In his last book, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote about the “world house.” This thesis explores the development of King’s ideas about the relationship between the struggle for civil and human rights in the U.S. and global contests like decolonization in Africa and Asia and the war in Vietnam, which ultimately brought him to the notion of a world house and to forthright opposition to U.S. militarism and neocolonialism. Although the relationship between the U.S. civil rights struggle and U.S. foreign affairs has attracted more interest by scholars in recent years, the tracking of King’s global vision throughout his civil rights career shows how he shifted from a global framework to a national and back to a global perspective. King’s shifts raises important questions about the place of the U.S. in the world and its trajectory of global hegemony.

In his last book, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote about the “world house.” This thesis explores the development of King’s ideas about the relationship between the struggle for civil and human rights in the U.S. and global contests like decolonization in Africa and Asia and the war in Vietnam, which ultimately brought him to the notion of a world house and to forthright opposition to U.S. militarism and neocolonialism. This thesis looks at King’s changing understanding and shift of focus of the role of the U.S. government in the nation and the world as he articulated a final global vision of a “world house” of peace, human rights, and economic justice. King’s shifts raises important questions about the place of the U.S. in the world and its trajectory of global hegemony.

The current situation regarding the accountabilty of transnational corporations, using the lawsuit of the Herero community of Namibia against two German corporations that were involved in the German colonial enterprise that killed approximately 80% of the Herero tribe was explored.

<p>Although the concept of human rights is very much accepted as part of human existence throughout the world today, there is still much controversy surrounding the idea of rights for children. The Constitution, however, not only recognises the fact that like all other members of society, children are capable of being bearers of human rights but emphasises also the special position of children in society by granting them specific rights in the Constitution. Health rights are particularly important for children as the entitlements and obligations created by such rights are necessary for children to realise their full potential. In this thesis the entitlements and obligations attached to children'shealth service rights in the COnstitution are explored.</p>

Thesis (MSocSc)--University of South Australia, 1996

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Arizona, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 233-242).

Universiẗat, Diss., 2007--Marburg.

Thesis (M.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2000. / Title from pdf t.p. (viewed May 12, 2008) Published on the Library and Archives Canada Web site. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (LL. M.)--University of Toronto, 2005. / Cover title. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-87).

Thesis (M.A.)--Baylor University, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-36).