209 books (11 pages) in this category
Postcolonial Transitional Justice
Zimbabwe and Beyond
by Khanyisela Moyo
<p>Transitional justice processes are now considered to be crucial steps in facilitating the move from conflict or repression to a secure democratic future.<br /> This book contributes to a deeper understanding of transitional justice by ...
ISBN: 9781351048187
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eBookIslam and the War on America
by Kenneth R. Timmerman
<p>Like no book before it, <strong>Preachers of Hate</strong> uncovers an ancient hatred that threatens the life and livelihood of every American. The “new” anti-Semitism targets not only Jews, but Americans specifically and the West in general.
ISBN: 9781400097524
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eBookSurvival Family Basics - Preppers Survival Handbook Series
by Macenzie Guiver
<p><em>Just to say Thank You for checking out this Book I want to give you a copy of my upcoming special report "<strong>The Prepper's Supplies Guide for When Disaster Strikes</strong>".</em></p> <p>It doesn’t take a history lesson to
ISBN: 9781516397655
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eBookby Joshua M. Price
<p>The United States imprisons more of its citizens than any other nation in the world. To be sentenced to prison is to face systematic violence, humiliation, and, perhaps worst of all, separation from family and community. It is, to borrow ...
ISBN: 9780813575315
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eBookViolence, Redemptive Suffering, and the Search for What Saves Us
by Rita Nakashima Brock & Rebecca Ann Parker
<p>Rebecca Parker was a young minister in Seattle when a woman walked into her church and asked if God really wanted her to accept her husband's beatings and bear them gladly, as Jesus bore the cross. Parker knew, at that moment, that if she ...
ISBN: 9780807067888
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eBookWhy Some People Choose the Path of Violence
by Farhad Khosrokhavar
<div>In the wake of the Paris, Beirut, and San Bernardino terrorist attacks, fears over homegrown terrorism” have surfaced to a degree not seen since September 11, 2001—especially following the news that all of the perpetrators in Paris were ...
ISBN: 9781620972694
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eBookSecuring America from Mass Shootings
by Louis Klarevas
<p>In the past decade, no individual act of violence has killed more people in the United States than the mass shooting. This well-researched, forcefully argued book answers some of the most pressing questions facing our society: Why do people ...
ISBN: 9781633880672
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eBookRape Cultures and Survivors: An International Perspective [2 volumes]
by Tuba Inal & Merril D. Smith
<p>Historically, women, men, and children have all suffered sexual violence, during wartime and peacetime as well as inside and outside their homes. This two-volume title focuses on survivors of rape in a variety of social and cultural contexts.
ISBN: 9781440853074
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eBookby Dara Kay Cohen
<p>Rape is common during wartime, but even within the context of the same war, some armed groups perpetrate rape on a massive scale while others never do. In <em>Rape during Civil War</em> Dara Kay Cohen examines variation in the severity and ...
ISBN: 9781501706530
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eBookHow Denial, Distortion, and Victim Blaming Are Fueling a Hidden Acquaintance Rape Crisis
by Jody Raphael
<p>A call to action to protect the human rights of women and girls, this exposé reveals how interest groups deny the seriousness of rape to further their political agendas. Through firsthand interviews with victims; medical and judicial records;
ISBN: 9781613744826
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eBookRéalités et représentations de la violence en postcolonies
by Collectif
<p>On s'habitue - presque - à tout, même à la violence ! On s'exaspère de tout, parfois des livres sur la violence ! On se proclame expert en tout, surtout quand il s'agit de dénoncer la violence ! On se veut cynique en tout, plus spécialement ...
ISBN: 9782354122836
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eBookAdjusting the African Mentality
by Ifeanyichukwu Uko
<p>Broken down infrastructure; thieving and looting politicians; police brutality; soldiers beating up civilians; lack of constant supply of electricity; lack of access to clean, pipe-borne drinking water; lack of world-class health care; ...
ISBN: 9781546229773
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eBookConflict, Power, and Collective Action
by María J. Funes
<p>Studying Charles Tilly (1929–2008), American sociologist, historian and political scientist, is essential for understanding political change and social conflict. His research focuses on how grassroots populations, through different forms of ...
ISBN: 9780761867852
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eBookTransgression, Vulnerability, and Difference in British Fiction Since 1967
by Jim Byatt
<p>This book examines the various ways in which British fiction since the late 1960s has addressed the marginalization of anomalous identities in an era of increasing social inclusivity, and the ways in which the category of the monstrous has ...
ISBN: 9780739195024
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eBookNew Essays on Memory, Culture, and Politics
by Nazia Akhtar, Amit Rahul Baishya, Nandita Bhavnani & others
<p><em>Revisiting India’s Partition: New Essays on Memory, Culture, and Politics</em> brings together scholars from across the globe to provide diverse perspectives on the continuing impact of the 1947 division of India on the eve of ...
ISBN: 9781498531054
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eBookThe Truth The Story The Reality Of Women
by Artorius Rex
One in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex, date raped, murdered or otherwise abused by a man. There are more than 150 million women in the United States and at least one out of every three wants to know why they are abused by a ...
ISBN: 9781681815022
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eBookRoutledge International Handbook of Sexual Homicide Studies
by Jean Proulx, Eric Beauregard, Adam J. Carter & others
<p>This book provides the first systematic overview of the theoretical, empirical, clinical, and police issues related to sexual murderers and murder. Bringing together leading researchers, theoreticians, and practitioners from across eight ...
ISBN: 9781351815215
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eBookRoutledge Revivals: East End Underworld (1981)
Chapters in the Life of Arthur Harding
by Raphael Samuel
<p>First published in 1981, this book examines the life of Arthur Harding, a well-known figure in the East End underworld during the first half of the twentieth century. The first five chapters survey his life in the ‘Jago’ slum between 1887 and
ISBN: 9781315450704
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eBookRoutledge Revivals: Guards Imprisoned (1989)
Correctional Officers at Work
by Lucien X. Lombardo
<p>First published in 1989, <em>Guards Imprisoned</em> provides an in-depth look into the work and working life of prison guards as they perceive and experience it. The author, who was a teacher at Auburn Prison, New York, discovered that little
ISBN: 9781315411835
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eBookRoutledge Revivals: Metropolis London (1989)
Histories and Representations since 1800
by David Feldman & Gareth Stedman Jones
<p>First published in 1989, this book seeks to demonstrate the social and political images of late-twentieth century London — the post-big-bang city, docklands, trade union defeats, a mounting north-south divide — do not mark as decisive break ...
ISBN: 9781315446660
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