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  • Nationalism and Human Rights

    In Theory and Practice in the Middle East, Central Europe, and the Asia-Pacific

    Edited by G. Cheng ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    By critically addressing the tension between nationalism and human rights that is presumed in much of the existing literature, the essays in this volume confront the question of how we should construe human rights: as a normative challenge to the excesses of modernity, particularly those associated with the modern nation-state, or as an adjunct of globalization, with its attendant goal of ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Human Trafficking

    A Global Perspective

    by Louise Shelley ...
    This book examines all forms of human trafficking globally, revealing the operations of the trafficking business and the nature of the traffickers themselves. Using a historical and comparative perspective, it demonstrates that there is more than one business model of human trafficking and that there are enormous variations in human trafficking in different regions of the world. Drawing on a wide ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Making Human Rights a Reality

    by Emilie M. Hafner-Burton ...
    In the last six decades, one of the most striking developments in international law is the emergence of a massive body of legal norms and procedures aimed at protecting human rights. In many countries, though, there is little relationship between international law and the actual protection of human rights on the ground. Making Human Rights a Reality takes a fresh look at why it's been so hard for ... Read more

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  • Failing to Protect

    The UN and the Politicization of Human Rights

    by Rosa Freedman ...
    Every year tens of millions of individuals suffer grave abuses of their human rights. These violations occur worldwide, in war-torn countries and in the wealthiest states. Despite many of the abuses being well-documented, little seems to be done to stop them from happening. The United Nations was established to safeguard world peace and security, development, and human rights yet it is undeniable ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Governance Transfer by Regional Organizations

    Patching Together a Global Script

    by Tanja A. Börzel ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume explores the conditions under which regional organizations engage in governance transfer in and to areas of limited statehood. The authors argue that a global script of governance transfer by regional organizations is emerging, where regional and national actors are adapting governance standards and instruments to their local context. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Civil Society and the Governance of Development

    Opposing Global Institutions

    by Anders Uhlin, S. Kalm ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book re-conceptualizes civil society engagement with global governance institutions in the field of development in terms of opposition. With an innovative theoretical framework, it maps and explains opposition strategies through detailed case studies on the EU, the Asian Development Bank, and the Global Forum on Migration and Development. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Daisaku Ikeda and Dialogue for Peace

    Edited by Olivier Urbain ...
    The prominent Buddhist religious leader and advocate for peace, Daisaku Ikeda, has placed dialogue at the centre of his efforts towards securing global justice and conflict resolution. However, far from constituting abstract plans for the future of the world, Ikeda's dialogues represent very concrete and focused activity. He concentrates on one significant individual (such as Joseph Rotblat, Linus ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Caring in Crisis? Humanitarianism, the Public and NGOs

    by Irene Bruna Seu, Shani Orgad ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Drawing on an original UK-wide study of public responses to humanitarian issues and how NGOs communicate them, this timely book provides the first evidence-based psychosocial account of how and why people respond or not to messages about distant suffering. The book highlights what NGOs seek to achieve in their communications and explores how their approach and hopes match or don’t match what the ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • The Death Penalty in China

    Policy, Practice, and Reform

    Edited by Bin Liang, Hong Lu ...
    Featuring experts from Europe, Australia, Japan, China, and the United States, this collection of essays follows changes in the theory and policy of China's death penalty from the Mao era (1949–1979) through the Deng era (1980–1997) up to the present day. Using empirical data, such as capital offender and offense profiles, temporal and regional variations in capital punishment, and the impact of ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • Power Shift

    On the New Global Order

    by Richard Falk ...
    This book depicts the challenges associated with the emergence of a new global order in which patterns of conflict and the role of traditional military power are in the process of radical flux.Our ideas about global order have yet to catch up with these new behavioral trends, including the rise of non-state transnational political actors in the context of neoliberal globalization. In this ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • Assessing Dynamics of Democratisation

    Transformative Politics, New Institutions, and the Case of Indonesia

    by O. Törnquist ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The book summarises the critique of these approaches, suggests a comprehensive alternative framework, and shows how the alternative works in reality through a case study of the largest of the new democracies, Indonesia. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Chronic Poverty

    Concepts, Causes and Policy

    Edited by A. Shepherd, J. Brunt ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Based on a decade of research by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, this volume includes material on inter-generational transmission, the importance of assets and vulnerability, and conflict, and new thinking about the close relationship between social exclusion and adverse incorporation. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD