Human rights, civil rights Books

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...

 "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 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 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...

The Spanish Civil War that began 17 July 1936 with Franco’s military coup,did not end with the defeat of the supporters of the legal government 1 April1939.From the moment the first shot was fired, the military insurgents embarked on a wave of...

The field of civil resistance is dedicated to understanding how people can fight for rights, freedom, and justice, without the use of violence. This glossary provides definitions and expansive commentary on civil resistance terminology to support sharing...

Old South, New South, or Down South?: Florida and the Modern Civil Rights Movement exposes the image, illusion, and reality behind Florida's hidden story of racial discrimination and violence. By exploring multiple perspectives on racially motivated...

What happens to aid projects after the money is spent? Or the people and communities once the media spotlight has left?No Dancing, No Dancing follows the return journey of a former aid worker back to the site of three major humanitarian...

Written in 1762, 'The Social Contract' is Rousseau's attempt to describe a society in which individuals are bound to each other without infringing upon their freedom. Rousseau's social contract is an agreement between a person and civil...

This book is one of the first studies in the new field of the sociology of human rights,and it centres its analysis on labour rights. Such rights are of critical importance in this field, work being the defining aspect of many peoples lives and a central...

This book explores legislation intended to protect the interests of people with disabilities or impairments. Considering a broad range of ethical and legal concerns which arise in issues of life, death and disability, it covers the social and legal...

The 10th 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...

An unexpected encounter changes the lives of two women-both immigrants searching for purpose and a better life. Through their interwoven journey, both will question and embrace their faith.When one is asked to be the Arabic translator for a Moroccan...

An anthology of speeches providing eloquent evidence of the powerful contribution women made to the struggleHistorians have long agreed that women--black and white--were instrumental in shaping the civil rights movement. Until recently, though, such...

This volume brings together a cast of leading experts to carefully explore how the history and iconography of slavery has been invoked to support a series of government interventions, activist projects, legal instruments, and rhetorical performances...

The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States investigates the social and political effects of the practice of Muslim-American women wearing the headscarf (hijab) in a non-Muslim state. The authors find the act of head covering is not politically...

The EEO investigator's comments throughout her letter dismissing my charge clearly showed that she only focused on information that would lead to dismissing my charge and protecting the respondent at any cost, even her reputation as a competent and...

"The Solution For Black America: Reclaiming, Rebuilding, and Restoring The Urban Ghettos In America." explains my biography and the purpose of this book, which is to promote my non-profit faith based organization in every ghetto in America. My nonprofit...

L'histoire forte et tragique de deux fonctionnaires dans leur vecuquotidien difficile au sein d'une societe arabo-musulmane complexeconfrontee aux violences integristes durant la guerre civile algerienne (1992 -1998) . Le roman: Sous le soleil, le sang.....

Millares de folios suman los informes levantados "in situ" por los expertos de la Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, Michelle Bachelet, sobre los crímenes de lesa humanidad cometidos por las fuerzas de exterminio de la...

This is both the first systematic introduction to Discourse Studies for students and scholars of social movements and a study of discourses on the European "refugee crisis", by leading theorist, Teun A. van Dijk.

This powerful and moving volume documents the atrocities committed during the conflict in Bosnia, highlighting the experiences of refugees and victims of war crimes. Drawing on first-hand accounts and expert testimony, the book offers a searing...

"The Sordid Hypocrisy of To Protect and To Serve" ... ...is a savage indictment of the worst police practices in America. The Los Angeles Police adopted the motto "To Protect and To Serve" in 1955. In 1991 the videotape beating of Rodney King...

As the major gateway into British North America for travelers on the Underground Railroad, the U.S./Canadian border along the Detroit River was a boundary that determined whether thousands of enslaved people of African descent could reach a place of...

This volume expands the chronology and geography of the black freedom struggle beyond the traditional emphasis on the old South and the years between 1954 and 1968. Beginning as far back as the nineteenth century, and analyzing case studies from...

In "And Nothing But the Truth" you will learn how you can be a part of the new revolution of religious freedom sweeping our country. And you will discover what you can do to reclaim your community and your own rights.

Shadow Lives reveals the unseen side of the '9/11 wars': their impact on the wives and families of men incarcerated in Guantanamo, or in prison or under house arrest in Britain and the US. Victoria Brittain shows how these families have been made...

Illuminating a classic case from the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s, two of America's foremost legal historians--Kermit Hall and Melvin Urofsky--provide a compact and highly readable updating of one of the most memorable decisions in the Supreme...

This volume examines and contributes to debates surrounding social capital, social movements and the role of civil society in emerging forms of governance. The authors adopt a broad range of research approaches, from testing hypotheses drawn from...

The empowerment of women is a broadly endorsed strategy for solving a host of difficult problems, from child poverty to gender violence to international development. The seventeen international scholars in this multi-disciplinary volume offer thoughtful...

Erudite and timely, this book is a key contribution to the renewal of radical theory and politics. Addressing the paradox of a contemporary humanitarianism that has abandoned politics in favour of combating evil, Douzinas, a leading scholar and...

Advocates of the 'Nuremberg legacy' emphasize the positive impact of the individualization of responsibility and the establishment of an historical record through judicial procedures for 'war crimes'. This legacy has been cited in the context of the...

Many countries confront similar human rights controversies, but, despite the claimed universality of human rights values they are not always resolved in the same way. Why? What role do local legal conditions play? Is human rights discourse more potent...

Critically examining conceptions of freedom of some of the leading contemporary philosophers from Isaiah Berlin to Charles Taylor, Hans Blokland explores the value and significance that freedom has acquired on our political consciousness. He looks...

Privacy and Technologies of Identity: A Cross-Disciplinary Conversation provides an overview of ways in which technological changes raise privacy concerns. It then addresses four major areas of technology: RFID and location...