From Civil Rights to Human Rights–Now Available
12/20/2006
From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Economic Justice Thomas F. Jackson 472 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 13 illus…. READ MORE
Category: Human Rights & Law
Besteman Reconnects with Refugees
12/15/2006
Penn Press author and Colby College professor Catherine Besteman discussed her involvement with Maine’s growing African immigrant community in a recent New Yorker article by William Finnegan. A year ago,… READ MORE
Reconciliation in Divided Societies–Now Available
12/11/2006
Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Finding Common Ground Erin Daly and Jeremy Sarkin 352 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3976-8 | $65.00 | £42.50 A volume in… READ MORE
The Pinochet Effect and Other Books
As Chileans celebrate and mourn the death of General Augusto Pinochet, these books offer insights on the legacy of his deeds and those who sought to bring him to justice…. READ MORE
Child Soldiers is “groundbreaking”
11/15/2006
PsycCRITIQUES, the APA Review of Books, recently examined Child Soldiers in Africa by Alcinda Honwana. The reviewers praised Honwana for contributing to social research on Lusophone African nations, such as… READ MORE
Eichmann’s Reappearance
10/10/2006
A recent Human Rights & Human Welfare review of Harry Mulisch’s Criminal Case 40/61, the Trial of Adolf Eichman: An Eyewitness Account, translated by Robert Malcom, compares Mulisch’s portrait of… READ MORE
Now Available–African Constitutionalism and the Role of Islam
09/22/2006
African Constitutionalism and the Role of Islam Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im 216 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3962-8 | $65.00 | £42.50 A volume in the Pennsylvania… READ MORE
Now Available–Human Rights in the World Community, 3rd Edition
09/18/2006
Human Rights in the World Community: Issues and Action Richard Pierre Claude and Burns H. Weston, Editors Third Edition 568 pages | 7 x 10 Paper 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-1948-1… READ MORE
Now in Paperback–The Pinochet Effect
09/13/2006
The Pinochet Effect: Transnational Justice in the Age of Human Rights Naomi Roht-Arriaza 272 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2005 | ISBN 0-8122-3845-1 | $55.00 | £36.00 Paper 2006… READ MORE
