Human rights, civil rights

Taking ideas and frameworks from philosophy, psychology, political science, cultural studies and anthropology, this book tells the larger 'truth' about the Singapore state.

Human rights and economics are the concepts that have contributed the most to free human kind, the former from fear and the latter from need.

Human rights and economics are the concepts that have contributed the most to free human kind, the former from fear and the latter from need.

Examining some of the most critical issues in Malaysian politics today, including human rights, law and democracy, gender and Islam, this book explores the contours of the contemporary landscape of Malaysian politics, focusing especially on politics among the majority ethnic Malay community.

Examining some of the most critical issues in Malaysian politics today, including human rights, law and democracy, gender and Islam, this book explores the contours of the contemporary landscape of Malaysian politics, focusing especially on politics among the majority ethnic Malay community.

On July 1st, 2007, Hong Kong celebrated the 10th anniversary of its return to the People's Republic of China, but the past decade has been a bumpy ride for both the Hong Kong people and the central leaders in China.

On July 1st, 2007, Hong Kong celebrated the 10th anniversary of its return to the People's Republic of China, but the past decade has been a bumpy ride for both the Hong Kong people and the central leaders in China.

Severe poverty is one of the greatest moral challenges of our times.

Severe poverty is one of the greatest moral challenges of our times.

In Portugal, 12-year-olds manufacture clothes destined for British chain-stores.

In Portugal, 12-year-olds manufacture clothes destined for British chain-stores.

Hannah Arendt is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's most powerful political theorists.

Turkmenistan, an independent nation since 1991, is a strategically important Central Asian state.

Turkmenistan, an independent nation since 1991, is a strategically important Central Asian state.

Hannah Arendt is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's most powerful political theorists.

This edited volume questions the widespread resort to illiberal security practices by contemporary liberal regimes since 9/11, and argues that counter-terrorism is embedded into the very logic of the fields of politics and security.

Technologies of Insecurity examines how general social and political concerns about terrorism, crime, migration and globalization are translated into concrete practices of securitisation of everyday life.

Technologies of Insecurity examines how general social and political concerns about terrorism, crime, migration and globalization are translated into concrete practices of securitisation of everyday life.

This book is about explaining surveillance processes and practises in contemporary society.

This book is about explaining surveillance processes and practises in contemporary society.

State Violence and Human Rights addresses how legal practices - rooted in global human rights discourse or local demands - take hold in societies where issues of state violence remain to be resolved.

State Violence and Human Rights addresses how legal practices - rooted in global human rights discourse or local demands - take hold in societies where issues of state violence remain to be resolved.

This book brings together a series of writings on the problems facing contemporary criminology, highlighting the main theoretical priorities of critical analysis and their application to substantive case studies of research in action.

This book brings together a series of writings on the problems facing contemporary criminology, highlighting the main theoretical priorities of critical analysis and their application to substantive case studies of research in action.

The Right to Development in International Law rigorously explores the right to development (RTD) from the perspectives of international law as well as the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights and the Islamic concept of social justice in Pakistan.

The Right to Development in International Law rigorously explores the right to development (RTD) from the perspectives of international law as well as the constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights and the Islamic concept of social justice in Pakistan.

In mapping out the field of human rights for those studying and researching within both humanities and social science disciplines, the Handbook of Human Rights not only provides a solid foundation for the reader who wants to learn the basic parameters of the field, but also promotes new thinking and frameworks for the study of human rights in the twenty-first century.

In mapping out the field of human rights for those studying and researching within both humanities and social science disciplines, the Handbook of Human Rights not only provides a solid foundation for the reader who wants to learn the basic parameters of the field, but also promotes new thinking and frameworks for the study of human rights in the twenty-first century.

While human rights have been enjoying unprecedented salience, the concept of the citizen has been significantly challenged.

While human rights have been enjoying unprecedented salience, the concept of the citizen has been significantly challenged.

In recent decades, human rights have come to occupy an apparently unshakable position as a key and pervasive feature of contemporary global public culture.

In recent decades, human rights have come to occupy an apparently unshakable position as a key and pervasive feature of contemporary global public culture.

This issue considers social experiments in practice and how recent advances improve their value and potential applications.

This issue considers social experiments in practice and how recent advances improve their value and potential applications.

How do people evaluate in daily life?

How do people evaluate in daily life?

Exploring the relationship between religion and the state Focusing on the intersection of religion, law, and politics in contemporary liberal democracies, Blackford considers the concept of the secular state, revising and updating enlightenment views for the present day.

Exploring the relationship between religion and the state Focusing on the intersection of religion, law, and politics in contemporary liberal democracies, Blackford considers the concept of the secular state, revising and updating enlightenment views for the present day.

A compelling look at today's complex relationship between religion and politics In his second book, bestselling author Charles Kimball addresses the urgent global problem of the interplay between fundamentalist Abrahamic religions and politics and moves beyond warning signs (the subject of his first book) to the dangerous and lethal outcomes that their interaction can produce.

A compelling look at today's complex relationship between religion and politics In his second book, bestselling author Charles Kimball addresses the urgent global problem of the interplay between fundamentalist Abrahamic religions and politics and moves beyond warning signs (the subject of his first book) to the dangerous and lethal outcomes that their interaction can produce.

Examines land-use patterns and economic development on the Navajo Nation, telling a story about resource exploitation and tribal sovereignty.

Examines land-use patterns and economic development on the Navajo Nation, telling a story about resource exploitation and tribal sovereignty.

Provides the first-ever comprehensive legal analysis of orphanage trafficking in international law.

Provides the first-ever comprehensive legal analysis of orphanage trafficking in international law.

Explores how expert bodies and non-state empowered professionals come together to shape human rights law.

Explores how expert bodies and non-state empowered professionals come together to shape human rights law.

Examines the fundamental role played by international law in the regulation of State-owned entities from a human rights perspective.

Examines the fundamental role played by international law in the regulation of State-owned entities from a human rights perspective.

Offers the first analysis of international courts'' archives and of how these constitute the international community as a particular reality.

A study of how and why amnesties for human rights violations remain a prevalent feature of peace processes in Asia.