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Prompted by the 1998 United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, Korten's book indicts the world's governments for failing to address growing hunger, housing shortages, unemployment, poverty, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation. He examines the causes of this global crisis and offers fresh solutions reflecting sustainability, community, and equity-the only principles that can assure a healthy future for the world's people.
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In her groundbreaking new book, Silencing Political Dissent, constitutional expert Nancy Chang examines how the Bush administration's fight against terrorism is resulting in a disturbing erosion of First Amendment rights and increase of executive power.
Chang's compelling analysis begins with a historical review of political repression and intolerance of dissent in America. From the Sedition Act of 1798, through the Smith Act of the 1940s and the...
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Examining the legal foundations of the war on terror, this book investigates the loss of the civil liberties of American citizens and legal immigrants. In a detailed look at bills such as the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, the USA Patriot Act, and the Homeland Security Act, and executive orders, it provides a comprehensive picture of the war on terror and explores the claimed victories by the Bush administration. Chronicling the...
64) Merchants of Men
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A powerful and sophisticated underground business delivers thousands of refugees a day all along the Mediterranean coasts of Europe. The new breed of criminals that controls it has risen out of the political chaos of post-9/11 Western foreign policy and the fiasco of the Arab Spring. These merchants of men are intertwined with jihadist armed organizations such as al Qaeda in the Maghreb. They have prospered smuggling cocaine from West Africa and kidnapping...
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Why is there so much injustice in the society? Is equality possible? Why do we form groups? What is Power? Are we going to see more conflicts in the future or will the future herald a new era of peace? What does the past predict about the future? Does history repeat Itself? Will history repeat itself? Is there something we can do? Our Egalitarian Universe (OEU) is a series of reflections on these questions. It is an attempt to find solutions to social...
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The collection of articles in the book covers various issues relating to law enforcement, good governance, counter-terrorism and human rights. The author has drawn on his rich and varied experience as a law enforcement officer and human rights activist. His cogent analysis and insightful observations throw new lights on many of these issues. The articles reveal his alert and sensitive mind and abiding concern for human rights. They provide valuable...
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El autor, que en el momento del golpe de estado (11 de septiembre de 1973) tenía sólo 17 años, describe con realismo el ambiente de su ciudad en tiempos de normalidad y en los días previos al golpe, sus vivencias ese fatídico día, y su vida clandestina hasta el momento de su detención y traslado al recinto militar Cerro Chena? lugar en el que coincidió con otros prisioneros, muchos de los cuales fueron posteriormente fusilados, y donde lo...
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Carlos Nino fue una figura clave en el enjuiciamiento a los máximos responsables de las violaciones a los derechos humanos cometidas por la dictadura militar, entre 1976 y 1983. Contribuyó decisivamente en el diseño del Juicio a las Juntas, que representa un hecho histórico único: conocemos experiencias de amnistías y perdones, operaciones por el olvido y por la memoria, y sucesos de venganza y resignación, pero casi no existen instancias en...
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Vivimos en sociedades donde el individuo constituye el centro de la mayoría de nuestras reflexiones y acciones, ya sean políticas, morales o de otro tipo. Esto es así, por lo menos, en las sociedades occidentales, aunque vemos cómo otras culturas, en las que lo colectivo tradicionalmente ha tenido un papel relevante, van experimentando cambios que tienden a orientarlas hacia ese paradigma individual. Decir que esto último sea positivo o negativo...
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With contributions from some of the most well respected and experienced Chinese writers, journalists, and organizers, China's Great Leap examines the People's Republic of China as its government and 1.3 billion people prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games. When Beijing first sought the Games, China was still recovering from the upheavals of Maoist rule and adapting to a market revolution. Today, China wants to engage with the outside world-while fully...
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La presente obra contempla el particular enfoque del autor respecto al origen y tratamiento de los derechos subjetivos y sus garantías, para luego diferenciarlos y compararlos con el sistema de derechos humanos. Se sugiere un cambio de paradigma, en cuanto al estudio y aplicación del derecho interno de cada país, así como su relación con los instrumentos internacionales respecto de las distintas materias a los que hacen alusión. También se...
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The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights...
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The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken in 2016 by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human...
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From the colonial period until modern times Christians have played a major role in the development of the United States of America. At the beginning, Christians had major input into the creation of the guiding documents and laws that helped the United States grow into a strong, free nation. During the previous century into the current century Christian influence has begun to wane and the respect for Bible believing evangelical Christians within...
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'Beautifully told, this book brings a fascinating and compelling story to a wider public. A "must read" for those interested in women's lives in the past.' June Purvis, Professor (Emerita) of Women's and Gender History, University of Portsmouth, UK
'This important and absorbing book presents a unique history of Kitty Marshall. This is first-class history and a first-rate thriller.' Professor Clive Bloom, author of A History of Britain's Fight for...
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Siddharth Kara is a tireless chronicler of the human cost of slavery around the world. He has documented the realities of human trafficking and forced labor in order to reveal the degrading and dehumanizing system that strips people of their dignity for the sake of profit-and to link the suffering of the enslaved to the day-to-day lives of consumers in the West. In Modern Slavery, Kara draws on his many years of expertise to demonstrate the scope...
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International legal scholar Kenneth Anderson analyzes US-UN relations in each major aspect of the United Nations' work-security, human rights and universal values, and development-and offers workable, practical principles for US policy toward the United Nations. He addresses the crucial question of whether, when, and how the United States should engage or not engage with the United Nations in each of its many different organs and activities, giving...
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The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories is put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken in 2015 by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human...
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There is no more compelling and dramatic unfolding story, with more profound international ramifications, than the conflict in the Middle East.
Sharing the Land of Canaan is a critical examination of the core issues of the conflict that dares to put forward a radical but logical solution: that a shared state is the best way to achieve justice and peace for Israelis and Palestinians. Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, offers an overview of the issues at stake,...
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