Social exclusion is complex, intractable, and devastating. It occurs where individuals or
groups cannot fully participate in the typical activities of the societies in which they live …

The most important international human rights norms are legalized or codified in
international treaty law. Yet pernicious practices at odds with these norms endure and …

As government welfare programming contracts and NGOs increasingly assume core aid
functions, they must address a long-standing challenge—that people in need often belong to …

This book presents a socio-legal enquiry into the civic marginalisation of Roma in Europe.
Instead of looking only at Roma's position as migrants, an ethnic minority or a socio …

Long a staple in the toolkit of American politics, comparison among subnational territorial
units has gained increasing currency in comparative politics. A growing portion of …

Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) trigger investment through their commitment to a
liberal market economy. Increasingly however, PTAs go far beyond liberalizing trade and …

Social exclusion of minority groups is an intractable problem in many diverse nations. For
some minority groups this means going to segregated schools, for others not having access …

Censuses ask individuals to identify their own ethnicity. Minorities, however, may be
reluctant to self-identify; and thus, censuses may underreport minority populations, raising …

In Decolonizing Methodologies, Smith (2012, 10) asked the following questions of scholars
who do field research with indigenous communities:“Whose research is it? Who owns it …

The United Nations is one of the organizations charged with developing and promoting
international human rights law. One of the primary ways that the United Nations tries to do …