This is the book that blows the whistle on the politics of global warming in Australia. Why have our political leaders been so slow to act? Which are the fossil-fuel lobby groups that still set the policy agenda? How many different ways can one spin, deceive, lie and obfuscate instead of facing facts and looking for the solutions that are desperately needed? Written with humour, urgency and gre…
World-renowned futurist Hazel Henderson extends her twenty-five years of work in economics to examine the havoc the current economic system is creating at the global level. Markets are now spreading worldwide - a spread which is often equated with the hope of democracy spreading along with it. But markets still run on old textbook models that ignore social and environmental costs - leading to a…
Konferensi Dunia Hak Asasi Manusia menegaskan kembali komitmen yang sungguhsungguh dari semua negara untuk memenuhi kewajibannya dalam memajukan penghormatan, pelaksanaan, dan perlindungan universal terhadap hak asasi manusia dan kebebasan asasi untuk semua orang, sesuai dengan piagam PBB serta instrumen lainya yang ada kaitanya dengan hak asasi manusia dan hukum internasional. Sifat universal …
The ISIS Apocalypse by William McCants explores how religious fervor, strategic calculation, and doomsday prophesy shaped the Islamic State's past and foreshadow its dark future.
The suicide bombings carried out in London in 2005 by British Muslims revealed an enormous fifth column of Islamist terrorists and their sympathizers. Under the noses of British intelligence, London has become the European hub for the promotion, recruitment and financing of Islamic terror and extremism - so much so that it has been mockingly dubbed Londonistan. In this ground-breaking book Mela…
In that monograph, the focus was on China's advance in Africa, while Africa's development was a sub-theme. This monograph reverses this emphasis, with the primary focus being Africa, specifically its oil and natural gas exploration and production, while China is a sub-theme, specifically the investment of its national oil companies (NOCs) in Africa and the implications of African energy develop…
Buku empat tahun Mahkamah Konstitusi memuat empat tahun pelaksanaan amanat kosntitusi baik terkait dengan perkara-perkara yang menjadi wewenang Mahkamah Konstitusi,Maupun terkait dengan pelaksanaan administrasi umum dan justisial sebagai unsur pendukung pelaksanaan wewenang Mahkamah Konstitusi.
Islam and Human Rights is a probing examination of how the Islamic tradition has been exploited for political ends by regimes and institutions seeking to legitimize policies inimical to human rights. The fifth edition provides an updated consideration of government policies on Islam and human rights activism and how they are affecting developments in several Middle Eastern countries.
Brian Toohey has been Canberra and Washington correspondent for the Australian Financial Review and editor of the national times. The authors had (unauthorized) access to the secret evidence and findings of the Royal Commission into the intelligence services of Justice Hope and to the secret history of ASIS prepared for the Royal Commission as well as numerous interviews with past and serving A…
Konstitusi sebagai hukum dasar dalam bernegara memerlukan perbaikan-perbaikan agar sesuai dengan kebutuhan dan perkembangan kehidupan berbangsa dan bernegara. Demikian halnya dengan Udnang-Undang Dasar Negara Republik Indonesia tahun 1945 bukanlah konstitusi yang bersifat abadi (immortial constitution) melainkan dapat diubah berdasarkan pasal 37 UUD 1945 sebagai sebuah konstitusi yang hidup (a …