Human rights, civil rights

Portland, Oregon, though widely regarded as a liberal bastion, also has struggled historically with ethnic diversity; indeed, the 2010 census found it to be Americas whitest major city.

This book approached water and sanitation as an African gender and human rights issue.

Haitian Modernity and Liberative Interruptions investigates the intersections of history, literature, race, religion, decolonization, and freedom that led to the founding of the postcolonial state of Haiti in 1804.

This book examines a unified reinterpretation of Christianity by Hobbes, Locke, and Jefferson, and compares that to de Tocqueville''s analysis of changes.

This book traces the rise of contemporary populism in Western democracies, marked by the return of would-be 'strong men' politicians.

This book advances a novel justification for the idea of "e;public reason"e;: citizens within diverse societies can realize the ideal of shared political autonomy, despite their adherence to different religious and philosophical views, by deciding fundamental political questions with "e;public reasons.

In 1991 the Somali state collapsed.

For the last thirty years, documented human rights violations have been met with an unprecedented rise in demands for accountability.

This book examines protest policing and the toolbox of options available to police commanders in response.

Demonstrations by far-right groups, such as the English Defence League, Britain First and PEGIDA, have caused considerable social and civic unrest in UK cities for nearly a decade.

The conquest of Egypt by Islamic armies under the command of Amr ibn al-As in the seventh century transformed medieval Egyptian society.

A compelling account of South Africa's post-Apartheid democracyAt a time when many democracies are under strain around the world, Until We Have Won Our Liberty shines new light on the signal achievements of one of the contemporary era's most closely watched transitions away from minority rule.

This book broadly frames the scholarly conversation about southern radicalism, putting essays covering a range of historical periods and topics in dialogue with each other so as to get a sense of the range of southern politics and history.

Global political actors, from states and NGOs to activist groups and individuals, exert influence in societies beyond their own in myriad ways--including via public criticism, consumer boycotts, divestment campaigns, sanctions, and forceful intervention.

The last two decades have been marked by momentous changes in forms of governance throughout the post-Soviet region.

In these hard times of global financial peril and growing social inequality, injuries to dignity are pervasive.

Political Torture in Popular Culture argues that the literary, filmic, and popular cultural representation of political torture has been one of the defining dimensions of the torture debate that has taken place in the course of the post-9/11 global war on terrorism.

This collection evaluates the crisis of confidence in human rights which underpins understandings of just decision making and liberal democracy.

New atheism is best known as a literary and media phenomenon which has resulted in the widespread discussion of the anti-religious arguments of authors such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, yet it also has strongly political dimensions.

The book analyzes a contemporary policy question at the nexus of democracy, criminal justice, and constitutional citizenship.

The continuing crisis in Syria has raised a question mark over the common perception of Middle Eastern affairs as an offshoot of global power politics.

Consociations are power-sharing arrangements, increasingly used to manage ethno-nationalist, ethno-linguistic, and ethno-religious conflicts.

This book seeks to understand the obligation of the international community to implement the principles of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P).

This first comprehensive history of the Russian Bible demonstrates how scriptural translation exposed serious divisions in modern Russian religious culture.

This book is about how the history of colonialism has shaped the definition of crime and justice systems not only in former colonies but also in colonialist countries.

This book critically looks at the tensions between the promise to transform education through the use of digital technology and the tendency to utilize digital technology in instrumental and technical ways.

Privacy is a puzzling concept.

Hilal Elver offers an in-depth study of the escalating controversy over the right of Muslim women to wear headscarves.

Exploring language rights politics in theoretical, historical and international context, this book brings together debates from law, sociolinguistics, international politics, and the history of ideas.

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This timely volume discusses the much debated and controversial subject of the presence of religion in the public sphere.

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.

Prisons and imprisonment have become a commonplace topic in popular culture as the setting and rationale for fiction and documentaries and most people seem to have a clear notion of what it is like in prison, ranging from the idea of the prison cell as a cosy nook with fast internet access to that of a dungeon with a hard bed and a diet of bread and water.

This collection analyses some of the factors that contribute to racism and exclusion in Britain and Germany such as citizenship laws, racial violence, discrimination in education and employment, anti-semitism and the rise of the far right.

There is a complex relationship between religiosity and secularism in the American experience.

National human rights institutionsstate agencies charged with protecting and promoting human rights domesticallyhave proliferated dramatically since the 1990s; today more than a hundred countries have NHRIs, with dozens more seeking to join the global trend.

This book is about a just future for Indians in Canada.

In recent years the concept of 'diversity' has gained a leading place in academic thought, business practice and public policy worldwide.

The very concept of human rights implies governmental accountability.

This book explores both historical and contemporary Christian sources and dimensions of global law and includes critical perspectives from various religious and philosophical traditions.

This book explores the political trajectories of various countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, tracing the shifts in party systems and regime transitions along a model-like trajectory that spans from revolutionism to authoritarianism and electoral Islamism.

A unique investigation into how alliances form in highly polarized times among LGBTQ, immigrant, and labor rights activists, revealing the impacts within each rights movement.

This book undertakes a critical analysis of international human rights law through the lens of queer theory.

What are the implications of colonialism for a theory of global justice today?

Since the Gezi uprisings in June 2013 and AKP's temporary loss of parliamentary supremacy after the June 2015 general elections, sharp political clashes, ascending police operations, extra-judicial executions, suppression of the media and political opposition, systematic violation of the constitution and fundamental human rights, and the one-man-rule of President Erdogan have become the identifying characteristics of Turkish politics.

This book offers new perspectives and insights into the functioning of mechanisms utilised by global constitutionalism.

By supporting others and promoting change, helping professionals also enjoy the benefit of personal growth.

This book explores the relationship between the Irish police and ethnic minorities, made particularly pressing by the rapid ethnic diversification of Irish society.

'It is my thesis that this general production of life, or subsistence production - mainly performed through the non-wage labour of women and other non-wage labourers as slaves, contract workers and peasants in the colonies - constitutes the perennial basis upon which "e;capitalist productive labour"e; can be built up and exploited.