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“dr deane peter baker”

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  • Citizen Killings

    Liberalism, State Policy and Moral Risk

    by Dr Deane-Peter Baker ...
    Citizen Killings: Liberalism, State Policy and Moral Risk offers a ground breaking systematic approach to formulating ethical public policy on all forms of 'citizen killings', which include killing in self-defence, abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide, euthanasia and killings carried out by private military contractors and so-called 'foreign fighters'.Where most approaches to these issues begin ... Read more

    $109.39 USD

  • Morality and Ethics at War

    Bridging the Gaps Between the Soldier and the State

    by Dr Deane-Peter Baker ...
    In Morality and Ethics of War, which includes a foreword by Major General Susan Coyle, ethicist Deane-Peter Baker goes beyond existing treatments of military ethics to address a fundamental problem: the yawning gap between the diverse moral frameworks defining personal identity on the one hand, and the professional military ethic on the other.Baker argues that overcoming this chasm is essential to ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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  • On Liberty

    by John Stuart Mill ...
    A cornerstone of liberalism from the great social radical of English philosophy.On Liberty is one of Mill’s most famous works and remains the one most read today. In this book, Mill expounds his concept of individual freedom within the context of his ideas on history and the state. On Liberty depends on the idea that society progresses from lower to higher stages and that this progress culminates ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • The War on Women in Israel

    A Story of Religious Radicalism and the Women Fighting for Freedom

    by Elana Maryles Sztokman ...
    THIS EYE-OPENING LOOK AT THE RISING OPPRESSION OF ISRAELI WOMEN OFFERS A RALLYING CRY FOR HOW WOMEN EVERYWHERE CAN FIGHT BACK.ACROSS ISRAEL—one of the world's most democratic countries—women are being threatened and abused as ultra-Orthodox Jewish factions seek to suppress them. In this stunning exposé, award-winning author and leading Jewish women's activist Elana Sztokman reveals the struggles ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • How to Resist

    Turn Protest to Power

    by Matthew Bolton ...
    'This extraordinary book is the roadmap for a new kind of effective activism' - Brian Eno'This book is for people who are angry with the ways things are and want to do something about it; for people who are frustrated with the system, or worried about the direction the country is going. Maybe they've been on a march, posted their opinions on social media, or shouted angrily at something they've ... Read more

    $8.89 USD

  • Human Rights in Russia

    Citizens and the State from Perestroika to Putin

    by Professor Mary McAuley ...
    Series series Library of Modern Russia
    Today Russia and human rights are both high on the international agenda. Since Putin returned to the presidency in 2012, domestic developments (from Pussy Riot to the release of Khodorkovsky) and Russia's global role (especially in relation to Ukraine) have captured world-wide attention. It is therefore an appropriate moment to see how human rights activism functions inside Russia. Since 1991, ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

  • Free Speech: All That Matters

    by Alan Haworth ...
    Series series All That Matters
    What is free speech?; Why does it matter? These are pressing questions. In this book, Alan Haworth outlines and analyses the main arguments philosophers have advanced over the centuries, in an attempt to answer them clearly. He emphasises the strengths but also the weaknesses of those arguments, demonstrating that an understanding of both is essential if one is to to grasp the true nature and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?

    Police Violence and Resistance in the United States

    Edited by Maya Schenwar, Joe Macaré, Alana Yu-lan Price ...
    Essays and reports examining the reality of police violence against Black and brown communities in America.What is the reality of policing in the United States? Do the police keep anyone safe and secure other than the very wealthy? How do recent police killings of young Black people in the United States fit into the historical and global context of anti-blackness?This collection of reports and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Crossing the Thinnest Line

    How Embracing Diversity-from the Office to the Oscars-Makes America Stronger

    by Lauren Leader-Chivee ...
    FROM THE VERY FOUNDING OF OUR NATION, diversity has been one of our greatest strengths but also the greatest source of conflict. In less than a generation, America will become "minority-majority," and the world economy, already interconnected, will be even more globalized. The stakes for how we handle this evolution couldn't be higher. Will diversity be a source of growth, prosperity, and progress ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Inside Immigration Detention

    by Mary Bosworth ...
    On any given day nearly 3000 foreign national citizens are detained under immigration powers in UK detention centres alone. Around the world immigrants are routinely detained in similar conditions. The institutions charged with immigrant detention are volatile and contested sites. They are also places about which we know very little. What is their goal? How do they operate? How are they justified? ... Read more

    $54.89 USD

  • Charter 77 Defending Human Rights and Challenging Oppression

    Extraordinary Czechs

    by Kytka Hilmarova ...
    Series series Extraordinary Czechs
    Extraordinary Czechs book series. In this remarkable book, young readers will delve into the powerful story of Charter 77—a courageous movement that demanded the recognition of fundamental human rights in the face of government oppression.Through engaging storytelling, this book brings to life the struggles and triumphs of the Czechoslovakian people during a pivotal time in their history. Discover ... Read more

    $7.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Promise and Perils of Transnationalization

    NGO Activism and the Socialization of Women’s Human Rights in Egypt and Iran

    by Benjamin Stachursky ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
    To date, most constructivist international relations studies have characterized the influence of transnationalism on domestic forms of activism as uniformly positive. In particular, transnational interactions are viewed as positive factors for the development and daily impact of gender activism.Benjamin Stachursky’s book questions the unvarying positive view of transnationalism on domestic forms ... Read more

    $59.99 USD