Political control and freedoms Books

This study maps the interactions between human rights norms and values, on the one hand, and conflict resolution, post-conflict peace-building and reconstruction, on the other. It advances the view both from a theoretical and practical standpoint, that...

The principles behind the Bill of Rights have helped elevate human civilization to a level of liberty never before seen in history. The American experiment inspired the spread of written constitutions and declarations of rights throughout the world,...

Procedures are used today in all areas of life including business, education, politics and as in this study to determine a group's ethnicity. American Indians are the only ethnic group that must petition to the United States government to validate...

Relying on René Girard's theory of mimetic desire and the dramatic theologyof Raymund Schwager, this monograph examines the fragility and failure ofthe human rights system when faced with escalating global violence. One ofthe author's central concerns is...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Thema: Völkerrecht und Menschenrechte, Note: 1,0, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (Institut für praktische Philosophie), Veranstaltung: Menschenrechte,...

"The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer."- Donald Trump in his Inaugural AddressBut just who are these "forgotten people"? They are conservative fundamentalists and proud citizens of the Redneck Republic, which lies within...

Events in the post Cold War era have challenged the notions of realism and realpolitik, with an upsurge in intrastate conflicts involving other actors than just the state. During this period, the international community has witnessed the limitations of...

A collection of the essential works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, one of leading thinkers of the Enlightenment. "The Confessions", regarded as the first modern autobiography, combines a retelling of the first fifty three years of his eventful with...

When you want to know what's happening in the White House or on Capitol Hill, turn to this objective, comprehensive resource for concise answers to your questions.

In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, a plethora of photographic journals, eye witness accounts and analyses was released. However, no one looked at the dark Bin Laden energy that is present in society and in us all. In Stalking The Predator: The...

With the approach of an expert jurist in international law as well as in security and defense, this book reveals the model of oppression designed by the dictatorship that devastates Venezuela, addressing in detail each of the lines of the malevolent...

This timely and unique book explores the concept of colorism, which is discrimination based on the color of a person's skin, in a world where arguably light skin is privileged over dark, and one's wealth, health, and opportunities are impacted by skin...

This book explores the challenges of conflict resolution in protracted conflicts and conceptualises and analyses the practice of engagement without recognition in de facto states. Increasingly, engagement without recognition is seen as a promising...

This book focuses on small-scale mobilization and everyday social movements that take the form of grassroots resistance and solidarity initiatives.

This edited book provides a range of perspectives on the handling of particular aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic across the principal states of South Asia. As the first academic volume to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in South Asia, it examines such...

The book explores the complex, multi-directional connections of the "mobility/security nexus" in the re-ordering of states, empires, and markets in historical perspective.Contributing to a vivid academic debate, the book offers in-depth studies on how...

This speech by John Quincy Adams, former President of the United States and then a congressman, is a powerful defense of the people's right to petition the government and express their opinions freely. Adams argues against a series of resolutions that...

Formerly able to over-rule provincial laws, Canada is now helpless to stop Quebec and other provinces from acting against national interests. The author examines the high cost of decentralisation and its dire implications for Canada's future.

Against the prevailing interpretations which disqualify a Foucauldian approach from the discourse of freedom, this study offers a novel concept of political freedom and posits freedom as the primary axiological motif of Foucault's writing. Based on a...

These are the essential writings of a man who inspired a new, egalitarian socialist regime in the Middle East, which is currently fighting for survival against religious extremism and state violence. Abdullah Ocalan led the struggle for Kurdish...

The prison writings of Kurdish freedom fighter and PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan

Black Liberation/Red Scare is a study of an African American Communist leader, Ben Davis, Jr. (1904-64). Though it examines the numerous grassroots campaigns that he was involved in, it is first and foremost a study of the man and secondarily a study of...

"A unique blend of theoretical insight and empirical rigor sets this book apart from similar studies on the subject."--Journal of Third World Studies"Both radical and convincingly well-informed."--Austrian Journal of Political Science"Arat offers a study...

Gacaca is an innovative form of justice that the Rwandan government will use to try the more than 100,000 participants in the 1994 genocide. Instead of putting suspects before the statutory-law courts that existed prior to 1994, the government is...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

""Citizenship and the Duties of a Citizen"" is a non-fiction book written by Walter L. Sheldon. The book is a comprehensive guide on the concept of citizenship and the responsibilities that come with being a citizen. It explores the various aspects of...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This book examines the impact and effects of refugee externalisation policies in two regions: Australia's border control practices in Southeast Asia and the Pacific and the activities of the European Union and its member states in North Africa. The book...

This book examines how states justify the domestic use of military force to foreign audiences.By deploying a sociological approach to legitimacy and drawing on conceptual tools which deal directly with the dynamics of justification, it offers a novel...

We live in an algorithmic society. Algorithms have become the main mediator through which power is enacted in our society. This book brings together three academic fields - Public Administration, Criminal Justice and Urban Governance - into a single...

This book analyses securitization processes outside of the West, with a focus on Africa. The aim of the volume is to develop an original analytical framework to explain the securitization-neo-patrimonialism dynamics in West Africa, drawing upon insights...

Based on an ethnographic study of mobilisations of the Comorian diaspora in Marseille during political and cultural events, the book examines communitarisation in relation to three thematic areas, namely spaces, cultural markets and local politics...

This book conducts a gendered critique of the 'principle of distinction' in international humanitarian law (IHL), with a focus on recent conflicts in Africa.The 'principle of distinction' is core to IHL, and regulates who can and cannot be targeted in...

This book offers a theory and model of counterterrorism based on emancipation and non-violence.Critical Terrorism Studies (CTS) scholars have produced wide-ranging and rich critiques of terrorism-related research, as well as state counterterrorism...

The basic idea of common security is not complex. It is that no country can obtain security, in the long run, simply by taking unilateral decisions about its own military forces. This is because security depends also on the actions and reactions of...

Boat arrivals have defined and divided 21st-century Australia. This book examines the 'Stop the Boats' era from between the 2013 and 2022 federal elections. During this time the dominant political view has been that to accept a single boat, family or...

This book provides a critical understanding of the emerging role of African militaries in peacetime democratic Africa. This book departs from the dominant perspective which simply presents the military as an 'enemy' of democracy because of the history...

This book analyzes how states extend their sovereignty beyond their territories through the language of diasporas.An increasing number of states are interested in supporting, managing or controlling their populations abroad, something they define as...