Critical Theory and Human Rights: From Compassion to Coercion (McGrogan David)(Pevná vazba)

Critical Theory and Human Rights: From Compassion to Coercion (McGrogan David)(Pevná vazba)

This book describes the evolution of the human rights movement into a grand managerial project, rooted in compassion, with the aim of improving universal welfare by defining the conditions of human well-being and imposing obligations on the state and other actors to realise them. It argues that

Human Rights and Liberty (Ogden Charlie)(Pevná vazba)

Color Theory: A Critical Introduction (Fine Aaron)(Pevná vazba)

Giving an overview of the history of color theory from ancient and classical cultures to contemporary contexts, this book explores important critical principles and provides practical guidance on the use of color in art and design. Going beyond a simple recitation of what has historically been said

Strategic Human Rights Litigation: Understanding and Maximising Impact (Duffy Helen)(Pevná vazba)

War, Conflict and Human Rights: Theory and Practice (Sriram Chandra Lekha)(Paperback)

War, Conflict and Human Rights is an innovative inter-disciplinary textbook, combining aspects of law, politics and conflict analysis to examine the relationship between human rights and armed conflict. This third edition has been fully revised and updated, and contains a completely new chapter on

Contested Knowledge: A Guide to Critical Theory (Phillips John)(Pevná vazba)

This is the most accessible and wide-ranging introduction to critical theory currently available. Providing a comprehensive overview of the practice, role and importance of theory across the humanities and social sciences, the book not only maps a notoriously complex area, but it also enables the

Christian Human Rights (Moyn Samuel)(Pevná vazba)

In Christian Human Rights, Samuel Moyn asserts that the rise of human rights after World War II was prefigured and inspired by a defense of the dignity of the human person that first arose in Christian churches and religious thought in the years just prior to the outbreak of the war. The Roman

The Human Face of Water Security (Devlaeminck David)(Pevná vazba)

This volume collects essays from academics and practitioners from a diversity of areas and perspectives in order to discuss water security at various levels and to illuminate the central idea of water security: its focus on the individual. Beginning with the big picture, this book aims to

Reimagining Human Rights: Religion and the Common Good (O'Neill William R.)(Paperback)

In Reimagining Human Rights, William O'Neill presents an interpretation of human rights 'from below,' showing how victims of atrocity can embrace the rhetoric of human rights to dismantle old narratives of power and advance new ones. Topics covered include race and mass incarceration, immigration

The Subject of Human Rights (Celermajer Danielle)(Pevná vazba)

The Subject of Human Rights is the first book to systematically address the 'human' part of 'human rights.' Drawing on the finest thinking in political theory, cultural studies, history, law, anthropology, and literary studies, this volume examines how human rights-as discourse, law, and

International Human Rights Law: Returning to Universal Principles, Second Edition (Gibney Mark)(Pevná vazba)

This clear and compelling text confronts the dominant thinking on human rights, taking issue with the notion adopted by all states and even many academics that human rights obligations extend no further than their own territorial borders. Mark Gibney critiques cases from the U.S. Supreme Court, the

Criminal Law, Cases and Materials (Lee Cynthia)(Pevná vazba)

Provides the reader with both critical race and critical feminist theory perspectives on criminal law while following a traditional format. All of the usual subject areas are covered, but the book is unique in highlighting the cultural context of substantive criminal

In Defense of Universal Human Rights (Howard-Hassmann Rhoda E.)(Pevná vazba)

Should African and Muslim-majority countries be obliged to protect LGBT rights or do such rights violate their cultures? Should Western-based corporations be held liable if their security guards injure union activists in another part of the world, or should such decisions be settled under local or

Leadership Theory: Cultivating Critical Perspectives (Dugan John P.)(Pevná vazba)

An interdisciplinary survey text on leadership theory grounded using critical perspectives Leadership Theory is designed specifically for use in undergraduate or graduate classrooms providing a comprehensive overview of essential theories informing the leadership studies knowledgebase. The text

My Father's Letters: Correspondence from the Soviet Gulag (Memorial Human Rights Centre)(Pevná vazba)

A profoundly moving and powerful historical record - the letters sent by fathers imprisoned in the Gulag camps to their children 'They will live as human beings and die as human beings; and in this alone lies man's eternal and bitter victory over all the grandiose and inhuman forces that ever have

Motivation and Foreign Language Learning - From theory to practice(Pevná vazba)

Promoting Language and Steam as Human Rights in Education: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (Babaci-Wilhite Zehlia)(Pevná vazba)

Guerrilla Theory: Political Concepts, Critical Digital Humanities (Applegate Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

Guerrilla Theory examines the political, ontological, and technological underpinnings of the guerrilla in the digital humanities (DH). The figure of the guerrilla appears in digital humanities' recent history as an agent of tactical reformation. It refers to a broad swath of disciplinary desires:

Holocaust Memory and Racism in the Postwar World (Gilbert Shirli)(Pevná vazba)

The Holocaust is often invoked as a benchmark for talking about human rights abuses from slavery and apartheid to colonialism, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. Western educators and politicians draw seemingly obvious lessons of tolerance and anti-racism from the Nazi past, and their work rests on

Human Rights in the Age of Platforms (Jorgensen Rikke Frank)(Paperback)

Scholars from across law and internet and media studies examine the human rights implications of today's platform society.Today such companies as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter play an increasingly important role in how users form and express opinions, encounter information,

I Am Love: A Book of Compassion (Verde Susan)(Pevná vazba)

Companion to I Am Human and I Am Peace 'Practical and empowering for young ones learning how to emotionally attend to themselves and others.' --Kirkus Reviews Celebrate kindness, compassion, self-care, and love in all its forms in this beautifully illustrated book! Love means showing kindness,

Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management (Buckley M. Ronald)(Pevná vazba)

Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management is designed to promote theory and research on important substantive and methodological topics in the field of human resources

Solipsism: The Ultimate Empirical Theory of Human Existence (Watson Richard A.)(Pevná vazba)

Category Theory for the Sciences (Spivak David I.)(Pevná vazba)

An introduction to category theory as a rigorous, flexible, and coherent modeling language that can be used across the sciences.Category theory was invented in the 1940s to unify and synthesize different areas in mathematics, and it has proven remarkably successful in enabling powerful