Kenya: The Struggle for Democracy (Africa in the New Millennium)

Kenya: The Struggle for Democracy (Africa in the New Millennium)
Godwin R. Murunga (Author), Shadrack W. Nasong'o (Author)

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This uniquely comprehensive study of  Kenya's political trajectory shows how the struggle for democracy has been waged in civil society, through opposition parties, and amongst traditionally marginalised groups like women and the young.  It also considers the remaining impediments to democratisation, in the form of a powerful police force and damaging structural adjustment policies.  Thus, the authors argue, democratisation in Kenya is a laborious and non-linear process.  Kenyans' recent electoral successes, the book concludes, have empowered them and reinvigorated the prospects for democracy, heralding a more autonomous and peaceful twenty-first century. 

• Rank: #2062349 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-15
• Released on: 2007-04-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.35" h x 5.35" w x .79" l, 1.01 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

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Catalysts for Change: How the U.N.'s Independent Experts Promote Human Rights

Catalysts for Change: How the U.N.'s Independent Experts Promote Human Rights
Ted Piccone (Author)

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One of the great questions of international affairs is how to promote respect for human rights in a world where sovereign states can be persuaded but rarely compelled to "do the right thing." Catalysts for Change examines the effectiveness of one of the United Nations' most important human rights mechanisms —the collection of independent experts known as Special Procedures.

Created in the 1970s, Special Procedures serve as the eyes and ears of the UN human rights system and have been considered its "crown jewel." Despite their prolific work as fact finders, reporters, and advocates, however, there has been no documented analysis of their impact at the national level —until now. In his new book, Brookings' Theodore Piccone fills that void with authoritative analysis of the mechanism's on-the-ground impact, undertaken within the context of current debates over the UN human rights system. He analyzed thousands of UN communications and government responses and conducted more than 250 interviews with relevant stakeholders, elaborating on his findings with original case studies and quantitative data.

Catalysts for Change will help diplomats, practitioners, and advocates devise better strategies for enhancing the impact of the UN human rights systems. It will also help analysts, journalists, scholars, and students understand the same.

• Rank: #179493 in Books
• Published on: 2012-06-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.78" h x 5.91" w x .59" l, .70 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 225 pages

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Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Catalysts for Change: How the UN's Independent Experts Promote Human Rights by Ted Piccone Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Author Biography Ted Piccone, a senior fellow and deputy director for Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, brings to this groundbreaking study over two decades of experience as a human rights lawyer, researcher, and senior adviser at the National Security Council, the State Departm

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"Examines the effectiveness of a key endeavor by the United Nations to monitor and influence human rights through a unique body of independent experts, appointed by countries to investigate, analyze, and report on the whole spectrum of human rights problems around the world"--Provided by publisher.

The US-EU Security Relationship: The Tensions between a European and a Global Agenda (The European Union Series)

The US-EU Security Relationship: The Tensions between a European and a Global Agenda (The European Union Series)
Wyn Rees (Author)

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A wide-ranging assessment by a leading authority on contemporary US-EU security relations. This book systematically examines the development of the relationship since the Cold War and considers how global and European issues such as EU enlargement, international terrorism and the war on terror have affected security relations.

• Rank: #111683 in Books
• Published on: 2011-05-15
• Released on: 2011-05-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.50" h x .55" w x 5.43" l, .69 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

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The UNreal World of Human Rights: An Ethnography of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Law and Society / Vereinigung fur Recht und Gesellschaft)

The UNreal World of Human Rights: An Ethnography of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Law and Society / Vereinigung fur Recht und Gesellschaft)
Lena J. Kruckenberg (Author)

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The UNreal World of Human Rights breathes new life into the ethnography of international law at a time when transnational actors challenge its traditional principles. This study investigates the multi-actor relations and micro-practices that constitute international human rights monitoring, through an in-depth exploration of the work of the oldest among the UN human rights treaty bodies, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). As the study focuses on the practices of (re)constructing, interpreting, and evaluating human rights in a quasi-judicial and politicized context, it analyzes human rights monitoring from an embedded micro-perspective rather than as a functionalist macro-perspective. The book traces three groups of actors through their experiences of the 'UN-real world' of one of CERDs semi-annual sessions: state representatives, non-governmental organizations, and the members of the Committee. Vivid accounts and detailed analyses illuminate the tacit knowledge and subterranean diplomacy through which international human rights law evolves as a 'gentle civilizer' of states. (Series: Law and Society / Vereinigung fur Recht und Gesellschaft - Vol. 5)

• Rank: #140693 in Books
• Published on: 2012-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.74" h x 5.75" w x .0" l, .70 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 186 pages

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Life of a European Mandarin: Inside the Commission

Life of a European Mandarin: Inside the Commission
Derk-Jan Eppink (Author)
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A unique, behind the scenes view on Europe's senior administrators.

• Rank: #166739 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.15" h x 5.39" w x 1.22" l, 1.18 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 386 pages

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Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Life of a European Mandarin: Inside the Commission by Derk-Jan Eppink Estimated delivery 4-14 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New A unique, behind the scenes view on Europe #039;s senior administrators. Publisher Description For more than seven years, Derk-Jan Eppink worked as a senior official behind the scenes in the European Commission. The Commission is not well-known to the general public, but makes decisions which affect the daily

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European Politics in Transition

European Politics in Transition
Mark Kesselman (Author), Joel Krieger (Author), Christopher S. Allen (Author), Joan DeBardeleben (Author), Stephen Hellman (Author)
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This comprehensive text offers a stimulating introduction to the political systems of post-World War II Europe. The Sixth Edition uses a region-by-region approach, focusing in turn on Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Eastern Europe, and the European Union. Four themes unify the text and illustrate the concept of politics in transition within each region on a global level: economic management; the relationships between countries; the challenges of democracy; and the political impact of social diversity. Standard, in-depth treatment of each region is organized around five topics: the making of the modern state; political economy and development; governance and policy-making; representation and participation; and politics in transition. Within these topical areas, highly relevant issues from politics today include the impact of Muslim immigrants on European society, Europe's socioeconomic malaise, global warming, the war on terror, and the continuing evolution of European-American relations since 9/11, among other pertinent matters.

• Rank: #174949 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x 7.25" w x .75" l, 1.85 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 592 pages

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European Politics in Transition, ISBN-13: 9780618870783, ISBN-10: 0618870784

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