Political control and freedoms Books

Social structure may historically have been of primary importance in accounting for the attitudes and behaviour of many citizens, but now changes in social structure have diminished the role played by class and religious affiliation, whilst the...

The book explores the current role of nationality from the point of view of international law, reassessing the validity of the 'classical', state-centered, approach to nationality in light of the 'new' role the human being is gradually acquiring within...

This volume seeks to understand the central role of governments in intra-state conflicts.The book explores how the government in any society plays two pivotal roles: as a deterrent against those who would use violence; and as a potential danger to the...

EU equality law is multidimensional in being based on different rationales and concepts. Consequently, the concept of discrimination has become fragmented, with different instruments envisaging different scopes of protection. This raises questions as to...

Examining the prospects for building a regional community in Northeast Asia, this book considers the foreign policies of the individual states as well as the impact of domestic politics on the regionalist agenda. It outlines the emerging...

This fascinating new collection of essays on Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) explores the 'non-military' aspects of British special operations in the Second World War. It details how SOE was established in the summer of 1940 to 'set Europe...

A Human Security Doctrine for Europe explores the actual needs of individual people in conflict areas, rather than using a conventional institutional or geo-political perspectives. This new volume proposes that Europe should develop a...

This book examines women's activism in the early years of independent Indonesia when new attitudes to gender, nationalism, citizenship and democratization were forming. It questions the meaning of democratization for women and their relationship to...

J. Ann Tickner is ranked among the most influential scholars of international relations. As one of the founders of the field of feminist international relations, she is also among the most pioneering. In many ways her academic career has traced the...

El asilo político es un derecho que puede solicitar ante un estado extranjerocualquier persona que tenga un temor fundado de persecución por su raza, genero, ideología, nacionalidad, orientación sexual, religión, opinión política o simplemente por...

Towards a New Nigeria begins by framing the systemic challenges in Nigeria. In the book, Obinna Izeogu lays out the nine essential problems Nigeria faces. They are poverty, the economy, gender equality, a poor standard of education, unemployment, health...

Sison Reader Series Book 19, Imperialism in Various Global Regions consists of Jose Maria Sison's writings (articles, speeches, statements, interviews and messages) from 1976 to 2022 on the workings of imperialism led by the United States and the...

In 1921, there was a peasant rebellion in Malabar in present-day Kerala. The British colonialists attempted to give it a communal colour since most peasants were Muslim and the landlords Hindu. This narrative suited the landlords and served their...

Navigate the complex landscape of global governance with "Global Governance and Advocacy Compass: A Handbook for 2024." Published by Advocacy Unified Network, this comprehensive guide sheds light on the significant events, policy shifts, and advocacy...

Vier Jahre nach Verabschiedung der ersten Stufe der Föderalismusreform ist es Zeit für eine erste Bilanz: Sind die angestrebten Ziele der Entflechtung von Kompetenzen und der Verringerung des Blockadepotenzials des Bundesrates...

Der Föderalismus steht seit längerem in der Kritik von Wissenschaftlern, Politikern und interessierten Bürgern. Er wird gleichermaßen für Ineffizienz und politischen Stillstand in Deutschland verantwortlich gemacht. Mit der von...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Politik - Thema: Völkerrecht und Menschenrechte, Note: 1.3, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Obwohl die Schweiz bereits in ihrer Präambel die „Offenheit gegenüber der...

How does the nexus between security, human rights and good governance play out in the sustainable development context? Based on state-of-the-field, interdisciplinary research with a global perspective, Leaving no one behind, leaving no one unaccountable...

This is how you achieve changeFridays for Future. Just Stop Oil. Black Lives Matter.From Greta Thunberg's inspiring school strike in Sweden to emerging 'hacktivism' in Ethiopia and Iran to the toppling of the statue of a notorious slave trader in...

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Many authors have written biographies of leading freedom fighters like the great Bhagat Singh, Mahatma Gandhi and others. India's Freedom Fighters in Armsis a compilation of life stories of many such known and unknown freedom fighters who dared to...

Long live female empire , There's hope , The rise and rise of the female empire Inequality is the question...Are you the answer? Equality: ♀ = ♂, 3+1 wise women and the feminist dream, Woman Power, feminism activists, The power of women, No woman No.....

Beginning with an overview of the Framers' debates over the construction and duties of the office, the work explores the three primary charges of the office (administrator, military commander, diplomat), the legal and constitutional perimeters of the...

Die ""Denkschrift �����ber die Verh�����ltnisse des Herzogtums Limburg"" ist ein historisches Werk des deutschen Autors Heinrich Ludwig Bronner. Es wurde erstmals im Jahr 1848 ver������ffentlicht und beschreibt die politischen, wirtschaftlichen und...

""Dello Ordinamento Nazionale"" ����� un saggio storico-politico scritto da Giuseppe Montanelli nel 1862. Il libro analizza l'ordinamento nazionale italiano, ovvero il sistema politico e amministrativo del Regno d'Italia del XIX secolo. Montanelli...

De Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek En Rhodesia (1896) is een historisch boek geschreven door Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller. Het boek gaat over de geschiedenis van de Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek en Rhodesi����� in de late 19e eeuw. Muller beschrijft de...

De Zee Betwist: Geschiedenis Der Onderhandelingen Over De Zeeheerschappij (1877) is een boek geschreven door Maurits Cornelis Tideman. Het boek gaat over de geschiedenis van de onderhandelingen over de heerschappij op zee. Het behandelt de verschillende...

Le livre ""De La Condition Politique Et Civile Des Femmes, Partie 1 (1872)"" �����crit par Duverger, Alexandre Jacques Veron, est une analyse approfondie de la situation politique et civile des femmes ������ l'�����poque. L'auteur explore les droits et...

The concept that certain objects and persons may be legitimately attacked during armed conflicts has been well recognised and developed through the history of warfare. This book explores the relationship between international law and targeting practice...

Exercising Human Rights investigates why human rights are not universally empowering and why this damages people attempting to exercise rights. It takes a new approach in looking at humans as the subject of human rights rather than the object and exposes...

This book provides the first empirical analysis of lone-actor terrorist behaviour.Based upon a unique dataset of 111 lone actors that catalogues the life span of the individual's development, the book contains important insights into what an analysis of...

In 1990, after the end of the Pinochet regime, the newly-elected democratic government of Chile established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to investigate and report on some of the worst human rights violations committed under the...

Within the context of the 2009 Kampala Convention, this book examines how a balance can be struck between the imperative of development projects and the rights of persons likely to be displaced in Africa.Following independence, many African states...

The extractive sector is a particular area of expertise for Canada and more than half of Canada's mining assets abroad are located in Latin America, specifically in Brazil, Peru, Chile, and Colombia. The Canada-Colombia accord was the first free-trade...

This book examines how internal and external security are blurring at the EU level, and the implications this has for EU security governance and the EU as a security actor.The EU claims that 'internal and external security are inseparable' and requires a...

Christians in the Middle East have come under increasing pressure in recent years with the rise of radical Islam. Nowhere is this truer than in Egypt, where the large Coptic Christian community has traditionally played an important role in the country's...

Where is Egypt headed? Did the people 'bring down the government,' as the thousands of demonstrators in Tahrir Square claimed in January 2011? What has taken place since the fall of the Mubarak regime the following month? Why was political Islam,...

Throughout the world, development has been affected by armed violence - from civil wars and separatist struggles to explosions of religious and communal violence and terrorism. Ethnolinguistic and religious diversity, rivalries among regional groups and...

Security concerns increasingly influence foreign aid: how Western countries give aid, to whom and why. With contributions from experts in the field, this book examines the impact of security issues on six of the world's largest aid donors, as well as on...

This study examines the history and politics of Turkey-EU relations since 1959, exploring the complex interaction of geostrategic and normative concerns which have resulted in the current lack of accession progress and Turkey's slide to authoritarianism.

The Rule of Law and the Rule of God examines the competing regimes of law and religion, using the concept of rule to illustrate the patterns of their interactions, and a multidisciplinary approach to demonstrate the global scope of their influence. It...

Shifting to an online world has drastically changed political communication. From producers of news and the consumers receiving it, from how campaigns communicate with voters to how elected officials connect with constituents, technology has disrupted...

The abuses and atrocities committed against indigenous populations during the colonial era are coming back to haunt the old imperial powers. As the idea of retributive justice becomes increasingly popular, former colonizing countries such as Britain,...

This book is about both the symbolic and the real struggles for the control of the EU's agenda on participatory democracy in the last fifteen years. The book analyzes how civil society organizations contributed to an agenda which has implications for the...