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...World War II, once their service was over, they were deemed “undesirable” elements of Liverpool life. Instead of offering these men and their families sanctuary, the Home Office ordered a police raid on their homes. In an early morning round-up in the summer of 1946, an estimated 1,362 Chinese men were arrested, temporarily detained, and deported. Around 500 children...

...world in which many politicians and others in positions of power no longer even pretend that ‘ordinary rules’ apply to them, many would claim that the messages of Nineteen Eighty-Four have acquired a new contemporary relevance. Is it any coincidence that Nineteen Eighty-Four went to the top of the Amazon bestsellers list in the US in 2013 when the story of Ed Snowden...

...world of whose making?...Rights and justice in international relations: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the different interpretations of internationally recognised notions of rights and justice give examples of implementing justice in an international sphere investigate questions in international studies analyse the...

...world. Thus, you may question whether a decline in the wage share is bad if workers’ incomes are growing as they are getting a rising share of profits, e.g., via their pension funds or rents because of home ownership. While it is true that workers living within countries with a functional pension system receive a monthly transfer in the form of a pension in old-age, in...