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Houses built on sand

Violence, sectarianism and revolution in the Middle East

By: Simon Mabon

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Houses built on sand

Violence, sectarianism and revolution in the Middle East

By: Simon Mabon

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. The events of the Arab Uprisings posed an existential challenge to sovereign power across the Middle East. Whilst popular movements resulted in the toppling of authoritarian rule in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, other regimes were able to withstand these pressures. This book questions why some regimes fell whilst others were able to survive. Drawing on the work of political theorists such as Agamben and Arendt, Mabon explores the ways in which sovereign power is contested, resulting in the fragmentation of political projects across the region. Combining an innovative theoretical approach with interviews with people across the region and beyond, Mabon paints a picture of Middle Eastern politics dominated by elites seeking to maintain power and wealth, seemingly at whatever cost. This, for Mabon, is a consequence of the emergence and development of particular visions of political projects that harness or marginalise identities, communities, ideologies and faiths as mechanisms designed to ensure their survival. This book is essential reading for those interested in understanding why the uprisings took place, their geopolitical consequences, and why they are likely to happen again.

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Manchester University Press

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1526126478

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9781526126474

Mass Atrocities, the Responsibility to Protect and the Future of Human Rights

‘If Not Now, When?’

By: Simon Adams

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Mass Atrocities, the Responsibility to Protect and the Future of Human Rights

‘If Not Now, When?’

By: Simon Adams

This book ambitiously weaves together history and politics to explain all of the major situations where mass atrocities have occurred, or been prevented, over the 15 years since the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) was adopted at the 2005 UN World Summit. The author provides a history of human rights, mass atrocities and the principle of the R2P from the perspective of someone whose day job has been to work with the UN Security Council, various governments and civil society to help ensure the international community does not fail those who face the threat of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity today. It examines the implementation of the controversial principle of R2P since 2011 and how we end the politics of impunity, indifference and inaction once and for all. Using case studies from Iraq, Syria, Myanmar and Libya, the book offers a unique perspective regarding how we make 'never again' a living principle, rather than a cliché and how we end the politics of impunity, indifference and inaction once and for all. It will be of especial interest to scholars, students and policymakers working in the fields of international politics or concerned about human rights, atrocities, the United Nations and international justice in the world today.

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124

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Routledge

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1000330729

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9781000330724

Facilitating the Resettlement and Rights of Climate Refugees

An Argument for Developing Existing Principles and Practices

By: Avidan Kent,Simon Behrman

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Facilitating the Resettlement and Rights of Climate Refugees

An Argument for Developing Existing Principles and Practices

By: Avidan Kent,Simon Behrman

One of the most significant impacts of climate change is migration. Yet, to date, climate-induced migrants are falling within what has been defined by some as a ‘protection gap’. This book addresses this issue, first by identifying precisely where the gap exists, by reviewing the relevant legal tools that are available for those who are currently, and who will in the future be displaced because of climate change. The authors then address the relevant actors; the identity of those deserving protection (displaced individuals), as well as other bearers of rights (migration-hosting states) and obligations (polluting states). The authors also address head-on the contentious topic of definitions, concluding with the provocative assertion that the term ‘climate refugees’ is indeed correct and should be relied upon. The second part of the book looks to the future by advocating specific legal and institutional pathways. Notably, the authors support the use of international environmental law as the most adequate and suitable regime for the regulation of climate refugees. With respect to the role of institutions, the authors propose a model of ‘cross-governance’, through which a more inclusive and multi-faceted protection regime could be achieved. Addressing the regulation of climate refugees through a unique collaboration between a refugee lawyer and an environmental lawyer, this book will be of great interest to scholars and professionals in fields including international law, environmental studies, refugee studies and international relations.

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170

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Routledge

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1351175688

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9781351175685

Imagine Hope

AIDS and Gay Identity

By: Simon Watney

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Imagine Hope

AIDS and Gay Identity

By: Simon Watney

Presents a chronological selection of Watney's writings from the 1990s, with new contextualising introductory and concluding essays and offers a chronicle of the changing and often confusing course of the epidemic.

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1135433674

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Houses built on sand

Houses built on sand

Mass Atrocities, the Responsibility to Protect and the Future of Human Rights

Mass Atrocities, the Responsibility to Protect and the Future of Human Rights

Facilitating the Resettlement and Rights of Climate Refugees

Facilitating the Resettlement and Rights of Climate Refugees

Imagine Hope

Imagine Hope

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