Looking at detective novels from around the world, Fischer-Hornung (U. of Heidelberg, Germany) and Mueller (English, U. of Cologne, Germany) define the "ethnic detective" as the protagonist who is not of the dominant group of the society in which the novel is set and note that t…
Canada likes to present itself as a paragon of LGBTQ rights. This book contends that rather than being a beacon of justice, Canada's newfound acceptance of the LGBTQ community is a smokescreen that obscures and abets multiple forms of oppression...including the marginalization o…
Seit der Aufklärung steht die Frage im Raum, wie es möglich ist, die »Einheit des Menschengeschlechts« als Vielheit zu denken. Wie kann das Versprechen allgemeiner Gleichheit mit einem Anspruch auf Verschiedenheit verbunden werden? Dieses Leitthema der europäischen Moderne greif…
Seit der Aufklärung steht die Frage im Raum, wie es möglich ist, die "Einheit des Menschengeschlechts" als Vielheit zu denken. Wie kann das Versprechen allgemeiner Gleichheit mit einem Anspruch auf Verschiedenheit verbunden werden? Dieses Leitthema der europäischen Moderne greif…
"Based on original empirical research in Australia, this book presents a detailed analysis of the political complexities, compromises, and investments that underpin LGBT efforts to achieve sexual rights and protections"--.
When we think of minorities--linguistic, ethnic, religious, regional, or racial--in world politics, conflict is often the first thing that comes to mind. Indeed, discord and tension are the depressing norms in many states across the globe: Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, Sudan, Isr…
"The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in a mass exodus of India's migrant workers from the cities back to the villages. This book explores the social conditions and concerns around health, labour, migration, and gender that were thrown up as a result of this forced migration. The book…
1 Introduction: The Invention of Good Government for the Law of Nations -- 2 Vattels Droit des gens. A Transnational Bestseller from the Age of Enlightenment -- 3 The Good Government: The Constituting and Constituted Nation -- 4 The First Reception: Sicily, Corsica and the Medit…