In 1994 genocide in Rwanda claimed the lives of at least 500,000 Tutsisome three-quarters of their populationwhile UN peacekeepers were withdrawn and the rest of the world stood aside.
While analyzing the contentious debate over health care reform, this much-needed study also challenges the argument that treating medical patients like shoppers can significantly reduce health expenditures.
Provides a penetrating examination of how political rhetoric from public officials creates tensions via microaggression cues due to changing demographics, campaign rhetoric, and the use of social media.
Some Christians may be uncomfortable to think of Jesus as being political, since the word "e;politics"e; or "e;political"e; has evolved to have negative overtones and connotations in our world today, particularly in Africa, where this monograph from the Department of Theology and Religious Studies of the University of Malawi has originated.
This vital book considers the compelling and addictive hold that racism has had on centuries of Americans, explores historical and contemporary norms complicit in the problem, and appeals to the U.
A vivid history of how Cold War politics helped solve one of the twentieth century's biggest refugee crisesWhen World War II ended, about one million people whom the Soviet Union claimed as its citizens were outside the borders of the USSR, mostly in the Western-occupied zones of Germany and Austria.
The communities, congregations, and faith-based coalitions that have been working for racial justice over the past fifty yearsHave progressive religious organizations been missing in action in recent struggles for racial justice?
Mythen über vermeintliche Verschwörungen sind nicht neu, doch haben sie es im digitalen Medienzeitalter wesentlich leichter, sich nahezu unbegrenzt zu verbreiten, Meinungen zu prägen und damit das demokratische Miteinander zu beeinflussen.
Religion and Conspiracy Theories: An Introduction is the first accessible volume to systematically examine the relationship between religion and conspiracy theories in the contemporary world in critical and historical perspective.
This book explores how Europe can resolve its foreign fighter conundrum without losing its credibility as a guardian of the rule of law and human rights.
Desafíos, diferencias y deformaciones de la ciudadanía: mutantes y monstruos en la producción cultural latinoamericana reciente se inserta dentro del creciente interés en los estudios sobre ciudadanía al tener como objetivo el entender las diferentes formas en las que las políticas-económicas neoliberales cuestionan, controvierten e incluso mutan el concepto de ciudadanía y el consecuente derecho a la titularidad de una serie de libertades en un espacio cada vez más privatizado.
This book argues that the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should reconsider its approach to hate speech cases and develop a robust protection of freedom of expression as set out in the benchmark case of Handyside v the United Kingdom.
Drawing on Ireland as its primary case study, this book is an in- depth critical examination of how rights protection bodies and mechanisms are experienced by those in prison in Ireland.
A Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of 2025Published to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of his birth, the first major study of Malcolm X's influence in the sixty years since his assassination, exploring his enduring impact on culture, politics, and civil rights.
El Estado tiene la obligación de hacer realidad los derechos sociales (a la vivienda, a la educación, a la salud, a la alimentación, a la protección social) que consagra la Constitución.
The New Phase of Global Terrorism explores the nuances of the shift in the organization, strategy, and operation of terrorist groups into smaller and more robust terror groups in both the United States and international levels.
