Human Rights and Democracy, Paperback

Reducere. DescriptionJudiciary is an essential and integral part of a state, and its independence is a prerequisite of a liberal democratic state. Bangladesh...

This book is for all those who are interested in the morality of human rights, the first truly global political morality in human history; in the r...

Democratic practices - participation, citizenship rights, and an inclusionary state - enhance human development. The book uncovers how local democr...

Reducere. In 1999, the Guatemala truth commission issued its report on human rights violations during Guatemala's thirty-six-year civil war that ended in 199...

Reducere. Few political philosophers have laid such stress upon the organic and dynamic characters of human rights, rooted as they are in natural law, as did...

This comprehensive review of US drug-control policies toward Latin America and the Caribbean, assesses the impact of those policies on democracy an...

This concise biography tells the story of Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who devoted her life to campaigning for...

Only four countries around the world do not currently define themselves as democracies. However, many more do not fulfill the four basic requiremen...

DescriptionIn Marx and Social Justice, George E. McCarthy presents a detailed and comprehensive overview of the ethical, political, and economic fo...

Reducere. A brilliant, shattering, and convincing account of United States-backed suppression of political and human rights in Latin America, Asia, and Afric...

A forensic critique of the influential liberal explores his opposition to fundamental human rights, the extension of democracy and the pursuit of e...

DescriptionAmerica is turning away from support for democrats in Arab countries in favor of 'pragmatic' deals with tyrants to defeat violent Islami...

A groundbreaking argument for the political rights of animals In When Animals Speak, Eva Meijer develops a new, ground-breaking theory of language ...

Reducere. Our understanding of how the world works was fundamentally altered when the mechanical model of closed, linear systems was replaced with cybernetic...

Reducere. Observing that the understanding of the Founders of the American Constitution influences the opinion of contemporary America, this book demonstrate...

Reducere. DescriptionIs Islam compatible with democracy? Must fundamentalism win out in the Middle East, or will democracy ever be possible? In this now-clas...

Reducere. A democratic and equitable international order is possible. Humanity needs this enforceable rules-based order for sustainable development and the w...

Highlighting the most important events, ideas, and individuals that shaped modern Europe, this text provides a concise history of the continent fro...

Reducere. This book is the product of 23 scholars across various denominations who have collaborated annually for six years to specify the 10 practical steps...

Geoffrey Robertson QC has been at the centre of internationally high-profile legal cases for over three decades. From representing Princess Diana t...

Reducere. A wartime manifesto on the moral obligations of democratic citizens from the most influential first lady in American history. With the threat of th...

In recent years anti-constitutional populists have taken many countries by storm. They undermine institutional and constitutional brakes, protectio...

Reducere. Bourgeois Radicals explores the NAACP's key role in the liberation of Africans and Asians across the globe even as it fought Jim Crow on the home f...

This book consists of two parts: "The Law of Peoples, " a major reworking of a much shorter article by the same name published in 1993, and the ess...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Natan SharanskyWith: Ron DermerNatan Sharansky believes that the truest expression of democracy is the ability to stand in ...

Reducere. Today the deadliest conflicts are not between states but rather within them, pitting tyrants against the populations they oppress. Over a century o...

Winner of the 2013 Christianity Today Book Award in Missions / Global AffairsWinner of the Aldersgate Prize Honorable MentionWinner of the 2014 Int...

Reducere. A stirring defense of liberalism against the dogmatisms of our time from an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author. Not since the earl...

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Qatar s successful bid for the World Cup shocked the football world. We only knew that it was hot, home to rich people and hardly the home of democ...

Respected human rights activist Nonie Darwish assesses the potential for freedom to succeed following the recent revolutions in the Middle EastThe ...

Reducere. Winner of the SECOLAS Alfred B. Thomas Book Award Named Best Social Science Book, LASA Southern Cone Studies Section In Santiago, Chile, poverty an...

Reducere. DescriptionThese are uncertain times in Latin America. Popular faith in democracy has been shaken; traditional political parties and institutions a...

This popular introduction by a well-known Islamic scholar has been updated and expanded, offering a balanced portrayal of the Qur'an and its place ...

Reducere. "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." George Orwell.In seventy-eight essays, seven prominent social critics qu...

DescriptionThis thoroughly updated edition of Global Security in the Twenty-First Century offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security d...

DescriptionJakarta based Andreas Harsono is one of the most knowledgeable, experienced, high-profile and courageous of reporters and commentators o...

'Heavily sourced, crisply written and deeply alarming.' The Times 'This is a remarkable book with a chilling message.' Guardian The Chinese Communi...

Reducere. Historically, Americans have seen libertarians as far outside the mainstream, but with the rise of the Tea Party movement, libertarian principles h...

Over the last decade, author and activist Astra Taylor has helped shift the national conversation on topics including technology, inequality, indeb...

This global history as the Chinese would write it gives brilliant and unconventional insights for understanding China's role in the world, especial...

Democracy, free thought and expression, religious tolerance, individual liberty, political self-determination of peoples, sexual and racial equalit...

Reducere. #1 New York Times Bestseller A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today's world, written...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Talal AsadOpening with the provocative query "what might an anthropology of the secular look like?" this book explores the ...

Reducere. Description#1 New York Times Bestseller Best Books of 2018 --The EconomistA personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and...

Reducere. Peace cannot be attained as long as there are ideologies that promote hate. People don't naturally do evil. They do evil when indoctrinated. Good p...

'Just as in the parable of the boiling frog who does not perceive the gradual increase in the temperature of the water and is boiled alive, so we h...

DescriptionEste manifiesto permanece la nica tentativa hasta la fecha por GRECE, la principal organizaci n de la Nueva Derecha en Francia, para sum...