During the transition to democracy, states have used various mechanisms to address previous human rights abuses including domestic trials, truth and reconciliation commissions and internationalized tribunals. This volume analyzes the transitional justice choices made by four countries: Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), Sierra Leone and East Timor. For each country, there is a chapter which provides a historical overview concerning the causes of the conflict and two subsequent chapters which highlight a different method of transitional justice implemented. The volume highlights the opportunities and the constraints faced by states and the international community to provide accountability for human rights violations.

During the transition to democracy, states have used various mechanisms to address previous human rights abuses including domestic trials, truth and reconciliation commissions and internationalized tribunals. This volume analyzes the transitional justice choices made by four countries: Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), Sierra Leone and East Timor. For each country, there is a chapter which provides a historical overview concerning the causes of the conflict and two subsequent chapters which highlight a different method of transitional justice implemented. The volume highlights the opportunities and the constraints faced by states and the international community to provide accountability for human rights violations.

The concept of democracy has become tarnished in recent years, as governments become disconnected from voters and pursue unpopular policies. And yet the ideal of democracy continues to inspire movements around the world, most recently the uprisings across the Arab world. Brian Roper refreshes our understanding of democracy using a Marxist theoretical framework. He traces the history of democracy as it has passed through various historical moments from Athenian democracy to the Roman Republic, the revolutionary emergence of liberal representative and socialist participatory democracy in Europe and North America, and the global spread of democracy during the past century. Roper argues that democracy cannot be understood separately from underlying processes of exploitation, and the class and social struggles these generate. He offers an engaging Marxist critique of representative democracy, and raises the possibility of alternative socialist and participatory democratic forms, which will be of interest to students and scholars of history, politics, and those in other disciplines who are concerned about the past, present, and future of democracy.

Every aspect of Laine Harcourt's strange life can be found hidden between the covers of her sketch pad in soft lead and vibrant water color. Image after image translated from life onto the smooth, dreamy white pages... safe where no one would ever see them. Laine was careful to play her chosen part in day to day life outside her family quarters. There were only a blessed few that she allowed close enough to know her secrets, but try as she might- she would never be a normal teen. Zed Whitness was only seventeen, but he felt he had it all figured out. He had a twenty year time line. Zed was a man with a plan, A very detailed plan, a back up plan, and several contingencies all in writing. This plan was stored on his palmtop computer with courtesy copies in his father & mother's email. He had even bored his eleven year old brothers, Wil and Lew with the "Grand Plan" on more than one occasion. He would attend college to a dual doctorate degree, Career, Marriage, and then Children. Zed had welcomed the move to the small science station on Jove because it brought with it some solitude in which to work toward his goals. It had been easy to remain invisible... until they met. Zed and Laine don't want to be normal; however they don't wish to share their unusual abilities with the universe at large. It was easy to remain invisible on Mars, but on a small science station called Jove 1, the task of going unnoticed is proving harder than one might think. This is a science fiction, coming of age story with strong Christian themes of purity and family.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone