntroductionEthics and Security: New Issues and Contexts for Decision Making / Rosalind WarnerPart 1: Freedom from Fear: Humanitarianism and Military Security1 The Responsibility to Protect: From Evolving Norm to Practice / W. Andy Knight2 War-Fighting and the Decline of Humanitarian Space in Canadian Security Policy / Alistair Edgar3 The Commercial Military and Security Services Industry: A Canadian Consideration? / Chris HendershotPart 2: Security across Borders4 Charter Values and Post-9/11 Security and Terrorism Law and Policy: Comparing Canada’s “Home” and “Away” Games / Barbara J. Falk5 The Ethics of Mega-Event Security: When the World Comes to Visit / Veronica KitchenPart 3: Freedom from Want: Development, Gender, and Environment6 What Does It Mean to Be a Country of Focus? Canada’s Foreign Aid to Ethiopia / David R. Black and Rebecca Tiessen7 Losing Gender Equality along the Way: The Failure to Mainstream Gender in Canada’s Commitments to International Security and Development / Rebecca Tiessen and Sarah Tuckey8 Spreading the Guilt: Canada and Climate Change Adaptation Funding / Peter StoettPart 4: Regional Security: Countries and Areas9 Ethics, Security, and Free-Trade Agreements: The Case of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement / Jim Rochlin10 Canada’s Moral Identity in Africa and Its Implications for Policy in the Twenty-First Century / Edward AkuffoConclusion: Moving Forward with Ethics and Security / Rosalind WarnerQuestions for DiscussionSuggested ReadingsIndex
£25.19
University of British Columbia Press The Stability Imperative
Book SynopsisLegal expert Sarah Biddulph uses case studies to examine the multiple and shifting ways in which the Chinese government’s efforts to maintain social and political stability impact on the legal definition and implementation of human rights in China.Trade ReviewBiddulph has written an outstanding contribution to the field of human rights and law as well as to the field of governance and social stability/protests. The uniqueness and strength of the book lie in the author’s ability to bridge and unite insights from different research areas and in her rich empirical material. [Biddulph] shows how issues of human rights and governance are intertwined and shape the life of individual citizens as well as the work of different state and non-state actors and institutions. -- Marina Svensson, Lund University * Pacific Historical Review *Table of Contents1 Rights in a Time of Anxiety about Stability2 Labour Rights and Stability3 Housing Expropriation, Demolition, and Relocation4 The Right to Medical Care and Causing Havoc in Hospitals (Yinao)5 Punishing Protest6 Abolishing Re-Education through Labour7 Governance for Rights and Stability?Appendix: Legislation, Administrative Regulations and Rules, Normative Documents, and Party DocumentsNotes; References; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Debating Hate Crime
Book SynopsisDebating Hate Crime examines the language and argumentation used by parliamentarians, senators, and committee witnesses to debate Canada's hate-crime laws. These lively, and at times raucous, legislative debates and committee hearings reveal much about party politics, public policy, and social issues of the day, including citizenship, nationhood, and Canadian values. Drawing on discourse analysis, semiotics, and critical psychoanalysis, Allyson Lunny explores how the tropes, metaphors, and other linguistic signifiers used in these debates expose the particular concerns, trepidations, and anxieties of Canadian lawmakers and the expert witnesses called before their committees. In so doing, Lunny reveals and interrogates the meaning and social signification of the endorsement of, and resistance to, hate law. The result is a rich historical and analytical account of some of Canada's most passionate public debates on victimization, rightful citizenship, social threat, and moral eroTrade ReviewThis book is indeed a fascinating read and an insight into how attitudes toward the language of hate crime laws have evolved over the years. -- Daniel Perlin, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University * Canadian Law Library Review *This contribution to UBC’s "Law and Society" series analyzes parliamentary debate touching on sexual identity and gender expression at the federal level. Lunny explores ways this debate provides a forum for, and a reflection of, the struggle over social meaning in Canadian society … The work fits squarely within scholarship that sees the social meaning of, and discourse around, identity and social inclusion/exclusion as mutually constructed. It is also relevant to those who study balances between individual and group rights, federal and provincial governance, and parliamentary and charter precedence in Canadian politics today while providing a comparative study for those who have examined similar issues in US or European discourse. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. -- S. P. Duffy, Quinnipiac University * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Political and Affective Language of Hate1 Hate Propaganda and the Spectre of the Holocaust2 Legislating Victims of Hate3 Bill C-250: A Censoring of Religious Freedom or a Protection Against Hate?4 The Trans “Bathroom Bill”5 The Baby and the Bathwater: The Repeal of Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights ActConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Debating Hate Crime
Book SynopsisDebating Hate Crime examines the language and argumentation used by parliamentarians, senators, and committee witnesses to debate Canada's hate-crime laws. These lively, and at times raucous, legislative debates and committee hearings reveal much about party politics, public policy, and social issues of the day, including citizenship, nationhood, and Canadian values. Drawing on discourse analysis, semiotics, and critical psychoanalysis, Allyson Lunny explores how the tropes, metaphors, and other linguistic signifiers used in these debates expose the particular concerns, trepidations, and anxieties of Canadian lawmakers and the expert witnesses called before their committees. In so doing, Lunny reveals and interrogates the meaning and social signification of the endorsement of, and resistance to, hate law. The result is a rich historical and analytical account of some of Canada's most passionate public debates on victimization, rightful citizenship, social threat, and moral eroTrade ReviewThis book is indeed a fascinating read and an insight into how attitudes toward the language of hate crime laws have evolved over the years. -- Daniel Perlin, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University * Canadian Law Library Review *This contribution to UBC’s "Law and Society" series analyzes parliamentary debate touching on sexual identity and gender expression at the federal level. Lunny explores ways this debate provides a forum for, and a reflection of, the struggle over social meaning in Canadian society … The work fits squarely within scholarship that sees the social meaning of, and discourse around, identity and social inclusion/exclusion as mutually constructed. It is also relevant to those who study balances between individual and group rights, federal and provincial governance, and parliamentary and charter precedence in Canadian politics today while providing a comparative study for those who have examined similar issues in US or European discourse. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. -- S. P. Duffy, Quinnipiac University * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Political and Affective Language of Hate1 Hate Propaganda and the Spectre of the Holocaust2 Legislating Victims of Hate3 Bill C-250: A Censoring of Religious Freedom or a Protection Against Hate?4 The Trans “Bathroom Bill”5 The Baby and the Bathwater: The Repeal of Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights ActConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Making a Scene Lesbians and Community across
Book SynopsisA celebratory history of how lesbians “made a scene” by creating places and opportunities to form relationships, debate politics, and build their own culture across Canada.Trade ReviewThis well-researched study of twenty formative years of lesbian community-building in Canada covers a lot of ground … Millward has captured the flavor of an era by combining data from previous studies with eyewitness accounts and black-and-white photos from private collections. She proposes a symbiotic relationship between self-defined lesbians and their “scene” or social milieu: a lesbian identity requires a social context, and vice versa. -- Jean Roberta * The Gay and Lesbian Review *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart 1: Creating Places1 “The Lesbian, Drinking, Is Never at Her Best”: Beer Parlours, Taverns, and Bars2 “No Drugs, No Straights”: Members-Only Clubs3 “Let’s Decide What We Are – A Drop-In or a Café with Entertainment”: BuildingsPart 2: Overcoming Geography4 “It Was an Incredible Conference”: Getting Together5 “An Event That Is Talked About as Far Away as Toronto”: Claiming Public Space6 “Be Daring – Live the Unbelievable and Challenging Life of a Rural Lesbian!”: Outside the Big CityConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Making a Scene
Book SynopsisA celebratory history of how lesbians “made a scene” by creating places and opportunities to form relationships, debate politics, and build their own culture across Canada.Trade ReviewThis well-researched study of twenty formative years of lesbian community-building in Canada covers a lot of ground … Millward has captured the flavor of an era by combining data from previous studies with eyewitness accounts and black-and-white photos from private collections. She proposes a symbiotic relationship between self-defined lesbians and their “scene” or social milieu: a lesbian identity requires a social context, and vice versa. -- Jean Roberta * The Gay and Lesbian Review *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart 1: Creating Places1 “The Lesbian, Drinking, Is Never at Her Best”: Beer Parlours, Taverns, and Bars2 “No Drugs, No Straights”: Members-Only Clubs3 “Let’s Decide What We Are – A Drop-In or a Café with Entertainment”: BuildingsPart 2: Overcoming Geography4 “It Was an Incredible Conference”: Getting Together5 “An Event That Is Talked About as Far Away as Toronto”: Claiming Public Space6 “Be Daring – Live the Unbelievable and Challenging Life of a Rural Lesbian!”: Outside the Big CityConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£25.19
University of British Columbia Press Contemporary Slavery
Book SynopsisContemporary slavery has recently and unexpectedly emerged as a source of both popular fascination and a spur to political mobilization. This volume brings together a cast of leading experts to carefully explore how the history and iconography of slavery has been invoked to support a series of government interventions, activist projects, legal instruments, and rhetorical and visual performances. However well-intentioned these interventions might be, they nonetheless remain subject to a host of limitations and complications. Recent efforts to combat contemporary slavery are too often sensationalist, self-serving, and superficial; and therefore end up failing the crucial test of speaking truth to power. The widely held notion that anti-slavery is one of those rare issues that transcends politics or ideology is only sustainable because the underlying issues at stake have been constructed and demarcated in a way that minimizes direct challenges to dominant political and economic Trade ReviewContemporary Slavery is a must-read for every academic, practitioner, and activist working in the field of slavery and human trafficking… Each of the chapters provides a new perspective, and the strongest impact is gained by just this: the holistic, diverse representation of observations, analysis, and research ... this book is an invaluable compilation of thoughtful, nuanced chapters, which build a case for more careful academic engagement with the language of slavery. -- Journal of Human Trafficking * Nandor Kunst & Kurttuli Lingenfelter *
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University of British Columbia Press A Human Rights Based Approach to Development in
Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates why economic development is synonymous with institutional development for the furthering of human development issues.Table of ContentsForeword / Pitman B. PotterIntroduction / India and a Human Rights Based Approach to Economic Development / Moshe Hirsch, Ashok Kotwal, and Bharat Ramaswami1 India’s National Food Security Act and the WTO Agreement on Agriculture / Milind Murugkar2 Primary Education in India: Evidence and Practice / Ashok Kotwal, Bharat Ramaswami, and Wilima Wadhwa3 Ensuring the Right to Work through Better Governance / Ashwini Kulkarni4 From Cautious Support to Precautionary Paralysis: The Evolution of India’s Regulatory Regime for Transgenics / Milind Kandlikar5 Child Malnutrition, Infant Feeding Practices, and Nutrition Information: Evidence from India / Nisha Malhotra6 Foreign Direct Investment and Intergroup Disparities in India / Ashwini Deshpande7 Climate Change Mitigation: The Indian Conundrum / Milind Kandlikar and Simon HardingConclusion / Moshe Hirsch, Ashok Kotwal, and Bharat RamaswamiReferences; Index
£52.70
University of British Columbia Press Challenge the Strong Wind
Book SynopsisChallenge the Strong Wind recounts the story of Canadian policy toward East Timor from the 1975 invasion to the 1999 vote for independence, demonstrating that historical accounts need to include both government and non-governmental perspectives.Trade ReviewDavid Webster's Challenge the Strong Wind: Canada and East Timor, 1975−99 is a significant scholarly work on Canada‐East Timor relations. -- Wu‐Ling Chong * Asian Policy and Politics *I read with avid interest David Webster’s Challenge the Strong Wind…this is a wonderful book. -- Ferry de Kerckhove, Senior Fellow, University of Ottawa * International Journal *Table of ContentsForeword by Robert Bothwell and John English1 Introduction: Never a Lost CausePart 1: From Indifference to Complicity, 1975–832 Through Australian Eyes? Pierre Trudeau and the Indonesian Annexation of East Timor, 1975–773 Human Rights and the Humanitarian Impulse: Oxfam and East Timor, 1975–764 Changing Sides at the United Nations, 1978–825 Ceasefire and War Crimes, 1983Part 2: A Clash of Narratives, 1984–916 A Counter-Narrative Emerges, 1980–857 Congruent Interests? The Mulroney Government, 1984–918 Canadian Catholics and the East Timor Struggle9 The Canada Asia Working Group, 1986–9110 Speaking Mouths: The East Timor Alert Network, 1986–91Part 3: Trade vs. Human Rights, 1991–9811 Santa Cruz and After12 Human Rights and Diaspora Diplomacy13 Recalibrating the Relationship, 1993–9514 A Nobel Cause: Diplomacy and Activism, 1996–98Part 4: Changing the Narrative, 1998 Onward15 Canada Comes Around, 1998–9916 Canada and East Timor in the Twenty-First Century17 Conclusion: Diplomacies Seen and UnseenNotes; Bibliography; Index
£66.60
University of British Columbia Press From Wardship to Rights
Book SynopsisThis thoughtful and engaging examination of the Guerin case shows how it changed the relationship between governments and Indigenous peoples from one of wardship to one based on legal rights.Trade ReviewFrom Wardship to Rights is a captivating account of one of the most significant moments in Canadian legal history. Beyond its value in preserving the first-hand memories of the participants, Jim Reynolds's book offers an understandable yet uncompromised contribution to the scholarship of Canadian Aboriginal law. -- Corbin Golding * Saskatchewan Law Review *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart 1: The Context1 The Colonial Context2 The Musqueam and Their Land3 The Government as FiduciaryPart 2: The Case4 The Trial and Federal Court of Appeal5 The Supreme Court of CanadaPart 3: The Consequences6 The Impact of GuerinConclusionNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index
£58.65
