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Spokesman Books The War on Freedom and Democracy Essays on Civil
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Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd Traumatised Society
Book SynopsisThe author was the first to forecast (in 1997) the events that ruptured the global economy in 2008 by applying an analysis that exposes the fault lines in the structure of the market economy. Now, he extends his analysis to the future of the West, to evaluate fears from distinguished commentators who claim that European civilisation is in danger of being eclipsed. He concludes that the West is at a dangerous tipping point and provides empirical and theoretical evidence to warrant such an alarming conclusion. But he also explains why it is not too late to prevent the looming social catastrophe. Attributing the present crisis to a social process of cheating, he develops a synthesis of the social and natural sciences to show how the market system can be reformed. He introduces the concept of organic finance, which prescribes reforms capable of delivering both sustainable growth, with a more equitable distribution of wealth, and respect for other life forms. To explain the persistent faiTrade Review'The Traumatised Society is a staggering work that presents nothing less than a new paradigm - yet based in a historical narrative and overview of political, economic and cultural history that is ancient. Harrison provides a sophisticated and engaging new theory of social trauma developing the idea that when whole societies or nations are dislocated from their land, traditional roots and cultural reference points, whole populations are then at the mercy of what he refers to as "the predator class". This predator class of social parasites then seeks to legalise a form of institutionalised "cheating" whereby whole peoples are robbed of their birthright to the social "commons" (the commons being one's right to enjoy the full benefits of nature's resources through a socialisation of rent on land values'. Fourth World Review, July 2013
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Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd Long Way from Adi Ghehad
Book SynopsisWith immigration and asylum seekers high on the agenda of governments throughout Europe, the life story of Dr Teame Mebrahtu is a timely reminder of a positive side of what has become a contentious and potentially divisive issue. It is a truly remarkable and inspiring story.Trade Review"Stories of outstanding people, who overcome great adversity, encounter almost impossible odds in rising from humble beginnings in remote villages to become noteworthy citizens of the world, form part of the most uplifting areas of literature. Such individuals and their life experiences in following a powerful mission to improve human-kind, provide exemplars of how to live a truly good life. This account of the life of Teame Mebrahtu is undoubtedly part of that pantheon of biographies." Professor Malcolm Johnson, University of BristolTable of ContentsList of Plates; Foreword by Professor Malcolm Johnson; Introduction; Eritrea Maps; PART ONE: Early Life; Mule Journey; The Village; Back to School Prison; Tutoring –Teacher Training Teaching; Teaching Teachers Beirut Annexation; Malcolm X; Teacher Training Institute; Student Strike; Marriage and Family; Bristol Masters Director; Mengistu Coup; Student Death; The Academy; University and the Death of a Friend; Leaving the Country; PART TWO: Return to Bristol Refugee; Rowntree Trust; PhD and University; Sudan and Refugee Schools University Teaching; Student Adviser; South-North Conference Extracurricular Development Education Multicultural; Zero School; Working with Refugees; Community Independence Beckons Independence; Building Anew; Badme War; Father’s Funeral; Living with a Difference; Dreams of a Global Educator; Acknowledgements; Index
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Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd What If It Were You
Book SynopsisWhat If It Were You? draws back the curtain on the men, women and children who suffer in silence, giving a voice to those whose rights, freedom and wellbeing are so often compromised. The hard-hitting realism of Arif-Fear's poetry uncovers the reality of many forms of abuse, and presents them in a way which is direct and uncompromising.Table of ContentsForeword, What If It Were You?, I Am a Woman, Cut, Your Guilty Secret, Covered, Free, Double Standards, Family Reunion, Dry Wounds, Strength, Fear, Why Do You Hate Me?, Fragile, Home, Just Like You, Hope, What Do You See?, Empty Streets, Coconut, I Am Not Human, Hypocrisy Is Spelled with a Y, Idol of Oppression, Binaries, Two-Faced Feminist, Blind Hearts, Invisible, Warriors of Barbarity, Steps of Hate, Angel beneath the Ground, Ya Suriya! (Oh Syria!), Shattering the Glass, My Prophet, Inhuman, Not You, Honour, Undesirable Muslim, The Jungle Never Dies, Weapon of War, #Me Too, Kafir, What is Freedom?, Further support and information, About the author.
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Rivers Oram Press Old Law New Medicine Modern Medical Ethics and
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Rivers Oram Press Old Law New Medicine Modern Medical Ethics and
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Pathfinder Books Ltd Habla Nelson Mandela
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University of Regina Press Children of the Broken Treaty Canadas Lost
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Legend Press Ltd Arguments for Liberty
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Flatiron Books The Moment of Lift
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn her book, Melinda tells the stories of the inspiring people she's met through her work all over the world, digs into the data, and powerfully illustrates issues that need our attentionfrom child marriage to gender inequity in the workplace. President Barack ObamaThe Moment of Lift is an urgent call to courage. It changed how I think about myself, my family, my work, and what's possible in the world. Melinda weaves together vulnerable, brave storytelling and compelling data to make this one of those rare books that you carry in your heart and mind long after the last page. Brené Brown, Ph.D., author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Dare to LeadMelinda Gates has spent many years working with women around the world. This book is an urgent manifesto for an equal society where women are valued and recognized in all spheres of life. Most of all, it is a call for unity, inclusion and connection. We
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Flatiron Books Weve Got to Try
Book SynopsisUplifting. . . . O'Rourke gets an A-plus on both the moral frisson of the long fight and the rightness of the cause. . . . The happy warrior from Texas is inspiring. --The Washington PostActivist and political leader Beto O'Rourke blends history, sociology, and travelogue for a thrilling, inspiring case for how voting rights is essential to a productive and healthy democracy.In We've Got To Try, O'Rourke shines a spotlight on the heroic life and work of Dr. Lawrence Aaron Nixon and the west Texas town where he made his stand. The son of an enslaved man, Nixon grew up in the Confederate stronghold of Marshall, Texas before moving to El Paso, becoming a civil rights leader, and helping to win one of the most significant civil and voting rights victories in American history: the defeat of the all-white primary. His fight for the ballot spanned 20 years and twice took him to the U.S. Supreme Court.With heart, eloquence, and powerful storytell
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Palgrave Macmillan Childrens Rights in International Politics The Transformative Power of Discourse Transformations of the State
Book SynopsisIntroduction Power and Exclusion in Discourse Approaches to International Relations Discursive Transformation and the Role of Institutions Global Childhood An Essentially Uncontested Concept? Origins of theDrafting of theUNConvention on the Rights of the Child Discursive PracticesWithinthe UN and the Transformation ofa Global Childhood Paradigm Exclusionary Facets of the Social Ebvironment andtheir Effects on the NewImage of Childhood Conclusion - Future Prospects for an Analysis of Norm Change through DiscourseTable of ContentsIntroduction Power and Exclusion in Discourse Approaches to International Relations Discursive Transformation and the Role of Institutions Global Childhood – An Essentially Uncontested Concept? Origins of the Drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Discursive Practices Within the UN and the Transformation of a Global Childhood Paradigm Exclusionary Facets of the Social Ebvironment and their Effects on the New Image of Childhood Conclusion - Future Prospects for an Analysis of Norm Change through Discourse
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Palgrave Macmillan Child Soldiers From Recruitment to Reintegration
Book SynopsisThis book examines the complex and under-researched relationship between recruitment experiences and reintegration outcomes for child soldiers. It looks at time spent in the group, issues of cohesion, identification, affiliation, membership and the post demobilization experience of return, and resettlement.Trade Review'...a valuable volume that poses the difficult questions.' - Intervention JournalTable of ContentsPART I The Long Road Home: Conceptual Debates on Recruitment Experiences and Reintegration Outcomes; A.Özerdem & S.Podder PART II Why Do Children Fight? Motivations and the Mode of Recruitment; S.Gates Child Soldier Recruitment in the Liberian Civil Wars: Individual Motivations and Rebel Group Tactics; S.Podder Group Cohesion and Coercive Recruitment: Young combatants and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone; K.Peters Girl Soldiers in Guatemala; W.Hauge Resilience Amidst Risks for Recruitment: A Case Study of 'At Risk' Children in Colombia; R.Burgess How Voluntary: Community and Youth Participation in Muslim Mindanao; A. Özerdem & S.Podder PART III Neither Child nor Soldier: Contested Terrains in Identity, Victimcy and Survival; S.Podder But I Am a Man! Imposition of Childhood and Denial of Identity, Economic Opportunity for Youth Combatants in Afghanistan; S.Zyck In Group Socialization and Reintegration Challenges: A Study of the Lord's Resistance Army in Northern Uganda; L.Vermeij Social Navigation and Power in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone: Reflections from a Former Child Soldier Turned Bike Rider; M.Denov Victimcy as Social Navigation: From the Toolbox of a Liberian Child Soldier; M.Utas Mozambique Life Outcome Study: How Did Child Soldiers Turn-Out as Adults?; N.Boothby Exclusion or Reintegration: Child Soldiers in Angola; J.McMullin PART IV Child Soldier Reintegration in Sudan: A Practitioner's Field Experience; P.Halton Reintegration of Child Soldiers in Nepal: Grassroots Reflections; D.Raj & P.Dewan Binadi PART V Mapping Child Soldier Reintegration Outcomes: Exploring the Linkages; A.Özerdem & S.Podder
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and
Book SynopsisThe Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Social Justice is a wide-ranging, authoritative guide to research on Shakespeare and issues of social justice and arts activism by an international team of leading scholars, directors, arts activists, and educators. Across four sections it explores the relevance and responsibility of art to the real world. The collection draws from noted scholars, writers and practitioners from around the globe to assert the power of art to question, disrupt and re-invigorate both the ties that bind and the barriers that divide us.A series of interviews with theatre practitioners and scholars opens the volume, establishing areas for research, exploration, and change. In Section 2 ''The Practice of Shakespeare and Social Justice'' contributors examine Shakespeare's place and possibilities in intervening on issues of race, class, gender and sexuality. Section 3 ''The Performance of Shakespeare and Social Justice'' traces ShakespeareTrade ReviewThis progressive and encouraging collection really does assume that Shakespeare’s plays, like the players whom Hamlet welcomes to Elsinore, are ‘the abstracts and brief chronicles of the time’ – of our own times. I hope these essays continue a range of on-going conversations about justice, inclusion, diversity, fairness, and, yes, kindness. * Rev. Dr Paul Edmondson, The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, UK *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: “This Is Real Life: Shakespeare and Social Justice as a Field of Play”, David Ruiter (University of Texas at El Paso) Part One: The Shakespeare and Social Justice Interviews 1.1.“Deconstructing Social Hierarchies: Interviews”, Erin Coulehan Chris Anthony (Assistant Professor of Acting at DePaul University, Chicago, USA) Erika Whyman (Deputy Artistic Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company, UK) Arthur Little (Associate Professor, English, UCLA) Ewan Fernie (Professor at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK, and Director of the 'Everything to Everybody' Project, UK) Farah Karim-Cooper (Professor of Shakespeare Studies at King’s College London, UK, and Head of Higher Education and Research at Shakespeare's Globe, UK) Part Two: The Practice of Shakespeare and Social Justice 2.1. “Active Shakespeare: A Social Justice Framework” Ayanna Thompson (Arizona State University) and Laura Turchi (University of Houston, USA) 2.2. “Bending Toward Justice: From Shakespeare’s Black Mediterranean to August Wilson’s Black Atlantic”, Peter Erickson (Northwestern University, USA) 2.3.“Black Hamlet, Social Justice, and the Minds of Apartheid”, Arthur Little (UCLA, USA) 2.4.“Shakespeare and Civil Rights: Rhetorical Universalism”, Jason Demeter (Norfolk State University, USA) 2.5.“Shakespeare’s Disabled, Disabled Shakespeare”, Adelle Hulsmeier (University of Sunderland, UK) 2.6.“Social Justice in the Academy: Reflecting on Shakespeare’s Royal Women”, Christie Carson (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) Part Three: The Performance of Shakespeare and Social Justice 3.1.“William Shakespeare’s Enrique IV, Primera Parte: Common [Battle]Grounds between Medieval England and Mexico’s Present”, Alfredo Modenessi (National University of Mexico) and Paulina Morales (National University of Mexico) 3.2. “King Lear and Gender Justice in India”, Preti Taneja (Newcastle University, UK) 3.3.“Re-enacting Hamlet in South Africa”, Malcolm Cocks (Shakespeare's Globe, UK) 3.4.“‘Shakespeare in Prison’: A South African Social Justice Alternative”, Kevin Quarmby (The College of St. Scholastica) 3.5.“Romeo and Juliet with Chinese Characteristics: Questions of Usefulness and Engagement in 21st Century China”, Julie Sanders (Newcastle University) and Li Jun (University of International Business and Economics) 3.6.“Social Justice, Social Order and Political Power in NTCC’s Adaptation of Richard III”, Chee Keng Lee (Yale-NUS College) Part Four: The Economies of Shakespeare and Social Justice 4.1.“The Empathetic Imagination and the Dream of Equality: Shakespeare’s ‘Poetical Justice’”, Kiernan Ryan (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) 4.2.“The Idea of Communism in Shakespeare”, Peter Holbrook (University of Queensland, Australia) 4.3.“‘Leftward Ho!’: Shakespeare and Lenin in the Tempest of Class Politics”, Jeffrey Butcher (College of Coastal Georgia) 4.4.“The Visible and the Invisible: Shakespeare and the Question of Social Justice in King Lear”, Geraldo de Sousa (University of Kansas, USA) Annotated Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Prospect of a Humanitarian Artificial
Book SynopsisIn this open access book, Carlos Montemayor illuminates the development of artificial intelligence (AI) by examining our drive to live a dignified life. He uses the notions of agency and attention to consider our pursuit of what is important. His method shows how the best way to guarantee value alignment between humans and potentially intelligent machines is through attention routines that satisfy similar needs. Setting out a theoretical framework for AI Montemayor acknowledges its legal, moral, and political implications and takes into account how epistemic agency differs from moral agency. Through his insightful comparisons between human and animal intelligence, Montemayor makes it clear why adopting a need-based attention approach justifies a humanitarian framework. This is an urgent, timely argument for developing AI technologies based on international human rights agreements. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsbTrade ReviewThe book by Montemayor is based on the solid ground of attention mechanisms, and it offers an urgent and original reflection on AI, the alignment of values, and the relevance of human rights in the development of AI systems. * Antonio Chella, Professor in Robotics, University of Palermo, Italy *Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Glossary and Abbreviations Introduction: Normative Aspects of AI Development 1. Intelligence and Artificiality 2. General Intelligence and the Varieties of AI Risk—A Hierarchy of Needs 3. The Attentional Model of Epistemic Agency—The Main Source of Rational Trust in Humans (and Future AI) 4. The Handicaps of Unemotional Machines 5. The Vitality of Experience Against Mechanical Indifference 6. Are AIs Essentially Collective Agents? 7. The Legal, the Ethical, and the Political in AI Research 8. Human Rights and Human Needs Notes References Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Rights Concepts and Contexts
Book SynopsisRights: Concepts and Contexts contains the central works of recent scholarship on the nature of rights, with contributions by some of the most prominent contemporary theorists in moral, legal, and political philosophy, including Joseph Raz, Robert Alexy, Jeremy Waldron, Morton Horwitz, Stephen Darwall, Margaret Gilbert, David Lyons, and Aharon Barak. With approaches ranging from the political to the historical, and from the analytical to the critical, this collection touches on the major conceptual and practical questions of this important field: what is the nature and grounding of human rights? How should conflicts of rights best be analyzed? Are rights best understood in terms of choice, benefits, or some hybrid of the two? What are the connections between rights and duties, and between rights and justice? The collection also offers useful introductions to emerging issues in rights theory such as the purported bipolarity of rights.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Rights in Context: Natural law and natural rights, Morton J. Horwitz; 'Protestant' political theory and the significance of rights, Sean Coyle; Human rights in the emerging world order, Joseph Raz; Humanist and political perspectives on human rights, Pablo Gilabert. Part II Concepts of Rights: Are there still any natural rights?, Hillel Steiner; Value pluralism and the two concepts of rights, Horacio Spector; The analytical foundations of justice, N.E. Simmonds; Fundamental legal conceptions reconsidered, Andrew Halpin; Ross and Olivecrona on rights, Brian H. Bix; A right to do wrong? Two conceptions of moral rights, William A. Edmundson; The nature of rights, Leif Wenar; Theories of rights: is there a third way?, Matthew H. Kramer and Hillel Steiner. Part III Bipolarity of Rights: Bipolar obligation, Stephen Darwall; Giving claim-rights their due, Margaret Gilbert; The nature of rights debate rests on a mistake, Siegfried van Duffel; Duties and their direction, Gopal Sreenivasan. Part IV Rights and Reasons: What demands are rights? An investigation into the relation between rights and reasons, Alon Harel; Rights and recognition, David Lyons; The rights recognition thesis: defending and extending Green, Gerald F. Gaus. Part V Conflicts of Rights: On conflicts between rights, Christopher Heath Wellman; American balancing and German proportionality: the historical origins, Moshe Cohen-Eliya and Iddo Porat; Security and liberty: the image of balance, Jeremy Waldron; Proportionality stricto sensu (balancing), Aharon Barak; The weight formula, Robert Alexy; On Robert Alexy's weight formula for weighing and balancing, Lars Lindahl; Name index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Criminal Law and Human Rights
Book SynopsisThe significance of fundamental individual rights to substantive criminal law, criminal procedure law and sentencing law is undeniable for anyone who is familiar with the criminal justice system. The fourteen essays selected for this volume portray and discuss the meaning and rationale of those human rights that are most relevant to that system. They have been chosen for their high quality, timeless approach and general attention to issues that are of universal interest and thus not too closely related to the technicalities of a specific criminal justice system. In combination with the introduction to this volume, the essays cover almost the entire criminal justice system and offer a general overview as well as an in-depth examination of criminal law and human rights. As a result, this volume is essential for researchers, lecturers and students concerned with the tensions and harmonies between the values the criminal justice system and human rights respectively serve.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Criminal Procedural law: Four threats to the presumption of innocence, Andrew Ashworth; Pretrial and preventive detention of suspected terrorists: options and constraints under international law, Douglass Cassel; Privacy as struggle, Andrew E. Taslitz; Why must trials be fair?, Stefan Trechsel; Re-conceptualizing the right of silence as an effective fair trial standard, John Jackson; Confrontation: the search for basic principles, Richard D. Friedman; The protection of human dignity in interrogations: may interrogative torture ever be tolerated? Reflections in light of recent German and Israeli experiences, Miriam Gur-Arye and Florian Jessberger; Rethinking double jeopardy: justice and finality in criminal process, Ian Dennis; The doctrine of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights regarding states’ duty to punish human rights violations and its dangers, Fernando Felipe Basch. Part II Substantive Criminal Law: Nulla poena sine lege, Jerome Hall; Hate speech in constitutional jurisprudence: a comparative analysis, Michel Rosenfeld; Freedom of religion and criminal law: a legal appraisal. From the principle of separation of church and state to the principle of pluralist democracy?, Piet Hein van Kempen; The human rights implications of a ‘cultural defense’, Michaël Fischer. Part III Sentencing: Life imprisonment: recent issues in national and international law, Dirk van Zyl Smit. Name index.
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Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africas struggle for human rights
Book SynopsisSouth Africa's transition to a post-apartheid democracy has been widely celebrated as a triumph for global human rights. Yet, less than a generation after the achievement of freedom, the future of human rights and constitutionalism in South Africa is uncertain.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Todays Civil Rights and Liberties Issues
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chronology Abortion Capital Punishment Disability Rights Drug Policy Education Policy Environmental Justice Freedom of Speech Government Surveillance Gun Control Health Care Housing Policy Immigration Information Privacy and Internet Freedom LGBTQ Rights Marriage Equality Police and Criminal Justice Reform Religious Liberty School Choice Voting Rights Women’s Rights Bibliography Index About the Author and Contributors
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Religion in the Classroom
Book SynopsisJonathan M. Golden is Director of the Center on Religion, Culture, and Conflict at Drew University, USA, where he teaches comparative religion, anthropology, and conflict resolution.Joseph J. McCallister is a teacher of English and language arts at Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, New Jersey, USA, and is a doctoral candidate at Drew University, USA.Table of ContentsAlphabetical List of Entries Topical List of Entries Series Foreword Preface Overview Chronology A to Z Annotated Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Religious Rights
Book SynopsisThe central focus of this collection of essays is the role and place of freedom of religion in the protection and promotion of world order. The volume offers competing models of world order from a global perspective and highlights the lack of consensus and considerable variety of practice and belief around the globe as to the definition of religious freedom and where and whether freedom of religion is regarded as the first freedom in the world. The leading theories of freedom of religion are discussed and provide an understanding of freedom of religion beyond the nation state. The liberal view at the global level is also examined and observations are included regarding the need to rethink secularism in the light of present circumstances and within the global context.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction. Part I Theories of Freedom of Religion: Local or Global?: Does it matter what religion is?, Christopher L. Eisgruber and Lawrence G. Sager; Equal liberty, nonestablishment, and religious freedom, Cécile Laborde; Freedom of conscience as religious and moral freedom, Michael J. Perry; A new global paradigm for religious freedom, Rafael Domingo; Religious freedom, American-style, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd. Part II Freedom of Religion around the Globe: Freedom of Religion in Asia: Hegemony, imperialism, and the construction of religion in East and Southeast Asia, Thomas David Dubois; Religious renaissance in China today, Richard Madsen; Secularization theories and the study of Chinese religions, Michael Szonyi; ‘Smash temples, build schools’: comparing secularism in India and China, Peter van der Veer; State and religious diversity: can something be learnt from the Indian model of secularism?, Rajeev Bhargava; A leap of faith: the construction of Hindu majoritarianism through secular law, Ratna Kapur. Freedom of Religion in Islam/Middle East: Religious freedom in Islam: a global landscape, Daniel Philpott; Judging in God’s name: state power, secularism and the politics of Islamic law in Malaysia, Tamir Moustafa; Juristocracy vs. theocracy: constitutional courts and the containment of sacred law, Ran Hirschl; Immunity or regulation? Antinomies of religious freedom, Saba Mahmood and Peter G. Danchin. Freedom of Religion in Europe: From Communist to Muslim: European human rights, the Cold War and religious liberty, Samuel Moyn; Eurasian integration and the clash of values, Alexander Lukin; Chaos in Ukraine: the churches and the search for leadership, Nicholas E. Denysenko. Part III Case Studies: Peace at daggers drawn? Boko Haram and the state of emergency in Nigeria, Daniel E. Agbiboa; From social hostility to social media: religious pluralism, human rights and democratic reform in Africa, M. Christian Green; Global tangles: laws, headcoverings and religious identity, Seval Yildirim; Case studies: Japan, Brazil and Nigeria, Brian J. Grim. Part IV Global Secularism: is a Fundamental Re-Definition of Secularism Necessary?: How to define secularism, Charles Taylor; Secularism: its content and context, Akeel Bilgrami. Name index.
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Edinburgh University Press Agamben and the Politics of Human Rights
Book SynopsisCan human rights protect the stateless? Or are they permanently excluded from politics? The authors explore questions of statelessness, exclusion, the violence of securitisation and the visual representation of refugees and illegal migrants in the media.
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Edinburgh University Press The Ethics and Practice of Refugee Repatriation
Book SynopsisMollie Gerver considers when bodies such as the UN, government agencies and NGOs ought to help refugees to return home. Drawing on original interviews with 172 refugees before and after repatriation, she resolves six moral puzzles arising from repatriation using the methods of analytical philosophy to provide a more ethical framework.
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Edinburgh University Press Refugees in Britain
Book SynopsisAn empirical examination of contemporary refugee practices in BritainInnovative theoretical framework , weaving for the first time together the theories of hospitality and labeling and applying them to the refugee regimeExpansion of the theoretical framework of hospitality, with development towards an understanding of externalized humanitarian hospitalityResearch underpinned by rich empirical material- 34 interviews and 30+years of archival research on government framing of the refugeeOffers three, empirically grounded, case studies on the British asylum system from the national, regional and grass-roots level.This book provides a multi-faceted way of assessing the British approach to refuge on local, state and regional levels, by intertwining the theories of hospitality and labelling before applying them to the study of refugees. This novel method of looking at the British refugee regime allows for deeper insights into the notions of power, identification, responsibility, language and externalisation of refugee politics.The book argues that the British refugee regime has developed towards an externalised humanitarian hospitality whereby the practice is geographically projected beyond the territorial confines of the state in order to both control and exclude the refugee. In tandem, the book also engages with counter-discourses by examining local practices of British hospitality and showing acts of solidarity that challenge the statist logic. The result is a theoretically informed account of the British approach to externalisation and geographical seclusion of refugees, particularly in response to the current Mediterranean Crisis.
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Edinburgh University Press Transnational Migration and BoundaryMaking
Book SynopsisThis book deals with the ongoing processes of migration and boundary-(re)making in Europe and other parts of the world.
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Little, Brown & Company No Justice
Book SynopsisThe harrowing true story of Robbie Tolan, a young black man who was shot in the chest by a white police officer . . . in his own driveway.NO JUSTICE is the harrowing story of Robbie Tolan, who early on one New Year''s Eve morning, found himself being rushed to the hospital. A white police officer had shot him in the chest after mistakenly accusing him of stealing his own car...while in his own driveway. In a journey that took nearly a decade, Tolan and his family saw his case go before the United States Supreme Court in a groundbreaking decision, while Tolan struggled with how to put his life back together. Holding him together through this journey was the strength of his mother and father, his faith in God, and an impenetrable belief that he deserved justice like any other American who''d been wronged. NO JUSTICE is the story about what happened after the cameras and social media protests went away. Robbie Tolan was left with the physical and me
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Cornell University Press A National Park for Womens Rights
Book SynopsisA National Park for Women''s Rights chronicles a little-known story in American history: the establishment of the Women''s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, New York; the first idea park in the National Park system. As told by Judy Hart, its visionary founder and first superintendent, the park''s story is one of struggle and perseverance, opposition and solidarity. Hart narrates the uphill battle she fought to secure the park''s locationon the site of the first women''s rights convention in 1848and to gain respect for the idea of a park dedicated to women''s rights from 1978, when she first championed its creation to the triumphant moment in 1982 when the park opened its doors, and following years. Hart''s journey highlights the prejudices and resistance that she faced, like other women who have advocated for themselves, their rights, and their place in America. Going behind the scenes of the park''s planning and the negotiations, coTable of Contents1. Women and the National Park Service 2. A Radical Idea for a New Park 3. Our Women Have Made Us Famous 4. Crafting the Legislation 5. Congress Embraces the New Park 6. Liftoff for the Park 7. Alan Alda Opens the Park 8. Stanton House Sheds Her Disguise 9. The Sacred Laundromat 10. Wesleyan Chapel Reimagined
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Shaped by the Nuanced Constitution: A Critique of
Book SynopsisThere is growing judicial, academic and political interest in the concept of common law constitutional rights. Concurrently, significant public law judgments, including R (Miller) v The Prime Minister, R (Begum) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission and R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal, continue to sustain and enrich the academic debate on the nature of the UK constitution. Bringing these two highly topical themes together, the book argues, firstly, that neither common law constitutionalism nor political constitutionalism adequately captures the nature of public law litigation because neither is fully able to account for the co-existence and interplay between parliamentary sovereignty and the rule of law. Advancing the idea of a ‘nuanced’ constitution instead, the book then provides an in-depth analysis of common law constitutional rights, looking at their history, conceptual foundations, contemporary characteristics, coverage and resilience. In doing so, this book highlights and re-conceptualises the dynamics and mechanisms of constitutional law adjudication and provides the first comprehensive critique of common law constitutional rights jurisprudence. It is centred around extensive case law analysis which focuses predominantly on recent Supreme Court judgments.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: A Third Alternative - The Nuanced Constitution 1. An Introduction to the Nuanced Constitution 2. A Closer Look at the Nuanced Constitution Through Four Case Studies Part Two: Common Law Constitutional Rights 3. A Short History of Common Law Constitutional Rights 4. The Nature and Characteristics of Common Law Constitutional Rights Part Three: Rights under the Nuanced Constitution 5. The Shortcomings of the Nuanced Constitution: Rights Protection, Unlimited Legislative Power and the English Common Law Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Interpreting Discrimination Law Creatively:
Book SynopsisThis book explores the judiciary's role in achieving substantive equality utilising statutory discrimination law. The normative literature suggests that to eliminate discrimination, courts have to adopt a more substantive interpretation of discrimination laws, but the extent to which this has occurred is variable. The book tackles the problem by exploring the idea that there needs to be a 'creative' interpretation of discrimination law to achieve substantive results. The author asks: is a 'creative' interpretation of statutory discrimination law consistent with the institutional role of the judiciary? The author takes a comparative approach to the interpretation of non-discrimination rights by considering the interpretation of statutory discrimination law in the UK, Canada and Australia. The book explores the differences in doctrine that have developed by considering key controversies in discrimination law: Who does discrimination law protect? What is discrimination? When can discrimination be justified? The author argues that differences in the case law in each jurisdiction are explained by the way in which the appropriate role for the courts in rights review, norm elaboration and institutional competence is conceived in each studied jurisdiction. It provides valuable reading for academics, policy makers and those researching discrimination law and statutory human rights.Table of Contents1. Introduction Part I: Interpreting Discrimination Law Creatively? 2. Discrimination Legislation: History and Context 3. Developing the Purpose of Discrimination Law Part II: A Creative Approach in Practice 4. The Rationale for Grounds 5. The Concept of Discrimination Part III: What Does ‘Creative’ Interpretation Require from Judges? 6. Values and Legitimacy 7. Institutional Competence and Redistribution 8. Conclusion
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Grandparents and the Law
Book SynopsisShould grandparents have rights in relation to their grandchildren? If so, what should the content of those rights be, both procedurally and substantively? And what is the appropriate role of the law in providing solutions to problems arising in the context of grandparents' rights?This book considers these questions from both a public and a private law perspective, and analyses the human rights implications for parties such as children, parents and grandparents. It also explores the topic of grandparents' rights in the context of the European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as in other jurisdictions, such as Iran, France and Nepal.The book argues that grandparents' rights have so far received insufficient acknowledgement and, consequently, that relationships between grandparents and grandchildren have received insufficient protection. However, it is crucial that the protection of grandparents' rights is balanced with the rights of parents and the rights and welfare of children; the book considers how best to achieve this, for example in disputes on child arrangements (i.e. residence and contact), child protection matters and in adoption cases. The book is of particular interest to all academics seeking a clear framework for the protection of grandparents' rights in private and public law proceedings.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Disabling Criminal Justice
Book SynopsisThis book considers the governance of autistic defendants and offenders in the UK courts.Utilising the social model of disability, it considers the dominant strategies of governance, including vulnerability', which the author argues obscures the rights of disabled people in the criminal justice system. In doing so it sheds light on how this group should be governed.Drawing on rigorously-researched case studies of autistic adult defendants through the court process, the book brings together relevant legal and policy literature, criminological and criminal justice theory and disability studies to provide insight into the dividing practices' that affect the governance of disabled defendants' conduct.Using interviews with elites and practitioners, textual analysis, and court observation of eight autistic adult defendants through their court process, the book investigates why the status of autistic defendants as disabled under the Equality Act 2010 has been overlooked in criminal justice policy and criminal court decision-making.It explores the impact of the collateral' effects and symbiotic harm' of the criminal justice process on family members who support these defendants through the criminal justice process.
£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Applying International and European
Book SynopsisThis is the first study of anti-discrimination law as it applies to housing law in Europe. It offers an important perspective in a field dominated by employment law studies, while drawing on concepts significant in that field as well. Legislative discussion looks at EU law, the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Social Charter and related case law. The book goes further to examine United Nations human rights instruments and related practice of UN committees. This unique focus allows for a fuller understanding of anti-discrimination law’s implications, potential, and challenges.
£114.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Gender Sexuality and Constitutionalism in Asia
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the equal citizenship claims of women and sexual and gender diverse people across several Asian jurisdictions. The volume examines the rich diversity of constitutional responses to sex, gender and sexuality in the region from a comparative perspective. Leading comparative constitutional law scholars identify opportunity structures' to explain the uneven advancement of gender equality through constitutional litigation and consider a combination of variables which shape the diverging trajectories of the jurisdictions in this study. The authors also embed the relevant constitutional and legal developments in their historical, political and social contexts. This deep contextual understanding of the relationship between sex, gender, sexuality and constitutionalism greatly enriches the analysis. The case studies reflect a variety of constitutional structures, institutional designs and contextual dynamics which may advance or impede developments with respect to sex, gender and sexuality. As a whole, the chapters further an understanding of the constitutional domain as a fruitful site for advancing gender equality and the rights of sexual and gender diverse people. The jurisdictions covered represent all Asian sub-regions including: East Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea), South East Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia), and South Asia (India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). The introductory framework chapter situates these insights from the region within the broader global context of the evolution of gender constitutionalism.
£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Complexity of Human Rights: From
Book SynopsisThis book provides the first systematic assessment from a human rights law perspective of the landmark contributions of the renowned legal anthropologist, Sally Engle Merry. What impact does over-simplification have on human rights debates? The understandable tendency to present them as a single, universal, and immutable concept ignores their complexity and by extension only serves to weaken them. Merry and her colleagues transformed human rights thinking by highlighting the process of ‘vernacularization’, which sees rights discourse as being unavoidably dependent upon translation and interpretation. She also warned of the pitfalls of excessive reliance upon statistical and other indicators, through the process of quantification. Here the leading voices in the field assess the significance of these contributions.Table of Contents1. Introduction Philip Alston PART I: VERNACULARIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS 2. “A Very Murky Process:” Embracing the Indeterminacy of International Justice and Human Rights Richard Ashby Wilson 3. Vernacularization as Anthropological Ethics Mark Goodale 4. Vernacularizing Rights: Indispensable but Dangerous Jack Snyder 5. Globalizing the Indigenous: The Making of International Human Rights from Below César Rodríguez-Garavito 6. Rites of Culture: Legal Frameworks, Indigenous Protocols, and the Circulation of Culture in Australia Fred Myers 7. The Vernacularization of Transitional Justice: Is Transitional Justice Useful in Pre-conflict Settings? Pablo de Greiff 8. Human Rights Don’t Travel by Boat: Responding to Koskenniemi’s Critique of Rights Philip Alston PART II: QUANTIFICATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS 9. Beyond the Vanishing Point: Quantification as Rhetoric in Today’s Antislavery Samuel Martínez 10. The Competitive Pressures of Rankings: Experimental Evidence of Rankings on Domestic Priorities Rush Doshi, Judith Kelley and Beth A. Simmons 11. Visualizing the ‘Women, Peace and Security Agenda’ Hilary Charlesworth 12. The Seductions of Quantification Rebuffed? The Curious Failure by the CESCR to Engage Water and Sanitation Data Margaret Satterthwaite 13. Strategizing the world: Deciding who will be left behind in the Sustainable Development Goal on health Sara L.M. Davis 14. Recommendations in Words and Numbers: Thinking with Sally Engle Merry at the Universal Periodic Review Jane K. Cowan 15. Between Conduct and Counter-Conduct: Human Rights Translation at the Universal Periodic Review Julie Billaud
£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Fransmans British Nationality Law
Book SynopsisWritten by the recognised world authority on the subject, this title remains the definitive work on British nationality law.This Fourth Edition includes the following updates:- changes to primary legislation as regards deprivation of citizenship and registration as a British citizen;- changes to secondary legislation including Nationality Instructions being replaced by the Nationality Guidance, and the Immigration Rules which now contain provisions for a Statelessness Determination Procedure;- updated case law surrounding statelessness and possession of nationality- European Union citizenship, international standards and principles of nationality law, both in the European region and globally.This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional''s Immigration and Nationality Law online service.
£332.50
Rowman & Littlefield Political Campaigning in the U.S.: Managing the
Book SynopsisThe purpose of Political Campaigning in the U.S.: Managing Chaos is to provide readers with a comprehensive yet concise and accessible overview of modern election campaign practices.
£33.41
Rowman & Littlefield Historical Dictionary of Human Rights
Book SynopsisThe second edition of Historical Dictionary of Human Rights explores both the theory and the practice of international human rights with a focus on the norms and institutions that make up the “architecture” of the global human rights regime and the tools, processes and procedures through which such norms are realized and “enforced.” Particular attention is given to the contextual political and sociological factors that shape and constrain the operation and functioning of international human rights institutions and their state and non-state actors.This is done through a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 1.000 cross-referenced entries on terminology, conventions, treaties, intergovernmental organizations in the United Nations, and non-governmental organizations, as well as some of the pioneers and defenders. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about human rights.Table of ContentsEditor’s Foreword Jon Woronoff PrefaceAcronyms and Abbreviations ChronologyIntroduction THE DICTIONARY Appendixes Structure of the UN Rights Bodies and Mechanisms Implementation Mechanisms of International Human Rights Standards: Overview Basic Structure of the UN Human Rights Council Procedure for Individual Complaints to the UN Human Rights Committee Taking a Case to the European Court of Human Rights Paris Principles Relating to the Status of National Human Rights Institutions: Annex to UNGA Resolution 48/134 of 4 March 1994 Paris Principles Relating to the Status of National Human Rights Institutions: Annex to UNGA Bibliography About the Author
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Rowman & Littlefield Fracturing the Founding: How the Alt-Right
Book SynopsisMany in the radical right, including the Tea Party, the militia movement, the Alt-right, Christian nationalists, the Oath Keepers, neo-Nazis, and a host of others, brand themselves as constitutional patriots. In Fracturing the Founding: How the Alt-Right Corrupts the Constitution, John E. Finn, one of America’s leading constitutional scholars, argues that these professions of constitutional devotion serve an important function in mainstreaming the radical right’s ideological and policy agenda: to camouflage its racism, bigotry, and sexism to appeal to a broader audience. The constitution the extreme right holds as its faith is an odd admixture of the forgotten, the rejected, the racist, and the bizarre. Finn illuminates the central precepts of the Alt-constitution and shows how and where it differs from the (true) American Constitution. The differences are disturbing. The Alt-constitution emphasizes absolute rights and unassailable liberties (especially for freedom of speech and guns, no matter the public interest), states’ rights and a corresponding suspicion of the federal government, racial classifications recognized and legitimated by law, and privilege for white Christians. Finn’s book will appeal to all readers interested in contemporary American politics, the contemporary radical right, the Founding and the history of America’s constitution.Trade ReviewFinn critically dissects the constitutional doctrines of the alt-right. He begins with the major players and platforms of the movement, including Richard B. Spencer, Steve Bannon, and Breitbart.com, and then considers their views on the Constitution and federalism, showing the heavy influence of the Christian evangelical right. In Chapter 3, Finn posits that the alt-right view of the First Amendment permits discrimination against non-Christians. He then delves into the right to bear arms and how it is impossible to determine what the Founders had intended. The final chapters cover the idea of sovereign citizens and birthright citizenship. Finn does an excellent job of taking political theory and showing how it impacted the actions of various alt-right conservatives, including former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court Roy Moore; Jared Fogle, former spokesperson for Subway restaurants who was convicted of sexual offenses against minors; and members of constitutional militias. The book is well written, and the depth of Finn’s research shines through. The work is chatty in tone but assumes some knowledge of constitutional law. Reminiscent of an extended, witty lecture by an erudite professor, this will leave readers impressed and distressed. * Library Journal *“Through the lens of the Constitution, John E. Finn crystalizes the far-right’s selective and twisted interpretation of America’s core values. Fracturing the Founding is an incisive guide to the thinking of fringe extremists. With sharp research and straightforward argument, it unpicks the contradictions at the heart of the alt-right. This book is one of the clearest deconstructions of how extremists try to weaponize the First and Second amendments in the face of a long history of evolving and often muddy and contradictory case law. And, importantly, Finn not only makes traces some of the commonalities in the diffuse contemporary far-right, but exposes how fringe ideas migrate into mainstream conservative outlets through a web of shared values and ideas. At a time when originalism is on the rise, Fracturing the Founding outlines the alarming ideas that might seep into America’s justice system if the extreme right has its way.” -- Michael Wendling, author of Alt-Right: From 4chan to the White House“John Finn has provided a helpful service by explaining how leading figures of the far right approach to the Constitution, and by informing readers why legal scholars reject their interpretation." -- George Hawley, author of Making Sense of the Alt-Right
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Rowman & Littlefield Immigration in the Visual Art of Nicario Jiménez
Book SynopsisArt meets today’s political debate over immigration in this beautifully illustrated exploration of Nicario Jiménez Quispe’s retablos. This beautifully illustrated full-color book offers a unique depiction of the current immigration debate through the lens of renowned Peruvian artist Nicario Jiménez Quispe, a recent immigrant to the United States. An internationally recognized maker of retablos, Jiménez has begun creating work that powerfully encapsulates the struggles, possibilities, and tragedies of immigration from the Global South to North America. A decorative box with figures in the interior, a retablo traditionally was used to pay homage to certain saints in Peru. In Spain, they were used as portable altars for itinerant priests who carried them to perform mass in remote areas. In the Andes, the retablo became a sort of magical-religious box designed to increase fertility among animals that served as a means of exchange in a cash-free, rural environment. The authors, leading historians of Latin America, contextualize Jiménez’s compelling art, to offer creative new insights on the bitter immigration disputes that are dividing our nation.Trade ReviewThe authors of this insightful book offer an original entry into the current immigration debate through the eyes and work of the renowned Peruvian artist/sculptor Nicario Jiménez Quispe. The images of Jiménez’s retablos offer an innovative way of capturing the suffering of the displaced. This book is an inimitable contribution to the debate. -- Frank O. Mora, Florida International UniversityThe Peruvian-born artist Nicario Jiménez is internationally recognized for his extraordinary, highly detailed retablos that address personal, traditional, religious, social, historical, and political events. This volume celebrates the art form by focusing on Jiménez’s immigration retablos; from the harrowing scenes along the Mexican-US border to an emphasis on the accomplishments of immigrants once settled in the United States. Jiménez’s art reminds viewers of the humanity of the demonized individuals escaping violence back home in hopes of securing a better future for themselves and their families. -- Marina Pacini, Chief Curator of the Memphis Brooks Museum of ArtThe authors of this compelling work use Nicario Jiménez’s art as visual testimonies of migration policies in the Trump era. Jiménez himself has been in continuous movement, locating himself in Ayacucho, Lima, and the rest of the world. Through his retablos, he vividly portrays what migration, uprooting, and displacement mean to the person who leaves and arrives to a new place of residency—he shows the violence conveyed, the lived experiences, the hope. -- María Eugenia Ulfe, Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword: Continuity and Change in a Traditional Art Form, by Annette B. Fromm ix 1 By Way of Introduction 2 The Retablo: Testimony, Tradition, and the Case for Fine Art in Popular Culture 3 A Corporal and Artistic Migration: The Peruvian Years 4 Art Questions Politics: An American Challenge 5 Promise and Hope: The Other Side of Immigration Conclusion: Beyond the Wall Selected Bibliography Index About the Authors
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Rowman & Littlefield Human Rights and Public Goods: The Global New
Book SynopsisThis powerful and empowering text offers a way forward for alleviating human suffering, presenting a realistic roadmap for enhanced global governance that can create workable solutions to mass poverty. William Felice and Diana Fuguitt emphasize the critical links between international human rights law, international political economy, and global organizations to formulate effective public policy to alleviate human suffering and protect basic human rights for all. They introduce students to the key legal and economic concepts central to economic and social human rights, including the right to education, a healthy environment, food, basic health care, housing, and clean water. They analyze the legal approaches undertaken by the United Nations and explain the key theories of international political economy (including liberalism, nationalism, and structuralism) and central economic concepts (including global public goods, economic equality, and the capabilities approach). In the last decade, a backlash against economic globalization has been fueled by a variety of politicians around the world. A resurgent nationalism is often pitted against international organizations and frameworks for global cooperation. In this new edition, Felice and Fuguitt account for how the current global political climate has affected national and global policies for the provision of public goods and the protection of human rights. They focus on practical policies and actions that both state and nonstate actors can take to uphold economic and social rights. As the first book to integrate these legal and economic approaches, it provides a practical path to action for students, academics, and policy makers alike.Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS Global Policy Choices International Political Economy (IPE) and Economic and Social Human Rights International Law & Economic & Social Human Rights Economic and Social Human Rights as Global Public Goods—Integrating Economics and Law The United States and Economic and Social Human Rights: A Contrast with Europe The Environment and Economic and Social Human Rights Race and Economic and Social Human Rights Gender and Economic and Social Human Rights Military Spending and Economic and Social Human Rights The Global New Deal
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Little, Brown & Company Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation
Book SynopsisCongressman John Lewis was a paragon of the Civil Rights Movement and political leadership for decades. A hero we won't soon forget, Lewis was a beacon of hope and a model of humility whose invocation to "good trouble" continues to inspire millions across our nation. In his last months on earth, even while battling cancer, he dedicated time to share his memories, beliefs, and advice-exclusively immortalized in these pages-as a message to the generations to come.Organized by topic ranging from justice, courage, faith, and forgiveness to the pandemic, mentorship, immigration, and many more besides, Carry On collects the late Congressman's thoughts for readers to draw on whenever they are in need of guidance. John Lewis had great confidence in our future, even as he died in the midst of one of our country's most challenging years to date. With this book, we can continue to learn from his perseverance, dedication, profound insight, and unwavering ability to see the good in life, and live up to the legacy he has left us.
£17.09
Basic Books The Counterrevolution: How Our Government Went to
Book SynopsisA distinguished political theorist sounds the alarm about the counterinsurgency strategies used to govern AmericansMilitarized police officers with tanks and drones. Pervasive government surveillance and profiling. Social media that distract and track us. All of these, contends Bernard E. Harcourt, are facets of a new and radical governing paradigm in the United States--one rooted in the modes of warfare originally developed to suppress anticolonial revolutions and, more recently, to prosecute the war on terror.The Counterrevolution is a penetrating and disturbing account of the rise of counterinsurgency, first as a military strategy but increasingly as a way of ruling ordinary Americans. Harcourt shows how counterinsurgency's principles--bulk intelligence collection, ruthless targeting of minorities, pacifying propaganda--have taken hold domestically despite the absence of any radical uprising. This counterrevolution against phantom enemies, he argues, is the tyranny of our age. Seeing it clearly is the first step to resisting it effectively.
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Black Rose Books The Concise Guide To Global Human Rights
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PublicAffairs,U.S. The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the
Book SynopsisWith nearly 2 million people locked up in the United States, Americans have become increasingly familiar with concepts like mass incarceration and the criminalization of blackness. But what are the ripple effects of these phenomena for families who have a loved one in prison?In The Shadow System, Sylvia A. Harvey details the emotional and financial effects of mass incarceration on families and communities around the country. She reveals a shadow system of laws and regulations enacted to dehumanize the incarcerated and profit off their families-from mandatory sentencing laws, to restrictions on prison visitation, to charges of up to $24.95 for a 15-minute phone call. Harvey follows the fears, challenges, and small victories of three families, illustrating how families navigate the different regulations, programs, and economic costs, learning to cope (or not) with impossible stakes. Herself the daughter of an incarcerated parent, Harvey is uniquely positioned to reveal the granular reality of these worlds, their injustices, and the people trapped within them. The Shadow System will transform our understanding of the lasting impact incarceration has on American families and communities and delivers a galvanizing clarion call -- filled with moving personal stories -- to fix our broken system.
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Seven Stories Press,U.S. 2009 Human Rights Watch World Report
Book SynopsisThe world's leading human rights organisation's indispensable annual record of worldwide human rights abuses.
£16.14
Monthly Review Press,U.S. Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to
Book SynopsisSince the end of the Cold War, the idea of human rights has been made into a justification for intervention by the world's leading economic and military powers-above all, the United States-in countries that are vulnerable to their attacks. The criteria for such intervention have become more arbitrary and self-serving, and their form more destructive, from Yugoslavia to Afghanistan to Iraq. Until the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the large parts of the left was often complicit in this ideology of intervention-discovering new "Hitlers" as the need arose, and denouncing antiwar arguments as appeasement on the model of Munich in 1938. Jean Bricmont's Humanitarian Imperialism is both a historical account of this development and a powerful political and moral critique. It seeks to restore the critique of imperialism to its rightful place in the defense of human rights. It describes the leading role of the United States in initiating military and other interventions, but also on the obvious support given to it by European powers and NATO. It outlines an alternative approach to the question of human rights, based on the genuine recognition of the equal rights of people in poor and wealthy countries. Timely, topical, and rigorously argued, Jean Bricmont's book establishes a firm basis for resistance to global war with no end in sight.
£15.15
Africa World Press Legitimising Human Rights Ngos: Lessons from
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Africa World Press Self-determination And National Unity: A
Book SynopsisUnited Nations Advisor Francis M. Deng tackles the difficult question of how to peacefully manage ethnic diversity in post-colonial Africa.
£25.46
