"In Cultures, Citizenship and Human Rights the combined analytical efforts of the fields of human rights law, conflict studies, anthropology, history, media studies, gender studies, and critical race and postcolonial studies raise a comprehensive understanding of the discursive …
"This interdisciplinary study engages law, history, and political theory in a first attempt to crystallize the lessons the global 'refugee crisis' can teach us about the nature of international law. It connects the dots between the actions of Jewish migrants to Palestine after W…
"This book outlines a working theory of human security, and applies it to an analysis of the dynamics of the Chinese state. Professor Bedeski demonstrates how sovereignty of the state reflects primary human concerns of survival, where the state's fundamental purpose is to preser…
A study of the history of the evolving relationship between mapping practices and conceptions of nationhood.
Why has legal and judicial reform in the Arab region failed in promoting the rule of law, ensuring judicial independence and safeguarding democratic values: prerequisites for economic, political, and social development? This dissertation attempts to address this failure in the c…
A collection of articles about israel's right of establishment as a Jewish homeland and as an independent country.
The constitutional state
by Barber, Nick W., (Nicholas William)
fromOxford constitutional theory
This volume brings together a wide selection of key writings on legal philosophy and political sociology by Marxist theorist Nicolas Poulantzas (1936-1979). Articles include his early pieces on law, his studies of hegemony, authoritarianism, and social classes, and his debate on…
Rational deterrence theory posits that deterrence is more likely to be successful when a state credibly communicates to its adversary that it has both the capability and intent to retaliate against threats. Yet, second-generation nuclear states, which often exist in severe secur…
That revolutions come in waves is a commonly recognized feature of history, yet has been under theorized in the sociology of revolution. This dissertation argues that the solution to the puzzle of revolutionary waves lies in two aspects of revolution relatively neglected by prev…
Why do states contribute to ad hoc security coalitions and what factors influence their level and composition of support? What factors influence states' decisions to contribute and the type of contribution? What motivated countries such as South Korea to contribute significantly…
The last few decades of the twentieth century have witnessed an increased presence of religious identities in political spaces in the Muslim world. Multifold conceptions of the nation and the state have flourished from which state actors have differentially drawn upon to define …
"This book investigates the limits of the legitimate role of the state in regulating the human body. It questions whether there is a public interest in issues of bodily autonomy, body modifications and selling the body. The main question addressed in this book is whether such au…
