Human rights, civil rights

Under the auspices of top international commentators, The Freedom to do God's Will considers the global impact of fundamentalism on religious traditions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Mormonism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

The expanding remit of policing as a fundamental part of the public health continuum is increasingly acknowledged on the international scene.

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

This is the first book that explores whether there are any rules in international law applicable to unilateral sanctions and if so, what they are.

The global spread of COVID-19 has led to devastating effects on countries worldwide in terms of population health, economy, politics, and sustainable development.

This study discusses an original proposal aimed at critically analyzing the power relations that exist in contemporary agriculture.

The Trespasser's Companion is a short, celebratory and urgent book about the land and our access to it.

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.

This book examines the tangled responsibilities of states, companies, and individuals surrounding human rights in the digital age.

The making of modern Thailand is grounded in specific political institutions, Brahmanical tropes, and sacred Buddhist traditions stylized with Hindu rituals.

Central American countries have long defined health as a human right.

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Presss Open Access publishing program.

Since the end of the Cold War there have been a number of cases where the democratization process has been turbulent, or even violent.

This book employs the theoretical framework of 'speech act theory' to analyse current legislative frameworks and cases pertaining to sedition or the advocacy of violence and the issue of freedom of speech.

This book studies values and attitudes in the Gulf region.

Acts of terror are everywhere!

In Spies for Hire, investigative reporter Tim Shorrock lifts the veil off a major story the government doesn't want us to know about -- the massive outsourcing of top secret intelligence activities to private-sector contractors.

Djupe and Gilbert investigate how membership in organized religious bodies shapes the political life of members.

This book examines notions of procedural fairness applicable to truth commissions.

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Religion, Language and Power shows that the language of 'religion' is far from neutral, and that the packaging and naming of what English speakers call 'religious' groups or identities is imbued with the play of power.

The concentrations camps that existed in the colonised world at the turn of the 20th Century are a vivid reminder of the atrocities committed by imperial powers on indigenous populations.

This important collection examines deportation as an increasingly global mechanism of state control.

In recent decades, corporations have increasingly accepted that they have obligations to respect the socio-economic rights of individuals whose rights to livelihoods, education, food, health, housing and water are affected by the actions of corporations on a daily basis.

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.

In his official response to the attacks of September 11, George W.

Explores the evolving human rights of Roma in Eastern Europe''s recent history, and the complex politics of Roma rights today.

Als eine der herausragenden, aber weithin unbekannten Gestalten der Reformation prägte Ambrosius Blarer von Giersberg den religiösen Wandel Südwestdeutschlands wie kaum ein anderer seiner Zeit.

Committed radical that he is, Daniel Berrigan, launches his personal rockets against the social evils that disturb and preoccupy him.

A provocative new vision of free market capitalism that achieves liberal ends by libertarian meansCan libertarians care about social justice?

The ever-increasing use of technology is challenging the current status of the law, bringing about new problems and questions.

Examines twenty years of French military interventions in Chad and Hissène Habré''s rise to power between 1960 and 1982.

A riveting, behind-the-scenes look of the Yazidi genocide and the terrorist threat it holds for the West, based on the investigation by Father Patrick Desbois, Costel Nastasie, and their team at YahadIn Unum, as first shown on 60 Minutes.

We Want Land to Live explores the current boundaries of radical approaches to food sovereignty.

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

The European Court of Human Rights has long held unparalleled sway over questions of human rights violations across continental Europe, Britain, and beyond.

Religious Pluralism and the City challenges the notion that the city is a secular place, and calls for an analysis of how religion and the city are intertwined.

First published in 1960, International Conflict in the Twentieth Century considers how to solve the problem of human relations for external affairs.

Sam Cherribi is a Moroccan Muslim who became a naturalized Dutch citizen and member of the Dutch Parliament.

Documentation from Truth and Reconciliation Commissions highlights the need for post-conflict societies to have access to - and to use - Truth Reconciliation Commissions (TRCs') documentation to achieve reconciliation and to work towards a democratic society.

Examines the relation between imperialism and religion through the practice of good government in Spanish Naples.

Discusses the major immigration policy areas and looks at how to address policy challenges from a perspective that considers the moral consequences of our decisions.

The first ever history of Saudi jihadism, published in 2010, offering a powerful explanation for the rise of Islamist militancy in Saudi Arabia.

ANEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, ANDUSA TODAYBESTSELLERAn intimate, powerful, and galvanizing memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner, human rights advocate, and former US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power.