The Politics of Persecution: Contemporary Case Studies

ISBN-13: 9782807610491 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 512 str.

Deon Geldenhuys

Opis

Persecution, meaning systematic discrimination against a group of people based on an aspect of their identity, is a crime against humanity under international law. Even so, it is still widely practised by states. The book examines 15 contemporary case studies of persecution, including various countries.

O autorze

Deon Geldenhuys is an emeritus professor of Politics at the University of Johannesburg and a distinguished fellow of the RISC consortium (Consortium for Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social Cohesion). His books include Isolated States (1990), Deviant Conduct in World Politics (2004) and Contested States in World Politics (2009).