Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights (Chemerinsky Erwin)(Pevná vazba)

Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights (Chemerinsky Erwin)(Pevná vazba)

Presumed Guilty, like the best-selling The Color of Law, is a 'smoking gun' of civil rights research, a troubling history that reveals how the Supreme Court enabled racist policing and sanctioned law enforcement excesses. The fact that police are nine times more likely to kill Black men than other

Women, Civil Society and Policy Change in the Arab World (Yassin Nasser)(Pevná vazba)

1. INTRODUCTION2. 'CIVIL SOCIETIES' & THE ARAB UPRISINGS-PROSPECTS FOR SOCIO-POLITICAL CHANGE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ON-GOING TUNISIAN & EGYPTIAN PLIGHT 3. THE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN THE ARAB WORLD: MAPPING THE MOVEMENT, EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES FACING ARAB WOMEN FROM THE

Human Rights and Global Governance: Power Politics Meets International Justice (Meyer William H.)(Pevná vazba)

International human rights has been an important matter for study, policy, and activism since the end of World War II. However, as William H. Meyer observes, global governance is not only a relatively new topic for students of interational relations but also a widely used yet often contested

Protecting the Rights of Refugees Beyond European Borders: Establishing Extraterritorial Legal Responsibilities (Heschl Lisa)(Pevná vazba)

In times of the proclaimed 'refugee crisis' this book aims to shed light on human rights and refugee law responsibilities of EU member states and other relevant actors when engaging in border control measures beyond the territory of the

Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America (Cobbina Jennifer E.)(Pevná vazba)

Understanding the explosive protests over police killings and the legacy of racismFollowing the high-profile deaths of eighteen-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and twenty-five-year-old Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, both cities erupted in protest over the unjustified homicides

The International Civil Operations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems under Air Law (Fiallos Pazmio Luis Fernando)(Pevná vazba)

Aviation Law and Policy Series # 19 The incursion of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is radically reshaping the future of international civil aviation. As the civil uses of UAS increase and the technology matures in parallel, questions around the associated legal implications remain unanswered,

After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed (Bacevich Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

A bold and urgent perspective on how American foreign policy must change in response to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Limits of Power and The Age of Illusions. The purpose of U.S. foreign policy has, at least theoretically,

How Do Leaders Make Decisions?: Evidence from the East and West, Part a (Mintz Alex)(Pevná vazba)

Understanding how leaders make foreign policy and national security decisions is of paramount importance for the policy community and academia. This book explores how leaders such as Trump, Obama, Netanyahu and others make decisions using the Applied Decision Analysis (ADA) method. The chapters

How the Police Generate False Confessions: An Inside Look at the Interrogation Room (Trainum James L.)(Pevná vazba)

Social Policy (Dean Hartley)(Pevná vazba)

How do human societies provide for the wellbeing of their members? How far can we organize the ways in which we care for and about each other? And who should take responsibility for providing the support we need? These are some of the fundamental questions addressed by social policy today. In this

The Police: Every Little Thing: The Adventures of Sting, Stewart and Andy (Stafford Caroline)(Pevná vazba)

National Policy, Global Giants: How Australia Built and Lost Its Automotive Industry (Wormald John)(Pevná vazba)

What can we tell about the future of automobiles and the industries that make them by examining their past? Wormald and Rennick trace the history of powered land transport, the rise and fall of the railways, the spectacular rise of the automobile, and what might come next. Delving into the mighty

Markets, State, and People: Economics for Public Policy (Coyle Diane)(Pevná vazba)

A textbook that examines how societies reach decisions about the use and allocation of economic resourcesWhile economic research emphasizes the importance of governmental institutions for growth and progress, conventional public policy textbooks tend to focus on macroeconomic policies and on

The People's Duty: Collective Agency and the Morality of Public Policy (Nili Shmuel)(Pevná vazba)

Can we talk about 'the people' as an agent with its own morally important integrity? How should we understand ownership of public property by 'the people'? Nili develops philosophical answers to both of these questions, arguing that we should see the core project of a liberal legal system -

Britain and Africa in the Twenty-First Century: Between Ambition and Pragmatism (Beswick Danielle)(Pevná vazba)

Britain and Africa in the twenty-first century offers the first book-length study of how Britain's relationship with Africa has fared since the fall of the 1997-2010 New Labour

Cultivating Conscience: How Good Laws Make Good People (Stout Lynn)(Pevná vazba)

How the science of unselfish behavior can promote law, order, and prosperity Contemporary law and public policy often treat human beings as selfish creatures who respond only to punishments and rewards. Yet every day we behave unselfishly--few of us mug the elderly or steal the paper from our

Monetary and Financial Policy in the Euro Area: An Introduction (Fandl Maximilian)(Pevná vazba)

Explains the functioning of the monetary and financial system in the euro area from a policy perspective, taking into account the profound changes following the financial crisis Easily accessible introductory textbook, based on professional practical experience and observations, instead of models

Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving (Collins Caitlyn)(Pevná vazba)

A moving, cross-national account of working mothers' daily lives--and the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve themThe work-family conflict that mothers experience today is a national crisis. Women struggle to balance breadwinning with the bulk of parenting, and stress is

Africa and Its Global Diaspora: The Policy and Politics of Emigration (Mangala Jack)(Pevná vazba)

Educational Accountability Reform in Norway: Education Policy as Imitation (Isaksen Lasse Skogvold)(Pevná vazba)

The study analyses how the national education policy in the age of globalization is a result of an adjustment and transformation of the international education policy and trends. The author enquires how the national level in Norway comprehended the international educational accountability policy

A World Without Police: How Strong Communities Make Cops Obsolete (Maher Geo)(Pevná vazba)

If police are the problem, what's the solution? Tens of millions of people poured onto the streets for Black Lives Matter, bringing with them a wholly new idea of public safety, common security, and the delivery of justice, communicating that vision in the fiery vernacular of riot, rebellion, and

Policing and Mental Health: Theory, Policy and Practice (McDaniel John)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores the relationship between policing and mental health. Police services around the world are innovating at pace in order to develop solutions to the problems presented, and popular models are being shared internationally. Nevertheless, disparities and perceptions of unfairness

Policing Black Bodies: How Black Lives Are Surveilled and How to Work for Change (Hattery Angela J.)(Pevná vazba)

From Trayvon Martin to Freddie Gray, the stories of police violence against Black people are too often in the news. In Policing Black Bodies Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith make a compelling case that the policing of Black bodies goes far beyond these individual stories of brutality. They connect

Let the Children Play - For the Learning, Well-Being, and Life Success of Every Child (Sahlberg Pasi (Professor of Education Policy Professor of Education Policy Gonski Institute for Education University of New South Wales Australia))(Pevná vazba)

With research breakthroughs and case histories the authors reveal how intellectual and physical play is the ultimate engine of transforming education - the key to giving our children the well-being, happiness, and skills they need to thrive in the 21st