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"The Armistice of Mudros was signed on 30 October 1918 and on the morning of 13 November 1918, a mighty fleet of battleships from Britain, France, Italy and Greece sailed to Istanbul, and dropped anchor without encountering resistance. This day marked the beginning of the end of the Ottoman Empire, a dissolution that would bring great suffering and chaos, but also new opportunities for all Ottomans, Muslim and non-Muslim alike. Drawing upon a previously untouched collection of Armenian and Ottoman Turkish primary sources, Ari Şekeryan considers these understudied post-war years. Examining the Armenian community as they emerged from the aftermath of war and genocide, Şekeryan outlines their shifting political position and the strategies they used to survive this turbulent period. By focusing on the Ottoman Armistice (1918-1923), Şekeryan illuminates an oft-neglected period in history, and develops a new case study for understanding the political reactions of ethnic groups to the fall of empires and nation-states"--

"In 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote about the Talented Tenth in an influential essay of the same name. The concept exalted college-educated Blacks who Du Bois believed could provide the race with the guidance it needed to surmount slavery, segregation, and oppression in America. Although Du Bois eventually reassessed this idea, the rhetoric of the Talented Tenth resonated, still holding sway over a hundred years later. In Rethinking Racial Uplift: Rhetorics of Black Unity and Disunity in the Obama Era, author Nigel I. Malcolm asserts that in the post-civil rights era, racial uplift has been redefined not as Black public intellectuals lifting the masses but as individuals securing advantage for themselves and their children. Malcolm examines six best-selling books published during Obama's presidency-including Randall Kennedy's Sellout, Bill Cosby's and Alvin Poussaint's Come on People, and Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me-and critically analyzes their rhetorics on Black unity, disunity, and the so-called "postracial" era. Based on these writings and the work of political and social scientists, Malcolm shows that a large, often-ignored, percentage of Blacks no longer see their fate as connected with that of other African Americans. While many Black intellectuals and activists seek to provide a justification for Black solidarity, not all agree. In Rethinking Racial Uplift, Malcolm takes contemporary Black public intellectual discourse seriously and shows that disunity among Blacks, a previously ignored topic, is worth exploring"--

"This edition continues the emphasis of prior editions on such topics as the relationship of local governments to state and federal governments; the needs of local governments for territory, for personnel, and for adequate financing; and the principal activities and possible liabilities of local government. There is increased attention to land use control, an area of growing activity on the part of institutions, ranging from the U.S. Supreme Court to local zoning boards. This includes material not found in some books in this field, on such important concepts as "smart growth," "new urbanism," and "regulatory takings.""--

Intro -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Editor -- Contributors -- Summary of Contents -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Patrick Birkinshaw: His Work -- Introduction -- Part I Law in a World Turned Upside-Down -- Chapter 1 Reflections on the Post-Brexit Constitution -- 1 A 'Contestatory' Conception of the Constitution -- 2 The Constitution and Plebiscitary Democracy -- 3 The Illegitimacy of Independent Institutions -- 4 The Future -- Chapter 2 The Rebirth of Parliamentary Sovereignty -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sovereignty's Revision -- 3 Sovereignty's Rebirth -- 3.1 Miller I -- 3.2 Scottish Continuity Bill -- 3.3 Re Allister -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Through the Looking Glass: The Subversion of Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Hungary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Hungary: The Surprisingly Short Road from Post-Communism to Post-democracy -- 3 The Language of Constitutionalism in Orbán's Hungary -- 3.1 Democracy -- 3.2 Christian Culture -- 4 Believing Impossible Things -- 4.1 Believing Impossible Things: The Demonisation of George Soros -- 5 Conclusions -- Chapter 4 Is There a Concept of Law of Exception in France? Some Reflections on the Legal Issues Raised by the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 1 'Law of Exception': The Concept in French Scholarship -- 2 Law of Exception and French Law: Historical Evolution -- 3 From the Constitution of 1791 to the Second Republic -- 4 From the Second Empire to the Fourth Republic -- 5 The Fifth Republic -- 6 The Positive Law on Exceptional Circumstances or Crises at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 7 The Ordinary Law of Exceptional Circumstances -- 8 The Law of 3 April 1955 on the State of Emergency -- 9 Case Law: The Theory of Exceptional Circumstances -- 10 The Law of 23 March 2020 Urgently to Address the COVID-19 Epidemic.

The spread of disinformation has raised global concerns, posing many challenges to democratic orders. On this matter, public and private actors around the world have provided different answers to address this challenge. From the launch of guidelines to the criminalisation of false content, these approaches underline the tension between protecting free speech and limiting the spread of disinformation. 0This book provides a comparative constitutional analysis of the relationship between freedom of speech and disinformation. By examining reports which focus on Belgium, Canada, Croatia, the European Union, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Macau, Romania, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Vietnam, this book analyses the constitutional challenges of balancing freedom of speech and falsehood, and the approaches adopted to deal with the spread of disinformation

"This book traces the psychological journey of accident survivors with locomotor disability, as they move from processes of suffering to healing. It provides a holistic understanding of disability by looking into the embodied understanding of the body as shaped by the socio-political and cultural discourses around impairment. The book addresses the lack of critical qualitative research on the health and well-being of those with disabilities by developing a nuanced understanding of the experiences of people with disabilities (PWDs). It showcases the challenges PWDs face and process of recovery and regaining agency through interviews and personal narratives. It also highlights the help and support they require and the steps we need to take to better understand and address the everyday needs of PWDs. . An important addition to the research on disability studies in the Global South, this book will be of interest to researchers and students of disability studies, critical health psychology, mental health of vulnerable populations and sociology as well as professionals working in the area of health and rehabilitation. People engaged in policymaking related to disability services, rehabilitation and rights will also find this book helpful"--