Political Control & Freedoms

This title was first published in 2003. Meticulously documenting Intra-state violence and the responses to it from a global perspective, this volum...

The viability of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has always been a bone of contention in socially and politically plural South Asia. It is entangled w...

The accountability of armed non-state actors is a neglected field of international law, overtaken by the regimes of state responsibility and indivi...

According to the Duvergerian theories, in the long run, only viable parties are expected to stand for elections. Non-viable parties should join a p...

Completely revised and updated, this textbook continues to offer the most comprehensive resource available. Concise chapters from a diverse mix of ...

In the context of both the financial crisis and the crisis of European migration politics, the notion of solidarity has gained renewed prominence a...

This title was first published in 2003. Theories of human rights are important, as they can be a means to challenging entrenched and oppressive pow...

Indigenous peoples are recognised as groups with specific rights based on their historical ties to particular territories. The United Nations estim...

This title was first published in 2002: Utilizing the case of the 1994 US decision to delink Chinas human rights record from most favoured nation s...

Popular protests are on the rise in China. However, since protesters rely on existing channels of participation and on patronage by elite backers, ...

The Politics and Crisis Management of Animal Health Security addresses the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic in the United Kingdom - one of, if not the,...

This book uses a practice-driven and empirically founded approach to address the question of whether and how international attention can protect an...

This book empirically tests, compares, and explains the effects of British and American legacy conservative press and far-right websites, on accord...

This book offers an in-depth analysis of a fundamental human freedom and a cornerstone of democracy: the Freedom of Religions or Beliefs (FoRB). Th...