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This work overviews press and speech freedoms in the US from 1619-1995. Arranged by year, the entries in the chronology include the views of persons in favour of, or opposed to, freedom of speech, events that affected press freedoms and the technological changes that have had an impact.

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Provides a year-by-year report of the efforts to free the press throughout the world.

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Covering over 500 of the most frequently cited works in political communication and development communication, this book provides students and scholars with a reference tool.

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Van Belle provides the first systematic analysis of the effects that press freedom has on the conduct of international politics.

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This interesting and unusual work examines the events, concepts, and interpretations that led to the emergence of the idea of freedom of the press in the United States and to the recognition of the concept of a free press in more than one hundred other countries.

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This book considers how legislatures have undermined the presumption of innocence and how courts have largely accepted it. It argues criminal law needs to return to notions of moral comfort as the basis for determining whether a person is guilty, and only impose criminal sanctions when there is sufficient, moral blame.

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so, too, is news reporting that touches private matters and race relations.

Privacy and its Invasion also has a point to make: that privacy, despite its dark side, is an idea whose time has come, an ancient need that now requires explicit endorsement and protection as a value.

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Describes a day in the life of an average modern citizen - in other words, a person under almost constant scrutiny. This title traces the status of privacy from ancient Rome onwards, explains how liberty and freedom of thought depend on privacy, and points to some of the places where privacy is under greatest threat, from health to personal space.

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Provides an improved understanding into womens participation in Nigeria and lays bare the misconceptions.

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Can we safeguard our nation's security without weakening cherished liberties And how does technology affect the potential conflict between these fundamental goals These questions acquired renewed urgency in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

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Attempts to measure the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, regarded as the most effective civil rights legislation. This volume shows how blacks and Mexican Americans in the South, along with the Justice Department, have used the act and the US Constitution to overcome the resistance of white officials to minority mobilization.

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After years of widely acknowledging race discrimination in higher education, American government leaders, university officials, and citizens question the need for civil rights policies. This study reviews evidence of past and current enforcement of civil rights in higher education.

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After years of widely acknowledging race discrimination in higher education, American government leaders, university officials, and citizens question the need for civil rights policies. This study reviews evidence of past and current enforcement of civil rights in higher education.

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This book examines race, religion, and politics in the United States, illuminating their intersections and what they reveal about power and privilege. Drawing on both historic and recent examples, Stephanie Mitchem discusses human rights throughout and concludes with a chapter looking toward possibilities for increased rights and justice for all.

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This book examines race, religion, and politics in the United States, illuminating their intersections and what they reveal about power and privilege. Drawing on both historic and recent examples, Stephanie Mitchem discusses human rights throughout and concludes with a chapter looking toward possibilities for increased rights and justice for all.

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With the election of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States, the issue of racial justice in America occupies center stage. Have black Americans finally achieved racial justice Is government intervention no longer required This book offers fresh insights and effective remedies for race issues in America.

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This collection offers an invaluable resource on the subject of how sex workers experience injustices and how we can mitigate this globally through a transformative vision of social justice.

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This collection offers an invaluable resource on the subject of how sex workers experience injustices and how we can mitigate this globally through a transformative vision of social justice.

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Presents a fresh angle in the study of a controversial practice, approaching the issue of torture from a cost-benefit analysis for the offending nation-state. This title examines the use of torture by the French in Algeria, the Argentines within their own borders, the Israelis in the Middle East, and the Americans in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib.

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This is an accessible and readable synthesis of all available knowledge about refugee women in Britain and France, which offers a unique comparative perspective. -- .

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Just as human rights issues are commanding increasing attention on both the international and local levels, the need to establish systems for promoting these rights and implementing programs for their protection is becoming a worldwide priority.

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In this authoritative book, a number of eminent and respected figures in the fields of theology, sociology, anthropology and political activism set out their vision for a society in which the competing truths must be accommodated not peacefully but without violence. -- .