Human Rights

Zafra Lerman was precocious as a little girl growing up in Israel. She grew up with deep-seeded values—values so deeply held that they became ingra...

Addressing one of the most pressing issues of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990) that is still unresolved almost 30 years later, this book adopts a...

Based on unique empirical research into Colombia’s Santos-FARC-EP peace process (2012-2016), this book interrogates how, if at all, survivors and v...

The Kurdish question remains one of the most important and complicated issues in ethnic politics in contemporary times, with the Kurds being one of...

Race, Class, and the Civil Rights Movement is a unique sociohistorical analysis of the civil rights movement. In it, Jack M. Bloom analyzes the int...

There exists a dominant narrative that essentially defines the US’ relationship with genocide through what the US has failed to do to stop or preve...

Russia's human rights record, especially violations of the right to life, liberty and freedom of expression, has been the subject of much internati...

“In Same River, Twice, one of Europe's leading novelists uses her personal experience to shed light on the personal experiences of others: ordinary...

Race, Class, and the Civil Rights Movement is a unique sociohistorical analysis of the civil rights movement. In it, Jack M. Bloom analyzes the int...

This book brings together a variety of perspectives to explore the role of literature in the aftermath of political conflict, studying the ways in ...

How activist groups across the country adapted their strategies and tactics to their local contexts to keep the protests alive On January 21, 2017,...

An unflinching look at the most urgent humanitarian crises around the globe, from one of the world’s most daring philosopher-reporters“Call[s] on p...

In Narrating Humanity, Cynthia G. Franklin makes a critical intervention into practices of life writing and contemporary crises in the United State...

In Narrating Humanity, Cynthia G. Franklin makes a critical intervention into practices of life writing and contemporary crises in the United State...

The War on Rescue documents how governments block assistance to people in times of crisis. Focusing on the European Migration Crisis of 2015–2022 t...

Throughout the history of the United States, the concepts of “land” and “the West” have fired the American imagination and fueled controversy. The ...

Roughly 40 thousand people have been killed or made to "disappear" for political reasons in Guatemala during the last 30 years. Despite vows and so...

A General Theory of Authority was first printed in 1962 and is a classic treatment of authority and its relation to justice, life, truth, and order...