Collective vigilantism is a global phenomenon. Based on original survey and focus group data collected during fieldwork in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Khayelitsha, South Africa, coauthors Cohen and Jung suggest that curbing collective vigilantism hinges on ensuring that state governments can provide for the basic needs of their populations.
Civil resistance happens when unarmed civilians use coordinated, nonviolent methods in response to a conflict. The practice has become a mainstay of social movements around the world, and Erica Chenoweth guides readers through its history and characteristics.
In this compelling essay, renowned human rights lawyer and scholar Jacqueline Bhabha explains why forced migration demands compassion, generosity and a more vigorous acknowledgement of our shared dependence on human mobility as a key element of global collaboration.
Stressing humanity’s collective ownership of the earth, Mathias Risse offers a new theory of global distributive justice--what he calls pluralist internationalism--where in different contexts, different principles of justice apply. Examining fairness in trade, labor rights, global inequality, and more, Risse develops a new foundational theory of human rights.