Human rights, civil rights Books

Book SynopsisTrade ReviewEspecially rich in exploring the psychological and religious dimensions of human rights practices and discourses, and in listening to those voices, including Islamist ones, that are currently viewed as opposed to human rights, thus helping to render them intelligible. Choice Original, subtle, and provocative. -- Debra L. Delaet ID: International Dialogue After Evil is a large, even magisterial book... [It] aims to document human rights discourse... as an ideology that transcends any particular instance and operates as a symbolic logic, governing not just international law but our own emotional lives...This ambitious and persuasive book charts human rights as an ethical philosophy, a symbolic relation between subjects, and a pervasive ideology of our own relationship to history. -- Daniel Worden Postmodern Culture Robert Meister's central idea is that human rights since the end of the Second World War have provided a limited and problematic response to the phenomenon of political evil-particularly slavery, colonialism, genocide, and ethnic cleansing... The conclusion that Meister drives home is that human rights as they are understood today reconcile us to the given rather than offering grander visions of justice... Human rights as we know them today are explicitly intended to limit the promise of justice-both because the horrors of the twentieth century suggest that such promise might come at too high a cost, and because the promise of justice as greater political and social equality is opposed by the post-Cold War powers. -- Joe Hoover Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding Thoughtful and thought-provoking. -- Claudia Card Holocaust and Genocide Studies [After Evil] contains many brilliant, perceptive and thought provoking insights. SurvivalTable of ContentsPreface: My Task Introduction: Disavowing Evil 1. The Ideology and Ethics of Human Rights 2. Ways of Winning 3. Living On 4. The Dialectic of Race and Place 5. "Never Again" 6. Still the Jewish Question? 7. Bystanders and Victims 8. Adverse Possession 9. States of "Emergency" 10. Surviving Catastrophe Conclusion: Justice in Time Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review...adds breath and freshness to the analysis of media representations of state terror and political violence. -- Dr Ruth Kitchen DigitalIcons Thoughtful, insightful, and compelling... Flynn and Salek have gathered together a collection of essays that will have wide appeal to communication scholars, film scholars and graduate students. -- Marita Gronnvoll European Journal of Communication This book is a compelling critique of our dominant political and media discourses. The European LegacyTable of ContentsScreening Torture: An Introduction Part I. Torture and the Implications of Masculinity 1. Countering the Jack Bauer Effect: An Examination of How to Limit the Influence of TV's Most Popular, and Most Brutal, Hero 2. Mel Gibson's Tortured Heroes: From the Symbolic Function of Blood to Spectacles of Pain 3. It's a Perfect World: Torture, Confession, and Sacrifice Part II. Torture and the Sadomasochistic Impulse 4. Lust, Caution: Torture, Sex, and Passion in Chinese Cinema 5. The Art of Photogenic Torture 6. Beyond Susan Sontag: The Seduction of Psychological Torture 7. Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange as Art Against Torture Part III. Confronting the Legacies of Torture and State Terror 8. "Accorded a Place in the Design": Torture in Post-Apartheid Cinema 9. Confessing Without Regret: An Israeli Film Genre Part IV. Torture and the Shortcomings of Film 10. Movies of Modern Torture as Convenient Truths 11. Torture at the Limit of Politics 12. Doing Torture in Film: Confronting Ambiguity and Ambivalence 13. Documenting the Documentaries on Abu Ghraib: Facts Versus Distortion List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisSiddharth Kara demonstrates the scope of modern slavery and its role in global supply chains to offer a concrete path toward its abolition. This searing exposé—including revelatory interviews with both the enslaved and their oppressors—documents one of humanity’s greatest wrongs and lays out the framework to eradicate it.Trade ReviewThis book provides an overview of the different forms of modern-day slavery, as well as a framework for the eradication of the phenomenon. Siddharth Kara uses case studies to exemplify the cultural norms that perpetuate trafficking and provides an extensive analysis of data through a unique business-model approach. Using a combination of rigorous analysis and anecdotal stories, Kara delves into subfields in modern-day slavery that have rarely been covered -- Jennifer Bryson Clark, coeditor of A Global Handbook on Human Trafficking and Modern Day SlaveryTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Modern Slavery: An Overview2. Sex Trafficking: The Case of Nigeria3. Labor Trafficking: Slavery at Your Dining Table4. Organ Trafficking: Sold for Parts5. Technology and Human Trafficking: Friend and Foe6. Debt Bondage: Beyond South Asia7. Global Supply Chains: Blood and the Sea8. A Framework to Eradicate SlaveryAppendix A: Global Slavery MetricsAppendix B: Select Slavery EconomicsAppendix C: Sample Research QuestionnaireNotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Preface to the 2013 Reissue Introduction: The Relevance of Injustice and Oppression for Social Work and Social Policy Part One: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 1. Injustice and Oppression: Meaning, Links, and Alternatives 2. Injustice and Oppression: Origins, Evolution, Dynamics, and Consequences 3. Social Change Strategies to Overcome Injustice and Oppression 4. Dilemmas and Vicissitudes of Social Work Part Two: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Organizing 5. Transition Policies Beyond Poverty, Unemployment, and Discrimination 6. Social-Change-Oriented "Radical" Practice Epilogue Appendix A. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Economic Bill of Rights Appendix B. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix C. Framework for Analysis and Development of Social Policies Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Preface to the 2013 Reissue Introduction: The Relevance of Injustice and Oppression for Social Work and Social Policy Part One: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives 1. Injustice and Oppression: Meaning, Links, and Alternatives 2. Injustice and Oppression: Origins, Evolution, Dynamics, and Consequences 3. Social Change Strategies to Overcome Injustice and Oppression 4. Dilemmas and Vicissitudes of Social Work Part Two: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Organizing 5. Transition Policies Beyond Poverty, Unemployment, and Discrimination 6. Social-Change-Oriented "Radical" Practice Epilogue Appendix A. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Economic Bill of Rights Appendix B. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Appendix C. Framework for Analysis and Development of Social Policies Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisCritically engaging with traditional secularism and religious accommodationism, this collection introduces a constitutional secularism that robustly meets contemporary challenges.Trade ReviewReligion, Secularism, and Constitutional Democracy critically confronts the contemporary resurgence of 'political theology' with theoretical and philosophical sophistication while nevertheless exhibiting an admirable commitment to respect and tolerance of religious observance and plurality. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of religion and politics today. -- John P. McCormick, University of Chicago The question of the proper role of religion in a secular state, once thought settled, has reemerged as a major challenge to contemporary democracies. The essays in this superb volume address the many aspects of this question with depth and clarity, connecting normative, historical, and institutional analyses in an exemplary way. Taken together, the contributions do more than represent the state of the art in this field of research; rather, they take it to a new level of refinement. -- Rainer Forst, Goethe University Frankfurt This volume is practically a 'who's-who' of the very top scholars writing on religion, secularism, and cultural pluralism. It sits at the cutting edge of debates in all of these fields and will be required reading in seminar rooms across North America and Europe. -- Andrew F. March, author of Islam and Liberal CitizenshipTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Jean L. Cohen Part I: Freedom of Religion or Human Rights 1. Religious Freedom and the Fate of Secularism, by Samuel Moyn 2. Religion: Ally, Threat, or Just Religion?, by Anne Phillips 3. Regulating Religion Beyond Borders: The Case of FGM/C, by Yasmine Ergas 4. Pluralism vs. Pluralism: Islam and Christianity in the European Court of Human Rights, by Christian Joppke Part II: Non-Establishments and Freedom of Religion 5. Rethinking Political Secularism and the American Model of Constitutional Dualism, by Jean L. Cohen 6. Is European Secularism Secular Enough?, by Rajeev Bhargava 7. State-Religion Connections and Multicultural Citizenship, by Tariq Modood 8. Breaching the Wall of Separation, by Denis Lacorne 9. Transnational Nonestablishment (Redux), by Claudia Haupt Part III: Religion, Liberalism, and Democracy 10. Liberal Neutrality, Religion, and the Good, by Cecile Laborde 11. Religious Arguments and Public Justification, by Aurelia Bardon 12. Religious Truth and Democratic Freedom: A Critique of the Religious Discourse of Anti-Relativism, by Carlo Invernizzi Accetti 13. Republicanism and Freedom of Religion in France, by Michel Troper Part IV: Sovereignty and Legal Pluralism in Constitutional Democracies 14. Sovereignty and Religious Norms in the Secular Constitutional State, by Dieter Grimm 15. Religion and Minority Legal Orders, by Maheila Malik 16. The Intersection of Civil and Religious Family Law in the U.S. Constitutional Order: A Mild Legal Pluralism, by Linda C. McClain 17. Religion-Based Legal Pluralism and Human Rights in Europe, by Alicia Cebada Romero Conclusion: Is Religion Special? Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisSarah B. Snyder shows how transnational connections and social movements spurred American activism that enshrined human rights in U.S. foreign policy making for years to come. From Selma to Moscow reshapes our understanding of the role of human rights activism in transforming U.S. foreign policy in the 1960s and 1970s.Trade ReviewIn this illuminating book Sarah Snyder explains the origins of the human rights movement in the 1960s and chronicles its evolution until the inauguration of Jimmy Carter. Linking the evolution of human rights to other social movements, she probes the motives, highlights the transnational connections, and analyzes the successes and failures of activists regarding human rights violations inside the Soviet Union, Southern Rhodesia, Greece, South Korea, and Chile. This book is an important contribution to the literature on human rights. -- Melvyn Leffler, Edward Stettinius Professor of American History, University of VirginiaIn this impressive and deeply researched work, Sarah Snyder reveals the way global struggles over human rights became a feature of American politics and foreign policy in the 1960s and 70s as activists, journalists, and Congress members made the case that the United States was complicit if the country ignored brutal repression. An important contribution. -- Mary L. Dudziak, Emory University School of LawBased on deep and thorough archival research, as well as an innovative and creative use of quantitative measures, Snyder’s book demonstrates that issues of human rights emerged as a significant priority for many Americans, both political leaders and activists, well before the Carter administration. From Selma to Moscow is an extremely important contribution to what remains one of the most important challenges in American foreign policy. -- Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt UniversityHuman rights is emerging as one of the central concerns of modern humanities and social science scholarship. From Selma to Moscow illuminates the missing links between histories of the 1940s and the 1970s, the focus of previous studies. Sarah Snyder’s globe-spanning tale of activists and policy makers reveals the significance of the 1960s for bringing human rights to the forefront of U.S. foreign relations. An important book from an excellent historian. -- Tim Borstelmann, University of Nebraska–LincolnThis well-written and persuasively argued book leaves me wanting even more, and it...will remain an important book for years to come. -- Kelly J. Shannon * American Historical Review *Sarah Snyder's book illuminates the nuances and contradictions of American foreign policy in this era. * Diplomatic History *Her argument, articulated with refreshing clarity early in her introduction, is that Americans engaged in transnational human rights campaigns much earlier than previously assumed, namely in the 1960s. * Journal of Contemporary History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Human Rights Activism Directed Across the Iron Curtain2. A Double Standard Abroad and at Home? Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence3. Causing Us “Real Trouble”: The 1967 Coup in Greece4. Does the United States Stand for Something? Human Rights in South Korea5. Translating Human Rights into the Language of Washington: American Activism in the Wake of the Coup in Chile6. “A Call for U.S. Leadership”: Congressional Activism on Human RightsConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisSarah B. Snyder shows how transnational connections and social movements spurred American activism that enshrined human rights in U.S. foreign policy making for years to come. From Selma to Moscow reshapes our understanding of the role of human rights activism in transforming U.S. foreign policy in the 1960s and 1970s.Trade ReviewIn this illuminating book Sarah Snyder explains the origins of the human rights movement in the 1960s and chronicles its evolution until the inauguration of Jimmy Carter. Linking the evolution of human rights to other social movements, she probes the motives, highlights the transnational connections, and analyzes the successes and failures of activists regarding human rights violations inside the Soviet Union, Southern Rhodesia, Greece, South Korea, and Chile. This book is an important contribution to the literature on human rights. -- Melvyn Leffler, Edward Stettinius Professor of American History, University of VirginiaIn this impressive and deeply researched work, Sarah Snyder reveals the way global struggles over human rights became a feature of American politics and foreign policy in the 1960s and 70s as activists, journalists, and Congress members made the case that the United States was complicit if the country ignored brutal repression. An important contribution. -- Mary L. Dudziak, Emory University School of LawBased on deep and thorough archival research, as well as an innovative and creative use of quantitative measures, Snyder’s book demonstrates that issues of human rights emerged as a significant priority for many Americans, both political leaders and activists, well before the Carter administration. From Selma to Moscow is an extremely important contribution to what remains one of the most important challenges in American foreign policy. -- Thomas Schwartz, Vanderbilt UniversityHuman rights is emerging as one of the central concerns of modern humanities and social science scholarship. From Selma to Moscow illuminates the missing links between histories of the 1940s and the 1970s, the focus of previous studies. Sarah Snyder’s globe-spanning tale of activists and policy makers reveals the significance of the 1960s for bringing human rights to the forefront of U.S. foreign relations. An important book from an excellent historian. -- Tim Borstelmann, University of Nebraska–LincolnThis well-written and persuasively argued book leaves me wanting even more, and it...will remain an important book for years to come. -- Kelly J. Shannon * American Historical Review *Sarah Snyder's book illuminates the nuances and contradictions of American foreign policy in this era. * Diplomatic History *Her argument, articulated with refreshing clarity early in her introduction, is that Americans engaged in transnational human rights campaigns much earlier than previously assumed, namely in the 1960s. * Journal of Contemporary History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Human Rights Activism Directed Across the Iron Curtain2. A Double Standard Abroad and at Home? Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence3. Causing Us “Real Trouble”: The 1967 Coup in Greece4. Does the United States Stand for Something? Human Rights in South Korea5. Translating Human Rights into the Language of Washington: American Activism in the Wake of the Coup in Chile6. “A Call for U.S. Leadership”: Congressional Activism on Human RightsConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn novel and creative ways, Dangerous Trade integrates a variety of theoretical approaches to security and arms studies; global governance; international and domestic affairs; and qualitative and quantitative data. With fresh thinking and originality, this book does not re-chew what others have already said or go down paths already trodden. Indeed, it shows an innovative mind at work. -- Ulrich Krotz, European University InstituteErickson has written an important work that speaks to concerns and debates among international relations theorists, students of international institutions, and scholars of arms transfers. For all the talk in recent years of 'mixed methods' and 'eclectic approaches,' this is a book that actually delivers. It uses quantitative and qualitative techniques to develop and test a refreshingly broad theory of social reputation in international and domestic politics. Instead of engaging in tribal wars, Erickson shows that rational choice scholars and constructivists are both right, and that both have been remiss in failing to theorize domestic politics. This is a wonderful book and must-read, not only for students of arms transfers but also for a new generation of international relations scholars seeking to build rigorous theory that captures the complexity of the social world states inhabit. -- Jeffrey T. Checkel, Simon Fraser University, and global fellow, Peace Research Institute OsloWhy do states sometimes do good, even against their clear material and strategic interests? In this smart book, Jennifer L. Erickson provides a compelling and surprising answer that defies easy characterization. Governments are calculating, strategic, and even cynical about when and under what circumstances they may tie their hands for the noble purpose of limiting the flow of weapons to bad actors. But all the strategic concerns ultimately are shaped by social norms and the quintessentially human desire to be seen in a favorable light. Erickson develops and tests this important argument with wonderfully informative and compact case studies and empirical analysis. There are no wasted words in this book, just deep learning, conveyed with the brisk confidence borne of years of hard work and deep thinking. Dangerous Trade is a signal advance in scholarship that helps us understand major changes in international relations since the Cold War's end. -- William C. Wohlforth, Dartmouth College[Dangerous Trade] is at once a page-turner and a page-lingerer due to its riveting prose and profound lessons to the scholarship in international relations. * H-Diplo *A methodologically and analytically eclectic take on efforts to impose human rights concerns on the arms trade. It is an easy read and a good contribution to the academic literature on transnational advocacy. * Humanity *A welcome addition to the rich scholarly debate on international norm compliance. * International Political Science Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. Introduction and Overview2. "Responsible" Arms Transfer Policy and the Politics of Social Reputation3. History and Contemporary Trends in Conventional Arms Export Controls4. Explaining Commitment: International Reputation and "Responsible" Arms Transfer Policy5. Explaining Compliance: Domestic Reputation and Arms Trade Scandal6. Conclusions and ImplicationsAppendix A. Multilateral Conventional Arms Control in the Twentieth CenturyAppendix B. Data Sources and CodingAppendix C. Full Statistical ResultsNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisNorth Korea’s human rights violations are unparalleled in the contemporary world. In Dying for Rights, Sandra Fahy provides the definitive account of the abuses committed by the North Korean state, domestically and internationally, from its founding to the present.Trade ReviewReadable, beautifully written, and often profound. * Free Korea *This well-researched, multidisciplinary book, based on a wide range of source material, is intended for a wide audience. -- M. J. Frost, emerita, Wittenberg University * Choice *Dying for Rights is an exhaustive and important account of the human rights abuses that the Kim regime has inflicted on the North Korean people over decades, from the quotidian to the horrific. With her deep knowledge and her anthropological approach, augmented by her obvious compassion for the victims of this regime, Sandra Fahy has provided the basis for one day holding Kim Jong Un to account. A must-read. -- Anna Fifield, author of The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong UnThe story of North Korean human rights abuses has been difficult to tell because so much of the problem remains shrouded by the state, with nameless and faceless victims. Fahy remedies this malady with a beautifully written and human story of human rights abuses in North Korea that takes us beyond hard-to-obtain statistics. -- Victor Cha, D. S. Song-KF Professor of Government, Georgetown University and former National Security Council director for Japan and Korea affairsNorth Korea is a tragic symphony full of discordant themes. Famine. Surveillance. Detention. Oppression. Regimentation. Desperation. Suicide. Escape. These stories were told in the report to the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2014. Five years later, the tragedy continues. Dying for Rights confirms and expands the melancholy and frightening stories presented in 2014. This serious chronicle calls our distracted attention back to the human themes to which we must respond. Somber, compelling, and unrelenting chords from a dangerous land of ‘endless winter’ that still awaits the arrival of the sun. -- Michael Kirby, chair of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights Violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 2013-2014Sandra Fahy's Dying for Rights is a riveting and comprehensive account of the worst human rights violations occurring in the contemporary world. Fahy addresses the Kim regime's draconian coercion, control, surveillance, and punishment, and the plight of North Koreans crushed by a deliberate policy of human rights denial. She scrutinizes the lives of North Koreans abused and exploited at home and abroad. She addresses all themes relevant to understanding the North Korean human rights crisis, from political prison camps to refugees and laborers officially dispatched overseas to work under abysmal conditions. She sheds light on the dynamics of the North Korean escapee community. Fahy illuminates a new dimension of evidence collected by the UN Commission of Inquiry by transcending legal analysis and looking at escapee testimony through an anthropological lens. -- Greg Scarlatoiu, executive director of the Committee for Human Rights in North KoreaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: DescentPart I: The Crimes1. The History of Human Rights Violations in North Korea2. Famine and Hunger3. Discrimination and Religious Persecution4. Information Control5. Forbidding the Foreign6. Control of Movement7. Prison Camps, Torture, and Execution8. Exporting Rights ViolationsPart II: The Denials9. From the Mouths of Foreign Nationals10. The State News Strikes Back11. North Korea’s Rhetoric of Denial at the United Nations12. Broadcasting DenialConclusion: AscentNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisProtection Amid Chaos follows Palestinians living in refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan as they develop binding claims on assets and resources in challenging spaces. Nadya Hajj shows how they adapt flexible though legitimate property rights claims based on legal knowledge retained from their homeland to the restrictions of refugee life.Trade ReviewNadya Hajj asks an important question - namely, why and how do property rights get institutionalized in "transitional" contexts? With so many places in the world characterized by unpredictability and uncertainty, this question resonates far beyond the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon and Jordan. Based on a treasure trove of data from in-depth interviews and original documents, among other sources, Hajj traces the evolution of property rights in the camps over time, showing how they evolved from informal understandings of ownership to formal legal claims as Palestinians sought greater predictability in their lives. These strategies, however, had ambiguous effects: On the one hand, the formalization of property rights afforded refugees a measure of protection. On the other, they exposed them to greater control by external actors such as the Jordanian state, the Lebanese military, and the Palestinian Fatah. Hajj's impressive work sheds light on a critical and enduring question of great consequence for macro-level development outcomes and for micro-level concerns of people living in uncertain conditions. -- Melani Cammett, Harvard University Hajj has written an outstanding book on the politics of Palestinian property rights in the refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon. With careful precision, Hajj documents the circumstances that resulted in the degree of Palestinian property rights formalization across the various camps. The book masterfully documents the debates and strategic considerations confronting dislocated and dispossessed Palestinians as they began to build local communities in their new settings. -- Amaney A. Jamal, Princeton University With unprecedented numbers of displaced people across the Middle East, this book provides a timely and powerful analysis of how refugee communities seek to establish and enforce property rights in conflict and transitional settings. Drawing on her extensive research in Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon, the author combines rich empirical documentation with original theoretical insights. Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how refugee communities adapt to insecure environments. -- Jeannie Sowers, The University of New HampshireTable of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations and Translations Note on Arabic Transliteration Introduction 1. A Theory of Property Right Formation in Palestinian Refugee Camps 2. Crafting Informal Property Rights in Fawdah 3. Formal Property Rights in Refugee Camps in Jordan 4. Formal Property Rights in Refugee Camps in Lebanon 5. Renegotiating Property Rights in Nahr al-Bared Camp Conclusion Appendix A: Titles from NBC and Beddawi in Arabic with English Translations Appendix B: Research Methods Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the legal and national-security debates that made torture an acceptable act of counterterrorism.Trade ReviewArsenault's book provides a much-needed historical context for the torture policy that emerged during the post-9/11 years. It is comprehensive, well researched, and, at the same time, digestible. -- Karen J. Greenberg, Director, Center on National Security at Fordham Law School One of the most perplexing and disturbing outcomes of the 9/11 attacks and the rise of global terrorism was America's adoption of torture against captured suspected terrorists-so-called detainees. This outstanding book by Elizabeth Grimm Arsenault lays out-in a reliable, scholarly, and readable manner-how this overreach occurred, how it profoundly violated U.S. norms and devotion to human rights, and what might be done to ensure a more appropriate balance between security and liberty for the United States in the future. For my own teaching and research endeavors, I keep this important volume close at hand. -- Loch K. Johnson, Regents Professor, University of Georgia This is a thoughtful and provoking account of how the United States abandoned its own-and the world's-legal and normative prohibitions against the use of torture. At its core are a compelling story about how once-cherished legal norms can unravel and the poignant observation that there is no single culprit but rather a system of actors-including top policy makers, their lawyers, and interrogators-aided by shifting public attitudes and cultural norms. -- Emilie Hafner-Burton, University of California, San Diego I recommend that you read this book. It will provoke thoughts within you, but it will also provide you a broader and deeper insight into human nature, regardless of where you lie on the line between assuring national security and upholding agreed-upon legal norms against torture. -- Sonu Chandiram Biz IndiaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Part I. Background 1. Introduction 2. History of POW Treatment in the United States: From the Revolutionary War to the Korean War 3. Modern POW Treatment in the United States: The Vietnam War, the Geneva Conventions, and the Pre-9/11 Era Part II. Evolution of Norms Around POW Treatment 4. POW Treatment and Lawyers 5. POW Treatment and Policy Makers 6. POW Treatment and Interrogators Part III. Conclusion 7. Implications and Recommendations Appendix A: Who's Who Appendix B: Timeline of Major Events Appendix C: Acronyms Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book features pathbreaking analysis from journalists and academics of the changing nature and peril of media capture—how formerly independent institutions fall under the sway of governments, plutocrats, and corporations. Contributors analyze diverse cases of media capture worldwide, many drawn from firsthand experience.Trade ReviewMedia capture is one of the most pressing problems facing democracies today. Bringing together the voices of scholars and reporters, this book provides a fascinating overview of the many ways in which this phenomenon is affecting political landscapes around the world. Importantly, it also proposes novel solutions for combating media capture and protecting journalists. A must-read! -- Julia Cagé, author of Saving the Media: Capitalism, Crowdfunding, and DemocracyThis is a highly insightful collection showing how media capture has crept within a range of systems and institutions for the past two decades. It is also an important contribution to the literature on democratic backsliding. It is the great merit of Anya Schiffrin to highlight a major but understudied threat to democracy. -- Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, author of The Quest for Good Governance: How Societies Develop Control of CorruptionThis book is a remarkable achievement. For scholars and concerned citizens alike, it is a milestone in the ongoing debates about the uncertain future of news. At a moment when democratic institutions are under assault and journalism is withering away, the essays featured in Schiffrin’s wonderful volume are especially timely. Anyone who cares about the future of journalism—and democracy—should read this important book! -- Victor Pickard, author of Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation SocietyMuch of our lives as journalism, communication and media scholars and researchers are spent talking and writing about“them”—the journalists. With this book, we listen to them and are richer because of their insight. * Journalism *This is a collection around a theme of great importance which media scholars will find stimulating and original. * Australian Journalism Review *The book is a recommended read for both academics and the general audience, and strongly advised for policymakers who wish to help independent media. * European Journal of Communication *Table of ContentsPart I: OverviewIntroduction, by Anya Schiffrin1. How Silicon Valley Copied Wall Street’s Media Capture Playbook, by Rana Foroohar2. From Media Capture to Platform Capture, by Nikki Usher3. Media Capture and the Crisis in Local Journalism, by Philip M. Napoli4. Nobody Home, by Noam CohenPart II: Examples of Problems5. A Serf on Google’s Farm, by Josh Marshall6. The Rise and Fall of Blogging in the 2000s, by Felix Salmon7. Digital Payola: Policing the Open Contributor Network, by James Ledbetter8. Media Capture and the Corporate Education-Reform Philanthropies, by Andrea Gabor9. Using Old Media to Capture New in Turkey, by Andrew Finkel10. A Loud Silence, by Raju Narisetti11. The Capture of Britain’s Feral Beast, by Mary Fitzgerald, James Cusick, and Peter GeogheganPart III: Solutions12. A Global Strategy for Combating Media Capture, by Mark M. Nelson13. The Hamster Wheel, Triumphant: Commercial Models for Journalism Are Not Working; Let’s Try Something Else, by Dean Starkman and Ryan Chittum14. Building Trust (and a Trust), by Andrew Sullivan15. Defending Vanguard Journalists, by Joel Simon16. Do Technology Companies Care About Journalism?, by Emily BellList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisWhy do people persist in supporting torture—and can they be persuaded to change their minds? Erin M. Kearns and Joseph K. Young draw upon a novel series of group experiments to understand how and why the average citizen might come to support the use of torture techniques.Trade ReviewIn this compelling and salient book, Kearns and Young inject needed experimental evidence into discussions about why and under what conditions the public supports the use of torture in the service of counterterrorism. A must read for any serious student or scholar of counterterrorism. -- James A. Piazza, Pennsylvania State UniversityIn Tortured Logic, Kearns and Young use clever experiments and careful interviews to provide compelling evidence that public support for torture depends on context. That public support for government violence is so malleable should be of great interest—and potential concern—to social scientists and policymakers alike. -- Courtenay R. Conrad, coauthor of Contentious Compliance: Dissent and Repression under International Human Rights LawTortured Logic is written by two stellar researchers, one a political scientist and the other a criminologist, which gives this book a strong interdisciplinary perspective. Together, the two authors bring an array of skills that make them well suited to produce a volume of this caliber. -- Victor Asal, University at Albany, State University of New YorkKearns and Young have provided a masterful book which is thought-provoking, richly detailed, and speaks to important policy questions, not to mention pressing ethical debates about the rights of detainees in the war on terrorism. * H-Diplo *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: What Impacts Public Perception of Torture in Counterterrorism?1. Media and Perceptions of Torture 2. Fear, Death, and TV3. Context Matters?4. Elite Cues, Identity, and EfficacyConclusion: Torture, Terrorism, and the FutureAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWhy do people persist in supporting torture—and can they be persuaded to change their minds? Erin M. Kearns and Joseph K. Young draw upon a novel series of group experiments to understand how and why the average citizen might come to support the use of torture techniques.Trade ReviewIn this compelling and salient book, Kearns and Young inject needed experimental evidence into discussions about why and under what conditions the public supports the use of torture in the service of counterterrorism. A must read for any serious student or scholar of counterterrorism. -- James A. Piazza, Pennsylvania State UniversityIn Tortured Logic, Kearns and Young use clever experiments and careful interviews to provide compelling evidence that public support for torture depends on context. That public support for government violence is so malleable should be of great interest—and potential concern—to social scientists and policymakers alike. -- Courtenay R. Conrad, coauthor of Contentious Compliance: Dissent and Repression under International Human Rights LawTortured Logic is written by two stellar researchers, one a political scientist and the other a criminologist, which gives this book a strong interdisciplinary perspective. Together, the two authors bring an array of skills that make them well suited to produce a volume of this caliber. -- Victor Asal, University at Albany, State University of New YorkKearns and Young have provided a masterful book which is thought-provoking, richly detailed, and speaks to important policy questions, not to mention pressing ethical debates about the rights of detainees in the war on terrorism. * H-Diplo *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: What Impacts Public Perception of Torture in Counterterrorism?1. Media and Perceptions of Torture 2. Fear, Death, and TV3. Context Matters?4. Elite Cues, Identity, and EfficacyConclusion: Torture, Terrorism, and the FutureAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisNicole Iturriaga offers an ethnographic examination of how Spanish human rights activists use forensic methods to challenge dominant histories, reshape collective memory, and create new forms of transitional justice. Exhuming Violent Histories sheds new light on how science and technology intersect with human rights and collective memory.Trade ReviewOften moving and eminently readable way....a quite useful text for undergraduate students of ethnography, human rights, memory, and collective collaboration. * H-Sci-Med-Tech *Exhuming Violent Histories exhibits deep research and attention to detail, in addition to being clearly written. In all my years conducting forensic investigations of the disappeared and researching and writing about their effects on survivors and communities, I have never come across a book that does such a thorough job of analyzing this process in the context of Spain. -- Eric Stover, coauthor of Hiding in Plain Sight: The Pursuit of War Criminals from Nuremberg to the War on TerrorExhuming Violent Histories is an engaging ethnography of how forensic and genetic sciences are being deployed to recover and reframe literally buried histories in post-Franco Spain. Through their painstaking work, human rights-oriented forensic specialists and human rights activists are together challenging the necropower of the state and revising the official history of the Franco era. Iturriaga also reflects upon transnational advocacy and how such efforts further social justice. -- Gail Kligman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los AngelesNicole Iturriaga has written a terrific book. Exhuming Violent Histories is a compelling portrait of efforts to reclaim the remains of civilian victims of the Spanish Civil War era. But more importantly, she has delivered a clarion call for how activists can utilize forensic science to advance human rights on a global scale. -- Scott Ellsworth, author of The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for JusticeThere is no doubt that scholars of human rights, peace, conflict and justice studies, and law and social movements will find this well-researched and accessibly written book useful and deeply engaging. * Social Forces *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. No Pasarán? The Spanish Civil War, the Franco Regime, and Democracy2. Excavations: A Scientific Trojan Horse3. At the Foot of the Grave: Teaching Science and the “True” History of Spain4. Reburying the Dead: Performance of Grief and Reframed Narratives5. Transnational NetworksEpilogueMethodological AppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisNicole Iturriaga offers an ethnographic examination of how Spanish human rights activists use forensic methods to challenge dominant histories, reshape collective memory, and create new forms of transitional justice. Exhuming Violent Histories sheds new light on how science and technology intersect with human rights and collective memory.Trade ReviewOften moving and eminently readable way....a quite useful text for undergraduate students of ethnography, human rights, memory, and collective collaboration. * H-Sci-Med-Tech *Exhuming Violent Histories exhibits deep research and attention to detail, in addition to being clearly written. In all my years conducting forensic investigations of the disappeared and researching and writing about their effects on survivors and communities, I have never come across a book that does such a thorough job of analyzing this process in the context of Spain. -- Eric Stover, coauthor of Hiding in Plain Sight: The Pursuit of War Criminals from Nuremberg to the War on TerrorExhuming Violent Histories is an engaging ethnography of how forensic and genetic sciences are being deployed to recover and reframe literally buried histories in post-Franco Spain. Through their painstaking work, human rights-oriented forensic specialists and human rights activists are together challenging the necropower of the state and revising the official history of the Franco era. Iturriaga also reflects upon transnational advocacy and how such efforts further social justice. -- Gail Kligman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los AngelesNicole Iturriaga has written a terrific book. Exhuming Violent Histories is a compelling portrait of efforts to reclaim the remains of civilian victims of the Spanish Civil War era. But more importantly, she has delivered a clarion call for how activists can utilize forensic science to advance human rights on a global scale. -- Scott Ellsworth, author of The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for JusticeThere is no doubt that scholars of human rights, peace, conflict and justice studies, and law and social movements will find this well-researched and accessibly written book useful and deeply engaging. * Social Forces *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. No Pasarán? The Spanish Civil War, the Franco Regime, and Democracy2. Excavations: A Scientific Trojan Horse3. At the Foot of the Grave: Teaching Science and the “True” History of Spain4. Reburying the Dead: Performance of Grief and Reframed Narratives5. Transnational NetworksEpilogueMethodological AppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTo Catch a Dictator is a dramatic insider’s account of the hunt for Hissène Habré, the former despot of Chad, and his momentous trial. The human rights lawyer Reed Brody recounts how he and an international team of investigators, legal experts, and victims went on a quest for justice.Trade ReviewFrom one of the world’s great fighters for justice, a most powerful tale of true crime that is at once gripping, forensic, and deeply human. -- Philippe Sands, author of East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"Reed Brody’s remarkable book, To Catch a Dictator, is part political thriller, part memoir, part handbook for human rights attorneys and activists the world over. Brody describes the atrocities committed by Hissène Habré, who brutally ruled Chad from 1982 to 1990 with U.S. government support, and with profound humanity writes of the victims of Habré’s torture, who courageously persevered in their decades-long fight for justice. This compelling book serves as a guiding light to those who would pursue justice and human rights in these times that appear increasingly dark. -- Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!A riveting account of how a band of unrelenting victims and their allies were able to turn the tables on a brutal tyrant who thought he had gotten away with his crimes. I saw the story play out in real time as Senegal organized one of the most important trials in African history, and it was every bit as extraordinary as it appears on the page. Reed Brody’s engrossing book will restore your hope in the possibility of justice. -- Aminata Touré, former prime minister of SenegalTo Catch a Dictator reads like a gripping espionage thriller, except the whole thing is about true-life crime on an international scale. This definitive account of the origins and conduct of the Hissène Habré trial abounds with dictators, spies, assassinations, and political intrigue. -- Craig Etcheson, author of Extraordinary Justice: Law, Politics, and the Khmer Rouge Tribunals[To Catch a Dictator] makes for great reading...an engrossing blow-by-blow account...provid[ing] fascinating insights into the nature of such an international legal coalition. -- Nicolas van de Walle * Foreign Affairs *An absorbing saga that raises a disturbing question: How do brutal fascists like Habre and other murderous heads of state evade a courtroom reckoning for so long after falling from power? -- Steve Levingston * The Washington Post *Catchy, easy to read and inspiring...Brody is a natural storyteller. -- Mia Swart, Edge Hill University * African Yearbook *Table of ContentsForeword, by Jacqueline MoudeïnaProloguePart I. Hissène Habré, an “African Pinochet”1. Souleymane Guengueng2. Hissène Habré3. The Pinochet Precedent4. A President Can Be ProsecutedPart II. Building the Case5. Politics Enters the Picture6. The Terror Files7. A Grenade Attack8. Justice Comes to Chad9. A Banana Republic?10. Reed Brody’s Schedule11. Habré Is Indicted, Again12. The Caliph13. A Senegalese Merchant14. “Reed Bloody, a Hateful Jew”15. Habrémania16. Habrécadabra17. The Trade Union of Heads of State18. “On Behalf of Africa”Part III. Building a Court19. Mr. X20. La France21. Panic in Chad22. An “Insider” Witness23. “Hope Is the Last Thing to Vanish”24. A Bizarre Decision25. Backlash26. “A Political and Legal Soap Opera”27. “Hurricane Mimi”28. “President Habré Has Been Kidnapped”29. A Trial in ChadPart IV. The Trial of Hissène Habré30. Two Heart Attacks31. Round One to Habré32. “You Will Be Tried Whether You Like It or Not”33. “From the Victims I Ask for Forgiveness”34. Khadidja Tells Her Secret35. The Man Who Runs Faster Than Death36. Souleymane Testifies37. The Verdict Is AnnouncedEpilogueAcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewLavinia L. Dock Award for Exemplary Historical Research Writing, American Association for the History of Nursing, 2017. "Particularly strong in the themes of civil rights and gender equality and adds important information on subjects that have been traditionally underrepresented in academic literature. Threat has made a substantial contribution to this important subject and has started a stimulating discussion."--Susan Malka, author of Daring to Care: American Nursing and Second Wave Feminism"This book links nurses’ struggles to broader drives for racial and gender justice. Highly recommended."--Choice"Charissa J. Threat accomplishes her purpose of broadening our thinking about discrimination history beyond race and gender to economic rights and labor as part of an equal rights agenda. . . . Threat effectively threads her argument, that although race and gender were key Civil Rights forces, labor and economics were also critical in shaping the agenda. . . . She effectively uses nursing, as should other scholars, to understand broader social and political issues." --Journal of the History of Medicine"Charissa J. Threat offers an original way to view the struggles of professional black women and white men in nursing. . . . This book is more than a history of two groups struggling for acceptance in the cultures and politics of professional nursing and the military. Threat's discussion about the complexities surrounding the concept of equality allows the reader to consider larger societal issues about inclusion."--American Historical Review"By combining narratives of African American women and white men and analyzing the Army Nurse Corps' policies regarding both race and gender, Threat links together gender and racial equality to provide a new framework in which to understand the 1960s civil rights movement. . . . Threat's arguments make Nursing Civil Rights an important work in understanding the gender and racial structure of the Army Nurse Corps in the 1960s and 1970s."--Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"A welcome amendment to the history of nursing in the United States. . . . Threat's examination of nursing's organizational evolution yields new insights about the racial politics of alliance and division."--Women's Review of Books"This book offers new insight into American history, and adds an important perspective to existing works on nursing history by Sarnecky, Vuic, and Hine. This excellent book will appeal to scholars and teachers of medicine and nursing history, military history, and civil rights and gender."--Bulletin of the History of Medicine"A fascinating study of how nurses, black and white, men and women, fought for economic opportunities within the military."--Pacific Historical Review "Nursing Civil Rights illuminates thoroughly the issues of racial and gender inclusion in the US military." --The Journal of African American History "Nursing Civil Rights skillfully links African American and male nurses’ efforts to integrate the military nursing corps to a broader history of struggles for racial and sexual equality in the early- and mid-twentieth century. This book makes a clear case that social change, wars, and the military are intimately connected."--Kara Dixon Vuic, author of Officer, Nurse, Woman: The Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War "Nursing Civil Rights tells the untold story of how the United States’ Army Nurse Corps, a profoundly conservative institution, came to represent real racial and gendered diversity--still elusive in both our society and in other branches of the armed services. Yet, this well documented and reasoned book does more. It uses the Army Nurse Corps as an example of the complicated intersections of race, gender, Cold War politics, and the quest of some women and men for social justice and equality. Nursing Civil Rights will be invaluable not only for those who want to understand the radicalized and gendered structure of our health care institutions, but also the culture within which we all live and work."--Patricia D'Antonio, author of American Nursing: A History of Knowledge, Authority, and the Meaning of Work

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Book SynopsisPresents a feminist analysis of Indian issues that goes past rights to get to justice. This work explores the relationship between law and feminist politics, by examining the contemporary Indian women's movement with comparisons to France and the United States.Trade Review"Menon unpacks the practical difficulties, the ideological contradictions, and the political impasses that have accompanied the Indian women's movement's attempts to deal with questions of violence, abortion, rape, and parliamentary representation. The result is a very important and provocative piece of scholarship that will help feminists everywhere think through the complexities of gender, citizenship, and rights in today's world."--Ania Loomba, Catherine Bryson Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania"Nivedita Menon is among the most interesting intellectuals writing in the Indian academy today. This collection of her essays has been long awaited, and the final product is thought-provoking, energetic, and a pleasure to read. A work of such a high order of intelligence and theoretical sophistication is a rare thing." --Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, Professorial Fellow, Wolfson College and Reader in English, University of Oxford

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Book SynopsisThe first serious study of the diverse organizations associated with the resurgence of Black nationalism in the 1960sTrade Review"[Black Power in the Belly of the Beast] is compelling because it rehearses the dominant recitation foraged from contemporary Black Power manifestos, interviews, documentaries, and the autobiographies which followed."--Journal of African American History

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Book SynopsisExploring who benefits and who pays when different narratives of race compete for acceptanceTrade Review"A splendid analysis of how racial narratives can influence the public's support for or opposition to school desegregation. . . . Pride's work is a virtually flawless product of painstaking research. Moreover, his innovative examination of the impact of narratives makes his book valuable for students and researchers in the social sciences."--American Historical Review"A rich and interesting account of local political struggles in Mobile, Alabama, starting in 1954, against federally imposed school desegregation. . . . This book is a valuable contribution to the field both conceptually in terms of our understanding of the political power of the narrative, and in terms of historical detail."--Ethnic and Racial Studies

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Book SynopsisA searing study of how modern reproductive politics shapes women's bodily agencyTrade Review"Neatly reviews many of the major dramas and dilemmas that, thirty years after the federalization of women's 'choice,' continue to bedevil policymakers and ordinary people. But it also moved me, and will move others, to wake up and test its conclusions."--Rickie Solinger, Women's Review of Books"The Political Geographies of Pregnancy is an important challenge to the rush to accept technological breakthroughs as progress. It depends on how they are practiced and who has authority."--Barbara Burrell, Rhetoric and Public Affairs

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Book Synopsis Detroit''s Cold War locates the roots of American conservatism in a city that was a nexus of labor and industry in postwar America. Drawing on meticulous archival research focusing on Detroit, Colleen Doody shows how conflict over business values and opposition to labor, anticommunism, racial animosity, and religion led to the development of a conservative ethos in the aftermath of World War II. Using Detroit--with its large population of African-American and Catholic immigrant workers, strong union presence, and starkly segregated urban landscape--as a case study, Doody articulates a nuanced understanding of anticommunism during the Red Scare. Looking beyond national politics, she focuses on key debates occurring at the local level among a wide variety of common citizens. In examining this city''s social and political fabric, Doody illustrates that domestic anticommunism was a cohesive, multifaceted ideology that arose less from Soviet ideologTrade Review "Colleen Doody agrees with those scholars who see a contested New Deal liberalism and a powerful conservation before the latter's flowering in the 1970s. Her most important contribution is to show how 'the ideas that became central to this [conservative] movement developed at a grassroots level much earlier.'"--Labour/Le Travail "[A] well-written, and solidly researched book. Detroil's Cold War is highly recommended. It will be useful in undergraduate courses, and is an important contribution to the emerging scholarship on the rise of conservatism in twentieth century America."--American Catholic Studies "Detroit's Cold War is a concise, clearly written, and sensibly organized book. It highlights important trends in the United States that have yet to run their course."--The Michigan Historical Review"Colleen Doody's insightful study of Cold War Detroit introduces readers to a profoundly conservative political history that maps onto and intersects with the history of labor radicalism in the Motor City."--American Historical Review "Urban historians and historians of conservatism will. . . value the detailed research on the varied dimensions of anticommunist politics in the heart of a New Deal protégé."--The Journal of American History "An important and well-timed book. Doody's rich historical analysis helps to situate the contemporary mistrust and criticism toward unions, collective action, and the welfare state throughout the USA."--Labor Studies Journal "Colleen Doody makes the important argument that deep-seated social and political conflicts--which were not always linked to the actual communist movement--produced the extraordinary wave of anticommunism that gripped the country during the decade after World War II."--Joshua B. Freeman, author of Working-Class New York: Life and Labor Since World War II

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAnti-Zionism on Campus is a tour de force. It accurately exposes the depth of anti-Israel bias on campuses (primarily in the U.S., but with several insightful chapters also focusing on the British, Australian, Canadian, and South African campus climate). It also underscores the high price and personal risk that comes with taking on this rising tide of anti-Zionism. * Legal Insurrection *Though these testimonials acknowledge that free academic inquiry can—and should—include criticism of any nation's policies, the writers make a persuasive case that the BDS movement is a dangerous amalgam of speech suppression and thinly veiled anti-Semitism. . . . Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction and Overview: The Silencing / Andrew Pessin and Doron Ben-AtarI. Scholars' Essays1. BDS and Self-Righteous Moralists / Dan Avnon2. Consensus, Canadian Trade Unions, and Intellectuals for Hamas / Julien Bauer3. Bullies at the Pulpit / Doron Ben-Atar4. A Traumatic Professorial Education: Anti-Zionism and Homophobia in a Serial Campus Hate Crime / Corinne E. Blackmer5. Slouching Toward the City That Never Stops: How a Left-Orientalist Anti-Israel Faculty Tour Forced Me to Say Something (Big Mistake!) / Gabriel Noah Brahm6. On Radio Silence and the Video That Saved the Day: The Attack Against Prof. Dubnov at the University of California San Diego, 2012 / Shlomo Dubnov7. Fraser vs UCU: A Personal Reflection / Ronnie Fraser8. If You Are Not With Us : The National Women's Studies Association and Israel / Janet Freedman9. Rhodes University: Not a Home for All: A Progressive Zionist's Two-Year Odyssey / Larissa Klazinga10. Loud and Fast versus Slow and Quiet: Responses to Anti-Israel Activism on Campus / Jeffrey Kopstein11. A Controversy at Harvard / Martin Kramer12. Attempts to Exclude Pro-Israel Views from Progressive Discourse: Some Case Studies from Australia / Philip Mendes13. Anti-Israel Antisemitism in England / Richard Millett14. Conspiracy Pedagogy on Campus: BDS Advocacy, Antisemitism, and Academic Freedom / Cary Nelson15. When Did We Abandon Academic Integrity for Academic Freedom? / Denise Nussbaum16. BDS and Zionophobic Racism / Judea Pearl17. Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at the University of Texas, Austin: Anti-Zionists on the Attack / Ami Pedahzur and Andrew Pessin18. Col. Richard Kemp at the University of Sydney, Australia 11 March 2015 / Jan Poddebsky, Peter Keeda, and Clive Kessler19. "Oh! Now I've Got You!": In the Sights of Anti-Israelists at The Claremont Colleges / Yaron Raviv20. The Magic of Myth: Fashioning the BDS Narrative in the New Anthropology / David M. Rosen21. Retaliation: The High Price of Speaking Out about Campus Antisemitism and What It Means for Jewish Students / Tammi Rossman-Benjamin22. A Field Geologist in Politicized Terrain / Jill S. Schneiderman23. Fanatical Anti-Zionism and the Degradation of the University: What I Have Learned in Buffalo / Ernest Sternberg24. What is it Like to be an (Assertive) Israeli Academic Abroad? / Elhanan YakiraII. Students' Essays25. A Wake-Up Call at the University of Michigan / Jesse Arm26. On Leaving UCLA Due to Hostile and Unsafe Campus Climate / Milan Chatterjee27. BDS and Antisemitism at Stanford University / Molly Horwitz28. On Being Pro-Israel, and Jewish, at Oberlin College / Eliana Kohn29. Battling Anti-Zionism at CUNY John Jay College / Tomer Kornfeld30. Students for Justice in Palestine at Brown University / Jared Samilow31. Battling Anti-Zionism at the University of Missouri / Daniel SwindellIII. Concluding Thoughts32. Inconclusive, Unscientific Postscript: On the Purpose of the University, and a Ray of Hope / Andrew PessinIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAnti-Zionism on Campus is a tour de force. It accurately exposes the depth of anti-Israel bias on campuses (primarily in the U.S., but with several insightful chapters also focusing on the British, Australian, Canadian, and South African campus climate). It also underscores the high price and personal risk that comes with taking on this rising tide of anti-Zionism. * Legal Insurrection *Though these testimonials acknowledge that free academic inquiry can—and should—include criticism of any nation's policies, the writers make a persuasive case that the BDS movement is a dangerous amalgam of speech suppression and thinly veiled anti-Semitism. . . . Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction and Overview: The Silencing / Andrew Pessin and Doron Ben-AtarI. Scholars' Essays1. BDS and Self-Righteous Moralists / Dan Avnon2. Consensus, Canadian Trade Unions, and Intellectuals for Hamas / Julien Bauer3. Bullies at the Pulpit / Doron Ben-Atar4. A Traumatic Professorial Education: Anti-Zionism and Homophobia in a Serial Campus Hate Crime / Corinne E. Blackmer5. Slouching Toward the City That Never Stops: How a Left-Orientalist Anti-Israel Faculty Tour Forced Me to Say Something (Big Mistake!) / Gabriel Noah Brahm6. On Radio Silence and the Video That Saved the Day: The Attack Against Prof. Dubnov at the University of California San Diego, 2012 / Shlomo Dubnov7. Fraser vs UCU: A Personal Reflection / Ronnie Fraser8. If You Are Not With Us : The National Women's Studies Association and Israel / Janet Freedman9. Rhodes University: Not a Home for All: A Progressive Zionist's Two-Year Odyssey / Larissa Klazinga10. Loud and Fast versus Slow and Quiet: Responses to Anti-Israel Activism on Campus / Jeffrey Kopstein11. A Controversy at Harvard / Martin Kramer12. Attempts to Exclude Pro-Israel Views from Progressive Discourse: Some Case Studies from Australia / Philip Mendes13. Anti-Israel Antisemitism in England / Richard Millett14. Conspiracy Pedagogy on Campus: BDS Advocacy, Antisemitism, and Academic Freedom / Cary Nelson15. When Did We Abandon Academic Integrity for Academic Freedom? / Denise Nussbaum16. BDS and Zionophobic Racism / Judea Pearl17. Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at the University of Texas, Austin: Anti-Zionists on the Attack / Ami Pedahzur and Andrew Pessin18. Col. Richard Kemp at the University of Sydney, Australia 11 March 2015 / Jan Poddebsky, Peter Keeda, and Clive Kessler19. "Oh! Now I've Got You!": In the Sights of Anti-Israelists at The Claremont Colleges / Yaron Raviv20. The Magic of Myth: Fashioning the BDS Narrative in the New Anthropology / David M. Rosen21. Retaliation: The High Price of Speaking Out about Campus Antisemitism and What It Means for Jewish Students / Tammi Rossman-Benjamin22. A Field Geologist in Politicized Terrain / Jill S. Schneiderman23. Fanatical Anti-Zionism and the Degradation of the University: What I Have Learned in Buffalo / Ernest Sternberg24. What is it Like to be an (Assertive) Israeli Academic Abroad? / Elhanan YakiraII. Students' Essays25. A Wake-Up Call at the University of Michigan / Jesse Arm26. On Leaving UCLA Due to Hostile and Unsafe Campus Climate / Milan Chatterjee27. BDS and Antisemitism at Stanford University / Molly Horwitz28. On Being Pro-Israel, and Jewish, at Oberlin College / Eliana Kohn29. Battling Anti-Zionism at CUNY John Jay College / Tomer Kornfeld30. Students for Justice in Palestine at Brown University / Jared Samilow31. Battling Anti-Zionism at the University of Missouri / Daniel SwindellIII. Concluding Thoughts32. Inconclusive, Unscientific Postscript: On the Purpose of the University, and a Ray of Hope / Andrew PessinIndex

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Book SynopsisAfrican Cinema and Human Rights is an interdisciplinary look at the role of moving images in human rights struggles through the lens of African cinema.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Filmmaking on the African Continent: On the Centrality of Human Rights Thinking / Mette Hjort and Eva JørholtPart I: Perspectives 1. Human Rights, Africa, and Film: A Cautionary Tale / Mark Gibney2. African Cinema: Perspective Correction / Rod Stoneman3. Africa's Gift to the World: An Interview with Gaston Kaboré / Rod Stoneman4. Toward New African Languages of Protest: African Documentary Films and Human Rights / Alessandro Jedlowski5. Challenging Perspectives: An Interview with Jean-Marie Teno / Melissa Thackway6. In Defense of Human Rights Filmmaking: A Response to the Skeptics, Based on Kenyan Examples / Mette Hjort7. The Zanzibar International Film Festival and Its Children Panorama: Using Films to Socialize Human Rights into the Educational Sector and a Wider Public Sphere / Martin MhandoPart II: Cases8. Ousmane Sembène's Moolaadé: Peoples' Rights vs Human Rights / Samba Gadjigo9. Haile Gerima's Harvest: 3000 Years in the Context of an Evolving Language of Human Rights / Ashish Rajadhyaksha10. Abducted Twice? Difret (2015) and Schoolgirl Killer (1999) / Tim Bergfelder11. Timbuktu and "L'homme de haine" / Kenneth Harrow12. Beats of the Antonov: A Counter-narrative of Endurance and Survival / N. Frank Ukadike13. Human Rights Issues in the Nigerian Films October 1 and Black November / Osakue Stevenson Omoera14. The Anti-Ecstasy of Human Rights: A Foray into Queer Cinema on "Homophobic Africa" / John Erni15. Refugees from Globalization: "Clandestine" African Migration to Europe in a Human (Rights) Perspective / Eva JørholtIndex

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Book SynopsisAfrican Cinema and Human Rights is an interdisciplinary look at the role of moving images in human rights struggles through the lens of African cinema.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Filmmaking on the African Continent: On the Centrality of Human Rights Thinking / Mette Hjort and Eva JørholtPart I: Perspectives 1. Human Rights, Africa, and Film: A Cautionary Tale / Mark Gibney2. African Cinema: Perspective Correction / Rod Stoneman3. Africa's Gift to the World: An Interview with Gaston Kaboré / Rod Stoneman4. Toward New African Languages of Protest: African Documentary Films and Human Rights / Alessandro Jedlowski5. Challenging Perspectives: An Interview with Jean-Marie Teno / Melissa Thackway6. In Defense of Human Rights Filmmaking: A Response to the Skeptics, Based on Kenyan Examples / Mette Hjort7. The Zanzibar International Film Festival and Its Children Panorama: Using Films to Socialize Human Rights into the Educational Sector and a Wider Public Sphere / Martin MhandoPart II: Cases8. Ousmane Sembène's Moolaadé: Peoples' Rights vs Human Rights / Samba Gadjigo9. Haile Gerima's Harvest: 3000 Years in the Context of an Evolving Language of Human Rights / Ashish Rajadhyaksha10. Abducted Twice? Difret (2015) and Schoolgirl Killer (1999) / Tim Bergfelder11. Timbuktu and "L'homme de haine" / Kenneth Harrow12. Beats of the Antonov: A Counter-narrative of Endurance and Survival / N. Frank Ukadike13. Human Rights Issues in the Nigerian Films October 1 and Black November / Osakue Stevenson Omoera14. The Anti-Ecstasy of Human Rights: A Foray into Queer Cinema on "Homophobic Africa" / John Erni15. Refugees from Globalization: "Clandestine" African Migration to Europe in a Human (Rights) Perspective / Eva JørholtIndex

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Book SynopsisGathering work from contributors in international law, political science, sociology, and history, New Critical Spaces in Transitional Justice explains current trends in responses to post-conflict and post-authoritarian nations and offers original empirical research to help define the field for the future.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Reconceptualizing Transitional Justice: Exploring the Nexus between Agency and Spatiality / Arnaud Kurze and Christopher K. Lamont Part I: Art, Activism and Politics: Redefining Space in Transitional Justice 1. Borrowing Achilles' Armor: The Political Afterlife of Former Transitional Justice Mechanisms / Marcos Zunino 2. The Site and Sights of Transitional Justice: Art at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg /Eliza Garnsey 3. Youth Activism, Art and Transitional Justice: Emerging Spaces of Memory After the Jasmine Revolution / Arnaud Kurze Part II: Civil Society, Gender and Transitions: Emerging Spaces and Victimhood 4. Gendered Post­Conflict Justice: Male Survivors of Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda / Philipp Schulz 5. Claiming Space: Advocacy for Gender Justice in Cambodia / Katharina Behmer 6. The Question of Gender Inclusiveness of Bottom­Up Strategies in Bosnia and Herzegovina Caterina Bonora Part III: Spatiality, Temporality and the State 7. Libya in Transition: Spaces for Justice After Qadhafi / Christopher K. Lamont 8. Navigating the Narrow Spaces for Transitional Justice in Iraq / Mieczysław P. Boduszyński9. Accountability in Syria: What are the Options? / Iva Vukusic10. Dignity for the Defeated: Recognizing the "Other" in Post­Yugoslav Commemorative Practices / Vjeran PavlakovićConclusion: Practicing Critical Transitional Justice and the Road Ahead / Arnaud Kurze and Christopher K. LamontBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisGathering work from contributors in international law, political science, sociology, and history, New Critical Spaces in Transitional Justice explains current trends in responses to post-conflict and post-authoritarian nations and offers original empirical research to help define the field for the future.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Reconceptualizing Transitional Justice: Exploring the Nexus between Agency and Spatiality / Arnaud Kurze and Christopher K. Lamont Part I: Art, Activism and Politics: Redefining Space in Transitional Justice 1. Borrowing Achilles' Armor: The Political Afterlife of Former Transitional Justice Mechanisms / Marcos Zunino 2. The Site and Sights of Transitional Justice: Art at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg /Eliza Garnsey 3. Youth Activism, Art and Transitional Justice: Emerging Spaces of Memory After the Jasmine Revolution / Arnaud Kurze Part II: Civil Society, Gender and Transitions: Emerging Spaces and Victimhood 4. Gendered Post­Conflict Justice: Male Survivors of Sexual Violence in Northern Uganda / Philipp Schulz 5. Claiming Space: Advocacy for Gender Justice in Cambodia / Katharina Behmer 6. The Question of Gender Inclusiveness of Bottom­Up Strategies in Bosnia and Herzegovina Caterina Bonora Part III: Spatiality, Temporality and the State 7. Libya in Transition: Spaces for Justice After Qadhafi / Christopher K. Lamont 8. Navigating the Narrow Spaces for Transitional Justice in Iraq / Mieczysław P. Boduszyński9. Accountability in Syria: What are the Options? / Iva Vukusic10. Dignity for the Defeated: Recognizing the "Other" in Post­Yugoslav Commemorative Practices / Vjeran PavlakovićConclusion: Practicing Critical Transitional Justice and the Road Ahead / Arnaud Kurze and Christopher K. LamontBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisRace, Class, and the Civil Rights Movement is a unique sociohistorical analysis of the civil rights movement. In it Jack M. Bloom analyzes the interaction between the economy and political systems in the South, which led to racial stratification.Trade ReviewBooks that significantly reorient fields of study are rare. Class, Race, and the Civil Rights Movement, did that for the study of the civil rights movement when if first appeared in 1987. Rarer still are books that seem just as relevant 40 years later. As the new material in the 2nd edition of the makes clear, this edition belongs in this second select group as well. -- William Bryce * Against the Current *Table of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionIntroductionI. The Changing Political Economy of Racism1. The Political Economy of Southern Racism2. The Old Order Changes3. 1948: The Opening of the Breach4. The Splitting of the Solid SouthII. The Black Movement5. The Defeat of White Power and the Emergence of the "New Negro" in the South6. The Second Wave7. Ghetto Revolts, Black Power, and the Limits of the Civil Rights Coalition8. Class and Race: A RetrospectiveNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisRace, Class, and the Civil Rights Movement is a unique sociohistorical analysis of the civil rights movement. In it Jack M. Bloom analyzes the interaction between the economy and political systems in the South, which led to racial stratification.Trade ReviewBooks that significantly reorient fields of study are rare. Class, Race, and the Civil Rights Movement, did that for the study of the civil rights movement when if first appeared in 1987. Rarer still are books that seem just as relevant 40 years later. As the new material in the 2nd edition of the makes clear, this edition belongs in this second select group as well. -- William Bryce * Against the Current *Table of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionIntroductionI. The Changing Political Economy of Racism1. The Political Economy of Southern Racism2. The Old Order Changes3. 1948: The Opening of the Breach4. The Splitting of the Solid SouthII. The Black Movement5. The Defeat of White Power and the Emergence of the "New Negro" in the South6. The Second Wave7. Ghetto Revolts, Black Power, and the Limits of the Civil Rights Coalition8. Class and Race: A RetrospectiveNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This impressive volume indexes the historical, political, and cultural roles played by African women documentarians from North and West Africa. The editors and featured authors brilliantly tackle a wide array of topics, from marginalization and violence to female subjectivity and human rights, and in the process, they recalibrate the parameters of the documentary genre itself. This is a crucial and welcome intervention in the wider field of postcolonial cinema—strongly recommended!"—Vlad Dima, Syracuse University"Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is an important contribution to the burgeoning sub-discipline of African Women in Cinema Studies as well as the ever-growing discourse in women's film studies and scholarship on African cinema that include African women filmmakers' experiences. The contributors draw from an eclectic selection of films, which allows both the novice readership and those seasoned in the discipline to (re)discover the wide-ranging cinematic practice of African women documentarians."—Beti Ellerson, Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema"This groundbreaking anthology is an important contribution to the fields of African Studies, Francophone Studies, and Film and Media Studies. The essays within are each deeply researched and collectively wide-ranging, moving from ethnographic experiments of the 1970s to contemporary activist productions, from North to West to Central Africa. As interest in nonfictional narrative continues to build both within and outside of the academy, Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers charts a body of work that is vital to world cinema."—Rachel Gabara, University of Georgia"Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is an important contribution to the burgeoning sub-discipline of African Women in Cinema Studies as well as the ever-growing discourse in women's film studies and scholarship on African cinema that include African women filmmakers' experiences. The contributors draw from an eclectic selection of films, which allows both the novice readership and those seasoned in the discipline to (re)discover the wide-ranging cinematic practice of African women documentarians."—Beti Ellerson, Founder and Director, Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in CinemaTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Suzanne Crosta, Sada Niang, and Alexie Tcheuyap1. Documenting the Unseemly: Moroccan Women's Documentaries in the 2000s, by Florence Martin2. Outsiders on the Inside: Rokhaya Diallo's Les marches de la liberté as Activist Documentary, by Sheila Petty3. Challenging Documentary Practice: A Return to Safi Faye's Kaddu Beykat, by Melissa Thackway4. Revisiting the "Domestic Ethnography" Approach in Khady Sylla's Une Fenêtre ouverte, by El Hadji Moustapha Diop5. Tales of Colonels: Auteurship and Authority in Mama Colonel (2017) and This is Congo (2017), by Alexie Tcheuyap and Felix Veilleux6. Authorizing Reality in Leila Kilani's Our Forbidden Places (2008) and Kaouther Ben Hania's The Slasher of Tunis (2014), by Suzanne Gauch7. Documenting Tyranny: The Politics of Memory in Leila Kilani and Osvalde Lewat, by Herve Tchumkam8. Ecological Representations in African Women Documentaries, by Suzanne Crosta9. Looping the Loop: Rama Thiaw's The Revolution Won't Be Televised (2016), by Sada Niang10. Dancing with the Camera: Interview with Nadine Otsobogo, by Suzanne Crosta, Sada Niang, and Alexie TcheuyapIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This impressive volume indexes the historical, political, and cultural roles played by African women documentarians from North and West Africa. The editors and featured authors brilliantly tackle a wide array of topics, from marginalization and violence to female subjectivity and human rights, and in the process, they recalibrate the parameters of the documentary genre itself. This is a crucial and welcome intervention in the wider field of postcolonial cinema—strongly recommended!"—Vlad Dima, Syracuse University"Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is an important contribution to the burgeoning sub-discipline of African Women in Cinema Studies as well as the ever-growing discourse in women's film studies and scholarship on African cinema that include African women filmmakers' experiences. The contributors draw from an eclectic selection of films, which allows both the novice readership and those seasoned in the discipline to (re)discover the wide-ranging cinematic practice of African women documentarians."—Beti Ellerson, Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema"This groundbreaking anthology is an important contribution to the fields of African Studies, Francophone Studies, and Film and Media Studies. The essays within are each deeply researched and collectively wide-ranging, moving from ethnographic experiments of the 1970s to contemporary activist productions, from North to West to Central Africa. As interest in nonfictional narrative continues to build both within and outside of the academy, Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers charts a body of work that is vital to world cinema."—Rachel Gabara, University of Georgia"Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is an important contribution to the burgeoning sub-discipline of African Women in Cinema Studies as well as the ever-growing discourse in women's film studies and scholarship on African cinema that include African women filmmakers' experiences. The contributors draw from an eclectic selection of films, which allows both the novice readership and those seasoned in the discipline to (re)discover the wide-ranging cinematic practice of African women documentarians."—Beti Ellerson, Founder and Director, Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in CinemaTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Suzanne Crosta, Sada Niang, and Alexie Tcheuyap1. Documenting the Unseemly: Moroccan Women's Documentaries in the 2000s, by Florence Martin2. Outsiders on the Inside: Rokhaya Diallo's Les marches de la liberté as Activist Documentary, by Sheila Petty3. Challenging Documentary Practice: A Return to Safi Faye's Kaddu Beykat, by Melissa Thackway4. Revisiting the "Domestic Ethnography" Approach in Khady Sylla's Une Fenêtre ouverte, by El Hadji Moustapha Diop5. Tales of Colonels: Auteurship and Authority in Mama Colonel (2017) and This is Congo (2017), by Alexie Tcheuyap and Felix Veilleux6. Authorizing Reality in Leila Kilani's Our Forbidden Places (2008) and Kaouther Ben Hania's The Slasher of Tunis (2014), by Suzanne Gauch7. Documenting Tyranny: The Politics of Memory in Leila Kilani and Osvalde Lewat, by Herve Tchumkam8. Ecological Representations in African Women Documentaries, by Suzanne Crosta9. Looping the Loop: Rama Thiaw's The Revolution Won't Be Televised (2016), by Sada Niang10. Dancing with the Camera: Interview with Nadine Otsobogo, by Suzanne Crosta, Sada Niang, and Alexie TcheuyapIndex

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Book SynopsisAn insight into the meaning and value of popular forms of expression during a time of political and social change in East Africa.Trade Review. . . Edmondson's book is a significant study for Africanists, anthropologists, and post-socialist scholars looking to identify the way the artists, the state, and audiences negotiate and interpret meaning in public performances. It is also an important contribution to the limited academic writing on the theatre arts in Tanzania. * Journal of Folklore Research *. . . the book is also highly stimulating, thought-provoking, and informative. It is a significant contribution to the study of contemporary musical and theatrical performances and society in Tanzania. -- Imani Sanga * University Dar es Salaam, Tanzania *. . . What Edmondson accomplishes with a real sense of dramatic tension in her writing is to explore the particular appeal and philosophy of each group as they battle for artistic and financial supremacy. She does this within a framework which sees each group as expressive of a particular attitude towards the post-one-party and newly capitalist state that emerged in the 1990s. -- Jane Plastow * University of Leeds *. . . this study of the multifaceted character of the three troupes' [TOT (Tanzania Theatre One), the Muungano Cultural Troupe, and the Mandela Cultural Troupe] artistic practices is a valuable contribution to mapping the state of the performing arts in sub-Saharan Africa. It invites further investigation into one of the region's most fascinating phenomena: the traveling, popular, commercial theatre movement. -- Joachim Fiebach * Berlin *[Edmondson's] research is solid, her theory sound, and her writing style enjoyable. Performance and Politics in Tanzania will make a valuable addition to any scholar's library. * Cultural Analysis *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Acts of Complicity: Meanings, Methods, and MapsPart 1. Imagining the Nation1. Performing, Transforming, and Reforming Tanzania: A Historical Tale2. Alternative Nations: Locating Tradition, Morality, and PowerPart 2. Sexing the Nation3. National Erotica: The Politics of Ngoma4. Popular Drama and the Mapping of HomePart 3. Contesting the Nation5. Culture Wars: TOT versus Muungano6. A Victor Declared: Popular Performance in the New MillenniumGlossary of Swahili TermsNotesList of ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisProvides a political history of the emergence and development of the human rights movement in the 20th century through the crucible of the United Nations, focusing on the hopes and expectations, concrete power struggles, national rivalries, and bureaucratic politics that moulded the international system of human rights law.Trade ReviewInternational human rights law is based primarily on Western values and jurisprudence, but strong challenges from Asia and Africa have stimulated a lively debate over the issue. Thankfully, the current cultural gap has been bridged successfully by the team of Normand (Lahore Univ., Pakistan) and Zaidi (Center for Economic and Social Rights), who have produced an illuminating intellectual fusion. The authors carefully examine the historical background prior to WW II, and then distinguish between group and individual rights in the development of UN principles and covenants. They stress the lack of enforcement mechanisms, but praise the UN for giving birth to "the modern human rights regime." Not surprisingly, they blame the Cold War for the evident defects as the US and USSR were both reluctant to accept limitations on sovereignty. The end of the Cold War helped further the UN human rights agenda, but it still "remained dependent on voluntary state compliance with soft norms and policy targets." Normand and Zaidi are strongly critical of recent US policy, thus the latter sections of the book are increasingly polemical, but the authors do clearly announce that they are "human rights activists," not just scholars. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and up. -- A. Klinghoffer * Choice *International human rights law is based primarily on Western values and jurisprudence, but strong challenges from Asia and Africa have stimulated a lively debate over the issue. Thankfully, the current cultural gap has been bridged successfully by the team of Normand (Lahore Univ., Pakistan) and Zaidi (Center for Economic and Social Rights), who have produced an illuminating intellectual fusion. . . . Recommended.October 2008 -- A. Klinghoffer * Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden *. . . Normand and Zaidi have presented a quite readable account of the history of the UN human rights system, mostly providing a perspective on power relations . . . .January 2009 -- Klaas Dykmann * H-Soz-u-Kult, H-Net *. . . Zaidi and Normand, both human rights advocates for many years, have prepared a quite critical, readable and highly interesting book. . . January 2009 * History.Transnational *Overall, this volume is extremely well written, organized, and researched, and provides a comprehensive understanding of the development of human rights at the United Nations. September, 2009 * H-NET Reviews Humanities & Social Sciences *Table of ContentsContentsSeries Editors' Foreword by Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. WeissForeword by Richard A. FalkPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1. Human Rights Foundations in the First Half of the Twentieth Century1. First Expressions of International Human Rights Ideas2. The Decline of Human Rights between World Wars3. The Human Rights Crusade in World War II4. Human Rights Politics in the United Nations CharterPart 2. UN Negotiations and the Modern Human Rights Framework5. Laying the Human Rights Foundation6. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights7. The CovenantsPart 3. The Impact of Civil Society and Decolonization8. The Human Rights of Special Groups9. The Right to Development10. Looking at Human Rights since 1990 and in the FutureNotesIndexAbout the AuthorsAbout the United Nations Intellectual History Project

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Book SynopsisRace and racial thinking on the Swahili coastTrade ReviewThis book is painstakingly researched, providing a compelling portrait of the intricacies of Zanzibari politics in the post-independence period and the historical legacies that shaped those politics. Glassman's theorizing of race in relation to memory, nationalism, and modernity is provocative, raising questions that will certainly stimulate debate. * American Historical Review *This book is a well organized and well written account of Zanzibar's 'time of politics,' a period spanning from the first elections in 1957 until independence in 1963. A critical political and intellectual history, this book is required reading for anyone interested in Tanzania's history. It, moreover, is a valuable contribution to literature on racial thought and relations in Africa that will appeal widely to both scholars and students. * African Studies Quarterly *[Achieves] a valuable contribution to the study of political discourse, violence, and the organization of space and social relationships in Zanzibar. More generally . . . provide[s] interesting discussions of colonialism, power, identity politics and the ideology of modernization.Nov. 2012 * Africa *Highly recommended. * Choice *On the whole, the book is well researched and written, and presents the most comprehensive and rigorous study of popular and intellectual discourses on nationalist politics on the islands. . . . It is scrongly recommended to whoever wishes to understand Zanzibar's political history from colonial times to the present. * H-Africa / H-net *This book is a well-researched and thorough history of the racial and nationalist discourse during the Time of Politics in the Zanzibar Islands. . . . It is highly recommended for graduate-level courses on race, nationalism, identity, politics, and Zanzibar. * Islamic Africa *[This] book is first and foremost a political and cultural history of the last decade before independence, whose detailed and finely-depicted intricacies, grounded in numerous archival sources and interviews, are explored . . . War of Words, War of Stones is of interest not only to historians but also to sociologists, political scientists, and anthropologists interested in unravelling the threads of wide-scale violence.LIII (4) 212 2013 * Cahiers d'Etudes africaines *This book is a towering achievement. Glassman has gone a long way toward setting the record straight about the sources of racial animosity in late colonial Zanzibar. . . . [T]his immeasurbaly brilliant book . . . will provide a new benchmark for understanding Zanzibari political history. * Journal of Historical Geography *Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsNote on UsagePart 1. Introduction 1. Rethinking Race in the Colonial World 2. The Creation of a Racial StatePart 2. War of Words 3. A Secular Intelligentsia and the Origins of Exclusionary Ethnic Nationalism 4. Subaltern Intellectuals and the Rise of Racial Nationalism 5. Politics and Civil Society during the Newspaper WarsPart 3. War of Stones 6. Rumor, Race, and Crime 7. Violence as Racial Discourse 8. "June" as Chosen TraumaConclusion and Epilogue: Remaking RaceGlossaryNotesList of ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisRenowned political theorist Michael Zuckert examines the natural rights philosophy as expressed in sources like the Declaration of Independence, and aims to counter contemporary confusion by offering an insightful study of the concept that dominated the mindset of the founding generation of the United States.Trade Review"...highly intelligent and thoughtful.... There is much to praise in this book." —International Studies in Philosophy“In this important and engaging book . . . politicial theorist Michael P. Zuckert explores the central significance of the natural rights philosophy to the era of the American Revolution.” —American Historical Review“If a ‘real’ American is one who reasons exclusively from natural rights, then all ‘real’ Americans must presumably disavow utilitarianism and perhaps Kantianism as well—a provocative thesis to say the least. A broad implication of this book is that American political theory (from Jefferson up to Rawls and Nozick) is most essentially a history of attempts to articulate what it means to be an American. Zuckert nicely explains why natural rights figure so prominently in this history.” —Ethics"Zuckert's book is a powerful exposition of the most central political principles of the American founding. Its elegant articulation of its own thesis, together with its insightful analysis and critique of a wide variety of alternative views, makes it an extremely important contribution to debates on our national origins, which all serious students of the founding and of liberalism will have to confront." —First Things"Erudite, cogently argued, and beautifully written." —Choice“Zuckert’s arguments are clear, accessible, and make effective use of some fascinating historical documents. . . It offers an interesting and valuable historical context for the analysis of natural rights and their role in political society.” —Comptes rendus philosophiques (Philosophy in Review)“This study commands attention and stimulates disagreement.” —Journal of American Studies“The Natural Rights Republic contains many provocative ideas...Anyone who reads Zuckert’s book will learn much of value about the natural rights tradition in America.” —International Journal of the Classical Tradition“This book will likely come to be regarded as a magisterial treatment of the spiritual and theoretical underpinnings of the American founding. It should be read especially by those American Christians inclined to see their country’s founding principles as more Christian than they actually were.” —Calvin Theological Journal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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