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Towards a European Islam (Hardcover): J. Nielsen Towards a European Islam (Hardcover)
J. Nielsen
R3,995 Discovery Miles 39 950 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A concise exploration into the ways Islam in western Europe has developed from early immigration and settlement to the point where a native generation is developing ways of being European and Muslim. England is given special attention as a case study, but as the discussion moves into the present and the future, reference is made to all of western Europe. Factors in this process not only arise from the Muslim communities themselves but also from the inherited structures of European society and state. Although the issues are complex and tense, the author is generally optimistic about the outcome.

Rising Tide - Bear Bryant, Joe Namath, and Dixie's Last Quarter (Paperback): Randy Roberts, Ed Krzemienski Rising Tide - Bear Bryant, Joe Namath, and Dixie's Last Quarter (Paperback)
Randy Roberts, Ed Krzemienski
R408 R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Save R21 (5%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"The extraordinary story of how Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and Joe Namath, his star quarterback at the University of Alabama, led the Crimson Tide to victory and transformed football into a truly national pastime."
During the bloodiest years of the civil rights movement, Bear Bryant and Joe Namath-two of the most iconic and controversial figures in American sports-changed the game of college football forever. Brilliantly and urgently drawn, this is the gripping account of how these two very different men-Bryant a legendary coach in the South who was facing a pair of ethics scandals that threatened his career, and Namath a cocky Northerner from a steel mill town in Pennsylvania-led the Crimson Tide to a national championship.
To Bryant and Namath, the game was everything. But no one could ignore the changes sweeping the nation between 1961 and 1965-from the Freedom Rides to the integration of colleges across the South and the assassination of President Kennedy. Against this explosive backdrop, Bryant and Namath changed the meaning of football. Their final contest together, the 1965 Orange Bowl, was the first football game broadcast nationally, in color, during prime time, signaling a new era for the sport and the nation.
Award-winning biographer Randy Roberts and sports historian Ed Krzemienski showcase the moment when two thoroughly American traditions-football and Dixie-collided. A compelling story of race and politics, honor and the will to win, RISING TIDE captures a singular time in America. More than a history of college football, this is the story of the struggle and triumph of a nation in transition and the legacy of two of the greatest heroes the sport has ever seen.

Immigration Reader - America in a Multidisciplinary Perspective (Hardcover): Djacobson Immigration Reader - America in a Multidisciplinary Perspective (Hardcover)
Djacobson
R4,105 Discovery Miles 41 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The Immigration Reader" offers a unique, multidisciplinary perspective on immigration to the United States. In this comprehensive selection of readings by the most important scholars working on immigration studies, the history, contemporary issues, economy, comparative cross-national and political debates are put into perspective.

Included in this collection are selections by Borjas, Massey, Daniels, Portes, Sassen, Fukuyama and Light. By providing contributions from scholars in sociology, law, political science, history, geography and public policy this volume will interest a variety of students, scholars and researchers in the social sciences. These combined readings on immigration shed light on the role of the immigrant in American society and how the immigrant experience shaped the American identity. In addition, it puts in historical perspective the current debates in government on immigration policy, welfare, the role of citizenship and human rights in this highly volatile period of American history where the role of the immigrant is in question.

From Open Door to Dutch Door - An Analysis of U.S. Immigration Policy Since 1820 (Hardcover): Michael C. LeMay From Open Door to Dutch Door - An Analysis of U.S. Immigration Policy Since 1820 (Hardcover)
Michael C. LeMay
R2,800 R2,534 Discovery Miles 25 340 Save R266 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Most policy books confine their historical discussions to a relatively short time frame. This book offers a long-term historical analysis of American immigration policy. "From Open Door to Dutch Door" details current policy and its shortcomings. In addition, the book describes the four distinct phases of U.S. immigration policy since 1820, why these shifts occurred, and their impact on decisions being made today. Written in a clear and readable style, the book combines a historical approach with an assessment of a timely and topical area of public policy.

No Small Thing - The 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote (Hardcover): William H. Lawson No Small Thing - The 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote (Hardcover)
William H. Lawson
R2,927 Discovery Miles 29 270 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Mississippi Freedom Vote in 1963 consisted of an integrated citizens' campaign for civil rights. With candidates Aaron Henry, a black pharmacist from Clarksdale for governor, and Reverend Edwin King, a college chaplain from Vicksburg for lieutenant governor, the Freedom Vote ran a platform aimed at obtaining votes, justice, jobs, and education for blacks in the Magnolia State. Through speeches, photographs, media coverage, and campaign materials, William H. Lawson examines the rhetoric and methods of the Mississippi Freedom Vote. Lawson looks at the vote itself rather than the already much-studied events surrounding it, an emphasis new in scholarship. Even though the actual campaign was carried out from October 13 to November 4, the Freedom Vote's impact far transcended those few weeks in the fall. Campaign manager Bob Moses rightly calls the Freedom Vote ""one of the most unique voting campaigns in American history."" Lawson demonstrates that the Freedom Vote remains a key moment in the history of civil rights in Mississippi, one that grew out of a rich tradition of protest and direct action. Though the campaign is overshadowed by other major events in the arc of the civil rights movement, Lawson regards the Mississippi Freedom Vote as an early and crucial exercise of citizenship in a lineage of racial protest during the 1960s. While more attention has been paid to the March on Washington and the protests in Birmingham or to the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the Freedom Summer murders, this book yields a long-overdue, in-depth analysis of this crucial movement.

Immigration and Citizenship in an Enlarged European Union - The Political Dynamics of Intra-EU Mobility (Hardcover): Simon... Immigration and Citizenship in an Enlarged European Union - The Political Dynamics of Intra-EU Mobility (Hardcover)
Simon McMahon
R2,457 R1,826 Discovery Miles 18 260 Save R631 (26%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A distinctive contribution to the politics of citizenship and immigration in an expanding European Union, this book explains how and why differences arise in responses to immigration by examining local, national and transnational dimensions of public debates on Romanian migrants and the Roma minority in Italy and Spain.

Google Archipelago - The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom (Hardcover): Michael Rectenwald Google Archipelago - The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom (Hardcover)
Michael Rectenwald
R783 R687 Discovery Miles 6 870 Save R96 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Global Good Samaritans - Human Rights as Foreign Policy (Hardcover): Alison Brysk Global Good Samaritans - Human Rights as Foreign Policy (Hardcover)
Alison Brysk
R1,753 Discovery Miles 17 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In a troubled world where millions die at the hands of their own governments and societies, some states risk their citizens' lives, considerable portions of their national budgets, and repercussions from opposing states to protect helpless foreigners. Dozens of Canadian peacekeepers have died in Afghanistan defending humanitarian reconstruction in a shattered faraway land with no ties to their own. Each year, Sweden contributes over $3 billion to aid the world's poorest citizens and struggling democracies, asking nothing in return. And, a generation ago, Costa Rica defied U.S. power to broker a peace accord that ended civil wars in three neighboring countries--and has now joined with principled peers like South Africa to support the United Nations' International Criminal Court, despite U.S. pressure and aid cuts. Hundreds of thousands of refugees are alive today because they have been sheltered by one of these nations.
Global Good Samaritans looks at the reasons why and how some states promote human rights internationally, arguing that humanitarian internationalism is more than episodic altruism--it is a pattern of persistent principled politics. Human rights as a principled foreign policy defies the realist prediction of untrammeled pursuit of national interest, and suggests the utility of constructivist approaches that investigate the role of ideas, identities, and influences on state action. Brysk shows how a diverse set of democratic middle powers, inspired by visionary leaders and strong civil societies, came to see the linkage between their long-term interest and the common good. She concludes that state promotion of global human rights may be an option for many more membersof the international community and that the international human rights regime can be strengthened at the interstate level, alongside social movement campaigns and the struggle for the democratization of global governance.

South Africa Under Apartheid - A Select and Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover): Jacqueline A. Kalley South Africa Under Apartheid - A Select and Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover)
Jacqueline A. Kalley
R2,475 R2,249 Discovery Miles 22 490 Save R226 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As apartheid's crisis has deepened, so interest in South Africa's past, present and future has increased. With this, scholarly and popular writing on the country has proliferated. This 1100-entry bibliography guides the scholar or interested layman through the relevant literature on South Africa and the policy of apartheid. Its cumulative impact is how racial domination pereates all aspects of modern South African society. Brief informative annotations facilitate choice, and the extensive subject and author indexes provide quick access.

Harmful Societies - Understanding Social Harm (Hardcover): Simon A. Pemberton Harmful Societies - Understanding Social Harm (Hardcover)
Simon A. Pemberton
R2,760 Discovery Miles 27 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

While the notion of social harm has long interested critical criminologists it is now being explored as an alternative field of study, which provides more accurate analyses of the vicissitudes of life. However, important aspects of this notion remain undeveloped, in particular the definition of social harm, the question of responsibility and the methodologies for studying harm. This book, the first to theorise and define the social harm concept beyond criminology, seeks to address these omissions and questions why some capitalist societies appear to be more harmful than others. In doing so it provides a platform for future debates, in this series and beyond. It will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers across criminology, sociology, social policy, socio-legal studies and geography.

Life of Nobody - Reparation to Africa: The Law of Karma Is Strong (Hardcover): Ewa Unoke Life of Nobody - Reparation to Africa: The Law of Karma Is Strong (Hardcover)
Ewa Unoke
R620 Discovery Miles 6 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Political and Legal Perspectives of the EU Eastern Partnership Policy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Tanel Kerikmae, Archil Chocia Political and Legal Perspectives of the EU Eastern Partnership Policy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Tanel Kerikmae, Archil Chocia
R3,919 R3,389 Discovery Miles 33 890 Save R530 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines EU Eastern Partnership taking into account geopolitical challenges of EU integration. It highlights reasons for limited success, such as systematic conflict of EU External Action. In addition, the book analyses country-specific issues and discusses EaP influence on them, investigating political, economic and social factors, while seeking for potential solutions to existing problems. The reluctance of the Eastern countries to the European reforms should not reduce political pro-activeness of the EU. The authors suggest that EaP strategies should be reviewed to be more reciprocal and not based solely on the EU-laden agenda. This book is one of the good examples of cooperation between scholars not only from EaP and EU countries, but also from different disciplines, bringing diversity to the discussion process.

International Human Rights V2 (Hardcover): Karel Vasak International Human Rights V2 (Hardcover)
Karel Vasak
R1,514 Discovery Miles 15 140 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Gender, HIV and Risk - Navigating structural violence (Hardcover): E Anderson Gender, HIV and Risk - Navigating structural violence (Hardcover)
E Anderson
R2,023 R1,798 Discovery Miles 17 980 Save R225 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the gender context of HIV and critiques the global policy response. Anderson contributes to the feminist task of de-invisibilising gender as structural violence and identifies how gendered power structures are responded to at the local level in Malawi.

Uprooted in Old Age - Soviet Jews and Their Social Networks in Israel (Hardcover, New): Howard Litwin Uprooted in Old Age - Soviet Jews and Their Social Networks in Israel (Hardcover, New)
Howard Litwin
R2,800 R2,534 Discovery Miles 25 340 Save R266 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This first-hand empirical study of elderly Soviet Jews who immigrated to Israel during the Great Exodus of 1989 to 1991 demonstrates the double jeopardy of transnational relocation in later life. The book traces the depletions that occurred in the elderly immigrants' social networks and examines the impact of a range of network factors on their personal well-being. Given the dearth of systematic field research into the problems and needs of elderly immigrants, and of this group in particular, gerontologists and sociologists will find this case study invaluable. Students, teachers, policymakers, social service providers, and other professional practitioners will gain from the findings about elderly immigrants' network relationships and from practical suggestions for the planning of effective network interventions on their behalf.

Genoma Humano y Derecho (English, Spanish, Hardcover): Omar Moreno Hidalgo Genoma Humano y Derecho (English, Spanish, Hardcover)
Omar Moreno Hidalgo
R974 Discovery Miles 9 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

La presente obra pretende mostrar c mo la revoluci n biol gica tuvo su impacto en el rea del derecho, en diversas formas, tanto en el derecho penal como en el civil, en los seguros, etc. Se abordan, por un lado, los aspectos con los cuales la gen mica puede presentar relevancia en el mbito jur dico. Se analizan los origines del Proyecto Genoma Humano y c mo de ser un proyecto que pretend a el avance de la ciencia, degener en una mera especulaci n comercial. Por otro lado, se observa el papel que tienen los diferentes instrumentos internacionales que se han elaborado con relaci n al tema gen mico y c mo los mismos son dirigidos a pa ses en v as de desarrollo, pudi ndose observar c mo a trav?'s de la sugerencia de diversos principios, actualizados en nuestra obra hasta el a o 2007, se pretende guiar a los pa ses referidos, con lo cual se lleva a cabo una comparaci n entre dichos principios y diversas legislaciones tanto latinoamericanas como europeas, para saber si el ansiado deseo de unificar leyes se cumple, porqu unos s son obedientes y porqu otros pa ses refractarios legislan en contra de los principios mundialmente aceptados. Finalmente, se propone un modelo argumentativo basado en los resultados de la investigaci n del genoma humano.

Property Rights - Rights and Liberties under the Law (Hardcover, New): Polly J Price Property Rights - Rights and Liberties under the Law (Hardcover, New)
Polly J Price
R2,452 R2,227 Discovery Miles 22 270 Save R225 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A survey of the evolution of property rights in the United States-from constitutional protections and due process to private property rights and government-takings doctrines. Legal opinions and public attitudes toward property rights have fluctuated over the years, from periods when almost any infringement of these rights was impermissible, to times in which the government was granted much wider latitude. This book examines the history of individual property ownership in the U.S. from the late colonial era to the present, explaining how property rights were established, defended, and sometimes later reinterpreted. Of special interest are rights that have developed over time, such as due process, just compensation for government "takings" of private property, and the rights landowners may assert against other persons. Of particular interest to today's readers are government regulation of private property for environmental purposes, challenges to zoning regulations, and intellectual property rights in cyberspace. Alphabetical list of key people, cases, events, judicial decisions, statutes, and terms that are central to an understanding of property rights in the United States Reprints of key materials including constitutional provisions, excerpts from court rulings, and statutes

Challenging The Third Sector - Global Prospects For Active Citizenship (Hardcover): Sue Kenny, Marilyn Taylor, Jenny Onyx,... Challenging The Third Sector - Global Prospects For Active Citizenship (Hardcover)
Sue Kenny, Marilyn Taylor, Jenny Onyx, Marjorie Mayo
R2,767 Discovery Miles 27 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the first book to explore the different relationships between active citizenship and civil society, particularly the third sector within civil society. In what ways can the third sector nurture active citizenship? How have the third sector and active citizenship been constructed and reconstructed both locally and internationally, over recent years? To what extent have new kinds of social connectedness, changing forms of political engagement and increasingly complex social and environmental problems influenced civil society action? Written by experts in the field, this important book draws on a range of theory and empirical studies to explore these questions in different socio-political contexts and will be a useful resource for academics and students as well as practitioners.

Optimal Freedom (Hardcover): Jeff M. Rout Optimal Freedom (Hardcover)
Jeff M. Rout
R676 R605 Discovery Miles 6 050 Save R71 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Sceptical Essays on Human Rights (Hardcover, New): Tom Campbell, Keith Ewing, Adam Tomkins Sceptical Essays on Human Rights (Hardcover, New)
Tom Campbell, Keith Ewing, Adam Tomkins
R4,494 Discovery Miles 44 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This collection of twenty essays, written by an array of internationally prestigious scholars, is a ground-breaking work which raises serious and profound concerns about the entrenchment of human rights generally and into UK law in particular. This is the only book on the market to take a sceptical approach to recent developments in human rights law. Written throughout in an engaging and accessible style, this book is essential reading for all those with an interest in law or politics.

Embodying Borders - A Migrant's Right to Health, Universal Rights and Local Policies (Hardcover): Laura Ferrero, Ana... Embodying Borders - A Migrant's Right to Health, Universal Rights and Local Policies (Hardcover)
Laura Ferrero, Ana Cristina Vargas, Chiara Quagliariello
R2,845 Discovery Miles 28 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Based on extensive field research, the essays in this volume illuminate the experiences of migrants from their own point of view, providing a critical understanding of the complex social reality in which each experience is grounded. Access to medical care for migrants is a fundamental right which is often ignored. The book provides a critical understanding of the social reality in which social inequalities are grounded and offers the opportunity to show that right to health does not correspond uniquely with access to healthcare.

New Technologies and Human Rights (Hardcover, New): Therese Murphy New Technologies and Human Rights (Hardcover, New)
Therese Murphy
R2,739 Discovery Miles 27 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The first IVF baby was born in the 1970s. Less than 20 years later, we had cloning and GM food, and information and communication technologies had transformed everyday life. In 2000, the human genome was sequenced. More recently, there has been much discussion of the economic and social benefits of nanotechnology, and synthetic biology has also been generating controversy.
This important volume is a timely contribution to increasing calls for regulation - or better regulation - of these and other new technologies. Drawing on an international team of legal scholars, it reviews and develops the role of human rights in the regulation of new technologies. Three controversies at the intersection between human rights and new technology are given particular attention. First, how the expansive application of human rights could contribute to the creation of a brave new world of choice, where human dignity is fundamentally compromised; second, how new technologies, and our regulatory responses to them, could be a threat to human rights; and, third, how human rights could be used to create better regulation of these technologies.

Seeking Common Ground - Multidisciplinary Studies of Immigrant Women in the United States (Hardcover, Annotated edition): Donna... Seeking Common Ground - Multidisciplinary Studies of Immigrant Women in the United States (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
Donna Gabaccia
R2,806 R2,540 Discovery Miles 25 400 Save R266 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is the first interdisciplinary reader focusing on immigrant women in the United States. Part I includes three chapters by a historian, a sociologist, and an anthropologist summarizing the way research on immigrant women has developed in the three disciplines. Parts II and III, focusing on Immigrant Women of the Past and Immigrant Women Since 1920, provide empirical and interpretive essays on immigrant women from Europe, Latin America, and Asia. The chapters explore such themes as women in the migration process, the role of gender in the creation of American ethnic identities, and the comparability of today's immigrant women with those of the past. Seeking Common Ground is the first interdisciplinary reader focusing on immigrant women in the United States. By providing a basis for comparison between both different ethnic groups and different disciplinary approaches, the volume aims to encourage interdisciplinary communication and research. After the editor's introduction, the volume begins with three chapters (Part I) by a historian, a sociologist, and an anthropologist summarizing the way research on immigrant women has developed in the three disciplines. Parts II and III, focusing on Immigrant Women of the Past and Immigrant Women Since 1920, provide empirical and interpretive essays on immigrant women from Europe, Latin America, and Asia. The chapters explore such themes as women in the migration process, the role of gender in the creation of American ethnic identities, and the comparability of today's immigrant women with those of the past. The work will be of interest to individuals from all disciplines who are concerned with women's studies in general and immigrant women in particular.

The South and America since World War II (Hardcover): James C. Cobb The South and America since World War II (Hardcover)
James C. Cobb
R738 Discovery Miles 7 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this superb volume, James C. Cobb provides the first truly comprehensive history of the South since World War II, brilliantly capturing an era of dramatic change, both in the South and in its relationship with the rest of the nation.
Here is a panoramic narrative that flows seamlessly from the Dixiecrats to the "southern strategy," to the South's domination of today's GOP, and from the national ascendance of southern culture and music, to a globalized Dixie's allure for foreign factories and a flood of immigrants, to the roles of women and an increasingly visible gay population in contemporary southern life. The heart of the book illuminates the struggle for Civil Rights. Jim Crow still towered over the South in 1945, but Cobb shows that Pearl Harbor unloosed forces that would bring its ultimate demise. Growing black political clout outside the South and the contradiction of fighting racist totalitarianism abroad while tolerating it at home set the stage for returning black veterans to spearhead the NAACP's postwar assault on the South's racial system. This assault sparked not only vocal white resistance but mounting violence that culminated in the murder of young Emmett Till in 1955. Energized rather than intimidated, however, blacks in Montgomery staged the famous bus boycott, bringing the Rev. Martin Luther King to the fore and paving the way for the dramatic protests and confrontations that finally brought profound racial changes as well as two-party politics to the South.
As he did in the prize-winning The Most Southern Place on Earth and Away Down South, Cobb writes with wit and grace, showing a thorough grasp of his native region. Exhaustively researched and brimming with original insights, The South and America Since World War II is indeed the definitive history of the postwar South and its changing role in national life.

Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around - Forty Years of Movement Building with Barbara Smith (Paperback): Alethia Jones,... Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around - Forty Years of Movement Building with Barbara Smith (Paperback)
Alethia Jones, Virginia Eubanks; As told to Barbara Smith
R731 Discovery Miles 7 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As an organizer, writer, publisher, scholar-activist, and elected official, Barbara Smith has played key roles in multiple social justice movements, including Civil Rights, feminism, lesbian and gay liberation, anti-racism, and Black feminism. Her four decades of grassroots activism forged collaborations that introduced the idea that oppression must be fought on a variety of fronts simultaneously, including gender, race, class, and sexuality. By combining hard-to-find historical documents with new unpublished interviews with fellow activists, this book uncovers the deep roots of today s identity politics and intersectionality and serves as an essential primer for practicing solidarity and resistance."

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