Being Israeli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
The authors speculate on the relationship between identity and citizenship in Israel.
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Making Men Moral
Publisher: Oxford University Press
In this text, the author defends the proposition that moral laws can play a legitimate - if subsidiary - role in preserving the moral ecology of the cultural environment in which people live their lives.
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Before the Next Attack: Preserving Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism
Publisher: Yale University Press
Terrorist attacks regularly trigger the enactment of repressive laws. This book presents a practical alternative. It proposes an 'emergency constitution' that would enable the government to take extraordinary actions to prevent a second strike in the short run while prohibiting permanent measures that destroy our freedom over the longer run.
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Conned
Publisher: The New Press
Why have four million Americans - mainly poor, black, and Latino - lost the right to vote? Why, in some states, are a third of all African American men excluded from the democratic process? Conned is the story of the millions of Americans being robbed of voting rights in an era of […]
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Outspoken: Free Speech Stories
Publisher: University of California Press
Demonstrates that to sacrifice our freedom of speech is to surrender the very heart and soul of America. This book tells the stories of 20 people who refused to let anyone whittle away at their right to speak, think, create, or demur. It explores the balance between First Amendment and other […]
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Judges, Transition, and Human Rights
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Contains essays that focus on the intersection between the role of judges, the language of human rights, and the politics of societies in transition. This book draws upon comparative experiences in South Africa, Canada, the USA, Britain, Ireland, the Balkans, the Weimar Republic, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and elsewhere.
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The War on Freedom and Democracy
Publisher: Spokesman Books
The War on Freedom and Democracy
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Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies
Publisher: CQ Press
This fourth edition provides a comprehensive look at political values, political activity, voting, and public images of government within cross-national context. Drawing on available election studies, including results of the 2004 US elections, it includes a data supplement based on the 1999-2002 World Values Survey/European Values Survey.
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The Gender of Democracy
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
As developments in the European Union and elsewhere make the re-examination of citizenship a pressing issue, this book reflects on the persisting masculine character of contemporary democracy and the measures taken in the EU to combat it.
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Political Rights Under Stress in 21st Century Europe
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Europe has entered the 21st century in a state of growing uncertainty about the role and scope of traditional political rights. The scope of 'political rights' is a subject which has always provoked a degree of scholarly controversy, as indeed is reflected in the essays of this volume. The increased threat of […]
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