Human Rights

Romani Politics in the Czech Republic

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

The fall of Communism in Eastern Europe ushered in a new era of political freedom. At the same time, it opened an old Pandora's box of ethnic tensions and hatreds, suppressed in the ostensibly universalist Marxist regimes. Among the most...

Policing Northern Ireland: A Question of Balance (B)

Publication Date: January 1, 1993

How can normal social order be kept in a country racked by political disorder? This case describes the extreme difficulties faced by the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland as it struggles to define its role in a society divided by...

Policing Northern Ireland: A Question of Primacy (A)

Publication Date: January 1, 1993

How can normal social order be kept in a country racked by political disorder? This case describes the extreme difficulties faced by the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland as it struggles to define its role in a society divided by...

Walking a Fine Line: Qualifications and Equal Opportunity in the Charlotte Fire Department

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

Between the mid-1970s and early 1990s, the fire department in Charlotte, North Carolina, successfully integrated women firefighters into the formerly all-male department. To do so, the city deftly adjusted testing procedures so that neither male...