The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Each state receives r...

There is no doubt that the House of Representatives exists and functions in the United States. The fact that few understand how it does exist and f...

Capitalism and the liberal approach to markets have been assailed for long, and from several quarters as well, on the grounds of an extensive swath...

Leaders of hybrid regimes in pursuit of political domination and material gain instrumentalize both hidden forms of corruption and public anti-corr...

The beginning of the twenty-first century will witness an unprecedented expansion of the European Union, with ten new members joining in 2004 and m...

The 2016 presidential election has shown that the Republican Party is at a crossroads. While a Trump candidacy took even the most seasoned politica...

Red or Green? Traditionally, Australian progressives have supported the Australian Labor Party; increasingly, the Greens appeal. What are the key d...

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights: Background and Issues; Human Rights Treaties: Some Issues for US Ratification; Human Rights Treaties...

Human rights refers to the concept of human beings as having universal rights, or status, regardless of legal jurisdiction, and likewise other loca...

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1945) was a response to the atrocities surrounding the Second World War. Many believe thi...

This book is divided into two parts, with the first dealing with the examination of the evolution of the concept- human rights, while focussing on ...

Racism crushes bodies and souls. In Human Rights and Human Wrongs Colin Tatz - a world authority on racial conflict and abuse, a key figure in Abor...

The key terms in this book – human rights, changing the world, research, and applied approaches – reflect the approach to explore the relationship ...

The existence of human rights helps secure the peace, deter aggression, promote the rule of law, combat crime and corruption, and prevent humanitar...

The existence of human rights helps secure the peace, deter aggression, promote the rule of law, combat crime and corruption, and prevent humanitar...

It is established that as a ratified State of international human rights treaties the respective State should comply with its commitments and imple...

In the past two decades, human rights has been a principal area of U.S. concern regarding the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with security...

This book examines human rights issues in the People's Republic of China (PRC), including ongoing rights abuses, legal reforms, and the development...

The existence of human rights helps secure the peace, deter aggression, promote the rule of law, combat crime and corruption, and prevent humanitar...

The existence of human rights helps secure the peace, deter aggression, promote the rule of law, combat crime and corruption, and prevent humanitar...

This book examines human rights issues in the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, with a focus on Bahrain; Kuwait; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; a...

Human rights refers to "the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled, people sometimes take advantage of these, often held to inc...

Since the fall of 'the wall' in 1989 enormous changes have been taking place in Central Europe. Political, national, cultural and geographic patter...

An electrifying collection of thought-provoking interviews from recent broadcasts of CBC Radio's Ideas. In these remarkable dialogues -- most of th...

How could an undemocratic regime manage to stabilise Russia? What is Putin’s success formula? What are the symbolic and discursive underpinnings of...

The recent history of post-Soviet societies is often described in terms of the transition metaphor. Images of movement as well as changing places a...

Aliens may be removed from the United States for a variety of reasons, such as having entered the country unlawfully, overstaying a visa, or commit...

This collected volume presents immigration research from an interdisciplinary perspective. It includes chapters written by psychologists, sociologi...

U.S. immigration policy is governed largely by the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which was first codified in 1952 and has been amended sig...

Immigration and Migration: Trends, Management and Challenges explores the governance of immigrant religious groups. More specifically, the opening ...

This book examines U.S. immigration law and policy issues, including border security, criminal aliens, worksite enforcement, employment eligibility...

For several years, some Members of Congress have favoured "comprehensive immigration reform" (CIR), a label that commonly refers to omnibus legisla...

This book deals with whether the 2008 Olympics brought any benefits, or any lasting benefits, to the Chinese people by enhancing human rights and a...

Much has been written about the USA Patriot Act, and the controversy that surrounds this far-reaching legislation has also generated a great deal o...

In 1973, historian Arthur Schlesinger coined the term "Imperial Presidency" to describe a presidency that had assumed more power than the Constitut...

Richard M Weaver, a thinker and writer celebrated for his unsparing diagnoses and realistic remedies for the ills of our age, is known largely thro...

This book explores new horizons for the economic analysis of terrorism with an innovative combination of economics and offender profiling. The book...

In Statu Nascendi is a new peer-reviewed journal that aspires to be a world-class scholarly platform encompassing original academic research dedica...