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Human Rights: An Introduction is an important and particularly timely text that provides a comprehensive overview of human rights and related issues from a social science perspective.
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Introduction 1. Theorizing Human Rights 2. Regulating Human Rights 3. Censorship 4. Political Prisoners 5. …

geschrieben von Darren J. O'Byrne (Autor)

The two-month long Election Day in Florida made one thing clear: We need to find ways to make the American political system more responsive to the demands of all citizens. This book provides a …

I Introduction and Historical Background: Remembering Florida for the Right Reasons - Ronald Hayduk and Kevin Mattson; 1 History as Hope: The Legacy of the Progressive Era and the Future of Political …

geschrieben von Hayduk Ronald (Autor) und Ronald Hayduck (Herausgeber) und Kevin Mattson (Herausgeber)

Why and when do linguistic cleavages within a nation become politicized? Using Norway -- where language has played a particularly salient role in the nation's history -- as a case study, Gregg …

geschrieben von Gregg Bucken-Knapp (Autor)

Lawrence Freedman is Professor of War Studies and …

As a concept, deterrence has launched a thousand books and articles. It has dominated Western strategic thinking for more than four decades. In this important and groundbreaking new book, Lawrence …

geschrieben von Lawrence Freedman (Autor)

Shirley relays intriguing, never-before-told anecdotes about Reagan, his staff, the presidential campaign, the media, and the national parties--and shows how Reagan, instead of following the lead of …

geschrieben von Craig Shirley (Autor)

In this book, more than a dozen experts offer a broad and skeptical …

geschrieben von John Samples (Herausgeber)

A comprehensive introduction to the subject of genocide. It explains the main theories and approaches and …

1. Introduction Part 1: The Origins of Genocide 2. Genocide in Antiquity and Early Modernity 3. The Twentieth Century: Conceptualizing genocide Part 2: Genocide 4. Genocide of Indigenous Peoples 4a. …

geschrieben von Adam Jones (Autor)

John Stuart Mill's thought has been central in works discussing the relationship between liberalism and nationality and in shapping liberal attitudes towards nationality. To this end, Varouxakis …

1. Introduction: Interpretations of Mill's Views on Nationality 2. 'A Liberal Descent'? Challenging the Pedigree of 'Liberal Nationalism' 3. Nations and Nationhood I: Did Race Matter? 4. Nations and …

geschrieben von Georgios Varouxakis (Autor) und G. Varouxakis (Autor) und Varouxakis Geor (Autor)

Stephen Green is Senior Economist, China, for Standard Chartered Bank, Shanghai, and formerly Head of Asia Programme at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) in London. He holds …

The Chinese state is withdrawing from industry at speed. A sale of state assets of huge proportions began in the early 1990s. Most small and medium-sized state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have already …

Introduction: Stephen Green & Guy S. Liu.Part I: Retreat: Privatisation Motives and Methods.1. China's industrial reform strategy: retreat and retain: Stephen Green & Guy Liu.2. Privatization …

geschrieben von Stephen Green (Autor) und Green (Autor) und Gs Liu Gs (Autor)

Constitutional issues; the military establishment - adapting to peacetime; from boom to bust or what?; culture and society - toward an Islamo-nationalist synthesis?; foreign relations - continuing …

geschrieben von Shireen Hunter (Autor)