Political Control & Freedoms

In Icons Axed, Freedoms Lost, Vyacheslav Karpov and Rachel L. Schroeder demonstrate how Russia went from persecuting believers to jailing critics o...

The contested creation of free movementfor people and goodsin the Schengen area of EuropeEurope is a place of free movement among nationsor is it? ...

As the heir apparent to the presidency in 1808, James Madison had a substantial reputation and an impressive list of credentials, including having ...

'One of the greatest, most radical public thinkers of our time. When the sun sets on the American empire, as it will, as it must, Noam Chomsky's wo...

A history of the successes of the human rights movement and a case for why human rights workEvidence for Hope makes the case that yes, human rights...

From the squares of Spain to indigenous land in Canada, protest camps are a tactic used around the world. Since 2011 they have gained prominence in...

This book analyzes the role of social networks during electoral campaigns around the world, taking into account the nontechnological particularitie...

This book analyzes the role of social networks during electoral campaigns around the world, taking into account the nontechnological particularitie...

Recognition of the right to water and sanitation is an important and global issue. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights explains t...

The fifth volume of the Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law (BYEIL) discusses diverse and actual legal topics of international and co...

A twelve-year old boy returns to his village from school in Cairo to find the community torn by feud and fear. Working together, the young, old, me...

'This fascinating and refreshing book is more necessary than ever. A must-read' Thomas Piketty'Fascinating' - New York TimesWINNER OF THE 2024 JACQ...

While the notion of social harm has long interested critical criminologists it is now being explored as an alternative field of study, which provid...

From the squares of Spain to indigenous land in Canada, protest camps are a tactic used around the world. Since 2011 they have gained prominence in...

To govern in a democracy, political leaders have to compromise. When they do not, the result is political paralysis--dramatically demonstrated by t...

Although numerous scholars have studied Late Republican humor, this is the first book to examine its social and political context. Anthony Corbeill...

While the notion of social harm has long interested critical criminologists it is now being explored as an alternative field of study, which provid...

Can human rights be truly universal, without becoming a subtle form of Western imperialism or restricting the rights of women, minorities, LGBT peo...

Forced Migration and Social Trauma addresses the topic of social trauma and migration by bringing together a broad range of interdisciplinary and i...

This book aims to reinvigorate realist international relations theory by developing a catalogue of micro-mechanisms able to explain security policy...

We are used to thinking of human rights as a matter for state governments to deal with. Much less investigated is the question of what cities do wi...

What does the notion of the global south mean to media studies today?This book interrogates the possibilities of global thinking from the south in ...

The concept of networks and the techniques of social network analysis have each assumed increasing importance in social science in recent years, no...

This book delves into the complexities of genocide as a legal concept, offering a fresh perspective by exploring the rights of groups to exist unde...

Pepin-Neff coins the term Tolerable Inequality to examine the ways in which politicians and political actors use the policy process as a tool to ma...

Pepin-Neff coins the term Tolerable Inequality to examine the ways in which politicians and political actors use the policy process as a tool to ma...

The astonishing story of the billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai who became one of Hong Kongs leading activists for democracy and is today Chinas mos...

A hundred and fifty years of conflict. What does that do to a persons soul, to the spirit of a nation? To both the occupied and the occupier?Intern...

The book project strives to establish and interpret the experiences and realities of African migration using African epistemology and philosophy. T...

Undocumented migration is a huge global phenomenon, yet little is known about the reality of life for those involved. Sans Papiers combines a conte...

The Iran National Front and the Struggle for Democracy: 1949Present explores the activities of the Iran National Front (INF). The INF is a coalitio...

National Identity Identity and Partisan Polarization examines how national identity has become a central issue in political and social life across ...