This unique textbook merges human rights law with its practice, from the courtroom to the battlefield. Human rights are analysed in their particular context, and the authors assess, among other things, the impact of international finance, the role of NGOs, and the protection of rights in times of emergency, including the challenges posed by counter-terrorism. In parallel, a series of interviews with practitioners, case studies and practical applications offer multiple perspectives and challen...

The law that regulates armed conflicts is one of the oldest branches of international law, and yet continues to be one of the most dynamic areas of law today. This book provides an accessible, scholarly, and up-to-date examination of international humanitarian law, offering a comprehensive and logical discussion and analysis of the law. The book contains detailed examples, extracts from relevant cases, useful discussion questions, and a recommended reading list for every chapter.

Emerging tre...

A stimulating new inquiry into the fundamental truth of strategy - its purpose, place, utility, and value. This new study is animated by a startling realization: the concept of strategic victory must be summarily discarded. This is not to say that victory has no place in strategy or strategic planning.

The outcome of battles and campaigns are variables within the strategist's plan, but victory is a concept that has no meaning there. To the tactical and operational planner, wars are indeed won...

Finally, a book that offers a practical yet well-researched guide for practitioners seeking to hone the way they show up in citizen space.

At a time when public trust in institutions is at its lowest, expectations of those institutions to make people well, knowledgeable, and secure are rapidly increasing. These expectations are unrealistic, causing disenchantment and disengagement among citizens and increasing levels of burnout among many professionals. Rekindling Democracy is not just a prac...

Augusto Boal saw theatre as a mirror to the world, one that we can reach into to change our reality. This book, The Theatre of the Oppressed, is the foundation to 'Forum Theatre', a popular radical form practised across the world. Boal's techniques allowed the people to reclaim theatre, providing forums through which they could imagine and enact social and political change.

Rejecting the Aristotelian ethic, which he believed allowed the State to remain unchallenged, he broke down the wall bet...

In ‘Bullshit jobs’ stelt antropoloog en invloedrijk denker David Graeber dat een groot deel van ons werk zinloos moet zijn. Want dankzij de technologie kunnen we voor onze productiebehoefte met een vijftienurige werkweek toe, en toch maken we allemaal nog steeds volle dagen. Hij kreeg op een blog hierover duizenden reacties: over de hele wereld blijken veel mensen het fenomeen te kennen. Nota bene: een bullshit job is een baan waarvan de persoon zelf vindt dat het (deels) een onzinbaan is.

Graeber beschrijft in dit boek het hoe en waarom van deze banen, die voortkomen uit het westerse kapitalisme maar er eigenlijk haaks op staan (ze lijken meer op de werkverschaffing in het voormalige Oostblok). Onzinbanen komen ook voort uit onze calvinistische overtuiging dat werkloos zijn slecht is...

De wereld verandert aan een verschroeiend hard tempo. Dat levert een pak vragen op. Hoe gaan we wonen? Hoe ga ik mij verplaatsen? Hoe ga ik om met mijn digitale identiteit en de stroom aan data? Hoe belangrijk is mijn mening voor het beleid?

De Vrije Universiteit Brussel wil op deze vragengolf anticiperen en richtte de Poincarrégroep op. De Poincarrégroep, dat zijn verschillende academische experten uit verschillende domeinen mét een missie: oplossingen zoeken voor het samenlevingsvraagstu...

This book about revitalizing family and social relationships in an increasingly diverse and polarized world should become a resource for a vast array of professionals in the fields of mental heath, social and community services.

Providing for National Security: A Comparative Analysis argues that the provision of national security has changed in the 21st century as a result of a variety of different pressures and threats. In this timely volume experts from both the academic and policy worlds present 13 different country case studies drawn from across the globe-including established and newer states, large and smaller states, those on the rise and those in apparent decline-to identify what these key players consider to...