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Rights

by Peter Jones

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 This book provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary thought about rights. It examines what it is to have a right and what is distinctive about political moralities that give a fundamental place to rights. The varied grounds and implications of claiming rights to liberties, socio-economic rights and democratic rights are considered and the book concludes with an examination of the theoretical objections and the practical difficulties that proponents of rights have to confront.
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Human Rights

by Kerri Woods

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 What are human rights? Why do we have them? How should we respond when we do not all agree on them? These are just a few of the questions taken up in Human Rights which gives a comprehensive account of human rights, from their nature and range to their role in contemporary debates in areas such as religion, multiculturalism and the environment.
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Democracy

by Albert Weale

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 Aims to identify and assess various conceptions of democracy from participationist to elitist. This book considers various issues in democratic theory in relation to which these conceptions can be distinguished. It includes chapters on deliberative democracy and on self-determination and issues of governance at an international level.
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Justice

by Tom Campbell

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 The substantially revised third edition of this widely-used text introduces nine major theoretical approaches and their key protagonists, including a new chapter on global justice, and assesses their ability to generate clear, consistent and illuminating accounts of justice as a distinctive social, political and legal value.
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Political Obligation

by John Horton

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 How should we understand the relationship between citizens and governments, and what are the obligations of citizens? In this substantially revised new edition of an influential text, John Horton challenges dominant theories by offering an 'associative' account focusing particularly on what it is to be a member of a political community.
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Work - Theological Foundations And Practical Implications

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 Moving from biblical theology to systematic theology to practical theology, "Work: Theological Foundations and Practical Implications" offers a comprehensive theology of work.
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Theology Reforming Society - Revisiting Anglican Social Theology

by Stephen Spencer

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 Theology Reforming Society tells the story of Anglican social theology from its roots in the writings and work of F.D. Maurice and the Christian Socialists, Charles Kingsley and John Ludlow, and on to the work of William Temple. This is an important and comprehensive account for all those interested in Anglican theology and Christian ethics
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Child Forensic Psychology - Victim And Eyewitness Memory

by Robyn Holliday e Tammy Marche

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 Using real-life criminal cases to illustrate theory and practices, this is important reading for those seeking to understand children as witnesses and as victims in forensic psychology. Ideal for students and practitioners of both developmental and forensic psychology, it offers fascinating insight into the mysteries of child forensic psychology.
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Family, State And Social Policy

by Lorraine M. Harding

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 This text brings together two themes: the "family", its changing nature and the significance of these changes; and the relationship between family and state as expressed in social policy. It explores and clarifies the significance both of family change for policy, and of policy for families.
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Africa'S Recovery In The 1990'S - From Stagnation And Adjustment To Human Development

by Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Henning Pieper, Rolph Van Der Hoeven e Thandika Mkandawire

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 Argues that several orthodox adjustment policies are still incongruent with long-term development in Africa. The book goes on to discuss a development strategy which could lead to a much awaited economic recovery and improvement in social conditions in Africa in the 1990s.
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The Baltic States - National Self-Determination Of Estonia, Latvia And Lithuania

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 Examining the struggles of the Baltic peoples for self-determination, this book explores their nationalist awakening, how the realization of national self-determination during the inter-war years of independent statehood manifested itself and the re-establishment of self-governance in 1990-91.
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Political Obligation

by John Horton

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 How should we understand the relationship between citizens and governments, and what are the obligations of citizens? In this substantially revised new edition of an influential text, John Horton challenges dominant theories by offering an 'associative' account focusing particularly on what it is to be a member of a political community.
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Ethics, Law And Military Operations

by David Whetham

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 While there are many legal textbooks on the laws of armed conflict and academic works on ethical issues in international relations, this is the first text on the relevance of legal and normative issues in military practice. It covers the entire spectrum of military operations and is written with military decision-makers particularly in mind.
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Justice

by Tom Campbell

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 The substantially revised third edition of this widely-used text introduces nine major theoretical approaches and their key protagonists, including a new chapter on global justice, and assesses their ability to generate clear, consistent and illuminating accounts of justice as a distinctive social, political and legal value.
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Critical Financial Accounting Problems - Issues And Solutions

by Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui

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 From the complexity of today's business world and its daily transactions has come a proliferation of new accounting standards.
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Soldiers Shahs & Subalterns In Iran - Opposition, Protest And Revolt, 1921-1941

by Stephanie Cronin

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 Against conventional views of the unchallenged hegemony of a modernizing monarchy, this book argues that power was continuously contested in Riza Shah's Iran. Cronin excavates the successive challenges to Riza Shah's regime posed by a range of subaltern social groups and seeks to restore to these groups a sense of their historical agency.
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Myth Of Autism - Medicalising Men'S And Boys' Social And Emotional Competence

by Sami Timimi

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 In this groundbreaking book, the authors dispute the concept of autism and explore the cultural and political reasons why the number of those diagnosed with it has increased over the years. This is a must-read for students studying autism and related disorders as well as practitioners working in the mental health services.

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