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  • 'Innocent Women and Children'

    Gender, Norms and the Protection of Civilians

    by R. Charli Carpenter ...
    Series series Gender in a Global/Local World
    Examining the influence of gender constructs on the international regime protecting war-affected civilians, R. Charli Carpenter examines how in practice belligerents, advocates and humanitarian players interpret civilian immunity so as to leave adult civilian men and older boys at grave risk in conflict zones. Providing a wealth of ground-breaking case studies, the author argues that in order to ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • "Lost" Causes

    Agenda Vetting in Global Issue Networks and the Shaping of Human Security

    by Charli Carpenter ...
    Why do some issues and threats—diseases, weapons, human rights abuses, vulnerable populations—get more global policy attention than others? How do global activist networks decide the particular causes for which they advocate among the many problems in need of solutions? According to Charli Carpenter, the answer lies in the politics of global issue networks themselves. Building on surveys, focus ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Forgetting Children Born of War

    Setting the Human Rights Agenda in Bosnia and Beyond

    by Charli Carpenter ...
    Sexual violence and exploitation occur in many conflict zones, and the children born of such acts face discrimination, stigma, and infanticide. Yet the massive transnational network of organizations working to protect war-affected children has, for two decades, remained curiously silent on the needs of this vulnerable population.Focusing specifically on the case of Bosnia-Herzegovina, R. Charli ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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  • Normal Life

    Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law

    by Dean Spade ...
    Revised and Expanded EditionWait—what's wrong with rights? It is usually assumed that trans and gender nonconforming people should follow the civil rights and "equality" strategies of lesbian and gay rights organizations by agitating for legal reforms that would ostensibly guarantee nondiscrimination and equal protection under the law. This approach assumes that the best way to address the poverty ... Read more

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  • Calling for Change

    Women, Law, and the Legal Profession

    Edited by Sheila McIntyre, Elizabeth Sheehy ...
    Unique in both scope and perspective, Calling for Change investigates the status of women within the Canadian legal profession ten years after the first national report on the subject was published by the Canadian Bar Association. Elizabeth Sheehy and Sheila McIntyre bring together essays that investigate a wide range of topics, from the status of women in law schools, the practising bar, and on ... Read more

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  • The Nonviolence Handbook

    A Guide for Practical Action

    by Michael N. Nagler Ph.D. ...
    “Nonviolence is not the recourse of the weak but actually calls for an uncommon kind of strength; it is not a refraining from something but the engaging of a positive force,” renowned peace activist Michael Nagler writes. Here he offers a step-by-step guide to creatively using nonviolence to confront any problem and to build change movements capable of restructuring the very bedrock of society. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The No-Nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity

    by Vanessa Baird ...
    Series series No-Nonsense Guides
    The treatment of sexual minorities—whether lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender—varies significantly in different parts of the world. In some countries, equal rights have been achieved and progress is being made against discrimination; in others, being gay still incurs the death penalty.This guide examines all the colors of the sexual rainbow, unearths hidden histories, and looks at ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Egyptians

    A Radical History of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution

    by Jack Shenker ...
    The award-winning journalist and longtime Cairo resident delivers a "meticulous, passionate study" of the ongoing battle for contemporary Egypt ( The Guardian).On January, 25, 2011, a revolution began in Egypt that succeeded in ousting the country's longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak. In The Egyptians, journalist Jack Shenker uncovers the roots of the uprising and explores the country's current state ... Read more

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  • Women, Judging and the Judiciary

    From Difference to Diversity

    by Erika Rackley ...
    Awarded the 2013 Birks Book Prize by the Society of Legal Scholars, Women, Judging and the Judiciary expertly examines debates about gender representation in the judiciary and the importance of judicial diversity. It offers a fresh look at the role of the (woman) judge and the process of judging and provides a new analysis of the assumptions which underpin and constrain debates about why we might ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Crisis and Control

    The Militarization of Protest Policing

    by Lesley J. Wood ...
    Crisis and Control explains how neoliberal transformations of political and economic systems are militarising the policing of protest, based on a compelling empirical study of police agencies and practices from 1995 until the present.Lesley J. Wood shows that the increasing role of the security and defense industries, professional police associations, anti-terrorism initiatives and 'best practices ... Read more

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  • Political Turbulence

    How Social Media Shape Collective Action

    by Helen Margetts, Peter John, Scott Hale, Taha Yasseri ...
    How social media is giving rise to a chaotic new form of politicsAs people spend increasing proportions of their daily lives using social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, they are being invited to support myriad political causes by sharing, liking, endorsing, or downloading. Chain reactions caused by these tiny acts of participation form a growing part of collective action today, from ... Read more

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