The Clash of Rights - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Clash of Rights write by Paul M. Sniderman. This book was released on 1996-01-01. The Clash of Rights available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Why do citizens in pluralist democracies disagree collectively about the very values they agree on individually? This provocative book highlights the inescapable conflicts of rights and values at the heart of democratic politics. Based on interviews with thousands of citizens and political decision makers, the book focuses on modern Canadian politics, investigating why a country so fortunate in its history and circumstances is on the brink of dissolution. Taking advantage of new techniques of computer-assisted interviewing, the authors explore the politics of a wide array of issues, from freedom of expression to public funding of religious schools to government wiretapping to antihate legislation, analyzing not only why citizens take the positions they do but also how easily they can be talked out of them. In the process, the authors challenge a number of commonly held assumptions about democratic politics. They show, for example, that political elites do not constitute a special bulwark protecting civil liberties; that arguments over political rights are as deeply driven by commitment to the master values of democratic politics as by failure to understand them; and that consensus on the rights of groups is inherently more fragile than on the rights of individuals.
The Global Right Wing and the Clash of World Politics
The Global Right Wing and the Clash of World Politics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Global Right Wing and the Clash of World Politics write by Clifford Bob. This book was released on 2012-02-27. The Global Right Wing and the Clash of World Politics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is an eye-opening account of transnational advocacy, not by environmental and rights groups, but by conservative activists. Mobilizing around diverse issues, these networks challenge progressive foes across borders and within institutions. In these globalized battles, opponents struggle as much to advance their own causes as to destroy their rivals. Deploying exclusionary strategies, negative tactics and dissuasive ideas, they aim both to make and unmake policy. In this work, Clifford Bob chronicles combat over homosexuality and gun control in the UN, the Americas, Europe and elsewhere. He investigates the 'Baptist-burqa' network of conservative believers attacking gay rights, and the global gun coalition blasting efforts to control firearms. Bob draws critical conclusions about norms, activists and institutions, and his broad findings extend beyond the culture wars. They will change how campaigners fight, scholars study policy wars, and all of us think about global politics.
When Human Rights Clash at the European Court of Human Rights
When Human Rights Clash at the European Court of Human Rights - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook When Human Rights Clash at the European Court of Human Rights write by Stijn Smet. This book was released on 2017. When Human Rights Clash at the European Court of Human Rights available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The notion of conflict rests at the heart of the judicial function. Judges are routinely asked to resolve disputes and defuse tensions. Yet, when judges are called upon to adjudicate a purported conflict between human rights, they face particular challenges and must address specific questions. Some of these concern the very existence of human rights conflicts. Can human rights really conflict with one another, in terms of mutual incompatibility? Or should human rights be interpreted in harmony with one another? Other questions concern the resolution of real conflicts. To the extent that human rights do conflict, how should these conflicts be resolved? To what extent is balancing desirable? And if it is desirable, which understanding of balancing should judges employ? This book seeks to provide both theoretical and practical answers to these questions. When Human Rights Clash at the European Court of Human Rights: Conflict or Harmony? debates both the existence and resolution of human rights conflicts, in the specific context of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. The contributors put forth principled and pragmatic arguments and propose theoretical as well as practical approaches, whilst firmly embedding their proposals in the case law of the European Court. Doing so, this book provides concrete ways forward in the ongoing debate on conflicts of rights at Europe's human rights court.
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order write by Samuel P. Huntington. This book was released on 2007-05-31. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The classic study of post-Cold War international relations, more relevant than ever in today’s geopolitical climate—with a foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Since its initial publication in 1996, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order has become one of the most influential books ever written about foreign affairs. Samuel Huntington explains how clashes between civilizations pose the greatest threat to world peace, but also how an international order based on civilizations is the best safeguard against war. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order explains how the population explosion in Muslim countries and the economic rise of East Asia have changed global politics. These developments challenge Western dominance, promote opposition to supposedly “universal” Western ideals, and intensify inter-civilization conflict over such issues as nuclear proliferation, immigration, human rights, and democracy. In his incisive analysis, Huntington offers a strategy for the West to preserve its unique culture and emphasizes the need for people everywhere to learn to coexist in a complex, multipolar, multi-civilizational world.
Religious Freedom in an Egalitarian Age
Religious Freedom in an Egalitarian Age - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Religious Freedom in an Egalitarian Age write by Nelson Tebbe. This book was released on 2017-01-01. Religious Freedom in an Egalitarian Age available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nelson Tebbe shows how a method called social coherence offers a way to resolve conflicts between advocates of religious freedom and proponents of equality law. Based on the way people reason through moral problems in everyday life, it can lead to workable solutions in a wide range of issues, including gay rights and women’s reproductive choice.
