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From Student Strikes to the Extinction Rebellion
Edited by Benjamin J. Richardson
Across the world, millions of people are taking to the streets demanding urgent action on climate breakdown and other environmental emergencies. Extinction Rebellion, Fridays for Future and Climate Strikes are part of a new lexicon of en...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Human Rights in Times of Transition
Edited by Kasey McCall-Smith, Andrea Birdsall, Elisenda Casanas Adam
This timely book explores the extent to which national security has affected the intersection between human rights and the exercise of state power. It examines how liberal democracies, long viewed as the proponents and protectors of huma...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Global Justice, Markets and Domination
Fausto Corvino
This thought-provoking book analyses the process of labour commodification, through which the individual’s ability to earn a basic living becomes dependent on the conditions of the market relationship. Building on the premise that the se...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Can We Still Afford Human Rights?
Edited by Jan Wouters, Koen Lemmens, Thomas Van Poecke, Marie Bourguignon
This insightful book offers a critical reflection on the sustainability and effectiveness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and its legacy over the last 70 years. Exploring the problems surrounding universality, prolife...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Hired Guns and Human Rights
Kuzi Charamba
This innovative book provides an overview and critical assessment of the current avenues and remedies available to victims seeking recourse from private military and security companies (PMSCs) for human rights violations.eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Human Rights and Tobacco Control
Edited by Marie E. Gispen, Brigit Toebes
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Large-scale adverse health and developmental outcomes related to tobacco affect millions of ... -
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Contesting Human Rights
Edited by Alison Brysk, Michael Stohl
Illustrated with case studies from across the globe, Contesting Human Rights provides an innovative approach to human rights, and examines the barriers and changing pathways to the full realisation of these rights. Presenting a thorough ...eBook:Find out more£23.16
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The EU-Turkey Statement on Refugees
Hülya Kaya
This thought-provoking book critically analyses how the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement on Refugees affects the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. Bringing together an in-depth examination of both EU and Turkish law and fie...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Human Dignity and the Adjudication of Environmental Rights
Dina L. Townsend
Focusing on contemporary debates in philosophy and legal theory, this ground-breaking book provides a compelling enquiry into the nature of human dignity. The author not only illustrates that dignity is a concept that can extend our unde...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Freedom of Religion or Belief
Edited by Paul Babie T. Babie, Neville G. Rochow, Brett G. Scharffs
Using the metaphor of ‘constitutional space’, this thought-provoking book describes the confluence and convergence of powers in a constitutional system, comprised of the principled exercise of the legislative, executive and judicial powe...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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China–North Korea Relations
Edited by Catherine Jones, Sarah Teitt
Developing a new approach to exploring security relations between China and North Korea, this timely book examines China’s contradictory statements and actions through the lens of developmental peace. It highlights the differences betwee...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Gender, Alterity and Human Rights
Ratna Kapur
Human rights are axiomatic with liberal freedom. Yet more rights for women, sexual and religious minorities, has had disempowering and exclusionary effects. Revisiting campaigns for same-sex marriage, violence against women, and Islamic ...eBook:Find out more£19.16