Posts Tagged: "human rights"
Trafficking the Traffickers: Undercover Ethnography in the Organs Trafficking Underworld

Trafficking the Traffickers: Undercover Ethnography in the Organs Trafficking Underworld

Nancy Scheper-Hughes studies the covert activities surrounding organ transplants by renegade surgeons, international organized crime networks, local kidney hunters and so called transplant tourists engaged in ‘back-door’ and ...
Posted: Oct 6th, 2008 | Comments: 2
The Courts and Constitutional Issues

The Courts and Constitutional Issues

Are these truly perilous times for democracy filled with uncertainty and instability? What role does the Supreme Court play in this transitional moment in American politics? Bob Kerrey, ...
Posted: Sep 23rd, 2008 | Comments: 0
China’s Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges

China’s Great Leap: The Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges

When Beijing first sought to host the Olympics, China was still recovering from the upheavals of Maoist rule and adapting to a market revolution. Today, in a time of rapid ...
Posted: Jun 18th, 2008 | Comments: 0
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