Tim Dunne / J. Wheeler (eds.)

Human Rights in Global Politics

Herausgeber: Dunne, Tim; Wheeler, Nicholas J.; Dunne, Timothy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Leading scholars evaluate the philosophical basis of human rights, and the development of a global human rights culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780521646437
• ISBN-10: 052164643X
• Artikelnr.: 21509042

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: human rights and the fifty years' crisis Tim Dunne and Nicholas J. Wheeler
Part I. Theories of Human Rights: 1. Three tyrannies of human rights Ken Booth
2. The social construction of international human rights Jack Donnelly
3. Universal human rights: a critique Chris Brown
4. Non-ethnocentric universalism Bhikhu Parekh
5. Towards an ethic of global responsibility Mary Midgley
Part II. The Practices of Human Wrongs: 6. The challenge of genocide and genocidal politics in an era of globalisation Richard Falk
7. Transnational civil society Mary Kaldor
8. Global voices: civil society and the media in global crises Martin Shaw
9. Refugees: a global human rights and security crisis Gil Loescher
10. The silencing of women Georgina Ashworth
11. Power, principles and prudence: protecting human right in a divided world Andrew Hurrell
12. Conclusion: learning beyond frontiers Ken Booth and Tim Dunne.