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This book explores a specific discursivity at work in international human rights law. It examines the ways in which the discourse on international human rights law constantly expands its domain while preserving its distinctiveness from general international law.

This book explores the state of media literacy and media education in several Central and Eastern European countries. The main argument centers around the connection between media literacy and media education on the one hand, and liberal democratic values on the other.

""This book covers four interconnected murders, each of them unsolved, and the common denominator is the underground world of sex trafficking. Using police and FBI records never before made public, underworld links are made between numerous vice centers in the Midwest. What does a small mining town in upper Michigan have to do with organized crime in Peoria, Illinois? More than you might think! Within these pages, meet corrupt night club owners, dancers who moonlight as callgirls, interstate burglary rings, Milwaukee Mafia members, bank robbers and more. All part of one giant web, they come together in a story that has remained largely untold-until now."-Provided by publisher"--

This handbook highlights innovative and affect-driven feminist dialogues, that inspires social work practice, education and research across the globe. The editors have actively gathered the many (at times silenced) feminist voices and their allies together in this book which reflects current and contested feminist landscapes.

This Handbook explores what makes social work uniquely African, shaping, informing, and influencing a new culturally relevant era of social work. The topics covered are relevant to a global audience engaged in social justice work across social work, social welfare, social development, and sustainability.

Cover -- Contents -- Specification Table -- List of Illustrations -- List of Key Topic Debates -- List of Case Studies -- About the Author -- Tour of the Book -- Digital Resources -- How to Use the Book -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Getting Started on US Politics -- US politics today -- Key features of the US political system -- 2 The Constitution -- The history of the US Constitution -- The nature of the US Constitution -- The constitutional powers of the US branches of government -- The amendment process -- Key features of the US Constitution -- The US Constitution and democracy -- Strengths and weaknesses -- 3 Congress -- The structure and membership of Congress -- The distribution of power within Congress -- Representation -- Legislation -- Oversight -- The effectiveness of constitutional powers -- Changing roles and powers -- 4 The Presidency -- Formal sources of presidential power -- Informal sources of presidential power -- Limitations on presidential power -- The relationship between the President and Supreme Court -- Factors affecting presidential power -- Interpretations and debates -- 5 The Supreme Court and Civil Rights -- The nature and role of the Supreme Court -- The appointment process -- The extent of their powers and the effectiveness of checks and balances -- The Supreme Court and public policy -- The protection of civil liberties -- The political versus judicial nature of the Supreme Court -- Living constitution versus originalism -- Race and rights in contemporary US politics -- 6 Elections -- Electoral systems in the USA -- Primaries and caucuses -- Invisible primaries -- National party conventions -- The Electoral College -- The party system -- Incumbency -- Campaign finance -- 7 Political Parties and Interest Groups -- Key ideas and principles of the Democratic and Republican parties -- Conflicts within parties.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- List of Worked Examples -- About the Authors -- Tour of the Book -- Digital Resources -- How to Use This Book -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Liberalism -- Historical overview -- Introduction to liberalism and its strands -- 1. Liberalism: core ideas and principles -- 2. Differences between the two liberal strands -- 3. Liberalism key thinkers -- John Locke (1632-1704) -- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97) -- John Stuart Mill (1806-73) -- John Rawls (1921-2002) -- Betty Friedan (1921-2006) -- 4. How to apply knowledge to liberalism answers -- 2 Conservatism -- Historical overview -- Introduction to conservatism and its strands -- 1. Conservatism: core ideas and principles -- 2. Differences between the conservative strands -- 3. Conservatism key thinkers -- Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679 -- Edmund Burke (1729-97) -- Michael Oakeshott (1901-90) -- Ayn Rand (1905-82) -- Robert Nozick (1938-2002) -- 4. How to apply knowledge to conservatism answers -- 3 Socialism -- Historical overview -- Introduction to socialism and its strands -- 1. Socialism: core ideas and principles -- 2. Differences between the socialist strands -- 3. Socialism key thinkers -- Karl Marx (1818-83) and Friedrich Engels (1820-95) -- Beatrice Webb (1858-1943) -- Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) -- Anthony Crosland (1918-77) -- Anthony Giddens (1938-) -- 4. How to apply knowledge to socialism answers -- 4 Anarchism -- Historical overview -- Introduction to anarchism and its strands -- 1. Anarchism: core ideas and principles -- 2. Differences between the anarchist strands -- 3. Anarchist key thinkers -- Max Stirner (1806-56) -- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-65) -- Mikhail Bakunin (1814-76) -- Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921) -- Emma Goldman (1869-1940) -- 4. How to apply knowledge to anarchism answers -- 5 Ecologism -- Historical overview.

This book addresses both the potential negative effects and the positive effects of various forms of media, leading to the need for media literacy across all demographics. Written for psychologists, educators, researchers, and parents, this book discusses the impact of video games, popular music, television, social media and screen addiction, fake news and misinformation, representation in media, as well as the role of big tech in the lives of consumers. The t

Verlagsinfo: "Fracassée comme tant d'autres après le massacre perpétré par le Hamas le 7 octobre 2023 en Israël, l'auteur voit son monde s'effondrer. Elle dont la mission consiste à porter la souffrance des autres sur ses épaules et à la soulager par ses mots, se trouve soudain en état de sidération, impuissante et aphasique. Dans la fièvre, elle écrit alors ce petit traité de survie, comme une tranche d'auto-analyse qui la fait revenir sur ses fondements existentiels. Le texte est composé de dix conversations réelles ou imaginaires : conversation avec ma douleur, conversation avec mes grands-parents, conversation avec la paranoïa juive, conversation avec Claude François, conversation avec les antiracistes, conversation avec Rose, conversation avec mes enfants, conversation avec ceux qui me font du bien, conversation avec Israël, conversation avec le Messie."

"This book explores the rise of a Scottish common law from the twelfth century on despite the absence until around 1500 of a secular legal profession. Key stimuli were the activity of church courts and canon lawyers in Scotland, coupled with the example provided by neighbouring England's common law. The laity's legal consciousness arose from exposure to law by way of constant participation in legal processes in court and daily transactions. This experience enabled some to become judges, pleaders in court and transactional lawyers and lay the foundations for an emergent professional group by the end of the medieval period"--