Newly revised and updated, To Serve God and Mammon is a classic in the field of religion and politics that provides an unbiased introduction and overview of churchstate relations in the United States.
First published in 1974, The American Prison Business studies the lunacies, the delusions, and the bizarre inner workings of the American prison business.
First published in 1974, The American Prison Business studies the lunacies, the delusions, and the bizarre inner workings of the American prison business.
This book offers a comparative, theory-grounded study of Maghrebi political parties since the Arab uprisings, specifically focused on Tunisia and Morocco in the first decade after the 2011 watershed elections.
This book offers a comparative, theory-grounded study of Maghrebi political parties since the Arab uprisings, specifically focused on Tunisia and Morocco in the first decade after the 2011 watershed elections.
Social and economic rights have hitherto been marginalised in mainstream legal and political discourses and treated as second-class citizens in the human rights family.
Social and economic rights have hitherto been marginalised in mainstream legal and political discourses and treated as second-class citizens in the human rights family.
This book investigates the implementation of disability rights and duties in the European Union, aiming to understand its functioning and explore ways forward through a critical analysis of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) within the context of international regulation.
Dieses Buch begrundet ein Recht auf soziale Grundsicherung aus Artikeln 6, 7, 9 und 11 des UN-Sozialpakts, definiert als diskriminierungsfreier Zugang zu einem Existenzminimum.
Con una atenta y minuciosa selección de textos, discursos y homilías de Jorge Mario Bergoglio, este volumen remarca la continuidad existente en sus palabras desde el inicio de su camino sacerdotal hasta llegar al "pontificado de la ternura y de la misericordia", como ha sido definido por conocidos comentaristas.
La proclamación del valor intrínseco de la persona humana es inescindible de cada derecho que se confiera a cada persona: hombres y mujeres, ancianos, jóvenes o niños; partiendo del reconocimiento de su dignidad y trascendencia.
En este estudio sobre las cárceles de Lima entre 1850 y 1935, Carlos Aguirre reconstruye las influencias sociales, culturales y doctrinales detrás de las formas en que se trataba a los delincuentes, la implementación –parcial y llena de contradicciones– de proyectos de reforma carcelaria, y las estrategias desplegadas por los reclusos para enfrentar la experiencia de la prisión.
Demons in the USA argues that the discourse on the demonic that developed in the nineteenth century continues to exert a powerful hold over the American spiritual imagination.
Alcohol, Crime and Public Health explores the issue of drinking in the criminal justice system, providing an overview of the topic from both a criminal justice and a public health perspective.
This edited volume draws attention to the interlinked yet understudied relationship between the role of cities in dealing with international displacement and forced migration and the influence of forced migration in stimulating spatial, societal, and institutional transformations in and of cities.
This book provides valuable information and recommendations for current and future officers and correctional system employees, introducing them to civil liability and federal law, as well as recommending strategies that can be taken to minimize risks.
This book continues the themes addressed by its two predecessors in this mini-series by examining the role of the principle of the welfare interests of the child in the law of the U.
This book provides valuable information and recommendations for current and future officers and correctional system employees, introducing them to civil liability and federal law, as well as recommending strategies that can be taken to minimize risks.
This book continues the themes addressed by its two predecessors in this mini-series by examining the role of the principle of the welfare interests of the child in the law of the U.
This book grapples with the challenges inherent in an uncertain period for global human rights and explores the future of international human rights law and practice.
This third edition of the successful Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics provides a definitive global survey of the interaction of religion and politics.
This third edition of the successful Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics provides a definitive global survey of the interaction of religion and politics.
This book grapples with the challenges inherent in an uncertain period for global human rights and explores the future of international human rights law and practice.
This edited volume draws attention to the interlinked yet understudied relationship between the role of cities in dealing with international displacement and forced migration and the influence of forced migration in stimulating spatial, societal, and institutional transformations in and of cities.
Building on the success of Stereotyping Religion: Critiquing Clich s, this follow up volume dismantles a further 10 widespread stereotypes and clich s about religion, focusing on clich s that a new generation of students are most familiar with.
In Ancient Echoes, Walter Brueggemann -- one of our most influential biblical scholars -- responds to eight "e;truth claims"e; made by the radical right in US politics.
Migrationspolitik und Migrationsrecht sind nationalstaatlich geprägt und damit hauptsächlich auf fremdenpolizeiliche und arbeitsrechtliche Bedürfnisse ausgerichtet.
