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Purpose, functions, and relations of the state

  • Public and Privateby Maurizio Passerin D'Entrèves; Ursula Vogel

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 43.95

    The public and private distinction is essential to our moral and political vocabularies as it continues to structure our social and legal practices. Public and Private provides a multidisciplinary perspective on this distinction which has been at the centre of controversial debate in recent years. The focus of the debate has been on delineating acceptable... more...

  • Understanding U..S.. Human Rights Policy: A Paradoxical Legacyby Clair Apodaca

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 47.95

    This book provides a comprehensive historical overview and analysis of the complex and often vexing problem of understanding the formation of US human rights policy over the past thirty-five years, a period during which concern for human rights became a major factor in foreign policy decision-making. Clair Apodaca demonstrates that the history... more...

  • Restoring Justice after Large-scale Violent Conflictsby Ivo Aertsen; Jana Arsovska; Holger-C Rohne; Marta Valiñas; Kris Vanspauwen

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95

    This book provides a comparative analysis of the potential of restorative justice approaches to dealing with mass victimization in the context of large-scale violent conflicts focusing on case studies from Kosovo, Israel-Palestine and Congo, incorporating contributions from leading authorities in these areas. One of the main objectives of the book... more...

  • Even Paranoids Have Enemiesby Joseph H. Berke; Stella Pierides; Andrea Sabbadini; Stanley Schneider

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 40.95

    'Even paranoids have enemies' is the reply Golda Meir is said to have made to Henry Kissinger who, during the 1973 Sinai talks, accused her of being paranoid for hesitating to grant further concessions to the Arabs. It is used as part of the title of this book to highlight the complex relationship between paranoia and persecution. The politics of... more...

  • Identifying Citizensby David Lyon

    Wiley 2013; US$ 59.95

    New ID card systems are proliferating around the world. These may use digitized fingerprints or photos, may be contactless, using a scanner, and above all, may rely on computerized registries of personal information. In this timely new contribution, David Lyon argues that such IDs represent a fresh phase in the long-term attempts of modern states to... more...

  • Justice in a Changing Worldby Cecile Fabre

    Wiley 2013; US$ 24.95

    Should governments give special rights to ethnic and cultural minorities? Should rich countries open their borders to economic immigrants or transfer resources to poor countries? When framing and implementing economic and environmental policies, should current generations take into account the interests of future generations? If our political community... more...

  • The Strange Non-death of Neo-liberalismby Colin Crouch

    Wiley 2013; US$ 19.95

    Winner of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung prize The financial crisis seemed to present a fundamental challenge to neo-liberalism, the body of ideas that have constituted the political orthodoxy of most advanced economies in recent decades. Colin Crouch argues in this book that it will shrug off this challenge. The reason is that while neo-liberalism... more...

  • Responsibility and Justiceby Matt Matravers

    Wiley 2013; US$ 64.95

    In this lively and accessible book, Matt Matravers considers the role of responsibility in politics, morality and the law. In recent years, responsibility has taken a central place in our lives. In politics, both Tony Blair and George W. Bush have claimed that individual responsibility is at the centre of their policy agendas. In morality and the law,... more...

  • The Rise and Fall of Human Rightsby Lori Allen

    Stanford University Press 2013; US$ 24.95

    The Rise and Fall of Human Rights provides a groundbreaking ethnographic investigation of the Palestinian human rights world—its NGOs, activists, and "victims," as well as their politics, training, and discourse—since 1979. Though human rights activity began as a means of struggle against the Israeli occupation, it has since been professionalized... more...

  • Letters to a Young Progressiveby Mike S. Adams

    Regnery Publishing 2013; US$ 24.95

    Born the son of a farmer, 19-year old Ty goes off to college, fulfilling his father?s dream of a better life. The only mistake was sending Ty to a liberal university. Sure enough, in his second year, Ty begins to reject his father?s values?the very values of hard work and individual responsibility that provided him his education. The biggest fear... more...