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This is a refreshingly original analysis of human rights, past and present, which sets out major new terms of reference for political debate, it wi...

How can we make sense of human rights in China's authoritarian Party-State system? Eva Pils offers a nuanced account of this contentious area, exam...

How can we make sense of human rights in China's authoritarian Party-State system? Eva Pils offers a nuanced account of this contentious area, exam...

There is a real security gap in the world today. Millions of people in regions like the Middle East or East and Central Africa or Central Asia wher...

There is a real security gap in the world today. Millions of people in regions like the Middle East or East and Central Africa or Central Asia wher...

This book is a brief introduction to the study of society, which may be read without any previous knowledge of the social sciences. Each chapter a...

This book is a brief introduction to the study of society, which may be read without any previous knowledge of the social sciences. Each chapter a...

The last few decades have seen a huge increase in attention paid to the trafficking of human beings, often referred to as modern-day slavery. Inter...

The last few decades have seen a huge increase in attention paid to the trafficking of human beings, often referred to as modern-day slavery. Inter...

With some 50 million people living under duress and threatened by wars and disasters in 2012, the demand for relief worldwide has reached unprecede...

With some 50 million people living under duress and threatened by wars and disasters in 2012, the demand for relief worldwide has reached unprecede...

A singular development in the post-Cold War era is the use of military force to protect human beings. From Rwanda to Kosovo, Sierra Leone to East T...

A singular development in the post-Cold War era is the use of military force to protect human beings. From Rwanda to Kosovo, Sierra Leone to East T...

This is the first comprehensive account of humanitarian intervention in contemporary conflict. Preface. Part I: The Classical Debate: Forcible Sel...

This is a book about justice, but not as we know it. Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos argues that justice is always hydrojustice – that is, alwa...

This is a book about justice, but not as we know it. Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos argues that justice is always hydrojustice – that is, alwa...

Digital hyperconnectivity is a defining fact of our time. The Silicon Valley dream of universal connection – the dream of connecting everyone and e...

Digital hyperconnectivity is a defining fact of our time. The Silicon Valley dream of universal connection – the dream of connecting everyone and e...

In the wake of globalization, cultural forms of expression have become increasingly detached from their places of origin, circulating in a hyper-do...

In the wake of globalization, cultural forms of expression have become increasingly detached from their places of origin, circulating in a hyper-do...

Hyperdream is a major new novel by celebrated French author Hélène Cixous. It is a literary tour de force, returning anew to challenge necessity it...

Hyperdream is a major new novel by celebrated French author Hélène Cixous. It is a literary tour de force, returning anew to challenge necessity it...

The term ‘postmodernity’ has been used to describe that historical transformation of the late 20th century when the institutional breaks holding ba...

The term ‘postmodernity’ has been used to describe that historical transformation of the late 20th century when the institutional breaks holding ba...