Human rights, civil rights

This book argues that policymakers capitalize on Scandinavia''s humanitarian reputation in world affairs to legitimize their policy and diplomatic interests.

A deep and gorgeous study of the Magna Carta and how it still influences our world.

A global history of human rights in a world of nation-states that grant rights to some while denying them to othersOnce dominated by vast empires, the world is now divided into close to 200 independent countries with laws and constitutions proclaiming human rights-a transformation that suggests that nations and human rights inevitably developed together.

This book discusses the transformation of labour movements and trade unionism in post-liberalised India.

In the past migrations opened the world to knowledge, science, and understanding among peoples, but increasingly migrants are viewed with disfavour and even hate, especially in the Mediterranean Basin and the MENA Region.

This book reframes gender and education issues from a feminist and capabilities perspective through a multi-generational study of women as teachers.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to international human rights -- international human rights law, why international human rights have increasingly risen to world prominence, what is being done about violations of human rights, and what might be done to further promote the cause of international human rights so that everyone may one day have their rights respected regardless of who they are or where they live.

The NAACP's fight against segregated education--the first public interest litigation campaign--culminated in the 1954 Brown decision.

This book explores how public policy advocacy can be used to approach policy issue identification, resolution or, at the least, support the management of wicked policy issues.

This book analyzes human rights and crime prevention challenges from the perspective of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda, in particular its goal 16 on promoting peaceful, inclusive and just societies, the creation and development of which depend on the interplay between various secular and non-secular (f)actors.

This book looks at how the ideas of freedom, property, and order are expressed in modern social contract theories (SCTs).

Critically examines the human rights activities of the Council of Europe and the European Union at a time of uncertainty and change.

In June 2013, after lengthy and complex negotiations the EU adopted the recast "e;asylum package"e; which represents a significant step forward in the future development of CEAS.

The term 'War on Terror' (WOT) covers a mass of interlinked topics.

Effective peace agreements are rarely accomplished by idealists.

Turkey''s hostile approach to the LGBTI community leads Muedini to document the history of LGBTI rights, rights abuses, and activist strategies to secure LGBTI rights in Turkey.

Why We Shouldn't Forgive invites you to understand how the practice of political forgiveness and sovereignty has changed, evolved, and developed over time.

What role does law play in post-communist societies?

This book provides an overview of the progress and continuing disparities faced by people with disabilities around the world.

Emptied Lands investigates the protracted legal, planning, and territorial conflict between the settler Israeli state and indigenous Bedouin citizens over traditional lands in southern Israel/Palestine.

This textbook comprehensively examines and analyses the interpretation and application of the United Kingdom's Human Rights Act 1998.

Values, in terms of human rights and democracy, have become important factors for individual state's participation in the international community.

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Human rights are politically fraught in Turkey, provoking suspicion and scrutiny among government workers for their anti-establishment left-wing connotations.

This collection promises to be a cornerstone in the field of performance studies and human rights activism.

In 1907, physician Lawrence A.

The nature of environmental human rights and their relation to larger rights theories has been a frequent topic of discussion in law, environmental ethics and political theory.

The imprisonment rate in America has grown by a factor of five since 1972.

Domination consists in subjection to the will of others and manifests itself both as a personal relation and a structural phenomenon serving as the context for relations of power.

This book is based on intense research work and consultation conducted over a long period, presents circumstances under which certain tribes in Andhra Pradesh are placed to keep on living through criminal activities.

Damien Sinclair is a force of nature, the beauty of a sunset over the ocean while capable of devastating hurricane-strength winds.

This book explores the history of Nordic human rights politics and practices from the 1930s to present day.

This book addresses major aspects of inequity, such as access, financing, financial risk protection, gender, service delivery and utilization, in the healthcare sector in India,.

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This book explains the reciprocal relations between the Supreme Court and the Israeli political system.

This book centres on the ways in which the concept of imperativeness has found expression in private international law (PIL) and discusses "e;imperative norms"e;, and "e;imperativeness"e; as their intrinsic quality, examining the rules or principles that protect fundamental interests and/or the values of a state so as to require their application at any cost and without exceptions.

Explores the experiences of irregular migrants and refugees crossing borders as they resist global migration controls.

Examines the patchwork evolution of school desegregation policy.

How does international criminal procedure differ from any domestic legal principles and why?

Drawing on novel case studies, this book provides the first substantive theoretical framework for understanding transitional justice and visual art.

How should constitutional design respond to the opportunities and challenges raised by ethnic, linguistic, religious, and cultural differences, and do so in ways that promote democracy, social justice, peace and stability?

This book shows how the overall impact of the penal policy agenda of the Coalition Government 2010-2015 has not led to the intended 'rehabilitation revolution', but austerity, outsourcing and punishment, designated here as 'punitive managerialism'.

This book employs a transitional justice lens to address the 'disappearances' that occurred during the Northern Ireland conflict - or 'Troubles' - and the post-conflict response to these 'disappearances.

In this collection of illuminating conversations, renowned historian of world religions Huston Smith invites ten influential American Indian spiritual and political leaders to talk about their five-hundred-year struggle for religious freedom.

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 reopened what many people in America had long assumed was a settled ethical question: Is torture ever morally permissible?

Through a comparative analysis involving 13 countries from Africa, America, Asia and Europe, this book provides an invaluable assessment of women's equality at the global level.

This handbook brings together the knowledge on juvenile imprisonment to develop a global, synthesized view of the impact of imprisonment on children and young people.