Human rights, civil rights

These original essays show how the US government repeatedly aided certain regimes as they planned and then carried out crimes against humanity and genocide.

These original essays show how the US government repeatedly aided certain regimes as they planned and then carried out crimes against humanity and genocide.

Victimology is a relatively new and emerging interdisciplinary area that crosses the fields of criminology, law, sociology, and justice.

Victimology is a relatively new and emerging interdisciplinary area that crosses the fields of criminology, law, sociology, and justice.

This analysis of the progressive definition of John Milton’s social, political, and religious opinions during the fertile years of the Puritan Revolution has become a classic work of scholarship in the thirty-five years since it was first published.

The British North America Act of 1867 fashioned a Canadian federation which was intended to be a highly centralized union led by a powerful national government.

The relationship between Canada's Indigenous peoples and the Canadian government is one that has increasingly come to the fore.

The relationship between Canada's Indigenous peoples and the Canadian government is one that has increasingly come to the fore.

Nearly four decades after a revolution, experiencing one of the longest wars in contemporary history, facing political and ideological threats by regional radicals such as ISIS and the Taliban, and having succeeded in negotiations with six world powers over her nuclear program, Iran appears as an experienced Muslim country seeking to build bridges with its Sunni neighbours as well as with the West.

Nearly four decades after a revolution, experiencing one of the longest wars in contemporary history, facing political and ideological threats by regional radicals such as ISIS and the Taliban, and having succeeded in negotiations with six world powers over her nuclear program, Iran appears as an experienced Muslim country seeking to build bridges with its Sunni neighbours as well as with the West.

There is a unique constitutional relationship between Aboriginal people and the Canadian state - a relationship that does not exist between other Canadians and the state.

With the passage into law of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, rights took on new legal, political, and social significance in Canada.

With the passage into law of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, rights took on new legal, political, and social significance in Canada.

Despite recent progress in civil rights for sexual and gender minorities (SGM), ensuring SGM youth experience fairness, justice, inclusion, safety, and security in their schools and communities remains an ongoing challenge.

Despite recent progress in civil rights for sexual and gender minorities (SGM), ensuring SGM youth experience fairness, justice, inclusion, safety, and security in their schools and communities remains an ongoing challenge.

Uninformed and reactionary responses in the years following the events of 9/11 and the ongoing 'War on Terror' have greatly affected ideas of citizenship and national belonging.

Uninformed and reactionary responses in the years following the events of 9/11 and the ongoing 'War on Terror' have greatly affected ideas of citizenship and national belonging.

The supposed extinction of the Indigenous Beothuk people of Newfoundland in the early nineteenth century is a foundational moment in Canadian history.

The supposed extinction of the Indigenous Beothuk people of Newfoundland in the early nineteenth century is a foundational moment in Canadian history.

In 2007, Little Mosque on the Prairie premiered on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network.

In 2007, Little Mosque on the Prairie premiered on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network.

Written largely by Canadian scholars for Canadian readers, this overview of contemporary human rights concerns introduces the human rights instruments—provincial, national, and international—which protect Canadians.

Written largely by Canadian scholars for Canadian readers, this overview of contemporary human rights concerns introduces the human rights instruments—provincial, national, and international—which protect Canadians.

What is a crime and how do we construct it?

What is a crime and how do we construct it?

For many years the severe under-representation of women in the institutions that forge Canadian public policy has been the subject of widespread discussion and debate, as have the various manifestations of inequality on the laws and policies themselves.

We are not You starts with a 1992 court case, Peters v.

Published Under the Garamond ImprintHunger and undernutrition are widespread in many advanced capitalist societies.

Since the 1980's Canadians have experienced turmoil on an unprecedented scale and on a variety of fronts.

This book analyses the equal citizenship claims of women and sexual and gender diverse people across several Asian jurisdictions.

Now in a comprehensively updated edition, this indispensable handbook analyzes how international humanitarian law has evolved in the face of these many new challenges.

In Sound the Trumpet, Lawrence J.

Faith-based organizations play a major role in providing a host of health, educational, and social services to the public.

Tens of millions of Christians live in China today, many of them leading double lives or in hiding from a government that relentlessly persecutes them.

Evangelicals today probably have more political influence in the United States than at any time in the last century--but they might not be certain what to do with it.

In today's political environment, who speaks for whom is not always clear.

Jim Wallis thinks our life together can be better.

Christians across the spectrum have soured on religious involvement in politics, tempted either to withdraw or to secularize their public engagement.

Internationally acclaimed theologian Graham Ward is well known for his thoughtful engagement with postmodernism.

This groundbreaking collection considers empire from a global perspective, exploring the role of evangelicals in political, social, and economic engagement at a time when empire is alternately denounced and embraced.

Leslie Griffiths is one of the outstanding Christians of his generation.

Scholars in International Relations concerned with religion and its relations to world politics are rhetorically constructing a powerful modern myth.

As Northern Ireland moves from conflict to tentative peace, ongoing violence and unrest underline that the province remains a turbulent and troubled society.

In the days of Moses, blasphemy was the mortal offence of failing to respect the divine.

Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging focuses on the Heraka, a religious reform movement, and its impact on the Zeme, a Naga tribe, in the North Cachar Hills of Assam, India.

According to the World Evangelical Alliance, over 200 million Christians in at least 60 countries are denied fundamental human rights solely because of their faith.

Leslie Griffiths is one of the outstanding Christians of his generation.