Land Rights Oxford Amnesty Lectures

Zusatztext Review from previous edition All good citizens should probably want to buy them . . . simply because they are published in support of such a good cause. It turns out! though! that no self-sacrifice is involved. [These] are immensely rich! challenging! stimulating volumes . . . The contributors' lists are star-studded . . . and each book has a clear! coherent! overarching theme! despite the extreme diversity of the individual lectures' Informationen zum Autor Timothy Chesters is a lecturer in the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is the author of several articles on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century French literature and thought. He is currently writing a book on ghosts and apparitions in early modern France. Klappentext What do indigenous people mean when they invoke their collective right to land? How are national governments, and international law, to arbitrate between them and property-owners and corporations? Experts from diverse fields and organisations - anthropologists, historians, lawyers, conservationists, and campaigners - debate 'Land Rights'. Zusammenfassung What do indigenous people mean when they invoke their collective right to land? How are national governments, and international law, to arbitrate between them and property-owners and corporations? Experts from diverse fields and organisations - anthropologists, historians, lawyers, conservationists, and campaigners - debate 'Land Rights'.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Timothy (EDT) Chesters, Timothy Chesters
• Con la collaborazione di: Timothy Chesters (Editore), Timothy (Lecturer in Modern Languages Chesters (Editore), Chesters Timothy (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 15.02.2009
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali
• EAN: 9780199545100
• ISBN: 978-0-19-954510-0
• Numero di pagine: 220
• Serie: Oxford Amnesty Lectures; Oxford Amnesty Lectures
• Categorie: Geopolitik, Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Entwicklungsstudien, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Ethical issues & debates, Development Studies, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Ethical issues and debates