Universal Human Rights brings new clarity to the important and highly contested concept universal human rights. The Charter of the United Nations commits nearly all nations of the world to promote, to realize and take action to achieve human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, yet this formal consensus masks an underlying confusion about the philosophical basis and practical implications of rights in a world made up of radically different national communities. This collection...

Discover what it takes to be a NASCAR Cup Champion! This officially licensed and stunningly illustrated volume chronicles the story of every Champion in the series’ history.Over the decades, NASCAR’s top drivers have achieved legendary status. Winners like Lee and Richard Petty, Dale “the Intimidator” Earnhardt, “Wonder Boy” Jeff Gordon, and super-champion Jimmie Johnson have etched their names in the record books, each contributing to NASCAR’s ongoing evolution. F...

A collection of factual dramas exploring the history of oil - and the price we pay for itEver since it was first drilled over 150 years ago, oil has been both a blessing and a curse. It has enabled economic growth; provided an efficient energy source; fuelled our entire infrastructure - and caused wars, pollution and global warming. These seven dramas, set between 1951 and 2045, and taking us from postwar Iran to futuristic Lancashire, examine the role oil has play...

Klotz’s attempt at killing both himself and The Shield proves futile as The Shield survives the explosion. He then discovers that the robots final instructions are to go to the White House and kill the President! Will The Shield be able to stop the mechanical mad men in time? And was Senator Casey really the inside man? Plus, what’s to come of DELTA-3? All that and more in this thrilling story!

While searching for three robots missing from the storage facility, Joe encounters Dan Hurley a former co-worker from the ‘40s. As they reminisce about the early days of The Shield, learn how he met up with his sidekick, Dusty, and how he ended up losing his powers! Then, when Joe and Lisa attend Senator Casey's black tie function, Joe notices an old enemy is there will a battle reminiscent of days past ensue, or will it be lights out for Joe, and ultimately for the Original Shield?

When Joe Higgins realizes there’s a mole in the FBI, he finds him and gets him to talk. Upon discovering that the much sought-after 42642 map is in Boroff’s possession, it’s up to the FBI and The Shield to locate it and save Professor Newton. But what happens if the map ends up in DELTA-3’s possession? Will the Professor be saved? The battle between The Shield and DELTA-3 rages on in this epic issue!

It’s the face off of the century as The Shield battles The Hun! In his quest to procure his powerful shield from the museum it’s being housed in, learn the origin story of the evil Hun and all his years of villainy! Will The Shield be able to defend himself against the Hun’s shield? Or will the world be again subjected to more of the Hun’s atrocities? It all comes down to who wins at the 11th hour in this spine-tingling issue!

In The Ethics of Immigration, Joseph Carens synthesizes a lifetime of work to explore and illuminate one of the most pressing issues of our time. Immigration poses practical problems for western democracies and also challenges the ways in which people in democracies think about citizenship and belonging, about rights and responsibilities, and about freedom and equality. Carens begins by focusing on current immigration controversies in North America and Europe about access to citiz...

A Times Higher Education Book of the Week Judith Butler elucidates the dynamics of public assembly under prevailing economic and political conditions, analyzing what they signify and how. Understanding assemblies as plural forms of performative action, Butler extends her theory of performativity to argue that precarity—the destruction of the conditions of livability—has been a galvanizing force and theme in today’s highly visible protests. “Butler’s book is everything that a book ...

The most widely debated conception of democracy in recent years is deliberative democracy--the idea that citizens or their representatives owe each other mutually acceptable reasons for the laws they enact. Two prominent voices in the ongoing discussion are Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson. In Why Deliberative Democracy?, they move the debate forward beyond their influential book, Democracy and Disagreement.What exactly is deliberative democracy? Why is it more def...

What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those expectations? In The State of Democratic Theory, Ian Shapiro offers a critical assessment of contemporary answers to these questions, lays out his distinctive alternative, and explores its implications for policy and political action.Some accounts of democracy's purposes focus on aggregating preferences; others deal with collective deliberation in search of the common good. Sh...

According to republican theory, we are free persons to the extent that we are protected and secured in the same fundamental choices, on the same public basis, as one another. But there is no public protection or security without a coercive state. Does this mean that any freedom we enjoy is a superficial good that presupposes a deeper, political form of subjection? Philip Pettit addresses this crucial question in On the People's Terms. He argues that state coercion will not involve individu...