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  • Activating Human Rights and Peace

    Theories, Practices and Contexts

    Edited by GOH Bee Chen, Baden Offord, Rob Garbutt ...
    Human rights and peace issues and concerns have come about at a critical time. The world has recently witnessed a plethora of turning points that speak of the hopes and vulnerabilities which are inherent in being human and demonstrate that change in the service of human rights and peace is possible. At the same time, however, other events indicate that wherever there is life, there is ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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    'Jo Cox's selfless service to others made the world a better place' Barack Obama, 44th President of the United StatesTHE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A desperately tender account ... part love story, part grief memoir ... resolutely uplifting' Decca Aitkenhead, *Guardian | **'*Brave, inspiring, and full of love.' Daily Express | 'A chance to get to kn... ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Catastrophe

    What Went Wrong in Zimbabwe?

    by Richard Bourne ...
    No one in 1980 could have guessed that Zimbabwe would become a failed state on such a monumental and tragic scale.In this incisive and revealing book, Richard Bourne shows how a country which had every prospect of success when it achieved a delayed independence in 1980 became a brutal police state with hyperinflation, collapsing life expectancy and abandonment by a third of its citizens less than ... Read more

    $26.49 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Human Rights Law

    Edited by Conor Gearty, Costas Douzinas ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Law
    Human rights are considered one of the big ideas of the early twenty-first century. This book presents in an authoritative and readable form the variety of platforms on which human rights law is practiced today, reflecting also on the dynamic inter-relationships that exist between these various levels. The collection has a critical edge. The chapters engage with how human rights law has developed ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • The History of the Stasi

    East Germany's Secret Police, 1945-1990

    by Jens Gieseke ...
    A well-balanced and detailed look at the East German Ministry for State Security, the secret police force more commonly known as the Stasi.“This is an excellent book, full of careful, balanced judgements and a wealth of concisely-communicated knowledge. It is also well written. Indeed, it is the best book yet published on the MfS.”—German HistoryThe Stasi stood for Stalinist oppression and all ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the 21st Century

    A Living Document in a Changing World

    by Gordon Brown (ed.) ...
    Series Book 2 - Open Reports Series
    The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the auspices of NYU’s Global Institute for Advanced Study, to re-examine the spirit and stirring words of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The result – this volume – offers a 21st-century commentary on the original document, furthering the work of human rights and ... Read more

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  • Queer International Relations

    Sovereignty, Sexuality and the Will to Knowledge

    by Cynthia Weber ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations
    If asked about queer work in international relations, most IR scholars would almost certainly answer that queer studies is a non-issue for the subdiscipline -- a topic beyond the scope and understanding of international politics. Yet queer work tackles problems that IR scholars themselves believe are central to their discipline: questions about political economies, the geopolitics of war and ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • The Death Penalty

    A Worldwide Perspective

    by Roger Hood, Carolyn Hoyle ...
    The fifth edition of this highly praised study charts and explains the progress that continues to be made towards the goal of worldwide abolition of the death penalty. The majority of nations have now abolished the death penalty and the number of executions has dropped in almost all countries where abolition has not yet taken place. Emphasising the impact of international human rights principles ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

  • 13 Ways of Looking at the Death Penalty

    by Mario Marazziti, Paul Elie ...
    Nation states and communities throughout the world have reached certain decisions about capital punishment: It is the destruction of human life. It is ineffective as a deterrent for crime. It is an instrument the state uses to contain or eliminate its political adversaries. It is a tool of “justice” that disproportionality affects religious, social, and racial minorities. It is a sanction that ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • On Antisemitism

    Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice

    by Jewish Voice for Peace Leadership and Culture Lab ...
    When the State of Israel claims to represent all Jewish people, defenders of Israeli policy redefine antisemitism to include criticism of Israel. Antisemitism is harmful and real in our society. What must also be addressed is how the deployment of false charges of antisemitism or redefining antisemitism can suppress the global progressive fight for justice. There is no one definitive voice on ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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  • Proportionality and Deference under the UK Human Rights Act

    An Institutionally Sensitive Approach

    by Alan D. P. Brady ...
    The courts use the proportionality test to assess the Convention-compatibility of the full range of government action, from administrative decisions to primary legislation. In applying the test, the courts are often conscious of the need to pay some deference to the expertise and competence of other branches of government. This rigorous analysis of the relationship between proportionality and ... Read more

    $113.19 USD

  • Small Arms, Crime and Conflict

    Global Governance and the Threat of Armed Violence

    Edited by Owen Greene, Nic Marsh ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
    This book focuses on the use of small arms in violence and attempts by the state to govern the use and acquisition of these weapons.It is likely that hundreds of thousands of people are killed every year as a result of armed violence – in contexts ranging from war zones to domestic violence. This edited volume examines why these deaths occur, the role of guns and other weapons, and how governance ... Read more

    $65.99 USD