Human rights, civil rights

The book reconciles the conflicts and legal ambiguities between African Union and ECOWAS law on the use of force on the one hand, and the UN Charter and international law on the other hand.

What is the place assigned to religion in the constitutions of contemporary States?

Leading scholars engage the false dichotomy whereby ''security'' and basic liberties are set in opposition.

Political theorist Laurie M.

Examining the successful movements to abolish capital punishment in the UK, France, and Germany, this book examines the similarities in the social structure and political strategies of abolition movements in all three countries.

Insurgent citizenships have arisen in cities around the world.

This book brings together leading international scholars of law and religion to provide an overview of current issues in State-religion relations.

This book discusses the principle of open justice with a focus on the mechanism of video streaming of court proceedings.

Nearly four decades after a revolution, experiencing one of the longest wars in contemporary history, facing political and ideological threats by regional radicals such as ISIS and the Taliban, and having succeeded in negotiations with six world powers over her nuclear program, Iran appears as an experienced Muslim country seeking to build bridges with its Sunni neighbours as well as with the West.

There is, literally, a world of difference between the statements "e;Everyone should have adequate food,"e; and "e;Everyone has the right to adequate food.

Questions how the church and state should be related, through an examination of the relationship between divine and political authority.

The quotable Ai WeiweiThis collection of quotes demonstrates the elegant simplicity of Ai Weiwei's thoughts on key aspects of his art, politics, and life.

Mexican American Religions is a concise introduction to the religious life of Mexican American people in the United States.

The Rise and Fall of Human Rights provides a groundbreaking ethnographic investigation of the Palestinian human rights world-its NGOs, activists, and "e;victims,"e; as well as their politics, training, and discourse-since 1979.

This collection considers how religious identity interplays with other forms and contexts of identity, specifically those related to sexual identity.

This book offers a chance for greater understanding of the political and religious groups in Islam that have contributed to events pre and post September 11th, and clearer insights into Muslim/Christian relations today.

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 book explores how non-governmental organizations (NGOs), with their sphere of influence within the State and beyond, enrich the international community by working on critical areas affecting people's lives and expectations, to facilitate a more humanising international law.

This engaging textbook provides a critical analysis of the legitimacy and effectiveness of the European Convention on Human Rights and its practical operation.

A history of colonial legacies in United Nations peacekeeping operations in the aftermath of the Second World War.

Telling the crucial and under-studied story of the U.

Preaching in the Purple Zone is a resource for helping the church understand the challenges facing parish pastors, while encouraging and equipping preachers to address the vital justice issues of our time.

This is the first book devoted entirely to exploring Zizek's peculiar kind of Paulinism.

In the middle of the Mississippi Delta lies rural, black-majority Sunflower County.

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.

This book explores the vital role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in compensating for the market's and government's inability to provide vital services.

This book provides the first comprehensive account of the role played by the European Convention on Human Rights during the conflict in Northern Ireland from 1968.

The international doctrine of human rights is one of the most ambitious parts of the settlement of World War II.

This book asks whether sovereignty can guarantee international equality by exploring the discourses of sovereignty and their reliance on the notions of civilisation and savagery in two historical colonial encounters: the French explorations of Canada in the 16th century and the domestic troubles linked to the Wars of Religion.

The first sociology of religion textbook to begin the task of diversifying and decolonizing the study of religion, Sociology of Religion develops a sociological frame that draws together the personal, political and public, showing how religion - its origins, development and changes - is understood as a social institution, influenced by and influencing wider social structures.

The display of religious symbols in the public space has been the subject of much debate.

A study of the life and thought of the Iranian philosopher Ahmad Fardid and the development of political philosophy in post-revolutionary Iran.

Comprehensive and accessible, this one-stop resource examines the history, development, and present state of free speech issues on college campuses, including a range of political perspectives and viewpoints.

Japan and the United States are under global and domestic pressures to simultaneously expand and to restrict immigration.

This book offers a systematic, sociological and penological exploration of the most up-to-date uses of electronic tagging (also known as electronic monitoring).

In tracing the origins of the modern human-rights movement, historians typically point to two periods: the 1940s, in which decade the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was ratified by the United Nations General Assembly; and the 1970s, during which numerous human rights nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), most notably Amnesty International and Medecins Sans Frontieres, came into existence.

Vaccination programmes now represent a major part of the effort devoted to improving the health of children in developing countries.

This book examines the continuing devastation in the Darfur region of Sudan, from the perspective of a multiplicity of conflicts of distinct types.

Greater Freedom offers a groundbreaking long-term community study of Wilson County, North Carolina.

This edited volume critically examines the widely supported doctrine of the 'Responsibility to Protect', and investigates the claim that it embodies progressive values in international politics.

Shortlisted for the British Academy Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2018.

This book shows how children's work can take on widely differing forms; and how it can both harm and benefit children.

This is a completely revised and updated second edition of Rights Before Courts (2005, paper edition 2008).

This contributed volume takes a comprehensive look at factors that impact correctional health care and the related implications for public health and public health policy.

Political Campaigning in the U.

This is an innovative contribution to the philosophy of human rights.

Exploring the concepts of collaboration, resistance, and postwar retribution and focusing on the Chetnik movement, this book analyses the politics of memory.

Argues that European human rights law must acknowledge that autonomy is dependent on the existence of trusting and caring relationships.