16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
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Inequality, Social Protection and Social Justice
James Midgley
This thought-provoking book examines the role of social protection in reducing inequality and enhancing social justice. It assesses social protection’s impact on inequality in different parts of the world and shows that if carefully desi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Leadership, Populism, and Resistance
Edited by Kristin M.S. Bezio, George R. Goethals
Leadership, Populism, and Resistance draws upon the study of history, politics, policy, media, virtue, and heroism to examine the ways in which populism and popular movements have evolved, what we have learned (and failed to learn) from ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Capital, Social Support and Stratification
Edited by Ronald S. Burt, Yanjie Bian, Lijun Song, Nan Lin
This insightful book explores the spread of ''social'' network imagery in three areas of sociology – social capital, social support, and China – using as its protagonist a man active in all three: Nan Lin. Social Capital, Social Support ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Declining Democracy in East-Central Europe
Attila Ágh
The dramatic decline of democracy in East-Central Europe has attracted great interest world-wide. Going beyond the narrow spectrum of the extensive literature on this topic, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of ECE region – Czech...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Administrative Justice in the UN
Niamh Kinchin
The UN’s capacity as an administrative decision-maker that affects the rights of individuals is a largely overlooked aspect of its role in international affairs. This book explores the potential for a model of administrative justice that...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Elgar Companion to Post-Conflict Transition
Edited by Hans-Joachim Giessmann, Roger Mac Ginty, Beatrix Austin, Christine Seifert
What are the main drivers of political transition and regime change? And to what extent do these apparently seismic political changes result in real change? These questions are the focus of this comparative study written by a mix of scho...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Expanding Human Rights
Edited by Alison Brysk, Michael Stohl
The 21st century demands expanding rights, as the established human rights regime is necessary but not sufficient. This project will analyze the global dynamics of the mobilization of new actors, claims, institutions and modes of account...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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How to Live Well
Tony Fitzpatrick
The ancient moral philosophy of Epicureanism offers many valuable lessons for the modern world. How to Live Well updates and modifies Epicurean philosophy to offer an exciting new framework for contemporary social reform.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Global Climate Justice
Olivier Godard
In this thoughtful and original book, social scientist Olivier Godard considers the ways in which arguments of justice cling to international efforts to address global climate change. Proposals made by governments, experts and NGOs as we...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Transitions to Good Governance
Edited by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Michael Johnston
Why have so few countries managed to leave systematic corruption behind, while in many others modernization is still a mere façade? How do we escape the trap of corruption, to reach a governance system based on ethical universalism? In t...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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Access to Justice and International Organizations
Pierre Schmitt
Recent examples such as the cholera outbreak in Haiti demonstrate that individual victims of human rights violations by international organizations are frequently left in the cold. Following an examination of the human rights obligations...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Corruption, Natural Resources and Development
Edited by Aled Williams, Philippe Le Billon
This book provides a fresh and extensive discussion of corruption issues in natural resources sectors. Reflecting on recent debates in corruption research and revisiting resource curse challenges in light of political ecology approaches,...eBook:Find out more$40.00