Human rights, civil rights Books

Book SynopsisA White pastor and a Black pastor, close friends who have each built racially diverse congregations, offer a model Christians can follow to open necessary conversations about race, encourage unity, and foster mutual respect to heal a wounded nation riven by racial tension and political tribalism.For years, Pastors John Siebeling and Wayne Francis have led thriving congregations that are the embodiment of diversity; Siebeling in Memphis and Francis in New York City. Many churches and leaders have sought their counsel, hoping to emulate their success. At the height of the Black Lives Matter protests in Summer 2020, they pooled their insights and experiences to help others facilitate conversations about racism. The guide they developed is the basis of God and Race. Siebeling and Francis examine the White-Black tension from both perspectives and answer all the uncomfortable questions we’re afraid to ask—regarding ourselves, our families, our work and relationships, and the church. Most important, they provide practical steps anyone can take to become part of the solution. Whether you are a church leader or just a caring person who wants to make a difference, God and Race provides inspiration and guidance to help you become an agent of reconciliation and change. These two wise pastors teach you how to find your voice and join Jesus in healing, to help bring our divided communities together with open minds, open hearts, and open hands.Many Christian books on race either do not ask the hard questions or, if they do, speak as critics outside the mainstream church. Siebeling and Francis probe the meaning of racial reconciliation and reveal how the church can be a positive and effective leader to move us forward, beyond hate and injustice, to equality and love.

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Book SynopsisDr. Benjamin Rush was the Founding Father of an America that other Founding Fathers forgot or ignored--an America of women, African-Americans, Jews, Quakers, Roman Catholics, indentured workers, and the poor. Ninety percent of the people lived in that other America, but none could vote and none had rights to life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness, either before or after independence from Britain. Alone among the Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Rush heard their cries and stepped forth as the nation''s first great humanitarian and social reformer.Known primarily as America''s most influential and leading physician, Rush was also among the first to call for the abolition of slavery, equal rights for women, free education and health care for the poor, slum clearance, city-wide sanitation facilities, an end to child labor, universal public education, humane treatment and therapy for the insane, prison reform, an end to capital punishment,

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Book SynopsisFrom the Civil Rights movement to Black Lives Matter, a TIME Magazine cover photographer and star of Netflix's Strong Black Lens presents a collection of stirring photos and writings from six decades of protest and collective action.

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Book SynopsisIt has become routine for the US government to invoke human rights to justify its foreign policy decisions and military ventures. But this human rights talk has not been supported by a human rights walk. Policy makers consistently apply a double standard for human rights norms: one the rest of the world must observe, but which the US can safely ignore.Based on extensive interviews with leading foreign policy makers, military officials, and human rights advocates, Mertus tells the story of how America's attempts to promote human rights abroad have, paradoxically, undermined those rights in other countries. The second edition brings the story up-to-date, including new sections on the second half of the Bush administration and the Iraq War, and updates on Afghanistan.The first edition of Bait and Switch won the American Political Science Association's 2005 Best Book on Human Rights.Trade Review"Mertus provides a stark indictment of the slippage between American rhetoric and American action on international human rights, showing how partisan selectivity and double standards pervaded American policy even before September 11. More generally, the book examines the ways in which international norms can get lost in the translation into domestic practice, challenging some comfortable orthodoxy about the depth and breadth of the spread of an international human rights culture."-Jack Donnelly, author, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice, and Andrew Mellon Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver "Scholars and practitioners seeking to understand the stark differences between the pious rhetoric and prosaic reality of U.S. human rights policy need look no further than this insightful and readable volume by Julie Mertus. As the changes and ramifications of U.S. foreign policy are subjected to scrutiny in both the media and classroom, nothing could be more timely than this critical examination of not only the executive branch and the military but NGOs as well."--Thomas G. Weiss, Presidential Professor of Political Science and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The CUNY Graduate Center"Mertus argues that ‘something is seriously awry with the way the U.S. "does" human rights.’ Coming from a scholar who expected to come to a much more positive conclusion regarding U.S. human rights policy, this is a serious indictment. Bait and Switch is an important book that should be read by anyone interested in the growing gulf between how the United States sees itself and how other nations and peoples see it."--Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University"Mertus's indictment of U.S. human rights behavior is more devastating in this updated text. An 'arch' unilateralist executive, the breakdown in military command, and competitive civil society have led to intense hatred of the U.S. and contributed to greater insecurity. A stunning assessment of human rights behavior during the Global War on Terrorism."--Karen A. Mingst, Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KentuckyTable of Contents1. All That Glitters 2. TheLingua Franca of Diplomacy: Human Rights and the Post–Cold War Presidencies 3. The New Military Humanism: Human Rights and the U.S. Military 4. Raising Expectations: Civil Society's Influence on Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy 5. Conclusion: Bait and Switch?

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America

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Book SynopsisAnalyzes the role of Jews in the formation of international human rights efforts throughout the US, Israel, and the Former Soviet Union. This work examines this human rights work as part of a total system of Jewish political commitments, a system shaped by both human rights history and Jewish history.Trade ReviewThis clear-eyed and comprehensive history of the significant Jewish involvement in international human rights breaks new scholarly ground. Galchinsky carefully delineates how external and internal pressures have shaped and transformed Jewish human rights agendas in Israel and on the worldwide stage. -- Judith R. Baskin, University of OregonMichael Galchinsky has given us an intricate picture of the personalities, politics, and practices that make up Jewish human rights activities in the contemporary world. He presents a nuanced view of the post-modern struggle to articulate a Jewish approach to human rights that is pulled in a variety of directions by often opposing forces. -- Peter J. Haas, Case Western Reserve UniversityThis book offers an original analysis of the crucial role that Jews have played in the rise of modern international human rights movements. It is strongest in its ability to understand the tensions that Jewish human rights activists face in trying to foster global human rights and human rights in Israel in the face of a pronounced bias against Israel in the so-called 'international human rights community.' A major contribution to the sociology of human rights in the modern worldddd -- Thomas Cushman, Wellesley CollegeThis is an important work. In his meticulous examination of three major instances of Jewish and Israeli human rights advocacy since World War II, Michael Galchinsky has elucidated the political and practical limits of this activism as well as the undoubted accomplishments. Highly recommended for students of contemporary history as well as for the general reader. -- Carole Fink, The Ohio State UniversityMichael Galchinsky's boundary-shattering analysis in Jews and Human Rights looks at all of the roles in the evolving world of 'human rights' assumed by Jews—Jews as victims and claimants, as organizers and theoreticians, as activists and critics. Galchinsky explores this complex and often contradictory and controversial relationship in a way to merge legal, cultural, and intellectual history into a readable narrative of the history of the Jews in the modern world. A brilliant book! -- Sander L. Gilman, Emory UniversityThis book offers an original analysis of the crucial role that Jews have played in the rise of modern international human rights movements. It is strongest in its ability to understand the tensions that Jewish human rights activists face in trying to foster global human rights and human rights in Israel in the face of a pronounced bias against Israel in the so-called 'international human rights community.' A major contribution to the sociology of human rights in the modern world -- Thomas Cushman, Wellesley CollegeThis is an important, timely and well-researched scholarly work. It presents a unique perspective of looking at the issue of human rights from the particular to the universal in the global age. An essential work for understanding the inter-related issues of human rights, Jewish activists, and Israel. -- Fred A. Lazin, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, IsraelThis book is informative and readable. Recommended. * CHOICE *More studies are needed that take what we know of complex transnational Jewish identities and examine their rich relationships with the state, including intergovernmental organizations such as the United Nations. In Dancing at Three Weddings, Michael Galchinsky marries the two. While many traditional histories examine genocide in graphic detail, Galchinsky's contribution is a catalog of the motivations and responses by a diverse community of Jews to deal with postwar tragedies. * American Jewish History *Since World War II, Jews, working alone or through NGOs, have been active in the international human rights movement. While many books have been written on the biblical and rabbinic context for Jewish involvement in social action, Galchinsky focuses instead on sociological and political motvies. The book includes extensive notes, bibliography, and index. Recommended for academic libraries. * AJL Newsletter, November/December 2009 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Building Human Rights Chapter 2 Freeing Soviet Jews—and After Chapter 3 Jewish Responses to Non-Jewish Genocides Chapter 4 American Jews and Violations in Zion: A Case Study Chapter 5 Israeli, Jewish, Human Chapter 6 Appendix A: Genocides and Other Mass Killings Chapter 7 Appendix B: Israel's Adoption of Major Human Rights Treaties Chapter 8 Appendix C: Glossary of Abbreviations

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Book SynopsisThis introduction to the Civil Rights Movement synthesises its history, explaining its origins, development and results as well as historiographical debates. A survey based on a wealth of recent scholarship, it provides a critical perspective on the movement.Trade ReviewAn excellent introduction to the Civil Rights Movement... Highly recommended. -- K J. Volanto, Collin country Community College District Social Studies of Science An excellent introduction to the Civil Rights Movement... Highly recommended.Table of ContentsChronology; Abbreviations; 1. Prerequisites for Change; i) The Nature of Racial Discrimination; ii) The Great Migration; iii) The New Deal; iv) Challenges to Injustice in the South; 2. The Emergence of the Movement, 1941-1959; i) The Impact of the Second World War; ii) Jim Crow Under Attack; iii) Massive Resistance; iv) The Movement Stalled; 3. The End of Jim Crow in the South, 1960-1965; i) The Sit-Ins; ii) The Kennedy Administration and Civil Rights; iii) The Civil Rights Act of 1964; iv) Selam and the Voting Rights Act of 1965; 4. The Disintegration of the National Civil Rights Movement Coalition, 1964-1968; i) The Mississippi Summer Project; ii) Northern Protests; iii) Black Power; iv) The Poor People's Campaign; 5. Civil Rights in a Conservative Era; i) Nixon's 'Southern Strategy'; ii) A New South?: Protest and Politics; iii) The Struggle in the North; iv) The Federal Government and Civil Rights: From Ford to Reagan; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book considers the constitutional position of the judiciary and its role in shaping the individual's relations with the state.Table of ContentsList of boxes; List of tables; Introduction; 1. Liberty and Rights. Liberty, Civil Liberties and Human Rights. Classical Civil Liberties and Socio-Economic Rights. The Diceyan Tradition. A Bill of Rights for the United Kingdom? Conclusion; 2. Human Rights Legislation. The Human Rights Act 1998. Human Rights in Scotland. Human Rights in the United Kingdom: an Alternative Perspective. Conclusion: Human Rights Legislation and the Judiciary; 3. Judges and Judging . The Declaratory Theory of Law. The Inherent Flaws of Judicial Reasoning. Judicial Independence in England and Wales. Judicial Independence in Scotland. The Spoils System: Appointing Federal Judges in the USA. Judicial Impartiality; 4. Politics and the Judiciary. The Judiciary in the United Kingdom: a Socialist Analysis. Civil Liberties, Law Enforcement and National Security. The Judiciary and Civil Liberties in the USA. The New Politics of the Judiciary in the United Kingdom. Conclusion; 5. Controlling Public Spaces in the United Kingdom. The Politics of Public Order. The Growth of Statutory Regulation of Public Spaces in the UK. Public Order Law: a Civil Libertarian Critique. A Conservative Perspective on Law and Order. Conclusion: A Cause for Concern?; 6. Is Big Brother Really Watching You? The Politics of Covert and Mass Surveillance. The Politics of Covert and Mass Surveillance. Covert Surveillance in the United Kingdom: the Movement towards Statutory Regulation. Investigatory Powers. Court Surveillance and Civil Liberties: A Case Study. The Establishment Response. Court Surveillance in America: the USA/ Patriot Act. Conclusion: Towards the Mass Surveillance State; 7. Emergency Powers. A Short History of Anti-Terrorism Law in the United Kingdom. The Implications of Anti-Terrorism Legislation for Civil Liberties. Anti-Terrorism Law and the Civil Liberties Lobby. The Ministerial Response. Conclusion; 8. After the Bombs. The July 2005 Bombings and the Blair Government. The Anti-Terror Summit. Knee-Jerk Illiberalism; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores Kant''s cosmopolitanism and the normative requirements consistent with a Kantian based cosmopolitan constitution. Topics such as cosmopolitan law, cosmopolitan right, the laws of hospitality, a Kantian federation of states, a cosmopolitan epistemology of culture and a possible normative basis for a Kantian form of global distributive justice are explored and defended.Contrary to many contemporary interpretations, Brown considers Kant''s cosmopolitan thought as a form of international constitutional jurisprudence that requires minimal legal demands versus the extreme condition of establishing a world state. Viewing Kant''s cosmopolitan theory as a minimal form of global jurisprudence allows it to satisfy communitarian, realist and pluralist concerns without surrendering cosmopolitan principles of human worth and cosmopolitan law. In this regard, it provides a more comprehensive understanding of Kantian cosmopolitanism and what normative implications this vision has for contemporary international political theory.Trade ReviewAn erudite and compelling analysis of Kant's cosmopolitan philosophy and the place of this work in cosmopolitan thinking today. A major contribution. -- David Held, Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science, LSE In this excellent book Garrett Brown outlines and defends Kant's cosmopolitan political theory. This book is strongly recommended for all those interested in Kant's political theory and in contemporary theories of global justice. -- John Charvet, London School of Economics and Political Sciences Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsPart One; 1. Kantian Cosmopolitanism; 2. Kantian Cosmopolitan Law and the Idea of a Cosmopolitan Constitution; Part Two; 3. State Sovereignty, Federation and Kantian Cosmopolitanism; 4. Cultural Difference and Kantian Cosmopolitanism; 5. Kantian Distributive Justice and the Capability for Effective Autonomy; 6. Conclusion: Applied Theory and a Continued Cosmopolitan Enthusiasm.

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Book SynopsisThe first systematic treatment of the role of institutions in cosmopolitan theories of distributive justiceTable of ContentsAnalytical Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Nationalist theories of justice; Chapter 3. The political conception of justice; Chapter 4. Rawlsian justice and the Law of Peoples; Chapter 5. Rawlsian justice globalised; Chapter 6. Non-relational cosmopolitan theories; Chapter 7. Institutions and the application of principles of justice; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisCan human rights protect the stateless? Or are they permanently excluded from politics? This title argues that human rights are a sign of our growing powerlessness and political alienation in the face of a sovereign state of exception that has become global.

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Book SynopsisExplores the moral dilemmas posed by disparities in health across nations. This title includes case studies such as: the migration of health care practitioners from developing to developed nations; the impact of climate change on health outcomes; the social determinants of health outcomes; and more.

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Book SynopsisGlobal justice and human rights is perhaps the hottest topic in political science today. This series of monographs and edited collections publishes work on key topics in this field, such as democracy, gender, legal justice, poverty, human rights, environmental justice and just war theory. It is suitable for theorists working in politics.Trade Review'An important contribution to both academic literature and the debate surrounding international development policies and the fulfilment of access to economic and social rights.' International Community Law Review

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Book SynopsisWhat moral standards ought nation-states abide by when selecting immigration policies? Peter Higgins argues that immigration policies can only be judged by considering the inequalities that are produced by the institutions - such as gender, race and class - that constitute our social world.Higgins challenges conventional positions on immigration justice, including the view that states have a right to choose whatever immigration policies they like, or that all immigration restrictions ought to be eliminated and borders opened. Rather than suggesting one absolute solution, he argues that a unique set of immigration policies will be just for each country. He concludes with concrete recommendations for policymaking.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores Kant''s cosmopolitanism and the normative requirements consistent with a Kantian based cosmopolitan constitution. Topics such as cosmopolitan law, cosmopolitan right, the laws of hospitality, a Kantian federation of states, a cosmopolitan epistemology of culture and a possible normative basis for a Kantian form of global distributive justice are explored and defended.Contrary to many contemporary interpretations, Brown considers Kant''s cosmopolitan thought as a form of international constitutional jurisprudence that requires minimal legal demands versus the extreme condition of establishing a world state. Viewing Kant''s cosmopolitan theory as a minimal form of global jurisprudence allows it to satisfy communitarian, realist and pluralist concerns without surrendering cosmopolitan principles of human worth and cosmopolitan law. In this regard, it provides a more comprehensive understanding of Kantian cosmopolitanism and what normative implications this vision has for contemporary international political theory.Table of ContentsA Note on the Texts and Kant Referencing; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One; 1. Kant's Cosmopolitanism; 2. Kant's Cosmopolitan Law and the Idea of a Cosmopolitan Constitution; Part Two; 3. State Sovereignty, Federation and Kant's Cosmopolitanism; 4. Cultural Difference and Kant's Cosmopolitan Law; 5. Distributive Justice and the Capability for Effective Autonomy; 6. Conclusion: Applied Theory and a Continued Cosmopolitan Enthusiasm; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisSpeakers’ Corner is a unique look at the people who come to argue, discuss and preach at Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park, regarded worldwide as the home of free speech.

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Book SynopsisThis second volume covers the relationship between socialist currents and the national liberation movement from the 1940s through decades of increasing repression and illegality, culminating in the transition to armed struggle in the early 1960s.Table of ContentsHistorians; political studies researchers and students wishing to read original documents of the time; Allison Drew's critical analysis of the background and trends of socialism and communism in South Africa up to the SACP's banning makes fascinating reading; libraries and archives.

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