Political control and freedoms

A collection of essays and responses from diverse contributors united in original examination of the intersection between incarceration and human rights.

Although the moral and ethical dimensions of NATO presence in Afghanistan has been the focus of debate by politicians and media alike, questions of the religious culture and spirituality that underlie the complexities of both the conflict and convictions of those affected have rarely been discussed.

Following the fatal shooting in broad daylight of unarmed African American Michael Brown by a white cop in August 2014, Ferguson, Missouri became the scene of protests that pitted law enforcement against locals and Black Lives matter activists.

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status.

This book examines the history of standardized testing in Ontario leading to the current context and its impact on racialized identities, particularly on Grade 3 students, parents, and educators.

How do you get away with the murder of 11 million people?

The president of Southern Seminary reveals how secularism has infiltrated every aspect of society and how Christians, equipped with the gospel of Jesus Christ, can meet it head on with hope, confidence, and steadfast conviction.

Why it's wrong to single out religious liberty for special legal protectionsThis provocative book addresses one of the most enduring puzzles in political philosophy and constitutional theory-why is religion singled out for preferential treatment in both law and public discourse?

They framed Eddie Conway for murder and locked him away for life, but they couldn't stop him from organizing.

The protection of vulnerable groups varies under international human rights law.

This title gives students and other users a clear understanding of the true state of voting and representative democracy in the United States by impartially examining claims surrounding voter fraud, voter suppression, gerrymandering, and other voting-related issues in the U.

This two-volume book addresses the economic transformation occurring in China at present.

How a fraying social fabric is fueling the outrage of rural AmericansWhat is fueling rural America's outrage toward the federal government?

Are Eastern Orthodoxy and evangelicalism at all compatible?

This book focuses on emerging issues related to internal displacement in Africa.

Win the War for Your Own IntegrityAfter Phil Robertson quoted Scripture in an interview with a national magazine, his hit show, Duck Dynasty, put him on ';indefinite hiatus.

A history of the battles over US immigrants' rights since 1965-and how these conflicts reshaped access to education, employment, civil liberties, and moreThe 1965 Hart-Celler Act transformed the American immigration system by abolishing national quotas in favor of a seemingly egalitarian approach.

Based on two years of ethnographic research in the southern suburbs of Beirut, An Enchanted Modern demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand.

In this book, the protection of personal data is compared for eight EU member states,namely France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Romania, Italy, Sweden andthe Netherlands.

In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, and in light of socio-economic and geopolitical challenges facing governments old and new, women's rights and empowerment have gained new urgency and relevance.

The terror campaign by pro-Indonesian armed groups before, during, and after East Timor's independence referendum in 1999 was a blatant challenge to the international community as many of the acts of murder, political intimidation, destruction, and mass deportation took place before the eyes of the world.

Once one of the wealthiest cities in America, Charleston, South Carolina, established a society built on the racial hierarchies of slavery and segregation.

The story of a man navigating an era of upheaval, persecution, and suspicion: "e;A must read for students of 20th-century political and intellectual history.

This book brings together leading and emerging scholars and practitioners to present an overview of how regional, international and transnational courts and tribunals are engaging with the environment.

Confronting the Bomb tells the dramatic, inspiring story of how citizen activism helped curb the nuclear arms race and prevent nuclear war.

This book is a tribute to the work of Professor Terry Gill, offered to him by friends and colleagues who are also academics and/or practitioners in the field of International Law of Military Operations (ILMO).

This work provides a concise, authoritative, and illuminating overview of the Executive Office of the President of the United States.

In this important book, a distinguished group of historians, political scientists, and legal experts explore three related issues: the Immigration and Naturalization Service's historic review of its citizenship evaluation, recent proposals to alter the oath of allegiance and the laws governing dual citizenship, and the changing rights and responsibilities of citizens and resident aliens in the United States.

This book develops a new approach to the analysis of civil-military relations by focusing on the effectiveness of the armed forces in fulfilling roles & missions, and on their efficiency in terms of cost.

In this book, Nicolas Laos studies the meaning of the terms "e;world"e; and "e;order,"e; the moral dimensions of each world order model, and wider issues of meaning and interpretation generated by humanity's attempt to live in a meaningful world and to find the logos of the beings and things in the world.

What Kansas really tells us about red state AmericaNo state has voted Republican more consistently or widely or for longer than Kansas.

This volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law takes a close look at the role of so-called "e;expert manuals"e; in the interpretation and development of the international law of armed conflict and connected branches of international law relating to military operations.

A groundbreaking history of the last days of the French empire in AfricaAs the French public debates its present diversity and its colonial past, few remember that between 1946 and 1960 the inhabitants of French colonies possessed the rights of French citizens.

This book tells the story of the emergence of the concept of crimes against humanity.

This book is an examination of how the law understands human identity and the whole notion of 'human being'.

A searing study of how modern reproductive politics shapes women's bodily agency Pregnancy indisputably takes place within a woman's body.

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In this book, university teachers provide case studies illustrating methods employed to prepare citizens for meaningful participation in democracies, whether long-standing, young or emerging.

Este volumen se propone abordar, desde el derecho del consumidor, el tratamiento jurídico de la particular situación de vulnerabilidad de los usuarios frente a las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TICs), puesta de manifiesto con mayor evidencia durante la pandemia causada por el coronavirus.

Transitional justice, commonly defined as the process of confronting the legacies of past human rights abuses and atrocities, often does not produce the kinds of results that are imagined.

In this sweeping, definitive work, historian David Crowe offers an unflinching account of the long and troubled history of genocide and war crimes.

Kommune, das ist weit mehr als eine Verwaltungseinheit, das sind wir alle.

Countering the commonplace view of teaching as inclusive, this collection highlights the persistence of inequalities in the teaching profession.

Welche Potenziale birgt der Sachunterricht in der Grundschule für politische Bildungs- und Lernprozesse?

Hanne-Margret Birckenbach ist Trägerin des Göttinger Friedenspreises 2023.

How Tory Governments Fall is a landmark study of the forces that shape - and ultimately destroy - political power.

This book re-conceptualizes civil society engagement with global governance institutions in the field of development in terms of opposition.

This book titled, ';International Human Rights Law' provides readers with an introduction to international human rights instruments.

Sollte Extremismusprävention ein Teil politischer Bildung sein?