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What are human rights and what place have discussions on human rights found in international relations?
Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The almost non-existent place of Human Rights in International Relations from the birth of the discipline to 1985.. The ambiguous relations between international liberalism and Human Rights.. The fall of international liberalism, the...»
The international intervention in Somalia 1992-1995
Synopsis abstract : «General statements and recent history.. Social organization and colonial era.. Military takeover by Siad Barre and beginning of civil war.. The United Nations Operation in Somalia: UNOSOM.. From reluctance to Resolution 751.. Inefficiency of the...»
An outline of the feminist and post-modernist critique of criminology
Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Modern varieties of feminism.. Liberal feminists.. Radical feminism.. Marxist feminists.. Social feminism.. Black feminism.. Feminism as a political force.. Conclusion.. Bibliography.....»
"The postnational constellation" by J. Habermas
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Cultural relativism or universalism ? An essay in political ethics
Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. Cultural relativism versus universalism: The human rights debate.. Cultural relativism and empirical considerations.. The moral justification underlying relativist claims.. Another conclusion to Walzer's argument.. The Asian...»
Contrast and compare the political ideology, support base and political strategy of the Pakistani Jamaat-i-Islami and the Iranian Islamic Revolution
Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Comparing the theories: The Jamaat and the Iranian Revolutionary thoughts. Islamism as a common Muslim subjectivity: Islam as the centre and the West as a rejected other. Differences in the transition to the Islamic state:...»
The role of the state in contemporary liberal democracies
Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. The term 'government'. Pluralist theories of the state. Paying particular attention to the inputs from citizens . Conventional pluralism . The concept of neo pluralism . Marxist explanations of the state. The enduring conflict between...»
Is Islam an obstacle to democracy?
Synopsis abstract : «Introduction.. The vitality of the culturalist deterministic approach to democracy.. The pillars of the culturalist thesis.. The Protestant connection to democracy: Protestantism as a prerequisite to democracy.. Empirical arguments in favour of the...»
The Many Faces of Michel Foucault: An Analysis of the Evolution of his Conception of Identity Formation in the Modern World Through his Life and Works
Synopsis abstract : «Introduction. Paul Rabinow's model for viewing the shift in Foucault's work. The influence of Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals Foucault. Foucault's move through Discipline and Punish. His assessment of punishment. Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon and...»
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