An anthology of short stories.

*The autobiography of one of the greatest men of the twentieth century reissued to coincide with the publication of Anthony Holden's biography coming from HarperCollins

Argues that poverty remains a global epidemic because we continue to define it as an economic problem whose only solution is foreign aid and investment. This book calls for a re-evaluation of this long-standing assumption to turn us towards confronting poverty as a human rights violation.

Initial hopes that after the fall of the Soviet Union democracy and human rights would flourish strongly in Russia have begun to fade. This book explores what went wrong in Russia and why.

From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America's black ghettos Malcolm X turned to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. He became identified in the white press as a teacher of race hatred. This autobiography reveals his integrity and the fierce idealism which led him to reject both liberal hypocrisies and black racialism.

Exploring why America has failed to compensate Black Americans for the wrongs of slavery, this book provides a history of the racial reparations movement and shows why it is an idea whose time has come.

A work about the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), a campaign with a wide variety of branches, globally whose aim is to improve the wages and conditions of garment/sweatshop workers world wide. It presents the story of this struggle.

Taking an international perspective and focusing on issues such as torture, privacy, health and discrimination, this book aims to help readers in understanding the controversies and complexities behind the vitally relevant issue of human rights. It also explains what our human rights actually are, and where the human rights movement is heading.

Beth Simmons demonstrates through a combination of statistical analysis and case studies that the ratification of treaties generally leads to better human rights practices on average.

Children's roles in conflict range from armed and active participants to spies, cooks, messengers, and sex slaves. This title examines the factors that contribute to the use of children in war, the effects of war upon children, and the perpetual cycle of warfare that engulfs many of the world's poorest nations.

This book explores the continuing legacy of the Peace Process in the everyday life of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The globalization of trade, investment, and finance continues apace. Many have benefited from this, but deep inequalities persist. This book argues that the interconnections established by globalization make possible a critique of its inequality. For those who take seriously human dignity, equality is a basic presumption of social institutions.

Timeless, inspiring and universal words of wisdom, this collection features the milestone speeches, including 'I have a dream....', of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest orators of the 20th Century

Provides a comprehensive, sociological history of the fight for civil rights for people with intellectual disabilities. This title draws upon a broad range of historical and legal documents as well as the literature of citizenship studies to develop a 'relational practice' approach to the issues of intellectual disability and civil rights.

A Challenge for Divided Nations in Africa.

Offers an analysis of global politics of LGBT human rights, examining relationships between global, European, national and local contexts. This book demonstrates how research in politics and sociology can inform various debates.

In every democratic polity there exist individuals and groups who hold some but not all of the essential elements of citizenship. Scholars who study citizenship routinely grasp for shared concepts and language that identify forms of membership held by migrants, children, the disabled, and other groups of individuals who, for various reasons, are neither full citizens nor non-citizens. This book ..

This book encompasses human rights and community development, arguing that each is necessary for both understanding and practising the other.

An impassioned defence of the civil liberties and the rule of law in the face of increasing pressure for ever greater 'security'

Summarizes on a pan-European basis, the major techniques of repression such as the denial of popular franchise and press censorship. This book presents a chronological survey of these techniques from 1815-1914 in each European country.