Political control and freedoms Books

No Text This standard text has stood the test of time, and is still in demand, 15 years after its first publication. It shows what works to help people identify what is wrong in their lives and how they can bring about change. Social and community...

FOI laws are important in democracy because they guarantee the 'right to know'. It exists in more than 90 countries and helps to expose corruption and maladministration, and assures transparency in public decision making. But problems persist, with...

The collapse of communism and the process of state building that ensued in the 1990s have highlighted the existence of significant minorities in many European states, particularly in Central Europe. In this context, the growing plight of Europe's biggest...

Freedom House, which operates out of Washington DC, is committed to the highest standards of both freedom and democracy in America. They believe "that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people".But they...

La propaganda a través de la historia es un estudio indispensable para comprender la evolución de la propaganda como divulgación manipulativa en sus diferentes aspectos y métodos revisando su empleo general principalmente...

Recently, Black America has been portrayed as the most maligned and persecuted people group in history, and the perpetrators have been identified as Europeans and their descendants. While the treatment of black people, worldwide and in America, by...

A straightforward discussion of the issues surrounding immigration U.S. immigration has been the subject of furious debates for decades. On one side, politicians and the media talk about aliens and criminals, with calls to “deport them all...

Refugees and asylum-seekers are high up on many people's political agenda. Even so, there is a remarkable lack of information. Who are these asylum-seekers? Aren't they almost all "bogus"? How do western immigration authorities decide whether or not they...

The environment within which humans interact has changed dramatically since the Industrial Revolution. However, their expectations stem from the same hopes and dreams people have had from the beginning of humankind. When Men Revolt and Why encourages...

HONORABLE people breathe life into the "Constitution". Otherwise, it is just an old piece of parchment resting securely under bulletproof glass in a museum. "Civil Liberties" are just an illusion.

This edited volume empirically maps and theorises NATO-ISAF's contribution to peacebuilding and reconstruction in Afghanistan. The book provides a contextual framework of the NATO participation in Afghanistan; it offers an outline of the security...

As globalization has brought about new concerns and responsibilities for business, particularly in the realm of human rights, many multinational corporations (MNC) operating in Asia have argued that such rights are the responsibility of government...

This series of scholarly essays explores the unpleasant realities of modern politics-and American politics in particular-by examining how self-interest, war, violence, deception, and institutional failure continue to characterize the political landscape.

This book highlights the linkages between politics and governance and the arts. The essays in the volume show how literature and music have challenged those in power to stir up national fervour and found themselves at the receiving end of political...

In this timely treatise, Samuel Jones examines the history and philosophy of the right to vote. Drawing on legal and political theory, Jones argues for the expansion of suffrage beyond its traditional limits to include women and minorities. This book is...

A powerful and timely book that examines the role of the individual in democracy and speaks to the challenges facing society today. With insightful analysis and firsthand accounts, Pepper offers a unique perspective on the power of the citizen and how...

Jean-Joseph Mounier propose ici une réflexion sur l'organisation politique de la France au XVIIIe siècle, en s'inspirant des principes de la philosophie des Lumières. Ce livre offre une analyse approfondie des différents régimes politiques et propose des...

This book, the result of 40 years of Hegel research, gives an integral interpretation of G.W.F. Hegel's mature practical philosophy as contained in his textbook, Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts, published in 1820, and...

Frustrated by so many friends and relatives who repeat the old saw, "What can one person do about it?" the author believes the time is right for a call to action about many obvious problems of society. In the tradition exemplified by Thomas Paine he has...

The North American Review V179, Part 2 (1904) is a collection of essays, articles, and reviews published by the North American Review Corporation in 1904. The book covers a wide range of topics, including politics, economics, literature, and social...

The North American Review V174, Part 1 (1902) is a collection of essays, articles, and reviews published by the North American Review Corporation. This volume contains a wide range of topics, including political and social issues, literature and the...

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 volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the practice of disappearances in Mexico, from the period of the so-called 'dirty war' to the current crisis of disappearances associated with the country's 'war on drugs', during which more than...

Making Citizenship Work seeks to address questions of how a community reaches a place where it can actually make citizenship work.  A second question addressed is "What does citizenship represent to different communities?"Across thirteen chapters a...

This book reveals how counterterrorism discourses and practices became the main tool of a systematic violation of human rights in Egypt after the Arab Uprising.It examines how the civic and democratic uprising in Egypt turned into robust authoritarianism...

The third edition of The Human Rights Reader presents a variety of new primary documents and readings and elaborates the exploration of rights in the areas of race, gender, refugees, climate, Artificial Intelligence, drones and cyber security, and...

Some two decades will shortly have passed since the WTO's Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement came into force in 1995. TRIPS is widely considered to have had a negative impact on access to medicines through its rules on...

Guns in America: What Everyone Needs to Know takes readers on a tour of the issues that Americans debate when they talk about guns. The volume includes information on gun control pertaining to U.S. history, jurisprudence, cultural beliefs, political...

Realpolitik Ideology presents path-breaking research on the Indonesian military (TNI) going beyond traditional scholarship on the TNI's dual function or dwifungsi which has been one of the dominating fields of analysis in Indonesian studies since the...

The Pages that follow were written in the aftermath of the COVID-19 Global Pandemic by Adam Michael Hollick in March/April of 2023. It is my belief that the Pandemic was, in fact, World War 3. Therefore, this book is drafted as my CAMPAIGN PLAN to earn...

Northeast India is a unique mix of ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic diversity. The British policies of the 19th and 20th centuries encouraged movement of settlers into Assam and Bengal for increasing productivity and reclaiming barrer tracts of...

'To keep at it with our dissent and our protest is a sign that our humanity is alive' - Swara BhaskerFrom the Anna Andolan in 2011 to the anti-CAA-NRC movement in 2019, a fierce spirit of liberty has gripped the nation over the last decade. Across the...

 "Legacy Of Human Rights " is a convincing investigation of the immortal battle for major opportunities that have molded the course of history. In this wise and provocative book, the account unfurls from the perspective of essential minutes,...

International Criminal Tribunals, established to prosecute those responsible for the gravest crimes of mankind, have been subject to criticism because of prolonged periods of pre-trial detention endured by suspects. This study discusses whether the...

The profound human devastation generated by ethnic conflict has led many scholars to seek both the source and solution to this violence. This book considers Michael Ignatieff's theory regarding ethnic conflict and applies Afghanistan as a case study...

The Weimar Republic rests in many minds as a period of new and greatpersonal freedom. Despite this new freedom, gay German men still had todeal with the existence of Paragraph 175, the law against male homosexualacts. In response, gay German men worked...

Nach 9/11 hat sich die Welt radikal verändert. In seinem 2018 erschienenen Buch IMPOSSIBLE MISSION 9/11 hat sein Autor, Oliver Janisch, die Frage gestellt: Wie haben sie es gemacht? Im vorliegenden Buch wird die Frage gestellt: Warum haben sie es...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Politik - Region: USA, Note: 2,0, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit untersucht die Menschenrechtspolitik unter Obama aus...

The book studies representations of the Other, their construction, Europeanization and use in Poland and Sweden in various heritage related contexts. The book accentuates the social inclusion, marginalization or - increasingly common in Scandinavian and...

This book addresses new challenges of development in the 21st century. Issues connected with globalization, political challenges, entrepreneurship, institutional design, clean energy, health service, gender in developing regions are analyzed. All those...

The book compares essential factors for democratization in Romania. It focuses on citizens' democratic resources and on political elites' behavior. It highlights the role played by ordinary citizens in the contention of populist elites and their...

The main theme of this book revolves around the idea of Europeanization of the Western Balkans. In that respect, the volume discusses the fight against corruption and regional relations in former Yugoslav states, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo,...

The fourth Central and Eastern European Forum for Legal, Political, and Social Theory Yearbook reassesses central concepts of modern constitutionalism between the poles of law and politics: separation of powers, constitutional review, and constitutional...

In the Baltic States, referendums are being activated either automatically, by public authorities or by the citizens. In each republic, however, there are several citizen-unfriendly legal obstacles that do not only restrict the use of these democratic...

This study addresses the contemporary conflict of national identity in Sudan between the adherents of Islamic nationalism and those of customary secularism. Diverse theoretical models for the formation of a nation-state are considered, where diversity is...

The goal of this study is to provide a general overview and thorough analysis of how the European Court of Human Rights deals with tort law issues such as damage, causation, wrongfulness and fault, the protective purpose of rules, remedies and the...