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  • The Politics and Art of John L. Stoddard

    Reframing Authority, Otherness, and Authenticity

    by Michaelene Cox ...
    This book is a historical and critical assessment of contributions by American writer and lecturer John Lawson Stoddard (1850-1931). It is the first scholarly effort to provide visual and literary analyses of his illustrated travel works and political writings. It claims that Stoddard was a principle engine behind movements toward transforming tourism into a growing consumer culture, democratizing ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • Negotiating Sovereignty and Human Rights

    Actors and Issues in Contemporary Human Rights Politics

    by Michaelene Cox ...
    Providing an overview of institutional developments and innovations in human rights politics, this volume discusses some of the most important current and emerging human rights issues. It takes stock of the initiatives, policy responses and innovations of past years to identify some of the challenges that will likely require bold and innovative solutions. The contributors focus on actors and/or ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Social Capital and Peace-Building

    Creating and Resolving Conflict with Trust and Social Networks

    Edited by Michaelene Cox ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
    This new edited collection illustrates the paradoxical power of social capital in creating and resolving conflict.This is the first book to bring the two faces of social capital together in a single volume, and includes previously unpublished case studies, statistical analyses, and theoretical essays. The book is divided into three sections. The first investigates the role of social capital in ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

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  • Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-first Century

    Principles, Methods, and Approaches

    by Jacob Bercovitch, Prof. Richard Dean Wells Jackson ...
    In the past, arbitration, direct bargaining, the use of intermediaries, and deference to international institutions were relatively successful tools for managing interstate conflict. In the face of terrorism, intrastate wars, and the multitude of other threats in the post–Cold War era, however, the conflict resolution tool kit must include preventive diplomacy, humanitarian intervention, regional ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Should We Change How We Vote?

    Evaluating Canada's Electoral System

    Edited by Andrew Potter, Peter Loewen, Daniel Weinstock ...
    During the 2015 federal election, the Liberal Party pledged that, if elected, they would end the “first past the post” electoral system, where whichever candidate receives the most votes wins a riding even if they have not received a majority of all votes cast. In early 2017, the Liberals reneged on their campaign promise, declaring that there was a lack of public consensus about how to reform the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • About Canada: Immigration

    by Nupur Gogia, Bonnie Slade ...
    Series Book 4 - About Canada
    Many Canadians believe that immigrants steal jobs away from qualified Canadians, abuse the healthcare system and refuse to participate in Canadian culture. In About Canada: Immigration, Gogia and Slade challenge these myths with a thorough investigation of the realities of immigrating to Canada. Examining historical immigration policies, the authors note that these policies were always ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • A Voice for Human Rights

    by Mary Robinson, Louise Arbour, Kofi Annan ...
    Series series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
    Few names are so closely connected with the cause of human rights as that of Mary Robinson. As former President of Ireland, she was ideally positioned for passionately and eloquently arguing the case for human rights around the world. Over five tumultuous years that included the tragic events of 9/11, she offered moral leadership and vision to the global human rights movement. This volume is a ... Read more

    $35.99 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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  • Statebuilding

    by Timothy Sisk ...
    Series series War and Conflict in the Modern World
    After civil wars end, what can sustain peace in the long-term? In particular, how can outsiders facilitate durable conflict-managing institutions through statebuilding - a process that historically has been the outcome of bloody struggles to establish the state's authority over warlords, traditional authorities, and lawless territories?In this book, Timothy Sisk explores international efforts to ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Global Public Governance

    Toward World Government?

    by Sorpong Peou ...
    Global Public Governance is a text written for students, scholars and lay people interested in learning about this global system, which emerged and has evolved in response to global challenges that no one actor can effectively address. Drawing on what has been published over the last several decades, this text highlights the importance of states and nonstate actors seeking to provide global public ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Conflict and Housing, Land and Property Rights

    A Handbook on Issues, Frameworks and Solutions

    by Chris Huggins, Scott Leckie ...
    Housing, land and property (HLP) rights, as rights, are widely recognized throughout international human rights and humanitarian law and provide a clear and consistent legal normative framework for developing better approaches to the HLP challenges faced by the UN and others seeking to build long-term peace. This book analyses the ubiquitous HLP challenges present in all conflict and post-conflict ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Persistent Power of Human Rights

    From Commitment to Compliance

    Edited by Thomas Risse, Stephen C. Ropp, Kathryn Sikkink ...
    Series Book 126 - Cambridge Studies in International Relations
    The Power of Human Rights (published in 1999) was an innovative and influential contribution to the study of international human rights. At its center was a 'spiral model' of human rights change which described the various socialization processes through which international norms were internalized into the domestic practices of various authoritarian states during the Cold War years. The Persistent ... Read more

    $36.09 USD