Inside one of the nation's most important works on raceTwo Societies: The Rioting of 1967 and the Writing of the Kerner Report studies the 150 riots that occurred throughout the country in 1967 and how this infamous report was written in only seven months and unanimously adopted by both Republicans and Democrats.
Born in the hamlet of Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Julius Chambers (19362013) escaped the fetters of the Jim Crow South to emerge in the 1960s and 1970s as the nation's leading African American civil rights attorney.
Israel's political process is too often framed in terms of a dichotomy between Jewish and Arab/Palestinian citizens of the state, a framing which perpetuates political inequality and consequent injustices.
Civil Society: Ideas, Interpretations, Transgressions is essential to learning about the place and importance of civil society in creating and maintaining a liberal democracy.
When the Ottoman Empire fell apart, colonial powers drew straight lines on the map to create a new region the Middle East made up of new countries filled with multiple religious sects and ethnicities.
This is the first-and the only authorized-biography of Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996), the judge who led the federal court with jurisdiction over most of the Deep South through the most tumultuous years of the civil rights revolution.
This study details how the development and maturation of New Negro politics and thought were shaped not only by New York-based intellectuals and revolutionary transformations in Europe, but also by people, ideas, and organizations rooted in the South.
Historical accounts of racial discrimination in transportation have focused until now on trains, buses, and streetcars and their respective depots, terminals, stops, and other public accommodations.
In the wake of World War I, a diverse group of women emigrated from Europe to the United States under austere conditions and adapted in different ways to life in the new country.
A mood of anger with the political system has been stirring across Canada; yet rather than turning away from the system, many Canadians are actually seeking a greater say in matters that affect them.
This book brings together twenty think-pieces on contemporary Human Rights issues at the international, regional and national level by one of Africa's foremost scholars of International Human Rights and Constitutional Law, J.
This book on rights, entitlements and citizenship in post-apartheid South Africa shows how the playing field has not been as levelled as presumed by some and how racism and its benefits persist.
This book on rights, entitlements and citizenship in post-apartheid South Africa shows how the playing field has not been as levelled as presumed by some and how racism and its benefits persist.
This book looks at Musharraf's Education Reforms in Pakistan and analyses the relationship between education policy, curriculum, Pakistani identity and citizenship.
This book examines how emerging forms of citizenship are shaped by young people in digital spaces as way of making sense of contemporary Chinese society, forming new identities, and negotiating social and political participation.
Human Rights in ASEAN: Indonesian and International Perspectives is a collection of 13 essays that not only offers fresh new insights on the different facets of human rights and their protection in ASEAN, but also 'insider' accounts of the development of the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission for Human Rights.
The book, Economic Empowerment of Women in the Islamic World, discusses the economic, social, and political rights and status of women in Islam, which is theoretically given by the Islamic Jurisprudence (Shariah law).
En este libro se presentan dos zonas de conflicto urbano y los procesos organizativos que permiten la acción colectiva, la gestión territorial y la gobernanza democrática; la primera zona es la Cuenca del Río Tunjuelito y el proceso organizativo Asamblea Sur que allí actúa, la segunda está asociada al contexto de la zona aeroportuaria y a los procesos organizativos Mesa Aeroportuaria de Engativá y Casa de Derechos de Engativá.
Este libro es la segunda entrega del Grupo de Investigacion para la articulacion del Derecho Civil y los Derechos Economicos, Sociales y Culturales (Giadesc) de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
En la actualidad, muy pocos jóvenes consideran que los partidos políticos representan sus legítimos intereses, lo que se refleja en elevados índices de abstencionismo.
Ante las interpretaciones descontextualizadas que se han hecho sobre la filosofía de Feyerabend, el propósito de esta investigación es darle más fuerza a sus argumentos de mayor cobertura, esto es, a su concepción respecto de la naturaleza de la ciencia y las que a su juicio deben ser las relaciones que esta debe guardar con el Estado y la sociedad, sobre la base de que las teorías del pasado permiten una mejor comprensión de las teorías del presente.
Un análisis implacable del estado en que se encuentra Colombia cinco años después de la firma del «proceso de paz» entre las FARC y el presidente JM Santos, pacto que la ciudadanía rechazó en el referendo de 2016.
La construccion de ciudadania parte del reconocimiento de las distintas situaciones, expectativas, necesidades y comprensiones del mundo de los conciudadanos.
Al igual que la mayoría de los chilenos, nos reunimos a conversar sobre el proceso político y social que comenzó el 25 de octubre de 2020, día en que se sentó la primera piedra para un posible pacto social a través de una nueva Constitución que debemos escribir entre todos.
"Siempre será un albur saber con certeza si esta historia, al ser revisada en su escenario natural y otra vez enmendada en el papel, con una actitud más de escribano que de artista, va a alcanzar el significado que genere su olvido.
