Human Rights

How do international norms evolve? This book examines the manner in which sovereignty, a bedrock norm of international relations since the seventee...

This book provides the first book-length, English-language account of the political ethics of large-scale, Western-based humanitarian INGOs, such a...

In present-day political and moral philosophy the idea that all persons are in some way moral equals is an almost universal premise, with its defen...

Hilal Elver offers an in-depth study of the escalating controversy over the right of Muslim women to wear headscarves. Examining legal and politica...

Do we have positive duties to help others in need or are our moral duties only negative, focused on not harming them? Are any of the former positiv...

How can "Speaking Rights to Power" construct political will to respond to human rights abuse worldwide? Examining dozens of cases of human rights c...

Are human rights universal or the product of specific cultures? Is democracy a necessary condition for the achievement of human rights in practice?...

Women, Gender, and Politics brings together both classic and recent readings on central topics in the study of gender and politics, and places an e...

In Advocating Dignity, Jean H. Quataert explores the emergence, development, and impact of the human rights revolution following World War II. Inte...

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. ...

Dangerous Talk examines the 'lewd, ungracious, detestable, opprobrious, and rebellious-sounding' speech of ordinary men and women who spoke scornfu...

Insurgent citizenships have arisen in cities around the world. This book examines the insurgence of democratic citizenship in the urban peripheries...

Women, Gender, and Politics brings together both classic and recent readings on central topics in the study of gender and politics, and places an e...

In recent years, influential studies have shown that the activities of human rights organizations are central in convincing violating governments t...

The Politics of Human Rights provides a systematic introductory overview of the nature and development of human rights. At the same time it offers ...

Clarke covers a remarkable number of topics, including geographic factors in the choice of agricultural land, land acquisition and clearance, ener...

Refugees lie at the heart of world politics. The causes and consequences of, and responses to, human displacement are intertwined with many of the ...

What ever happened to privacy? The simple right to be left alone? Surveillance cameras track our movements. Governments monitor our phone calls, e-...

While the notion of 'human rights' is sometimes thought to be a product of the Western Enlightenment, human rights as a subject for philosophical e...

In December 2005, Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, assured the world that the flights of CIA private jets that have criss-crossed Europ...

Europe has entered the 21st century in a state of growing uncertainty about the role and scope of traditional political rights. The scope of 'polit...

Finallya comparative overview of sexuality and human rights issues and law!Human rights issues exist globally, particularly when they have to do wi...

Blame for the putative failure of liberalism in late-nineteenth-century Japan and China has often been placed on an insufficient grasp of modernity...

This detailed account of ethnic minority politics explains when and how European institutions successfully used norms and incentives to shape domes...