Human rights, civil rights

Peacebuilding is explained by combining interpretive frameworks (paradigms) that have evolved from the subfields of international relations and comparative politics.

Business corporations can and do violate human rights all over the world, and they are often not held to account.

A compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soilSettled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American town with few parallels in Jewish historybut many precedents among religious communities in the United States.

Mexico ranks highly on many of the measures that have proven significant for creating a positive human rights record, including democratization, good health and life expectancy, and engagement in the global economy.

Religion has regained political prominence in the twenty first century and not least for the manner in which it intersects with ethnicity.

Is a strong cosmopolitan stance irretrievably arrogant?

An exploration of the life and work of an influential thinker, occultist, architect and philosopherOf all the important thinkers of the twentieth century, Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) is perhaps the most difficult to come to grips with.

This book highlights and responds to core questions related to social inclusion of people with disabilities nationally and internationally.

Communication is the key to all successful human interactions.

The American invasion of Iraq was largely governed by faith-based policy.

The human right to survive and develop, a fundamental premise of the U.

Sexuality, gender, gender identity, and gender expression are fluid constructs, and the ways in which identity development intersects with organizations and exists in society are complex.

As violence against LGBTQ+ persons continues to be a pervasive and serious problem, this book aims to inform mental health providers about the unique needs of LGBTQ+ survivors of interpersonal and structural violence.

Torture doctors invent and oversee techniques to inflict pain and suffering without leaving scars.

The collection of articles in the book covers various issues relating to law enforcement, good governance, counter-terrorism and human rights.

In today's globalized world, halal (meaning 'permissible' or 'lawful') is about more than food.

This volume, with contributions from well-respected experts on Turkey, examines how well different theories and frameworks in international relations explain various aspects of contemporary Turkish foreign policy (TFP).

Multinational corporate groups are important actors in today's global economy, with the power to impact the masses through their activities.

A provocative look at the central role of slavery in Augustine's religious, ethical, and political thoughtAugustine believed that slavery is permissible, but to understand why, we must situate him in his late antique Roman intellectual context.

This book analyses the state of development of Muslims at the regional level.

This book centers on one fundamental question: is it possible to imagine a progressive sense of nation?

Investigates geographic variation in Hindu-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002 critically examining the logic of political violence.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti's name does not appear in any First Amendment treatise or casebook.

This volume exposes some of the various issues raised in relation to Muslim communities in Europe by putting the intellectual and legal traditions into dialogue.

The Kharijites were the first sectarian movement in Islamic history, a rebellious splinter group that separated itself from mainstream Muslim society and set about creating, through violence, an ideal community of the saved.

An examination of the role played by civil society in the legitimisation of South Africa's apartheid regime and its racial policy.

This book briefly delineates the history of the Haitian diaspora in the United States in the nineteenth century, but it primarily concerns itself with the contemporary period and more specifically with the diasporic enclave in New York City.

Focuses on the transformation of the Vietnamese state as it transitioned away from a centrally planned socialist regime.

Manohar Pawar discusses the relevance and importance of social policy for water issues.

In a liberal democracy, theory suggests that the political order and character of a civil society are closely connected: the political order allows for a dynamic and pluralistic civil society, and people's civic participation encourages support for the political order.

Christianity flourishes in areas facing profound dislocations amidst regime change and warfare.

For more than a millennium, beginning in the early Middle Ages, most Western Christians lived in societies that sought to be comprehensively Christian--ecclesiastically, economically, legally, and politically.

This book identifies and engages with an analysis of racism in the Caribbean region, providing an empirically-based theoretical re-framing of both the racialisation of the globe and evaluation of the prospects for anti-racism and the post-racial.

Die Lektüre des Kamasutra und die Betrachtung erotischer Darstellungen in indischen Tempelanlagen erwecken bei westlichen Rezipient*innen den Eindruck, die Hindus müssten aufgrund ihrer religiösen Überlieferungen einen offenen Umgang mit Sexualität haben.

This interdisciplinary book explores the Northern Ireland conflict through a human rights framework.

Freiheit stirbt mit Sicherheit!

Patricia Illingworth's short, powerful and passionate book argues that "e;social capital"e; should be an essential ethical concept guiding our actions, and explains how one might go about implementing this idea in a positive way.

The Caribbean does not immediately come to mind when we think about ISIS – and yet, in 2017, Trinidad and Tobago ranked first place in the list of western countries with the highest rates of foreign-fighter radicalization, with over 240 nationals travelling to Syria and Iraq to join ISIS' caliphate.

Since the Gezi uprisings in June 2013 and AKP's temporary loss of parliamentary supremacy after the June 2015 general elections, sharp political clashes, ascending police operations, extra-judicial executions, suppression of the media and political opposition, systematic violation of the constitution and fundamental human rights, and the one-man-rule of President Erdogan have become the identifying characteristics of Turkish politics.

A short walk from the glistening Nile nestled in a dusty Cairo street lies the Coptic Church of St.

In exploring the connections between religion, violence and cities, the book probes the extent to which religion moderates or exacerbates violence in an increasingly urbanised world.

Courts in different jurisdictions face similar human rights questions.

This book delves into the complexities of genocide as a legal concept, offering a fresh perspective by exploring the rights of groups to exist under international criminal law.

The publication of this volume marks the Ten Year Anniversary of the Postcolonialism and Religions series.

Rana Siu Inboden analyses China''s role in the international human rights regime from the early 1980s until 2017.

This book is intended to promote discussion and understanding of customary law and to explore its continued relevance in sub-Saharan Africa.

Many today place great hope in law as a vehicle for the transformation of society and accept that law is autonomous, universal, and above all, secular.