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A multidisciplinary, authoritative outline of the current intellectual landscape of the field. Over the past three decades, the term 'diaspora' has been featured in many research studies and in wider theoretical debates in areas such as communications, the humanities, social sciences, politics, and international relations. The Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture explores new dimensions of human mobility and connectivity—presenting state-of-the-art research and key debates on the intersection of media, cultural, and diasporic studies This innovative and timely book helps readers to understand diasporic cultures and their impact on the globalized world. The Handbook presents contributions from internationally-recognized scholars and researchers to strengthen understanding of diasporas and diasporic cultures, diasporic media and cultural resources, and the various forms of diasporic organization, expression, production, distribution, and consumption. Divided into seven sections, this wide-ranging volume covers topics such as methodological challenges and innovations in diasporic research, the construction of diasporic identity, the politics of diasporic integration, the intersection of gender and generation with the diasporic condition, new technologies in media, and many others. A much-needed resource for anyone with interest diasporic studies, this book: * Presents new and original theory, research, and essays * Employs unique methodological and conceptual debates * Offers contributions from a multidisciplinary team of scholars and researchers * Explores new and emerging trends in the study of diasporas and media * Applies a wide-ranging, international perspective to the subject Due to its international perspective, interdisciplinary approach, and wide range of authors from around the world, The Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students, teachers, lecturers, and researchers in areas that focus on the relationship of media and society, ethnic identity, race, class and gender, globalization and immigration, and other relevant fields.

The Pinochet (1999) decision implicates a number of difficult issues at the heart of modern international law. This paper focuses on international law's increasing interaction with and influence on domestic law and processes. In particular, it considers what, if anything, can be learned from Pinochet regarding the relationship between international law and US domestic law. For the past 2 decades, US courts have been grappling with issues similar to those presented in Pinochet in numerous civil suits alleging violations of international human rights law by foreign officials. The parties and judges in the Pinochet case extensively considered this US case law in analyzing whether Pinochet was entitled to immunity. This paper assesses how the Pinochet decision and its international law holdings might be relevant to US civil litigation.

Against the background of the Pinochet affair, the author considers that a new era of international politics is in the process of being created. The House of Lords' ruling which has allowed extradition procedures against the former Chilean dictator, is understood as a formidable and groundbreaking decision in international law based on the defence of human rights against crimes committed by authoritarian and unlawful rulers. The decision taken under the European Convention on extradition and the setting up of a Permanent International Criminal Court in the summer of 1998 are, according to the author, signs that international law and international politics are moving in the direction of a universal acceptance that violators of human rights must be punished. However, the author is also cautious about the tension between the new path opened to international politics and the old power politics based on the absolute and indivisible sovereignty of the state. Double standards will certainly prevail and powerful states, in particular the United States, are reluctant to accept that international law and international politics are in the process of change.

Significant concerns about the poor health and prevalence of chronic illness amongst a number of ethnic minority populations have led to heightened debates about how best to improve the situation. For some the answer is to see their experiences as part of the general social class inequality in health, but recent evidence questions the extent to which social class can explain the variations in health which ethnic minorities experience. Researching the Cultural Differences in Health offers a range of accounts of how people in ethnic minority groups perceive and manage their illness. Some of the chapters focus on Bangladeshi, and other South Asian groups, as well as Afro-Caribbeans and Irish people. The illness conditions discussed include diabetes, hypertension, sickle-cell disorder, mental illness and coronary heart disease. This book will provide invaluable reading for those involved in providing health services for ethnic minorities, and all lecturers and students in medical and nursing education as well as those studying sociology and social administration.

There are few studies of the effectiveness of lobby groups, possibly because there are few means by which effectiveness can be empirically measured. Since the policy process usually involves a mixture of M.P.'s, government officials, civil servants, lobby groups and the general public, it is extremely difficult to ascertain the contribution of each constituent part. This paper hopes to make some contribution to the opening up of a well overdue field of study. By consulting primary sources of contemporary and archival documentation and interviewing major actors in the lobby and the policy-making process it was possible to gauge the efficacy of the Chile Solidarity Campaign. Initial studies of the membership, resources, tactics employed and scale of operations showed the CSC to be an efficient lobbying machine with widespread and durable public support and reasonable access to parliament and government. An assessment was made of the major lobby targets and the CSC's efficacy in achieving specific goals. It was ascertained that the group was brought directly into the decision-making process under Labour administrations but that deep-rooted norms and values inherent in the machinery of government limited its effectiveness. Under the Conservatives the lobby was excluded, doors were closed, gains reversed. Overcoming these setbacks the CSC became more streamlined and efficient over the years and now plays a major role in a wider, more cohesive, Latin American lobby, which augers well for future campaigns. Existen pocos estudios acerca de la efectividad de grupos de cabildeo, probablemente porque hay pocos medios con los que ésta se puede medir empíricamente. Ya que los procesos políticos generalmente conciernen a una miscelánea de ministros, funcionarios gubernamentales, empleados públicos, grupos de cabildeo y el público en general, resulta extremadamente difícil descubrir la parte que comprende cada uno. Esta artículo intenta contribuir a una exploración de este retrasado campo de estudio. Consultando fuentes primarias contemporáneas, documentación de archivo y entrevistando a los principales actores del cabildeo y del proceso de implementación de la política, fue posible medir la eficacia de la Campaña de Solidaridad pro Chile. Los estudios iniciales sobre la condición de asociación, los recursos, las tácticas empleadas y la escala de operaciones mostraron que CSC fue una maquinaria de cabildeo eficiente con un apoyo público amplio y duradero, y con un acceso razonable entre sectores parlamentarios y de gobierno. Se había realizado una imposición sobre los mayores objetivos del cabildeo y la eficacia de CSC en alcanzar metas específicas. Se descubrió que el grupo había sido colocado directamente en el proceso de la toma de decisiones durante el gobierno Laborista pero que las normas y valores arraigados, ingerentes a la maquinaria gubernamental, limitaron su efectividad. Durante el gobierno Conservador el cabildeo fue excluído, las puertas se cerraron, los logros se revirtieron. Salvando estos retrocesos, CSC se modernizó y cobró eficiencia con el transcurso de los años, jugando ahora un rol importante en un cabildeo latinoamericano, más amplio y cohesivo, el cual penetra mejor para campañas futuras.