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Author |
: Paul M. Sniderman |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 310 |
Release |
: 1996-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0300069812 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780300069815 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Clash of Rights by : Paul M. Sniderman
Why do citizens in pluralist democracies disagree collectively about the very values they agree on individually? This provocative book highlights the inescapable conflicts of rights and values at the heart of democratic politics. Based on interviews with thousands of citizens and political decision makers, the book focuses on modern Canadian politics, investigating why a country so fortunate in its history and circumstances is on the brink of dissolution. Taking advantage of new techniques of computer-assisted interviewing, the authors explore the politics of a wide array of issues, from freedom of expression to public funding of religious schools to government wiretapping to antihate legislation, analyzing not only why citizens take the positions they do but also how easily they can be talked out of them. In the process, the authors challenge a number of commonly held assumptions about democratic politics. They show, for example, that political elites do not constitute a special bulwark protecting civil liberties; that arguments over political rights are as deeply driven by commitment to the master values of democratic politics as by failure to understand them; and that consensus on the rights of groups is inherently more fragile than on the rights of individuals.
Author |
: Clifford Bob |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2012-02-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781139503952 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1139503952 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Global Right Wing and the Clash of World Politics by : Clifford Bob
This book is an eye-opening account of transnational advocacy, not by environmental and rights groups, but by conservative activists. Mobilizing around diverse issues, these networks challenge progressive foes across borders and within institutions. In these globalized battles, opponents struggle as much to advance their own causes as to destroy their rivals. Deploying exclusionary strategies, negative tactics and dissuasive ideas, they aim both to make and unmake policy. In this work, Clifford Bob chronicles combat over homosexuality and gun control in the UN, the Americas, Europe and elsewhere. He investigates the 'Baptist-burqa' network of conservative believers attacking gay rights, and the global gun coalition blasting efforts to control firearms. Bob draws critical conclusions about norms, activists and institutions, and his broad findings extend beyond the culture wars. They will change how campaigners fight, scholars study policy wars, and all of us think about global politics.
Author |
: Paul Tweed |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 169 |
Release |
: 2015-04-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781780433646 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1780433646 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Privacy and Libel Law by : Paul Tweed
This new title covers the law surrounding freedom of press versus rights of the individual, including in depth analysis of the review of UK libel law and the draft Defamation Bill published in March 2011. Contents includes: History and development of libel laws in the UK and USA; Actions brought by US personalities in the UK Courts; The ramifications of the Rachel Ehrenfeld case; Importance of striking a balance between an unfettered press reporting in the public interest and one-sided coverage of particular issues; The argument for statutory press regulation; Level of damages awarded in comparison to costs involved; Super-injunctions; Anticipated changes to the law; Alternative remedies; Difficulties facing Claimants without access to legal aid; Implications arising from the phone hacking scandal.
Author |
: Toni Locy |
Publisher |
: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1433114496 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781433114496 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Covering America's Courts by : Toni Locy
"With a specific, thorough, and practical approach, this text is an engaging and accessible introduction to the American court system, its players, language, and impact on the public". -- BACKCOVER.
Author |
: Claudia Smith Brinson |
Publisher |
: Univ of South Carolina Press |
Total Pages |
: 375 |
Release |
: 2020-11-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781643361086 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1643361082 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Stories of Struggle by : Claudia Smith Brinson
In this pioneering study of the long and arduous struggle for civil rights in South Carolina, longtime journalist Claudia Smith Brinson details the lynchings, beatings, bombings, cross burnings, death threats, arson, and venomous hatred that black South Carolinians endured—as well as the astonishing courage, devotion, dignity, and compassion of those who risked their lives for equality. Through extensive research and interviews with more than one hundred fifty civil rights activists, many of whom had never shared their stories with anyone, Brinson chronicles twenty pivotal years of petitioning, preaching, picketing, boycotting, marching, and holding sit-ins. Participants' use of nonviolent direct action altered the landscape of civil rights in South Carolina and reverberated throughout the South. These firsthand accounts include those of the unsung petitioners who risked their lives by supporting Summerton's Briggs v. Elliot, a lawsuit that led to the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision; the thousands of students who were arrested and jailed in 1960 for protests in Rock Hill, Orangeburg, Denmark, Columbia, and Sumter; and the black female employees and leaders who defied a governor and his armed troops during the 1969 hospital strike in Charleston. Brinson also highlights contributions made by remarkable but lesser-known activists, including James M. Hinton Sr., president of the South Carolina Conference of Branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Thomas W. Gaither, Congress of Racial Equality field secretary and scout for the Freedom Rides; Charles F. McDew, a South Carolina State College student and co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; and Mary Moultrie, grassroots leader of the 1969 hospital workers' strike. These intimate stories of courage and conviction, both heartbreaking and inspiring, shine a light on the progress achieved by nonviolent civil rights activists while also revealing white South Carolinians' often violent resistance to change. Although significant racial disparities remain, the sacrifices of these brave men and women produced real progress—and hope for the future.
Author |
: Martha NUSSBAUM |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 432 |
Release |
: 2009-06-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674041561 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674041569 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Clash Within by : Martha NUSSBAUM
While America is focused on religious militancy and terrorism in the Middle East, democracy has been under siege from religious extremism in another critical part of the world. As Nussbaum reveals in this penetrating look at India today, the forces of the Hindu right pose a disturbing threat to its democratic traditions and secular state. Nussbaum's long-standing professional relationship with India makes her an excellent guide to its recent history.
Author |
: Samuel P. Huntington |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 555 |
Release |
: 2007-05-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781416561248 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1416561242 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by : Samuel P. Huntington
The classic study of post-Cold War international relations, more relevant than ever in today’s geopolitical climate—with a foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Since its initial publication in 1996, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order has become one of the most influential books ever written about foreign affairs. Samuel Huntington explains how clashes between civilizations pose the greatest threat to world peace, but also how an international order based on civilizations is the best safeguard against war. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order explains how the population explosion in Muslim countries and the economic rise of East Asia have changed global politics. These developments challenge Western dominance, promote opposition to supposedly “universal” Western ideals, and intensify inter-civilization conflict over such issues as nuclear proliferation, immigration, human rights, and democracy. In his incisive analysis, Huntington offers a strategy for the West to preserve its unique culture and emphasizes the need for people everywhere to learn to coexist in a complex, multipolar, multi-civilizational world.
Author |
: Stijn Smet |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198795957 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198795955 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis When Human Rights Clash at the European Court of Human Rights by : Stijn Smet
The notion of conflict rests at the heart of the judicial function. Judges are routinely asked to resolve disputes and defuse tensions. Yet, when judges are called upon to adjudicate a purported conflict between human rights, they face particular challenges and must address specific questions. Some of these concern the very existence of human rights conflicts. Can human rights really conflict with one another, in terms of mutual incompatibility? Or should human rights be interpreted in harmony with one another? Other questions concern the resolution of real conflicts. To the extent that human rights do conflict, how should these conflicts be resolved? To what extent is balancing desirable? And if it is desirable, which understanding of balancing should judges employ? This book seeks to provide both theoretical and practical answers to these questions. When Human Rights Clash at the European Court of Human Rights: Conflict or Harmony? debates both the existence and resolution of human rights conflicts, in the specific context of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. The contributors put forth principled and pragmatic arguments and propose theoretical as well as practical approaches, whilst firmly embedding their proposals in the case law of the European Court. Doing so, this book provides concrete ways forward in the ongoing debate on conflicts of rights at Europe's human rights court.
Author |
: Robert P. George |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 251 |
Release |
: 2023-06-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781684516049 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1684516048 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Clash of Orthodoxies by : Robert P. George
In The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion, and Morality in Crisis, Robert George tackles the issues at the heart of the contemporary conflict of worldviews. Secular liberals typically suppose that their positions on morally charged issues of public policy are the fruit of pure reason, while those of their morally conservative opponents reflect an irrational religious faith. George shows that this supposition is wrong on both counts. Challenging liberalism's claim to represent the triumph of reason, George argues that on controversial issues like abortion, euthanasia, same-sex unions, civil rights and liberties, and the place of religion in public life, traditional Judeo-Christian beliefs are rationally superior to secular liberal alternatives. The Clash of Orthodoxies is a profoundly important contribution to our contemporary national conversation about the proper role of religion in politics. The lucid and persuasive prose of Robert George, one of America's most prominent public intellectuals, will shock liberals out of an unwarranted complacency and provide powerful ammunition for embattled defenders of traditional morality.
Author |
: Jamal Greene |
Publisher |
: Houghton Mifflin |
Total Pages |
: 341 |
Release |
: 2021 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781328518118 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1328518116 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis How Rights Went Wrong by : Jamal Greene
An eminent constitutional scholar reveals how our approach to rights is dividing America, and shows how we can build a better system of justice.