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Iris Marion Young - Justice and the Politics of Difference (1990).jpg
This book challenges the prevailing philosophical reduction of social justice to distributive justice. It critically analyzes basic concepts underlying most theories of justice, including impartiality, formal equality, and the unitary moral subjectivity. ...
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Through the individual characteristics of China's political leaders, a nation-building process began. Chinese leaders fell into two categories of reformers: conservative and liberal. Conservative reformers saw a corruption of the moral order of society that needed ...
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This collection of multiple perspectives on the "war on terror" and the new imperialism provides a depth of analysis. Looking at the imperialism and the "war on terror" through a lens focused on gender and race, the contributors expose the limitations of the current popular ...
Joel Waldfogel - Scroogenomics; Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays (2009).jpg
Christmas is a time of seasonal cheer, family get-togethers, holiday parties, and-gift giving. Lots and lots--and lots--of gift giving. It's hard to imagine any Christmas without this time-honored custom. But let's stop to consider the gifts we receive--the rooster ...
Malcolm Sargeant - Age Discrimination in Employment (2007).jpg
Malcolm Sargeant's Age Discrimination in Employment is an encyclopaedic guide for HR specialists and employment lawyers to the nature of age discrimination in the workplace in a number of countries, along with a discussion of the main thrust of employment law in this area, ...
Bonnie Berry - The power of looks; Social stratification of physical appearance (2008).jpg
This sparkling study of eighteenth century science challenges modern assumptions that the microscope was usually regarded as little more than a scientific toy. By taking an entirely fresh approach, Marc Ratcliff shows that eighteenth century microscopy in Europe is ...
Michael O'Flaherty - The human rights field operation; Law.jpg
This volume assesses the development of human rights field operations of the United Nations and other intergovernmental organizations. It makes a substantial contribution to the debate and understanding with regard to the sector's underlying doctrine. The book, ...
Megan Ravenhill - The Culture of Homelessness (2008).jpg
Despite an extensive literature on homelessness there is surprisingly little work that investigates the roots of homelessness by tracking homeless people over time. In this fascinating and much-needed ethnographic study, Megan Ravenhill presents the results of ten ...
Martin Hand - Making Digital Cultures (2008).jpg
There has been multi-disciplinary interest in the 'digital age', 'information age', and 'technoculture' in recent years, with information and communication technologies, particularly the internet, being commonly associated with a variety of dramatic social and ...
Cherry Bradshaw - Bloody nations; Мoral dilemmas for nations.jpg
The dominance of nationalism as ideology and the resurgence of nationalist and ethnic conflict since the end of the Cold War, demands further analysis of the complex interplay between nation, state, sovereignty and self determination. Placing the phenomenon of ...
Jan-Erik Lane - Globalization; The Juggernaut of the 21st Century (2008).jpg
While some people debate whether globalization really exists, it proceeds apace, affecting all societies. It presents us with unknown challenges and, as governments start to discuss what to do about these challenges, it is becoming obvious that globalization is not ...
John Rawls - A Theory of Justice (1999).jpg
Since it appeared in 1971, John Rawls's A Theory of Justice has become a classic. The author has now revised the original edition to clear up a number of difficulties he and others have found in the original book. Rawls aims to express an essential part of the common core of the ...
Joseph L. Derdzinski - Internal Security Services in Liberalizing States (2009).jpg
Among the states that have moved from authoritarianism in the past 15 years, most have not moved beyond the mere procedures of democracy. They remain entrenched in a 'grey area' in which neither authoritarian nor democratic governance has been established, where ...
Shelina Janmohamed - Love in a Headscarf (2010).jpg
When Shelina Janmohamed, an Oxford-educated Muslim living in the bubbling ethnic mix of North London, opted for the traditional “arranged” route to finding a partner, she never suspected it would be the journey of her life.Through ten long years of matchmaking buxom ...
Arthur Isak Applbaum - Ethics for Adversaries (1999).jpg
"This is a brilliant approach to the vexing questions about ethical requirements of certain leading professions. No serious treatment of these issues will be able to proceed without considering Applbaum's thorough and pointed arguments. This book is, on the one hand, ...
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Whilst the views of leaders within the Church of England are frequently canvassed during periods of national crisis, little attention has been devoted to finding out whether there are Church perspectives on contemporary foreign policy issues. The Church of England has ...
Pierre Clastres - Archeology of Violence (1994).jpg
Pierre Clastres broke up with his mentor Claude Levi-Strauss to collaborate with Gilles Deleuze and Felix Gattari on their Anti-Oedipus. He is the rare breed of political anthropologist--a Nietzschean--and his work presents us with a generalogy of power in a native ...
Khaled Abou El Fadl - Rebellion and Violence in Islamic Law (2001).jpg
Khaled Abou El Fadl's book represents the first systematic examination of the idea and treatment of political resistance and rebellion in Islamic law. Pre-modern jurists produced an extensive and sophisticated discourse on the legality of rebellion and the treatment ...
Howard M. Hensel - The legitimate use of military force; The just war tradition and the customary law of armed conflict (2008).jpg
Throughout human history, scholars, statesmen and military leaders have attempted to define what constitutes the legitimate use of armed force by one community against another. Moreover, indeed if force is to be used, what normative guidelines should govern the conduct ...
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Offers an extensive and probing ethical analysis of economic globalisation. This innovative and highly informative book on globalisation and business ethics will set the tone for the debate on this important issue in the coming years, and will be an invaluable source of ...
George Kassimeris - Warrior's dishonour; Barbarity.jpg
The characteristic act of men at war is not killing. It is killing by committing shocking and unspeakable atrocities, when circumstances permit. What drives ordinary people into hatred, genocide, inhumanity and evil? What turns friends and neighbours against each other ...
Tatsu Kambara - China And the Global Energy Crisis. Development and Prospects for China's Oil and Natural Gas (2007).jpg
`This is a timely volume. Understanding the oil and gas industry that China has at home is an essential prerequisite to understanding Chinese foreign policy and the future role of China in world oil and gas markets. It is certain to be a major one.'- From the preface by Ron ...
John W. Sherman - Latin America In Crisis (2000).jpg
Latin America in Crisis builds a clear-eyed consideration of the fundamental economic and political realities of Latin America today onto a framework of introductory history. It is a concise core text for Latin American survey courses that require both a historical ...
Ian Buruma - Taming the Gods; Religion and Democracy on Three Continents (2010).jpg
For eight years the president of the United States was a born-again Christian, backed by well-organized evangelicals who often seemed intent on erasing the church-state divide. In Europe, the increasing number of radicalized Muslims is creating widespread fear that ...
001aef61Christopher Rowan - The Politics of Water in Africa; The European Union's Role in Development Aid Partnership (2009).jpg
The dilemmas of African development continue to haunt both African and western institutions and governments. Here Christopher Rowan offers an original interpretation of the evolving concept of partnership as it operates within the current relationship between the ...