Accidental presidents, those who assume office as a result of death, assassination or resignation, struggle to establish... Læs mere
A timely examination of the plight of children and youths in developing nations. The chapters strike a balance between diagnostic analysis of the conditions of risk, with prescriptive ideas for approaching and intervening with marginalized children.
Street Scenes offers a theory of late medieval acting and performance through a fresh and original reading of the Tretise of Miraclis Pleyinge.
This collection uses the transnational activities of municipal urban governments to historicize the origins and development of the global city, focusing on how urban problems were addressed with concepts that emerged from the "world in between" nations and cities.
Respected film critic Gonzalo Aguilar offers a lucid and sophisticated analysis of Argentine films of the last decade. This is the most complete and up-to-date work in... Læs mere
This book demonstrates how human rights instruments and values have brought different movements together in the struggle against free trade. Estévez employs a specifically Latin American definition of human rights, thus challenging Eurocentric and Western discourses.
This book offers a critical reassessment of the 'Asian values' debate, which dominated the human rights discourse in the late 1990s, and a... Læs mere
Public education's character is increasingly under assault as privatization of education is advanced. This collection of... Læs mere
The book argues that the concept of self-defense in Islamic and International law is compatible. Al-Qaeda's declaration of Jihad does not meet the Islamic legal test. Similarly, the invasion of Iraq does meet the international legal test.
Through an in-depth analysis of the Chilean labour market, social welfare, and state reforms, this book reveals the manner in... Læs mere
Diseases do not recognize national borders, and as we are gradually learning, failure to govern health effectively at a global level... Læs mere
Global politics is a crowded stage of players competing for power and authority. Who is in charge of what? How do they stay in charge... Læs mere