Political control and freedoms

Mexico's movement toward independence from Spain was a key episode in the dissolution of the great Spanish Empire, and its accompanying armed conflict arguably the first great war of decolonization in the nineteenth century.

Independence from colonial rule did not usher in the halcyon days many North Africans had hoped for, as the new governments in Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria soon came to rely on repression to reinforce and maintain power.

Through the example of Baltimore, Maryland, David Taft Terry explores the historical importance of African American resistance to Jim Crow laws in the South's largest cities.

The revolutionary upheaval currently sweeping across Western democracies on parade under the banner term woke calls for rethinking the foundations of ethics and politics.

Tennessee has made tremendous strides in race relations since the end of de jure segregation.

In a time when the question of American religious identity underlies much political conversation that fills the public square, Dennis Goldford directs his readers to consider the First Amendment.

Immigration, Citizenship and Insecurity: An Australian Story explores how Australia's policies on migration and nationality have shaped citizenship and social inclusion.

Most countries on the African continent have ratified or acceded to several human rights treaties, including the Torture Convention and the African Charter on Human and People's Rights.

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This book provides a comprehensive contemporary and timely account of the protection of indigenous knowledge in Africa by examining issues such as the nature of indigenous knowledge as part of indigenous property and as the fulcrum of indigenous communities in Africa.

Wie man den Rechtsstaat gegen Rechtsextremismus verteidigt: Der jährliche ReportDer Report »Recht gegen rechts« deckt rechte Tendenzen innerhalb der Justiz, der Verwaltung und der Parlamente auf und analysiert erfolgreiche rechtliche Gegenstrategien.

Stephen Haliczer has mined rich documentary sources to produce the most comprehensive and enlightening picture yet of the Inquisition in Spain.

Following liberation in April 1945, Vienna was characterized by destruction, cold, hunger, and an acute housing shortage.

This book is concerned with the Maroons of Accompong Town in Jamaica.

In 1907, the federal government declared that any American woman marrying a foreigner had to assume the nationality of her husband, and thereby denationalized thousands of American women.

Problem Society is an essential introduction to the many facets of divided societies.

The book illuminates the nature, extent, and political implications of normative conflicts between environmental protection laws and human rights.

This book examines the narratives and collective emotions of diaspora groups who originate from Turkey and now live in Australia, focusing on their experiences of collective victimhood, competitive victimhood, and intergroup emotions in relation to other diaspora groups from Turkey.

This book explores the critical issue of how to manage the ever-increasing demand for social care in Britain's ageing society.

This multifaceted reference work surveys the history, development, leadership, and priorities of Black Lives Matter (BLM), including the group's efforts to raise public awareness of police violence in communities of color.

Though there are several studies devoted to aspects of Martin Luther King Jr.