Dignity, rank, and rights
by Rosen, Michael, Waldron, Jeremy, Dimock, Wai Chee, Herzog, Don
How can human rights make a difference in the reality of women's lives? The very notion of human rights implies universal application to both women and men; however, the development of international human rights law has been partial and androcentric, privileging a masculine worl…
Examines the influence of democracy on politics, business and economics, law, culture, and religion in different regions of the world; explores the dark side of the democratic process; and reflects on the future of world democracy.
Countries solemnly intone their commitment to human rights, and they ratify endless international treaties and conventions designed to signal that commitment. At the same time, there has been no marked decrease in human rights violations, even as the language of human rights has…
Se examinan las políticas que afectan a los trabajadores migrantes en el mundo.
The din and deadlock of public life in America - where insults are traded, slogans proclaimed, and self-serving deals are made and unmade - reveal the deep disagreement that pervades our democracy. The disagreement is not only political but also moral, as citizens and their repr…
"I am writing this book during difficult political times (and I am writing it at this particular moment largely because of them). We live in the era of the "Arab Spring," Occupy Wall Street in the United States, and the rise of Syriza in Greece and Podemos in Spain, not to menti…
Contains 11 essays which discuss critically the conception of civil society implicit in donor assistance programmes and the methods by which donors implement such aid. Focuses largely on two aid programmes: USAID and PHARE (the European Community programme for assistance).
Human rights in Canadian foreign policy
Las últimas décadas, periodo de neoliberalismo y de giro autoritario de las formas de gobierno, han venido igualmente marcadas por una creciente violencia contra las mujeres. Los asesinatos sistemáticos de Ciudad Juárez se han convertido en un ensayo a escala planetaria, desbord…
Monograph tracing the historical evolution of Western political theory and philosophy - covers the city-state, the political ideology of plato and aristotle, the development of roman jurisprudence, the role of religion and the Church, nationalism, civil rights, economic theory, …