Political control and freedoms

Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which starts memorably with Article 1: we are all born free and equal, Freedom is an enthralling anthology of short stories by some of the world's top writers.

While social scientists, beginning with Weber, envisioned a secularized world, religion today is forthrightly becoming a defining feature of life all around the globe.

The issue of abortion forces a confrontation with the effects of poverty and economic inequalities, local moral worlds, and the cultural and social perceptions of the female body, gender, and reproduction.

As the European Union faces the ongoing challenges of legitimacy, identity, and social cohesion, an understanding of the social purpose and direction of EU citizenship becomes increasingly vital.

The Second World War spawned a plethora of crack special forces units (Long Range Desert Group, SAS, SBS, Phantom and Commandos) but 30 Assault Unit remains, even today, far more secretive and exclusive than the others.

Mugabe’s dictatorship had survived due to the vicious military oppression of the population and the ruthless suppression of opposition.

When the Second World War ended, England was bombed-out and starving, with practically every saleable commodity rationed.

Written with empathy and lucidity, Mukherjees book combines hard fact with sensitive insight in his approach to the regions landscape, people and history.

The history of human civilizations is also the history of human displacements.

A helpful and positive illustrated guide to exacting the change in the world you want to see, using the tools you already have at your disposal.

Has the communication of politics become professionalised?

The fissures that have split the United Kingdom in the last decades have run through Northern Ireland.

The rise of American Empire has coincided with appeals for a more humane war.

Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, uncovers a systematic campaign to persecute Assange.

Borders harm all of us: they must be abolished.

Quel est le rôle du chrétien et de l’Église dans la société africaine francophone ?

Quel est le rôle du chrétien et de l’Église dans la société africaine francophone ?

The erosion of moral values on a global scale has left nations vulnerable to greed, power, and violence as the shaping forces of culture.

The erosion of moral values on a global scale has left nations vulnerable to greed, power, and violence as the shaping forces of culture.

This book is a collection of 12 new essays on the topic of Kant's account of citizenship, the first book-length text on this topic.

Power and Protest presents chapters that analyse the dynamics of power in social movements.

Power and Protest presents chapters that analyse the dynamics of power in social movements.

In the vast expanse of human history, migration has been an ever-present phenomenon.

Under the tenure of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the political system in Hungary has moved significantly in an autocratic direction, yet there is a lack of research explaining the historical context, political landscape and drive behind this shift.

Under the tenure of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the political system in Hungary has moved significantly in an autocratic direction, yet there is a lack of research explaining the historical context, political landscape and drive behind this shift.

This work represents the definitive account of the Jewish community in central Africa.

The television broadcasting culture of Pakistan was changed dramatically in 2002.

The television broadcasting culture of Pakistan was changed dramatically in 2002.

'Two Romes have fallen.

'Two Romes have fallen.

During World War II, jazz embodied everything that was appealing about a democratic society as envisioned by the Western Allied powers.

During World War II, jazz embodied everything that was appealing about a democratic society as envisioned by the Western Allied powers.

Published between 1906 and 1930, Molla Nasreddin was a satirical Azeri periodical edited by Jalil Mammadguluzadeh and named after the legendary Sufi wise man-cum-fool of the Middle Ages (who reputedly lived in the thirteenth century in the Ottoman Empire).

Published between 1906 and 1930, Molla Nasreddin was a satirical Azeri periodical edited by Jalil Mammadguluzadeh and named after the legendary Sufi wise man-cum-fool of the Middle Ages (who reputedly lived in the thirteenth century in the Ottoman Empire).

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, nation building and identity construction in the post-socialist region have been the subject of extensive academic research.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, nation building and identity construction in the post-socialist region have been the subject of extensive academic research.

Art is continuously subjected to insidious forms of censorship.

Art is continuously subjected to insidious forms of censorship.

WINNER OF A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE AWARD 2019The political violence that erupted towards the end of the twentieth century between the Peruvian state and militant group `Shining Path' left an indelible mark on the country that resonates even today.

A short walk from the glistening Nile nestled in a dusty Cairo street lies the Coptic Church of St.

A short walk from the glistening Nile nestled in a dusty Cairo street lies the Coptic Church of St.

In recent years, Islam whether via the derivatives of 'Political Islam' or 'Islamism' has come to be seen as an 'activist' force in social and political spheres worldwide.

In recent years, Islam whether via the derivatives of 'Political Islam' or 'Islamism' has come to be seen as an 'activist' force in social and political spheres worldwide.