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What can be done to combat genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other crimes against humanity Why aren't current measures more effective Is there hope for the future These and other pressing questions surrounding human security are addressed head-on in this provocative and all-too-timely book.

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This book critically examines the current status of Mexicano and Latino Politics in the United States and how both represent a dysfunctional and failed mode of politics. Two change models are provided as alternatives: Aztlns Politics of a Nation-Within-a-Nation (APNWN) and Aztlns Politics of Separatism (APS).

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This book critically examines the current status of Mexicano and Latino Politics in the United States and how both represent a dysfunctional and failed mode of politics. Two change models are provided as alternatives: Aztlns Politics of a Nation-Within-a-Nation (APNWN) and Aztlns Politics of Separatism (APS).

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Mexico's Unrule of Law: Human Rights and Police Reform Under Democratization looks at recent Mexican criminal justice reforms. Using Mexico City as a case study of the social and institutional realities, Niels Uildriks focuses on the evolving police and justice system within t...

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First published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty" has exerted an enormous influence on philosophical and political thought. This title is part of Continuum's "Reader's Guides" that offers an introduction to this classic work of philosophy.

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First published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty" has exerted an enormous influence on philosophical and political thought. This title is part of Continuum's "Reader's Guides" that offers an introduction to this classic work of philosophy.

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Assesses the nature of minority rights protection in post-communist Europe and evaluates the impact of domestic institutions on the operation of the European Minority Rights Regime

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Assesses the nature of minority rights protection in post-communist Europe and evaluates the impact of domestic institutions on the operation of the European Minority Rights Regime

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Modern Power and Free Speech takes a socio-political approach to question the application of the First Amendment in cases dealing with the speech rights of disempowered groups. Combining legal analysis, First Amendment theory, feminist theory, and political theory, Chris Demaske addresses the inadequacies of current free-speech doctrine.

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Monstering is a gripping and important expose that reaches well beyond the frame of the notorious photos to provide a vital examination of the under-investigated crimes of Abu Ghraib

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With the end of the Cold War, any of the world's stateless peoples could be in tomorrow's headlines. This book provides a useful guide to the stateless nations suppressed or ignored during the Cold War. It draws upon more than 200 national surveys to highlight a range of factors.

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Focuses on three bodies of theory that developed between the 13th and 17th centuries: the foundational belief in the existence of a moral/juridical natural law, the understanding of (scientific) uniformities of nature as divinely imposed laws, and the notion that individuals are bearers of inalienable natural or human rights.

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Shows how competing interpretations of sovereignty and human rights and the different visions of world order that they imply fed into the transatlantic debate over the ICC and transformed this debate into a conflict over the normative foundations of international society

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Neo-Socialist Property Rights studies urban dwellers desire for housing ownership and how their acquiring and defending of property rights reshape the state-property-family relationality in neo-socialist China. This book links property rights practice to the broader human rights discourse as both a working hypothesis and a historical question.

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After twenty-seven years in prison, Nelson Mandela finally walked free in February 1990. This book offers a collection of his articles, speeches, letters from underground, and the transcripts from his trials that demonstrates the charisma and determination of a towering figure in the struggle for racial equality in South Africa.

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Our definition of American patriotism needs to be expanded beyond national celebrations. Identifying four competing forms of patriotism-celebratory, mythic, active, and critical-allows us to rediscover forgotten histories and reframe familiar ones like the Revolution and the C...

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Global Citizenship develops James Tully's distinctive and influential approach to political philosophy and applies it to the field of citizenship. The book opens with a substantial original essay from Tully, which is philosophically astute, historically informed and always engaged with the politics of the real world.

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Global Citizenship develops James Tully's distinctive and influential approach to political philosophy and applies it to the field of citizenship. The book opens with a substantial original essay from Tully, which is philosophically astute, historically informed and always engaged with the politics of the real world.

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Seven leading political philosophers grapple with the key question of contemporary political philosophy: articulating universal human rights that always apply in all cultures.

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Provides a more comprehensive account of internment and assesses previously unexplored aspects of its use. Drawing on archival sources the high politics and intelligence surrounding the introduction of internment are considered and in doing so accepted narratives regarding the measure are challenged. -- .

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