Citizenship studies: An introduction [PDF]
, 2002 About the book: From women's rights, civil rights, and sexual rights for gays and lesbians to disability rights and language rights, we have experienced in the past few decades a major trend in Western nation-states towards new claims for inclusion. This
Isin, Engin F., Turner, Bryan S.
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Introduction: rights, cultures, subjects and citizens [PDF]
Economy and Society, 2011 This special issue arose from a concern with the political logic of the foregrounding of collective culture(s) in the context of changing citizenship regimes.1 Its key focus is the conjuncture in w...
Brandtstädter, Susanne +2 more
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How Today's Immigration Enforcement Policies Impact Children, Families, and Communities: A View from the Ground [PDF]
, 2012 What happens to children when their parents are deported? How do these deportations, now more numerous than ever, affect families and the communities in which they live?
Joanna Dreby
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Research Recap: Can information improve the functioning of courts? [PDF]
, 2020 Countries where courts are weak, and rights are poorly enforced, tend to be countries with worse economic outcomes. To better understand the relationship between the functioning of judicial systems and economic growth, Dal Bó and Finan (2020) reviewed ...
Bridle, Leah, Marchenko, Anya
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NEGLECT OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF JUSTICE
Jurnal IUS, 2013 The constitution has clearly provided legal protection toward rights of citizen. Constitutionalism regime contains the idea of power restriction and secures civil rights through constitution.
Oki Hajiansyah Wahab
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HELP in New Jersey: From Right-to-Know to Right-to-Act [PDF]
, 1990 [Excerpt] Since 1987 the New Jersey Right-to-Know-and-Act Coalition has been working to extend the rights of citizens and workers to take an active part in decisions vital to their health and safety.
Jeffrey, Edith K.
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Water Concerns Unite Citizen Activists:A Community Rights Movement Transcends Party, Age, and Gender [PDF]
, 2016 In this brief, author Cliff Brown examines an instance of sustained local activism in which citizens in the communities of Nottingham, Barrington, and Barnstead, New Hampshire, mobilized to protect community groundwater against threats from commercial ...
Brown, Cliff
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Ombudsman as a body protecting human rights
Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej, 2016 The paper begins with an outline of history of the institution of ombudsman and its place in the Polish legal system. The main body of the paper contains the description of the scope of activities of the Polish Ombudsman (in Polish nomenclature ‘the ...
Agata Tarnacka
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What is the impact of intellectual property rules on access to medicines? A systematic review
Globalization and Health, 2022 Background It is widely accepted that intellectual property legal requirements such as patents and data exclusivity can affect access to medicines, but to date there has not been a comprehensive review of the empirical evidence on this topic.
Brigitte Tenni +6 more
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Executive Power, Drone Executions, and the Due Process Rights of American Citizens [PDF]
, 2018 Few conflicts have tested the mettle of procedural due process more than the War on Terror. Although fiery military responses have insulated the United States from another 9/11, the Obama administration’s 2011 drone execution of a U.S. citizen allegedly
D\u27Errico, Jonathan G.
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