Tells the story of how women's organizations got savvy - framing the issues strategically, seizing political opportunities in the international environment, and taking advantage of mobilizing structures - and overcame the cultural opposition of many UN-member states to broadly define the issues in women's rights as an international cause.
Tells the story of how women's organizations got savvy - framing the issues strategically, seizing political opportunities in the international environment, and taking advantage of mobilizing structures - and overcame the cultural opposition of many UN-member states to define the two issues and cement women's rights as an international cause.
John Bingham and the Invention of the Fourteenth Amendment
John Bingham was the architect of the rebirth of the United States following the Civil War. A leading antislavery lawyer and congressman from Ohio, Bingham wrote the most important part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees fundamental rights and equality to all Americans. He was also at the center of two of the ......
The Untold Story of Mass Political Extremism in the United States
American Hysteria puts readers at the center of the nation's most prominent periods of political extremism, from the Anti-Illuminati movement of the 1790s to McCarthyism in the 1950s to the Anti-Sharia movement of today. Both a deep dive into American history and a riveting narrative account, this is book is as much history lesson as it is drama.
Examines the underlying complexities of immigration in the United States and the relationship between globalization of the economy and issues of political sovereignty.
Religious Freedom, Sexual Freedom, and Public Expressions of Civic Equal
Using the religion clause of the First Amendment as a foundation, the author contends that, just as US law and policy ensure that citizens may express religious beliefs as they see fit, it should also ensure that citizens may marry as they see fit.
Robert Parris Moses and Civil Rights in Mississippi
Next to Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcolm X, Bob Moses was arguably one of the most influential and respected leaders of the civil rights movement. This book chronicles both Moses' political activity and his intellectual development, revealing the strong influence of French philosopher Albert Camus on his life and work.
Robert Parris Moses and Civil Rights in Mississippi
Next to Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcolm X, Bob Moses was arguably one of the most influential and respected leaders of the civil rights movement. Quiet and intensely private, Moses quickly became legendary as a man whose conduct exemplified leadership by example.