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Struggles for the Human: Violent Legality and the Politics of Rights by Lara Montesinos Coleman 9781478025566
RRP: £23.99£20.41In Struggles for the Human, Lara Montesinos Coleman blends ethnography, political philosophy, and critical theory to reorient debates on human rights through attention to understandings of legality, ethics, and humanity in anticapitalist and decolonial... -
Animal Rights Law by Raffael N Fasel
£27.46Do animals have legal rights? This pioneering book tells readers everything they need to know about animal rights law. Using straightforward examples from over 30 legal systems from both the civil and common law traditions, and based on popular... -
Whatever Happened to Antisemitism?: Redefinition and the Myth of the 'Collective Jew' by Antony Lerman 9780745338774
RRP: £17.99£14.96'This elegantly written, erudite book is essential reading for all of us, whatever our identifications' - Lynne Segal Antisemitism is one of the most controversial topics of our time. The public, academics, journalists, activists and Jewish people... -
Violence against Women: What Everyone Needs to Know® by Jacqui True
RRP: £12.99£9.09Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a longstanding problem that has increasingly come to the forefront of international and national policy debates and news: from the US reauthorization of the Violence against Women Act and a United Nations... -
A Little History of Protest Art by Aindrea Emelife 9781849767828
RRP: £15.00£10.96Art has always declared its dissatisfaction against the status quo. Throughout history artists have used their art to criticise and protest against a range of injustices and inequalities. Their art is an act of defiance, but more importantly it has given... -
The Power of Women: A doctor's journey of hope and healing by Dr Dr Denis Mukwege
RRP: £12.99£8.18Nobel laureate, world-renowned doctor and human rights activist, Dr Mukwege has dedicated his life to caring for victims of sexual violence. Over the past two decades living and working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he has stood up to soldiers... -
Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities by Mahmood Mamdani 9780674987326
RRP: £24.95£19.88Shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural UnderstandingMaking the radical argument that the nation-state was born of colonialism, this book calls us to rethink political violence and reimagine political community beyond... -
The Chief Witness: escape from China's modern-day concentration camps by Sayragul Sauytbay
RRP: £16.99£11.58A shocking depiction of one of the world's most ruthless regimes - and the story of one woman's fight to survive. I will never forget the camp. I cannot forget the eyes of the prisoners, expecting me to do something for them. They are innocent. I have... -
Writing and Righting: Literature in the Age of Human Rights by Lyndsey Stonebridge
RRP: £16.49£14.30A bold and accessible argument for the moral and political value of literature in rightless times. The obvious humanity of books would seem to make literature and human rights natural allies. But what is the real connection between literature and... -
Iran Awakening: A memoir of revolution and hope by Shirin Ebadi
RRP: £16.99£12.28In this remarkable book, Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, tells her extraordinary life story.Dr Ebadi is a tireless voice for reform in her native Iran, where she argues for a new interpretation of... -
The Violence of Britishness: Racism, Borders and the Conditions of Citizenship by Nadya Ali
RRP: £16.99£13.80In post-Brexit Britain wracked by multiple crises, the entitlements of citizenship grow increasingly precarious. 'Britishness' is a way of understanding the nation shaped by white nationalism that acts as a powerful tool of racial bordering, separating... -
Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty and Solidarity by Timothy Snyder
RRP: £10.99£7.77A virus is not human, but the reaction to it is a measure of humanity. America has not measured up well. Tens of thousands are dead for no reason. America is supposed to be about freedom, yet illness and fear make its citizens less free. After all,... -
State of Exception by Giorgio Agamben
£19.36Two months after the attacks of 9/11, the Bush administration, in the midst of what it perceived to be a state of emergency, authorized the indefinite detention of noncitizens suspected of terrorist activities and their subsequent trials by a military... -
On Antisemitism: Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice in Palestine by Judith Butler 9781608467617
RRP: £16.99£11.67When the State of Israel claims to represent all Jewish people, defenders of Israeli policy redefine antisemitism to include criticism of Israel. Antisemitism is harmful and real in our society. What must also be addressed is how the deployment of false... -
Bad Blood by James H. Jones 9780029166765
£16.36From 1932 to 1972, the United States Public Health Service conducted a non-therapeutic experiment involving over 400 black male sharecroppers infected with syphilis. The Tuskegee Study had nothing to do with treatment. It purpose was to trace the... -
In Praise Of Blood: The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front by Rever Judi 9780345812100
RRP: £14.99£9.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of The Quebec Writers' Federation Literary Award - Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction 2018. Short-listed for Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize 2018... -
The Palestine-Israel Conflict - Fourth Edition: A Basic Introduction by Gregory Harms
RRP: £18.99£15.31The Palestine-Israel conflict is the most notorious and ingrained conflict in living memory. Yet the way it is reported in the media is often confusing, leading many to falsely assume the hostilities stretch continuously back to an ancient period. ... -
How To Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
RRP: £16.99£12.28**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**How do we talk to our children about racism?How do we teach children to be antiracist? How are kids at different ages experiencing race? How are racist structures impacting children? How can we inspire our children to avoid... -
Apartheid, 1948-1994 by Saul Dubow
£27.40This new study offers a fresh interpretation of apartheid South Africa. Emerging out of the author's long-standing interests in the history of racial segregation, and drawing on a great deal of new scholarship, archival collections, and personal memoirs,... -
The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History by Samuel Moyn
RRP: £21.95£17.25Human rights offer a vision of international justice that today's idealistic millions hold dear. Yet the very concept on which the movement is based became familiar only a few decades ago when it profoundly reshaped our hopes for an improved humanity. In... -
Trigger Warning: Is the Fear of Being Offensive Killing Free Speech? by Mick Hume
RRP: £8.99£6.02Concise and Abridged Edition Do we really have the right to say the 'wrong' thing? 'I strongly recommend this book. Hume is right that the current proliferation of trigger warnings is absurd' Guardian In a fierce defence... -
Hope Against Hope by Nadezhda Mandelstam
RRP: £16.99£12.68'Suddently, at about one o'clock in the morning, there was a sharp, unbearably explicit knock on the door. 'They've come for Osip', I said'.In 1933 the poet Osip Mandelstam- friend to Boris Pasternak and Anna Akhmatova- wrote a spirited satire denouncing... -
Scanned: Why Vaccine Passports, Mandates, and Digital IDs Will Mean the End of Privacy and Personal Freedom by Nick Corbishley
RRP: £12.99£8.35Imagine being physically denied access to your office, business or livelihood. Imagine being refused entry to a shop or being told who you can or cannot sit with at a restaurant. Imagine being barred from a hospital room when you or your family member... -
Peremptory International Legal Norms and the Democratic Rule of Law by Sonja Grover 9781032084060
RRP: £39.99£36.71Peremptory International Legal Norms and the Democratic Rule of Law explores the risks to the democratic State inherent in the attempt to divorce the notion of democratic rule of law from respect for and adherence to peremptory international legal norms... -
Jacobs, White, and Ovey: The European Convention on Human Rights by Bernadette Rainey 9780198847137
RRP: £48.99£45.89The eighth edition of Jacobs, White and Ovey: The European Convention on Human Rights is a clear and concise companion to this increasingly important and extensive area of the law. The authors examine each of the Convention rights in turn, explore the... -
Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World by Samuel Moyn 9780674241398
RRP: £17.95£14.28"No one has written with more penetrating skepticism about the history of human rights."-Adam Kirsch, Wall Street Journal"Moyn breaks new ground in examining the relationship between human rights and economic fairness."-George SorosThe age of human... -
Desert Dawn by Waris Dirie
RRP: £10.99£7.05Fashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie is a remarkable woman, born into a traditional family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story - enduring, at five years old, the ancient and savage custom of female... -
Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy by Noam Chomsky
RRP: £10.99£7.77The United States asserts the right to use military force against `failed states' around the globe. But as Noam Chomsky argues in this devastating analysis, America shares features with many of the regimes it insists are failing and constitute a danger... -
Against Borders: The Case for Abolition by Luke de Noronha
RRP: £9.99£6.64Borders harm all of us: they must be abolished.Borders divide workers and families, fuel racial division, and reinforce global disparities. They encourage the expansion of technologies of surveillance and control, which impact migrants and citizens both... -
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, Paris, December 1948 by United Nations General Assembly
RRP: £6.99£5.42'There are few historical developments more significant than the realisation that those in power should not be free to torture and abuse those who are not.' - Amal Clooney On 10 December 1948, in Paris, the United Nations General Assembly adopted an... -
The Corpse Walker by Yiwu Liao
RRP: £14.99£9.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307388377Author Liao YiwuFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 134mm *... -
Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis by George Monbiot 9781786632883
RRP: £14.99£9.70A toxic ideology rules the world - of extreme competition and individualism. It misrepresents human nature, destroying hope and common purpose. Only a positive vision can replace it, a new story that re-engages people in politics and lights a path to a... -
No Escape by Nury Turkel
RRP: £20.00£13.34'Anyone interested in the future of autocracy should buy it' Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Demoracy **Winner of the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing** A devastating... -
After They Killed Our Father: A Refugee from the Killing Fields Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind by Loung Ung
RRP: £10.99£7.77In 1980, at the age of ten, Loung Ung escaped a devastated Cambodia and flew to the US as a refugee. She and her eldest brother, with whom she escaped, left behind their three surviving siblings, and her book is alternately heart-wrenching and... -
Working with Conflict 2: Skills and Strategies for Action by Simon Fisher
£29.59Working with Conflict 2 reflects the accumulated wisdom of over 3000 peacebuilding practitioners from 70 countries over the 20 years since the first Working with Conflict book was published. Its focus is on understanding and transforming conflict,... -
Give Us the Ballot by Ari Berman 9780374158279
RRP: £41.99£27.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of ALA Notable Books (Nonfiction) 2016. Commended for National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780374158279Author Ari BermanFormat... -
Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach by Martha C. Nussbaum 9780674072350
RRP: £17.95£14.28If a country's Gross Domestic Product increases each year, but so does the percentage of its people deprived of basic education, health care, and other opportunities, is that country really making progress? If we rely on conventional economic indicators,... -
Children's Rights and Sustainable Development: Interpreting the UNCRC for Future Generations by Claire Fenton-Glynn
RRP: £27.99£25.65Children often fare the worst when communities face social and environmental changes. The quality of food, water, affection and education that children receive can have major impacts on their subsequent lives and their potential to become engaged and... -
Shattered Voices: Language, Violence, and the Work of Truth Commissions by Teresa Godwin Phelps
RRP: £25.99£22.04Following periods of mass atrocity and oppression, states are faced with a question of critical importance in the transition to democracy: how to offer redress to victims of the old regime without perpetuating cycles of revenge. Traditionally, balance... -
Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction by Nigel Warburton
RRP: £8.99£6.45'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it' This slogan, attributed to Voltaire, is frequently quoted by defenders of free speech. Yet it is rare to find anyone prepared to defend all expression in every...