Human rights, civil rights

Islamic powers in secular countries have presented a challenge for states around the world, including Indonesia, home to the largest Muslim population as well as the third largest democracy in the world.

Why does it matter that nations should care for their archives, and that they should develop a sense of shared identity?

This book explains the reciprocal relations between the Supreme Court and the Israeli political system.

The Routledge Handbook of Autocratization comprehensively and systematically explores the current understanding, and unchartered research paths, of autocratization.

A stimulating, theoretically driven examination of the relationship between human rights and the globalizing process.

A look at the duty of nations to protect human rights beyond borders, why it has failed in practice, and what can be done about itThe idea that states share a responsibility to shield people everywhere from atrocities is presently under threat.

A comparative look at evangelical churches across the U.

This work compiles experiences and lessons learned in meeting the unique needs of women and children regarding crime prevention and criminal justice, in particular the treatment and social reintegration of offenders, and serves a as a cross-disciplinary work for academic and policy-making analyses and follow-up in developing and developed countries.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was drafted by the UN Commission on Human Rights in the aftermath of the World War II in an attempt to address the wrongs of the past and plan for a better future for all.

The United States has been described as a nation with the soul of a church.

Many today place great hope in law as a vehicle for the transformation of society and accept that law is autonomous, universal, and above all, secular.

Published in conjunction with the PEN American Center, Burn This Book is a powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world, and ourselves.

This work assembles the best of Todd's (available) speeches and provides an analysis of their rhetorical and political significance.

An empirical account of the mismatch between Dutch foreign policy and their approach to human rights domestically.

A legal and cultural history of censorship, youth protection, and national identity in early twentieth-century Germany.

Using a variety of theoretical reflections and empirically grounded case studies, this book examines how certain kinds of imagination - political, artistic, historical, philosophical - help us tackle the challenge of comprehending and responding to various forms of political violence.

This volume analyses civil society as an important factor in the European refugee regime.

This book is an attempt to present the inside story of the Telangana movement that developed due to historical reasons.

A critical legal study of religion and state relations in Israel focusing on the religiously entrapped Palestinian-Arab individuals.

Are the world's oldest democracies failing?

In Black Suffering, James Henry Harris explores the nexus of injustices, privations, and pains that contribute to the daily suffering seen and felt in the lives of Black folks.

This book offers a much-needed critical overview of the concept of social justice and its application in professional social work practice.

Winner of the 2023 Eudora Welty PrizeThe civil rights movement is often defined narrowly, relegated to the 1950s and 1960s and populated by such colossal figures as Martin Luther King Jr.

This book is an empirical comparative study of the complexity of religion in the public spheres of the five Nordic countries.

Offering an authoritative study of the plural religious landscape in modern Syria and of the diverse Christian and Muslim communities that have cohabited the country for centuries, this volume considers a wide range of cultural, religious and political issues that have impacted the interreligious dynamic, putting them in their local and wider context.

The Philokalia (literally "e;love of the beautiful or good"e;) is, after the Bible, the most influential source of spiritual tradition within the Orthodox Church.

Secularism and Islam in Bangladesh comprehensively analyses the syncretistic form of Bengali Islam and its relationship with secularism in Bangladesh from pre-British to contemporary times.

This book examines the nature of conflict in Africa vis-a-vis the African Union (AU) peace and security architecture in Africa.

This book examines various attempts in the 'West' to manage cultural, linguistic, and religious diversity - focusing on Muslim minorities in predominantly non-Muslim societies.

The work of dismantling racism doesn't happen overnight.

Dangerous Talk examines the 'lewd, ungracious, detestable, opprobrious, and rebellious-sounding' speech of ordinary men and women who spoke scornfully of kings and queens.

Africa, with its mix of statute, custom and religion is at the centre of the debate about law and its impact on gender relations.

Judith Shklar called for a radical shift in political theory, toward a view of the history of ideas through the lens of exile.

This is a timely study of the international relations of Islamic states, dealing both with the evolving theory of pan-Islamism from classical to post-caliphal times and the foreign-policy practice of contemporary states, especially Saudi Arabia, Iran and Pakistan, from the colonial period to the global aftermath of September 11.

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

Leading experts from common law jurisdictions examine defamation and privacy, two major and interrelated issues for law and media.

What can literary theory reveal about discourses and practices of human rights, and how can human rights frameworks help to make sense of literature?

This book offers a meticulous empirical examination of Chinese democracy and its myriad discourses.

How states commit to UN human rights treaties, not only whether they do so, is crucial to improving human rights.

This book explains why, how, and where ethnic political parties unexpectedly seek votes from non-coethnics and when voters support non-coethnic parties.

The book presents an informed and wide-ranging examination of issues surrounding the development and future prospects of civil society in Eastern Europe.

The words Indian fighter recall Custer.

This book offers a deparochial account of global justice and addresses disenchantment stemming from its West-centricity and provincial theoretical formulations.

It is often said that we live under systems of injustice.

This book explores the range of meanings attributed to the terms 'judicial activism' and 'populism' in contemporary times and examines the potential interplay between these two phenomena.

This book examines the socio-political histories, religio-political agendas and politico-militant (and for some, non-violent) strategies of institutions of political Islam in Bangladesh.

This book examines how renewed forms of artistic activism were developed in the wake of the neoliberal repression since the 1980s.