Human rights, civil rights Books

Values, in terms of human rights and democracy, have become importantfactors for individual state's participation in the international community. Janne Haaland Matl?ry, former Secretary of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs, Norway, explores the...

This book comes out of a conference in April of 1999 at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University on the topic of "Gender Parity and the Liberal Tradition: Proposals and Debates in Europe and the United States." The essays are divided into...

The writers in this book question whether there may be a reversion to an authoritarian system in Russia.

This work represents the first systematic study of Armenia's foreign policy during the post-independence period, between 1991 and 2005. It explores four sets of relationships with Armenia's major historical 'partners': Russia, Iran, Turkey and the West...

For undergraduate courses in Constitutional Law, Civil Rights & Liberties, Introduction to American Government,Introduction to Law and Legal Process, and Judicial Process & Politics. Examining contemporary and perennial constitutional issues in...

Do you feel that your life is getting out of control?Do you feel like what you do in life isn't decided by you?Do you think someone is using manipulation methods to manage your actions?If you answered Yes to any of those questions, this book is for you...

Kahassai fled the Ethiopian Red Terror that killed his father and hundreds of thousands of others, trekking through a snake-infested jungle while hyenas followed him at night to find safety.Georgette crossed the Congo while the Hutus and Tutsis struggled...

The 9th volume of Inam Sehri's books on the contemporary history of Pakistan [since 1971] is in your hand. Each chapter is a different scenario but they continue on from the ‘Judges & Generals in Pakistan’ Volumes I-IV and travel...

"What Catalans Want" takes a concerned look at Catalonia at a time when the country's political future as a Spanish autonomous region is being questioned for the first time since it came into being in 1980. It does so by talking to 30 representative...

In the latest edition of this book, authors Rosalie Berger Levinson and Ivan E. Bodensteiner provide a more comprehensive overview of Post-Civil War statutes, including Sections 1981, 1982, and 1983. Several key modern civil rights statutes are also...

There was every reason to hope the struggle for civil rights would bring about greater freedom and independence for blacks in America. Yet today, we find that many black leaders have forgotten what inspired that struggle. Many of these leaders urge black...

Troopers, advance! Those two words, shouted by a police commander in Selma, Alabama, some 50 years ago, changed the course of U.S. history. The date was March 7, 1965. The scene was the Edmund Pettus Bridge. And the resulting violence spurred an appalled...

Originally published between 1860-2 in the journal “Vremya”, “The House of the Dead” is a semi-autobiographical novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky about life in a Siberian prison camp. Having himself spent four years in such a camp after his exile...

Woman Suffrage, The Counterfeit And The True: Reasons For Opposing Both is a book written by Frederick Augustus Maxse in 1877. The book is a critical analysis of the suffrage movement, particularly the demand for women's right to vote. Maxse argues that...

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...

The True View Of The Present Persecution In France: An Appeal To The Unbiased Judgment Of The American People is a book written by Joseph C. Sasia in 1907. The book provides a comprehensive account of the persecution of Catholics in France during the...

The Tammany Hall Democracy of the City of New York: And the General Committee for 1875 (1875) is a historical book written by William C. Gover. The book provides a detailed account of the political system of New York City during the late 19th century,...

The Strike At Lawrence, Massachusetts: Hearings Before The Committee On Rules Of The House Of Representatives (1912) is a historical book that documents the proceedings of the hearings held by the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives in...

The Rule of the Monk: Or Rome in the Nineteenth Century is a historical book written by Giuseppe Garibaldi and published in 1870. The book is a critique of the Papal States and the power of the Catholic Church in Rome during the 19th century. Garibaldi,...

Whether or not it constituted a complete break from the past, the 15-M movement's most important legacy was a more expansive notion of the popular political, one that recognized cultural representation as a mode of political articulation and as part of a...

Using unusual and revealing primary materials from the careers of two remarkable Jewish women, Raymond Mohl offers an original interpretation of the role of Jewish civil rights activists in promoting racial change in post-World War II Miami.He describes...

Race has been present at every critical moment in American political development, shaping political institutions, political discourse, public policy, and its denizens' political identities. But because of the nature of race-its evolving and dynamic...

What can literary theory reveal about discourses and practices of human rights, and how can human rights frameworks help to make sense of literature? How have human rights concerns shaped the literary marketplace, and how can literature impact human...

This new Reader aims to guide students through some of the key readings on the subject of terrorism and political violence.In an age when there is more written about terrorism than anyone can possibly read in a lifetime, it has become increasingly...

In the West we frequently pay lip service to universal notions of human rights. But do we ever consider how these work in local contexts and across diverse cultural and ethical structures? Do human rights agendas address the problems many people face, or...

After decades of knowing each other, bestselling author Gary Chapman and counselor and diversity trainer Dr. Clarence Shuler have come to believe that if each of us formed Life-Changing Cross-Cultural Friendships, it would radically transform race...

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,...

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...