Human rights, civil rights

From the streets of Calais to the borders of Melilla, Evros and the United States, the slogan 'No borders!

This handbook takes stock of the African Union's Vision 2020 to rid the African continent of wars, civil conflicts, human rights violations, and humanitarian disasters - including violent conflicts and genocide - and provides recommendations on how to address contemporary threats to peace and security in Africa.

Interest in pacifism-an idea with a long history in philosophical thought and in several religious traditions-is growing.

As international awareness of the apartheid nature of Israel grows, Omar Barghouti offers a manifesto for winning Palestinian civil rights.

Like other countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Moroccans were inspired by the events in Tunisia and Egypt in 2011.

Peacebuilding is explained by combining interpretive frameworks (paradigms) that have evolved from the subfields of international relations and comparative politics.

The Formation of Modern Lebanon (1985) examines the critical period around the 1920 establishment of Greater Lebanon and its impact on the political development of the country.

Teaching has been described as a hazardous profession and teacher educators are faced with a challenging task in preparing teachers for the future.

This book examines all forms of human trafficking globally, revealing the operations of the trafficking business and the nature of traffickers themselves.

This is a book about the struggle of Orthodox Christianity to establish a clear identity and mission within modernity--Western modernity in particular.

What are human rights?

Buddhist violence is not a well-known concept.

This volume sets out to disentangle the debate about the Millennium Development goals in theory and practice.

Issues of global justice have received increasing attention in academic philosophy in recent years but the gendered dimensions of these issues are often overlooked or treated as peripheral.

From the very first negotiations of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights half a century ago to the present day, socio-economic rights have often been regarded as less enforceable than civil and political rights.

This book critically examines the intersection of religion, public health and human security in Nigeria.

The collapse of socialist regimes across Southeastern Europe changed the rules of the political game and led to the transformation of these societies.

This book analyses the UN's Agenda 2030 and reveals that progress is lagging on all five interlocking and interdependent themes that are discussed: conflict prevention, development, peace, justice and human rights.

Against the backdrop of globalization and mounting evidence of the corporate subversion of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights paradigm, Anna Grear interrogates the complex tendencies within law that are implicated in the emergence of 'corporate humanity'.

This book debunks one of the greatest myths ever told in Caribbean history: that the indigenous peoples who encountered a very lost Christopher Columbus are 'extinct.

Human rights and conflict resolution have been traditionally perceived as two separate fields, sometimes in competition or in tension and occasionally with contradictory approaches towards achieving a lasting peace.

When the Christian Right burst onto the scene in the late 1970s, many political observers were shocked.

Raises the novel legal question of animals during warfare, highlighting deficiencies in current practice and suggesting new readings and reforms.

In order to gain access to the EU, nations must be seen to implement formal instruments that protect the rights of minorities.

This book comprehensively examines right-wing extremism (RWE) in Canada, discussing the lengthy history of violence and distribution, ideological bases, actions, organizational capacity and connectivity of these extremist groups.

This book brings a crucial perspective to the examination of religion and politics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by focusing on the roles that Christian communities play in this region.

The European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) has been relatively neglected in the field of normative human rights theory.

This book is a critical exploration of Israel's curfew-closure policy in the Occupied Palestinian Territories through the eyes of CheckpointWatch, an organization of Israeli women monitoring human rights abuses.

Same-Sex Marriage and Children is the first book to bring together historical, social science, and legal considerations to comprehensively respond to the objections to same-sex marriage that are based on the need to promote so-called "e;responsible procreation"e; and child welfare.

This book unpacks the history of British-Israelism in the UK.

For several decades, culture played a central role in challenging the liberal tradition.

Presents an account of the rise of Erdogan''s AKP, showing how the politicisation of religion has roots in the period of early nation-building in Turkey.

The result of a lifetime of research and contemplation on global phenomena, this book explores the idea of humanity in the modern age of globalization.

Postsecular Feminisms explores the contested relationship between feminism and secularism through a series of case studies, featuring perspectives from the global North and South.

Shaping Race Policy investigates one of the most serious policy challenges facing the United States today: the stubborn persistence of racial inequality in the post-civil rights era.

This book offers a unique look into prisons in Iran and the lives of the prisoners and their families.

This book explores how competing worldviews impact on intergroup relations and building a sustainable peace in culturally diverse societies.

In several Western countries, expert commissions composed of academics, public figures, politicians and community organisers have been established by governments or civil society to reflect on the changes and challenges of an increasingly plural society.

Public mistrust of those in authority and failings of public organisations frame disputes over attribution of responsibility between individuals and systems.

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 explains the origins of Chinese land politics and explores how property rights and urban growth strategies differ among Chinese cities.

Although Religious Education (RE) is a legal requirement in UK schools, it is an oft-neglected and misunderstood subject.

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.

Using Christianity in Africa, this book demonstrates that cultural influences, specifically religious sermons, can impact political participation.

In the final years of his political career, President John Quincy Adams was well known for his objections to slavery, with rival Henry Wise going so far as to label him "e;the acutest, the astutest, the archest enemy of southern slavery that ever existed.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Islamist organizations' conceptions of political order based on a comparative case study of the Shiite Lebanese Hezbollah and the Sunni Palestinian Hamas.

Why did Egyptian cults, especially those dedicated to the goddess Isis and god Sarapis, spread so successfully across the ancient Mediterranean after the death of Alexander the Great?