Judith Blau, Alberto Moncada

Gebundenes Buch

Human Rights

Beyond the Liberal Vision

Beschreibung

This book analyzes the complex relationship between human rights and liberalism as two different worldviews, and how American liberalism impedes the recognition of human rights. In order to achieve democratic, equitable, and sustainable societies, people need to be accorded fundamental human rights and to grant these rights to others.

Autor

Judith Blau is professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and president of the U.S. chapter of Sociologists without Borders. She is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Shape of Culture, Race in the Schools, and The Blackwell Companion to Sociology, and is currently the editor of Social Forces. Alberto Moncada is professor of sociology at the University of Madrid and president of Sociologists without Borders. He is founder of the University of Piura, Peru and its first Prorector and has served as consultant to UNESCO and the Council of Europe. Moncada is the author of over 30 books on migration, sociology of education, sociology of religion, and the media.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 160mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780742542426
• ISBN-10: 0742542424
• Artikelnr.: 22455666

Rezensionen

"Blau and Moncada have written a great book unlike any other in the human rights field. It combines a devastating critique of neoliberalism with sociologically grounded scholarly advocacy of a people-centered future for human rights on a global scale. As such, it both persuades and inspires."
-Richard Falk, University of California-Santa Barbara

"Human Rights: A Primer provides a compelling and timely introduction to the subject of globalization's nefarious impact on human rights. Drawing on an encompassing and indivisible human rights framework, Blau and Moncada passionately appeal for solidarity at the local, national, and international levels."
-Micheline Ishay, author of The History of Human Rights From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era (2004, 2008)