This book makes a new and original contribution to the old debate about differences between socio-economic and civil and political rights, which has engaged human rights discourse over several decades.
This book argues that omitting the component of narrative creates an irresolvable antinomy concerning the identity of the subject: between the subject and identical copies of itself in different situations, or between it and the identical subject as a substantial illusion, the elimination of which reveals the pure multitude of desires, emotions, and perceptions.
Terrorism will always be frontpage news - counterterrorism is often discussed as an afterthought, yet it is vitally important to understand what is done in the name of our safety.
Against the backdrop of the global refugee crisis, Unsettled Families investigates the parameters that Global North governments and international humanitarian organizations use to classify most displaced families-more than 99% globally-as ineligible for resettlement, and often as fraudulent.
World-renowned scholar of human geography, development, and environmental change Antonio Ioris presents an original reconceptualisation of the notions of difference and indifference and their impacts on social structures.
**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR**Patriot is the unforgettable life story of one of the most fearless and inspiring figures of our time.
This set reprints many of the 18th century's most notorious works, including eight from "e;The Fifteen Plagues of a Maiden-Head"e; (1707), that resulted in highly publicized court battles and in some cases helped shape laws on censorship that survived into modernity.
Pursuing Justice, Fourth Edition, examines the issue of justice by considering the origins of the idea, formal systems of justice, current global issues of justice, and ways in which justice might be achieved by individuals, organizations, and the global community.
Mit der Verordnung (EU) 2018/302 hat der EU-Gesetzgeber den rechtlichen Rahmen für die Diskriminierung von Endkunden aufgrund geographischer Eigenschaften (Geoblocking) im Onlinewarenhandel maßgeblich verändert.
In the USA, politically conservative and right-wing apocalyptic evangelicals hold that climate change science and Covid-19 are fabrications governed by manifest evil.
How does a regime, whose members have been actively involved in the previous one, appropriate and deploy religious ideas and rhetoric to cast itself as 'born-again' and attractive?
Birthed out of the Adventist movements of the 1800's, the Watchtower Society, known commonly as Jehovah's Witnesses, has become a worldwide religious organization.
This book explores the profound impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, framing it as a "e;critical moment"e; for digital journalism, examining how journalistic practices, content and audiences were shaped by the crisis.
This book draws together interdisciplinary perspectives to examine the legal, moral, and socio-spatial regulation of sex work in the contemporary context.
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is a Florida-based farmworkers' cooperative that has received international acclaim for sponsoring anti-slavery investigations.
A RUSA Outstanding Reference Source 2025This wide-ranging resource provides an authoritative overview of the criminal justice system in America, including its history, legal and philosophical foundations, dimensions of racial and economic inequality, and insights into daily life inside America's complex court and correctional systems.
This commemorative 30th-anniversary volume of Research in Political Sociology delves into the ramifications of warfare and conflict on migration, sustainable development, and security.
This book takes a hermeneutic approach toward reading the writings of Jamal al-Banna and Tariq al-Bishri across several decades in order to explore contemporary Islamic political thought under authoritarianism.
This set reprints many of the 18th century's most notorious works, including eight from "e;The Fifteen Plagues of a Maiden-Head"e; (1707), that resulted in highly publicized court battles and in some cases helped shape laws on censorship that survived into modernity.
This book analyses the evolving nature of democratic threats and identifies strategies necessary to safeguard democratic governance in an increasingly turbulent political environment.
La obra El perro negro del destino —Premio PEN/Martha Albrand 1998— es un vibrante relato autobiográfico que comienza en la segunda mitad de la década de 1950 en una zona residencial de Nueva Jersey.
