William Over

Human Rights in the International Public Sphere

Civic Discourse for the 21st Century

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Produktbeschreibung

Human Rights in the International Public Sphere has an interdisciplinary focus and can be used as a text in communication studies, cultural studies, political science, current events, discourse analysis, area and international studies, and other courses in the social sciences and humanities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 677g
• ISBN-13: 9781567504460
• ISBN-10: 1567504469
• Artikelnr.: 25615274

Autorenporträt

WILLIAM OVER is Associate Professor of English and Speech at St. John's University, New York

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction: Human Rights for a New Century Part I: THE United
Nations Develops Human Rights Defining Human Rights at the United Nations
The Evolution of Human Rights at the United Nations The Human Rights
Challenge Part II. Other Channels of Discourse Pursuing Human Rights: The
NGOs The Media and Human Rights: Knowledge and Power in the Global Village
When Celebrity Does Human Rights The Image of Human Rights: Film and Still
Photography Part III: The Human Rights Setting Nigeria: Divisionism and Oil
Interests Congo: Boundaries of Human Rights Genocide in Rwanda: Human
Rights Retreat Haiti: Human Rights Abandoned Indonesia Reaches for Human
Rights China: The Open Door and Human Rights Part IV: Global Issues and
Dilemmas Women and International Justice Human Rights and Labor Justice
TNCs: The Ideology of Global Capital Multilateralism and Human Rights: Kofi
Annan and Nelson Mandela Human Rights Accountability: Arresting a Former
Director Conclusion: Empowering Human Rights Appendix: Abbreviations
References Author Index Subject Index