Human rights, civil rights

Almost irrespective of the geographic setting, the debate about the future of democracy in post-authoritarian societies is increasingly tied to the strength of civil society.

According to Allen, motherhood and citizenship are terms that are closely linked and have been redefined over the past century due to changes in women's status, feminist movements, and political developments.

Combining theoretical analyzes with case studies, this book increases understanding of the internationalization, diffusion and escalation of ethnic conflict.

AIDS and the Sexuality of Law investigates the role that HIV/AIDS has played in the legal construction of sexuality.

In light of the ongoing war against terrorism, can the United States maintain its dedication to protecting civil liberties without compromising security?

Why has Haiti been plagued by so many woes?

Shamanism, Racism and Hip Hop Culture is a groundbreaking collection of essays exploring the five hundred year history of white Christian hegemony that has so profoundly shaped American society.

In Rwanda's Genocide , Kingsley Moghalu provides an engrossing account and analysis of the international political brinkmanship embedded in the quest for international justice for Rwanda's genocide.

Numerous studies explore immigration policies of individual receiving countries.

Who is responsible for the terror, atrocities, and violations of human rights that occur in civil wars?

Personal narratives have become one of the most potent vehicles for advancing human rights claims across the world.

Global challenges, opportunities, and developing new social phenomena have always had an impact on and change the circumstances under which social work is practised.

Between the late 1970s and the mid 1980s, Guatemala was torn by a civil war which came to be known as La Violencia.

Bringing together a diverse group of contributors, this collection addresses the impact of transnational corporations on human rights.

This book examines the emergence of nationalism in Lithuania, specifically the Lithuanian national movement, known as Sajudis, and its approach towards the citizenship rights of national minorities.

Contemporary France has witnessed a rise of new forms of social movement, mobilising around new causes and articulating changing demands.

Civilization and culture have traditionally been regarded as mutually exclusive concepts.

Governments use human rights both as a tool and as an objective of foreign policy.

Can institutions, in the sense of formal organizations, be considered vulnerable to moral burdens?

This book examines convergent trends in asylum regimes around the world.

Father, Are You Calling Me?

Rethinking Human Rights brings together a team of authors from fields as diverse as political theory, peace studies, international law and media studies - concerned with a new international agenda of human rights promotion.

When he nished writing, he raised his eyes and looked at me.

Rights language is a fundamental feature of the modern world.

The lasting effects of slavery on contemporary political attitudes in the American SouthDespite dramatic social transformations in the United States during the last 150 years, the South has remained staunchly conservative.

A history of the successes of the human rights movement and a case for why human rights workEvidence for Hope makes the case that, yes, human rights work.

How racism and discrimination have been central to democracies from the classical period to todayAs right-wing nationalism and authoritarian populism gain momentum across the world, liberals, and even some conservatives, worry that democratic principles are under threat.

A landmark study of racism, inequality, and police violence that continues to hold important lessons todayThe Kerner Report is a powerful window into the roots of racism and inequality in the United States.

The first comprehensive look at the global dilemma of child migrationWhy, despite massive public concern, is child trafficking on the rise?

The Color of Success tells of the astonishing transformation of Asians in the United States from the "e;yellow peril"e; to "e;model minorities"e;--peoples distinct from the white majority but lauded as well-assimilated, upwardly mobile, and exemplars of traditional family values--in the middle decades of the twentieth century.

The significance of identity and psychology in determining moral choiceWhat causes genocide?

Mary Dudziak's Exporting American Dreams tells the little-known story of Thurgood Marshall's work with Kenyan leaders as they fought with the British for independence in the early 1960s.

Why race remains the central political issue in America todayWhy have American policies failed to reduce the racial inequalities still pervasive throughout the nation?

A compelling framework for understanding the importance of the 1970s for America and the worldThe 1970s looks at an iconic decade when the cultural left and economic right came to the fore in American society and the world at large.

The behind-the-scenes story of how today's war crimes tribunals came to beWithin days of Madeleine Albright's confirmation as U.

The American military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive U.

An ordinary German soldier's letters home from Poland and Russia during World War IIReluctant Accomplice is a volume of the wartime letters of Dr.

The 1990s saw global flows of foreign direct investment increase some sevenfold, spurring economists to explore FDI from a micro- or trade-based perspective.

How the government enforced sex and gender conformity and relegated gays to second-class citizenshipThe Straight State is the most expansive study of the federal regulation of homosexuality yet written.

Where did affirmative action in employment come from?

A groundbreaking interpretation of the intellectual origins of the United NationsNo Enchanted Palace traces the origins and early development of the United Nations, one of the most influential yet perhaps least understood organizations active in the world today.

A riveting history of Russia's crimes in ChechnyaTerror in Chechnya is the definitive account of Russian war crimes in Chechnya.

A political history of the most famous desegregation crisis in AmericaThe desegregation crisis in Little Rock is a landmark of American history: on September 4, 1957, after the Supreme Court struck down racial segregation in public schools, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus called up the National Guard to surround Little Rock Central High School, preventing black students from going in.

Using previously classified documents and original interviews, The Other Alliance examines the channels of cooperation between American and West German student movements throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, and the reactions these relationships provoked from the U.

Should a liberal democratic state permit religious schools?

When the Supreme Court in 2003 struck down a Texas law prohibiting homosexual sodomy, it cited the right to privacy based on the guarantee of "e;substantive due process"e; embodied by the Constitution.

Has contemporary liberalism's devotion to individual liberty come at the expense of our society's obligations to children?

In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of "e;conspicuous signs"e; of religious affiliation in public schools.

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