Human rights, civil rights Books

The Modern Man is hypocritically boasting of unprecedented material progress in a world , where ,inter-alia millions daily go to bed hungry, die or get killed through unwanted wars and preventable causes, live in inhumane conditions , vulnerable being...

Intensive look at restrictive new voting laws ostensibly designed to target voter fraud but criticized as being racially-based voter suppression.

Das Buch ""Berichte und Akten der Hansischen Gesandtschaft nach Moskau im Jahre 1603"" von Otto Blumcke aus dem Jahr 1894 ist eine Sammlung von historischen Dokumenten und Berichten, die die Reise der hansischen Gesandtschaft nach Moskau im Jahr 1603...

Das Buch ""Beitr�����ge zur Geschichte des Exclusionsrechtes bei den Papstwahlen: Aus r������mischen Archiven"" von Ludwig Wahrmund wurde im Jahr 1890 ver������ffentlicht. In diesem Werk werden die Geschichte und die Bedeutung des Exclusionsrechts bei...

The "Free Market Manifesto!" presents a counterrevolutionary struggle against all unnatural maladjustments that lead to special privileges, injustices, and corruption. Its goal is to restore freedom and prosperity to humanity. It highlights the...

We remember the 1966 birth of the New Orleans Saints as a shady quid pro quo between the NFL commissioner and a Louisiana congressman. Moving the Chains is the untold story of the athlete protest that necessitated this backroom deal, as New Orleans...

This book makes an original contribution to reconnecting criminological inquiry to the core concerns of the classical sociological imagination and to the intellectual resources of comparative and historical sociology. Throughout the book Hughes...

The relationships between Africa and Europe are of high strategic importance. This volume studies the ongoing dynamics between the two continents by adopting a pluralist understanding of international relations which encompasses non-state actors as...

Nearly every country in the world has a mechanism for executive clemency, which, though residual in most legal systems, serves as a vital due process safeguard and as an outlet for leniency in punishment. While the origins of clemency lie in the...

This book applies a framework of 'trans vitalities' through an ethnographically-anchored exploration of trans coalitional labor and activism in Washington, DC. Specifically, it considers how trans social justice work at the local level exemplifies why...

This book offers a critical reassessment of the "Asian values" debate, which dominated the human rights discourse in the late 1990s, and a reappraisal of the human rights situation in Asia sincethen. In this book Asian and non-Asian scholars...

Struggle for a Better South dispels the notion that all whites in the South stood united against social change in the 1960s. Gregg Michel's compelling study of the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC), the leading progressive organization created...

On July 1, 2007, Hong Kong celebrated its tenth anniversary as a special administrative region of China. It also marked the first decade of its unique constitutional order in which Hong Kong courts continue to apply and develop the common law but the...

Increased levels of immigration sparked scholary and public debate about its consequences for immigrants, liberal democracies, sovereignty and rights in both Europe and North America. This book addresses questions such as: Do nation-states act to facilita

Religious freedom is widely agreed to be a basic human right. So are women's rights , among others, to life, to freedom from torture or captivity, and to bodily integrity. Occasionally such rights claims come into conflict, with valid arguments made on...

This book examines humanitarian interventions in the post-Cold War era within the context of the development of global capitalism. It argues that protection of human rights is a noble idea and it is often our duty to use force to uphold these rights...

Considering the question of how levels of security allow state power to be increased to the point at which it infringes essential civil liberties, this book explores the creeping power of the executive and the unfeasibility of widespread use of the Human...

Traditional understandings of the genesis of the separation of church and state rest on assumptions about "Enlightenment" and the republican ethos of citizenship. In The Religious Roots of the First Amendment, Nicholas P. Miller does not seek...

1948 Palestinians (Israeli Arabs)-Israel's significant non-Jewish minority-are an invisible force and presence in the Palestine conflict. This book presents fresh insights into their political behavior. Using social movement theory and original field...

Botswana is widely regarded as a model African democracy. Since independence in 1966, the country has enjoyed unparalleled peace and stability within the African continent. It has also experienced unprecedented changes from being one of the ten poorest...

First published by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, this revised edition remains a rare study of criminology in the African context, considered from a pan-African perspective. The paucity of information and analysis...

In October 1996, one hundred and thirty nine girls were abducted from St Mary's College, in northern Uganda. In an act of extraordinary courage, Sister Rachele, the Italian deputy headmistress, followed the abductors. Her journey took her to the Lord's...

A former head of the Ghana National Council of Women and Development here explains, from her experience in Ghana and other parts of Africa during the UN Decade for Women, what she believes women's emancipation means to women in Africa. Although...

Con el enfoque de un jurista experto en derecho internacional, así como en seguridad y defensa, este libro devela el modelo de opresión diseñado por la dictadura que asola a Venezuela, abordando detalladamente cada una de las líneas del malévolo plan...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Thema: Völkerrecht und Menschenrechte, Note: 2,0, Universität Regensburg (Politikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Übung: Nuklearwaffen im 21. Jahrhundert, Sprache: Deutsch,...

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: 1,0, University of Geneva, language: English, abstract: Ten years after the establishment of the African Court of Human and Peoples'...

Right after the Gezi Resistance, a new tendency of authoritarianism rapidly emerged in Turkey and AKP government started targeting anyone it perceives as a threat to its rule, especially academics, journalists, politicians, actors, directors, i.e. the...

Ce livre examine l'approche aÌ la fois inclusive et répressive de la lutte antiterroriste, l'injonction étonnante aÌ la collaboration entre acteurs institutionnels et civils dans ce domaine et les résultats ambivalents de la répression et de la...

Una habitación propia se estableció desde su publicación como uno de los libros fundamentales del feminismo. Basado en dos conferencias pronunciadas por Virginia Woolf en colleges para mujeres y ampliado luego por la autora, el texto es un testamento...

Una habitación propia se estableció desde su publicación como uno de los libros fundamentales del feminismo. Basado en dos conferencias pronunciadas por Virginia Woolf en colleges para mujeres y ampliado luego por la autora, el texto es un testamento...

Jane Sherwin’s collection reflects the long life of a woman passionately committed to humanity, in particular the needs of refugees, political prisoners and the homeless. And through her nature poems, Jane also voices deep anxiety about the...

Shows the historical importance of challenges to the state and powerful groups. Demonstrates how rights we take for granted have been acquired and set into law over time thanks to the actions of committed men and women.A key historical text. A certain...

My purpose for writing this book is to educate people about the history and the dangers of abortion. To also awaken the church to its responsibility to defend the helpless, which are our per-born babies in the womb. The church can no longer be a...

The right of a person to be respected and valued, and to be treated ethnically for their own sake is termed as human dignity. Violations of human dignity takes place when an individual is humiliated, instrumentalized or objectified, degraded, and...

The safeguarding of children from exploitation, abuse and neglect is termed as child protection. There exists a set of laws and policies which focuses on education, social welfare, health, security and justice in order to protect children. These policies...

""Germany Her Own Judge"" is a book written by H. J. Suter-Lerch, a Swiss cosmopolitan, as a response to German propaganda during World War I. The book was published in 1918 and aims to provide a critical analysis of the German government's actions and...

The First Platform of International Law is a book written by Edward S. Creasy in 1876. The book is a comprehensive study of the principles and foundations of international law. It covers a wide range of topics, including the nature and sources of...

This book chronicles the diplomacy of civil rights activist Theodore Brown and the American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa to help end the Nigeria-Biafra civil war, from 1967 to 1970.

A. Belden Fields invites people to think more deeply about human rights in this book in an attempt to overcome many of the traditional arguments in the human rights literature. He argues that human rights should be reconceptualized in a holistic way to...

""Aus den M�����rz und Oktobertagen zu Wien 1848"" ist ein Buch von Adolf Pichler, das im Jahr 1850 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es beschreibt die politischen Ereignisse in Wien w�����hrend der Revolution von 1848, insbesondere die Ereignisse im M�����rz...

""Agli Elettori: Lettera"" ����� un libro scritto da Massimo D'Azeglio nel 1865. In questo testo, l'autore si rivolge agli elettori italiani per esortarli a partecipare alle elezioni politiche del tempo. D'Azeglio sostiene che la partecipazione attiva...

""Ungarns und �����sterreichs Zukunft"" ist ein Buch von Adolf Curry, das im Jahr 1848 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch befasst sich mit den politischen und sozialen Ver�����nderungen, die zu dieser Zeit in Ungarn und �����sterreich stattfanden. Curry...

Speciale Wetgeving Op De Immigratie En Kolonisatie Van Suriname (1895) is een boek dat uitgegeven is door Brill Publisher en gaat over de immigratie- en kolonisatiewetgeving in Suriname in 1895. Het boek bevat verschillende wetten en regels die destijds...