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Colonial systems of control : criminal justice in Nigeria by Saleh-Hanna, Viviane, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Ch. 1: Introduction: colonial systems of control -- chapter 2: Penal coloniality -- chapter 3: An evolution of the penal system: criminal justice in Nigeria -- chapter 4: The militarization of Nigerian society -- chapter 5: Another fact of slavery -- chapter 6: My Nigerian prison experience -- chapter 7: My story -- chapter 8: A tribute to solidarity: my oasis -- chapter 9: June 14, 2003 -- chapter 10: the system I have come to know -- chapter 11: Man's inhumanity to man -- chapter 12: Patriotism: illusion or reality -- chapter 13: Nigerian penal interactions -- chapter 14: women's rights behind walls -- chapter 15: Nigerian women in prison: hostages in law -- chapter 16: Protecting the human rights of people with mental health disabilities in African prisons -- chapter 17: Women, law, and resistance in northern Nigeria: understanding the inadequacies of Western scholarship -- chapter 18: Fela Kuti's wahala music: political resistance through song -- chapter 19: Alternatives to imprisonment: community service orders in Africa -- chapter 20: The Igbo indigenous justice system -- chapter 21: Penal abolitionist theories and ideologies -- chapter 22: The Tenth International Conference on Penal Abolition (ICOPA X).…”
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Negotiating Sex Work : Unintended Consequences of Policy and Activism

Table of Contents: “…Raids, Rescues, and Resistance: Women's Rights and Thailand's Response to Human Trafficking; 8. …”
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Rethinking Japanese feminisms

Table of Contents: “…Rethinking activism and activists. Women's rights as proletarian rights : Yamakawa Kikue, suffrage, and the "dawn of liberation" / Elyssa Faison -- From "motherhood in the interest of the state" to motherhood in the interest of mothers : rethinking the First Mothers' Congress / Hillary Maxson -- From women's liberation to lesbian feminism in Japan : rezubian feminizumu within and beyond the ūman ribu movement in the 1970s and 1980s / James Welker -- The mainstreaming of feminism and the politics of backlash in twenty-first-century Japan / Tomomi Yamaguchi -- Part II. …”
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On literature and philosophy : the non-fiction writing of Naguib Mahfouz by Maḥfūẓ, Najīb, 1911-2006

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World report 2013 : events of 2012

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Day After; Avoid Majoritarian Hubris; Defend Women's Rights; Protect Freedom of Speech; Respect Minority Rights: The Case of Burma; Bolster Weak States that Lack the Rule of Law: The Case of Libya; Address the Atrocities in Syria; Prescriptions for the International Community; Conclusion; The Trouble With Tradition; Rights Curtailed, Rights Ignored; A Tool of Repression; A Comforting Ideal; Transformation, Not Rejection; Without Rules; The Guiding Principles; Voluntary Initiatives and their Shortcomings; Need for Extraterritorial Oversight and RegulationRed Herrings; First Steps and Useful Models; Lives in the Balance; The Right to Life and to Health; The Right to Know, Protest, and Seek Justice; Regulating Business; The Hardest Hit; Global Challenges and Opportunities; AFRICA; Angola; Elections; Freedom of Media; Freedom of Assembly; Human Rights Defenders; Mass Expulsions of Migrants; Public Finances and Economic and Social Rights; Key International Actors; Burundi; Political Killings; Transitional Justice; Pressure on Civil Society Activists and Journalists; Prisoner Releases;…”
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The neoliberal state, recognition and Indigenous rights : new paternalism to new imaginings

Table of Contents: “…Privatisation and dispossession in the name of Indigenous women's rights / Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez -- Resisting the ascendancy of an emboldened colonialism / Cathryn Eatock -- A flawed Treaty partner: The New Zealand state, local government and the politics of recognition / Avril Bell -- Expressions of Indigenous rights and self-determination from the ground up: A Yawuru example / Mandy Yap and Eunice Yu -- Part 2: Pendulums and contradictions in neoliberalism governing everything from Indigenous disadvantage to Indigenous economic development in Australia. …”
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Migrants and religion: paths, issues, and lenses : a multidisciplinary and multi-sited study on the role of religious belongings in migratory and integration processes

Table of Contents: “…General description of the study, key issues, and provisional conclusions / Laura Zanfrini -- The uncanny "religious" refugee : a post-secular perspective on ethics of hospitality / Paolo Gomarasca -- Religion in secularized and post-secularized Europe / Monica Martinelli -- Migration and religious freedom : the legislative and judicial framework at international and European level / Andrea Santini and Monica Spatti -- No size fits all : diversity, state and politics in the contemporary Middle East / Paolo Maggiolini, Andrea Plebani and Riccardo Redaelli -- Christians navigating through middle east turbulences : the case of the Copts in Egypt / Alessia Melcangi and Paolo Maggiolini -- Religious affiliations and social coexistence in the Islamic Middle East countries / Giancarlo Rovati -- Women's rights and Shari'a Law in the MENA region / Vera Lomazzi -- The "place" of religion in the Italian asylum seekers' reception system : constitutional, legislative and procedural framework / Paolo Bonetti -- On the role of religion in the decision to migrate / Laura Zanfrini -- The "space" of religion in the assessment of asylum applications / Laura Zanfrini -- On the role of religion in the process of adaptation of (forced) migrants / Laura Zanfrini and Mario Antonelli -- Religion and integration : issues from international literature / Annavittoria Sarli and Giulia Mezzetti -- Religious persecution, migrations and practices in faith-based organizations : some recommendations from a qualitative study / Lucia Boccacin and Linda Lombi -- Interreligious dialogue in the governance of migration and inter-ethnic cohabitation / Fabio Baggio -- The multi-ethnic and multi-religious transformation of the largest diocese in the world : the Church of Milan and the "Synod from the Peoples" / Laura Zanfrini and Luca Bressan -- Migrations and intergenerational religious transmission : issues from international literature / Donatella Bramanti, Stefania Meda and Giovanna Rossi -- The Copts in Italy : migration and generosity / Beatrice Nicolini -- Religious belonging and (forced) migration : a study on migrant Coptic families in Italy / Cristina Giuliani and Camillo Regalia -- Religious belonging and (forced) migration : a study on migrant Coptic minors in Italy / Giovanni Giulio Valtolina and Paola Barachetti -- The religious dimension in plural schools : institutional, relational and strategic issues / Maddalena Colombo -- Religious belonging in multicultural schools : freedom of expression and citizenship values / Rosangela Lodigiani -- Religious conflicts in multicultural schools : a generational divide between students and adults / Mariagrazia Santagati -- Religions and Laïcité in the French republican school / Alessandro Bergamaschi and Catherine Blaya -- Religious education in schools as a necessity in a secular state : the perspective in Catalonia / Núria Llevot-Calvet, Olga Bernad-Cavero and Jordi Garreta-Bochaca.…”
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Chains = Lian suo

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The speeches of Frederick Douglass : a critical edition by Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

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Millicent Garrett Fawcett : selected writings

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Treasures from UCL by Furlong, Gillian

Table of Contents: “…An early supporter of women's rights -- Leonora Tyson, ed, An Ariti-Suffrage Alphabet, The Women's Press -- Frederick and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, eds, Votes for Women newspaper, Vol III -- 53. …”
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