The increasing reliance on private security services raises questions about the effects of privatization on the quality of public police forces, particularly in high-crime, low-income areas. This title offers two different perspectives on this trend towards privatization.
An introduction to the field of ethics that offers a systematic study of the foundations of moral responsibility. It guides the reader on an examination of a range of ethical positions, including relativism, emotivism, egoism, utilitarianism, Kantian formalism, and natural law.
Illuminates the difficulty that ensues through the Scripture's contradictory teachings on Islam's manifestation in the world - teachings that have brought about a crisis for modern Muslims living in both the West and the westernizing worlds, where a Muslim's obligation to Islamicize is met with anxiety and distrust.
Offers a means of study that reaches for a deeper knowledge of the Qur'an, engendering a new understanding of its holy teachings and opening a means for a fruitful discourse.
Explores the nature of illness and healing, focusing on health care's history as a spiritual practice and on the human dignity of the patient. Combining sound theological reflection with doses of healthy skepticism, this title describes empirical research on the effects of spirituality on health.
Protecting the Public Interest in an Outsourced World
Delves into the issues of how to ensure that the work done by private sector contractors serves the public interest and argues for the necessity of making these organizations act as extensions of the public sector while maintaining their private character.
Looks at human rights and Islam as a religious issue rather than a political or legal one and draws on three revered Islamic scholars to offer a range of perspectives that challenge our assumptions about the role of religion in human rights.
Looks at human rights and Islam as a religious issue rather than a political or legal one and draws on three revered Islamic scholars to offer a broad range of perspectives that challenge our assumptions about the role of religion in human rights.
Presents the history of the development of professional, institutionalized intelligence that examines the implications of the fall of the state monopoly on espionage today and beyond.
