Political control & freedoms books

A close description of Amal El'Sana-Alh'jooj's experiences as a Palestinian Bedouin female activist, this book explores Amal's activism and argues that activists' biographies provide a means of understanding the complexities of...

The most important voice to have entered the political discourse in years. ---Bill MoyersThe founding principle of the United States was that the rule of law would be the great equalizer in American life, the guarantor of a...

This is a student supplement associated with: Corrections in America: An Introduction, 13/e Harry E. Allen, San Jose State University Edward J. Latessa Ph.D., University of Cincinnati Bruce S. Ponder ISBN: 0132726777

This is a student supplement associated with: Policing: A Modular Approach, 1/e Ronald G. Burns ISBN: 0132559994

For nearly five decades, Colombia has been embroiled in internal armed conflict among guerrilla groups, paramilitary militias, and the country's own military. Civilians in Colombia have to make their lives despite the threat of...

America and Rogue States narrates and analyzes the US relationship with the main nuclear-threatening, terrorist-sponsoring outcast states during the last two decades.

Drawing from a wide spectrum of disciplines, the essays in this collection examine in different national contexts the consequences of the Latin American multicultural turn in Afro Latino social movements of the past two...

America and Rogue States narrates and analyzes the US relationship with the main nuclear-threatening, terrorist-sponsoring outcast states during the last two decades.

This book explores the ideas of key thinkers and media practitioners who have examined images and icons of war and terror. Icons of War and Terror explores theories of iconic images of war and terror, not as received pieties but...

Children growing up today are confronted by four difficult and intersecting challenges: dangerous environmental change, weakening democracies, growing social inequality, and a global economy marked by unprecedented youth...

Exploring the formation, variation, and impact of public opinion, this book offers a comprehensive study of the field, looking at the methods and politics of polling, the history of public opinion, and the current state of public...

Almost fifty years after Brown v Board of Education, a wealth of research shows that minority students continue to receive an unequal education. This title examines a complex relationship between teachers and civil rights...

Almost fifty years after Brown v Board of Education, research shows that minority students continue to receive an unequal education. At the heart of this inequality is a complex and often conflicted relationship between teachers...

Jeff King argues in favour of constitutionalising social rights, and presents an incrementalist approach to judicial enforcement.

Details the complicity of the United States government in the torture and cruel treatment of prisoners both at home and abroad and discusses what can be done to hold those who set the torture policy accountable

A veteran political observer's take on the critical Pat Toomey-Joe Sestak Senate race of 2010