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Fighting for foreigners immigration and its impact on Japanese democracy / by Shipper, Apichai W. (Apichai Wongsod), 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Associative activism -- Controlling foreigners : Japan's foreign worker policy -- Long-distance nationalism : political activities of immigrant ethnic associations -- Democracy of illegals : organizing support for illegal foreigners -- Local partners : local governments and immigrant rights NGOs -- Foreigners in the public sphere : contesting prevalent social meanings -- Conclusion: Foreigners and democracy.…”
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Justice across borders the struggle for human rights in U.S. courts / by Davis, Jeffrey, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…The seeds of legal accountability -- Competing forces in the struggle for accountability -- Human rights entrepreneurs: NGOs and the ATS revolution -- Separation of powers and human rights cases -- No safe haven : human rights cases challenging foreign countries and nationals -- Holding corporations accountable for human rights violations -- Sorting through the ashes : testing findings and predictions through quantitative analysis -- Impact and conclusion.…”
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Justice across borders the struggle for human rights in U.S. courts / by Davis, Jeffrey, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…The seeds of legal accountability -- Competing forces in the struggle for accountability -- Human rights entrepreneurs: NGOs and the ATS revolution -- Separation of powers and human rights cases -- No safe haven : human rights cases challenging foreign countries and nationals -- Holding corporations accountable for human rights violations -- Sorting through the ashes : testing findings and predictions through quantitative analysis -- Impact and conclusion.…”
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Climate governance and development

Table of Contents: “…Development, non-state actors, and climate governance : private sector and NGOs -- pt. 5. Financing adaptation and mitigation in an unequal world -- pt. 6. …”
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The International Commission of Jurists global advocates for human rights / by Tolley, Howard

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. 1952-1955 : human rights NGOs, world politics, and international law -- pt. 2. 1956-1963 : liberal idealists for the rule of law -- pt. 3. 1963-1970 : NGO pioneers for international human rights -- pt. 4. 1970-1990 : elite advocates for economic and social justice -- pt. 5. 1990-1993 : third world leadership for a new order.…”
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Climate governance and development

Table of Contents: “…Development, non-state actors, and climate governance : private sector and NGOs -- pt. 5. Financing adaptation and mitigation in an unequal world -- pt. 6. …”
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The International Commission of Jurists global advocates for human rights / by Tolley, Howard

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. 1952-1955 : human rights NGOs, world politics, and international law -- pt. 2. 1956-1963 : liberal idealists for the rule of law -- pt. 3. 1963-1970 : NGO pioneers for international human rights -- pt. 4. 1970-1990 : elite advocates for economic and social justice -- pt. 5. 1990-1993 : third world leadership for a new order.…”
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Conflict and housing, land and property rights a handbook on issues, frameworks, and solutions / by Leckie, Scott

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to the issues : HLP rights and sustainable peace -- The international HLP rights normative framework -- Displacement, conflict and HLP rights -- HLP restitution rights : theory, law and concepts -- Restitution mechanisms and institutional frameworks -- United Nations and other peace operations and HLP rights -- Protracted displacement and political obstacles to the protection of HLP rights -- Emerging conceptual issues -- Improving international responses to HLP rights and conflict : the work of NGOs in the HLP rights field.…”
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Conflict and housing, land and property rights a handbook on issues, frameworks, and solutions / by Leckie, Scott

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to the issues : HLP rights and sustainable peace -- The international HLP rights normative framework -- Displacement, conflict and HLP rights -- HLP restitution rights : theory, law and concepts -- Restitution mechanisms and institutional frameworks -- United Nations and other peace operations and HLP rights -- Protracted displacement and political obstacles to the protection of HLP rights -- Emerging conceptual issues -- Improving international responses to HLP rights and conflict : the work of NGOs in the HLP rights field.…”
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Bewitching development witchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya / by Smith, James Howard

Table of Contents: “…spatiotemporal miscommunication and competing sovereignties in Taita thought and ritual -- NGOs, gender, and sovereign child -- Democracy victorious: exorcising witchcraft from development -- Conclusion: Tempopolitics, or why development should not be defined as the improvement of living standards.…”
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Bewitching development witchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya / by Smith, James Howard

Table of Contents: “…spatiotemporal miscommunication and competing sovereignties in Taita thought and ritual -- NGOs, gender, and sovereign child -- Democracy victorious: exorcising witchcraft from development -- Conclusion: Tempopolitics, or why development should not be defined as the improvement of living standards.…”
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Canada, Latin America, and the new internationalism a foreign policy analysis, 1968-1990 / by Stevenson, Brian J. R.

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 1 From Puzzle to Policy 3 -- PART ONE CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY -- IN A CHANGING WORLD 25 -- 2 Canada and the Emergence of the -- New Internationalism 27 -- 3 Foreign PolicyAnalysis: From the 195os to the 980os 59 -- 4 Domestic Pressures, External Constraints, and the -- New Internationalism 9g -- PART TWO GROWING CLOSER TO THE -- AMERICAS 109 -- 5 Canadian Foreign Policy towards Latin America: -- Government Initiatives and Responses, 1968-1990 111 -- 6 Entering the Inter-American System: -- Canada andthe OAS 155 -- 7 Advisors to the Prince? Domestic NGOS and -- Canadian Foreign Policy 184 -- 8 Conclusion 224 -- Notes 235 -- Index 283.…”
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Canada, Latin America, and the new internationalism a foreign policy analysis, 1968-1990 / by Stevenson, Brian J. R.

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 1 From Puzzle to Policy 3 -- PART ONE CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY -- IN A CHANGING WORLD 25 -- 2 Canada and the Emergence of the -- New Internationalism 27 -- 3 Foreign PolicyAnalysis: From the 195os to the 980os 59 -- 4 Domestic Pressures, External Constraints, and the -- New Internationalism 9g -- PART TWO GROWING CLOSER TO THE -- AMERICAS 109 -- 5 Canadian Foreign Policy towards Latin America: -- Government Initiatives and Responses, 1968-1990 111 -- 6 Entering the Inter-American System: -- Canada andthe OAS 155 -- 7 Advisors to the Prince? Domestic NGOS and -- Canadian Foreign Policy 184 -- 8 Conclusion 224 -- Notes 235 -- Index 283.…”
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Economic justice in a flat world : Christian perspectives on globalization /

Table of Contents: “…Barrett -- Transforming development: the role of Christian NGOs in SME development / Roland Hoksbergen -- The role of the Church in poverty alleviation in Africa / Julius Oladipo. …”

Players in the public policy process nonprofits as social capital and agents / by Bryce, Herrington J.

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An introduction to international human rights law

Table of Contents: “…The historical development of international human rights / Michelo Hausungule -- Civil and political rights / Joshua Castellino -- An introduction to economic, social and cultural rights : overcoming the constraints of categorization through implementation / Vinodh Jaichand -- Women's rights in international law / Mmatsie Mooki, Rita Ozoemana, Michelo Hansungule -- Globalization and human rights / Heli Askola -- Role of the UN in the promotion and protection of human rights / Elvira Domínguez-Redondo -- Attributes of successful human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) : sixty years after the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights / George E. …”
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An introduction to international human rights law

Table of Contents: “…The historical development of international human rights / Michelo Hausungule -- Civil and political rights / Joshua Castellino -- An introduction to economic, social and cultural rights : overcoming the constraints of categorization through implementation / Vinodh Jaichand -- Women's rights in international law / Mmatsie Mooki, Rita Ozoemana, Michelo Hansungule -- Globalization and human rights / Heli Askola -- Role of the UN in the promotion and protection of human rights / Elvira Domínguez-Redondo -- Attributes of successful human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) : sixty years after the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights / George E. …”
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Industrial agriculture and ape conservation /

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Economic justice in a flat world : Christian perspectives on globalization /

Table of Contents: “…Barrett -- Transforming development: the role of Christian NGOs in SME development / Roland Hoksbergen -- The role of the Church in poverty alleviation in Africa / Julius Oladipo. …”