Michael Freeman

Human Rights (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Human Rights, now in its fourth edition, is an introductory text that is both innovative and challenging. Its unique interdisciplinary approach invites students to think imaginatively and rigorously about one of the most important and influential political concepts of our time.

Tracing the history of the concept, the book shows that there are fundamental tensions between legal, philosophical and social-scientific approaches to human rights. This analysis throws light on some of the most controversial issues in the field: What are the causes of human-rights violations? Is the idea of universal human rights consistent with respect for cultural difference? Are we living in a 'post-human rights' world?

Thoroughly revised and updated, the new edition engages with recent developments, including the Trump and Biden presidencies, colonial legacies, neoliberalism, conflict in Syria, Yemen and Myanmar, the Covid-19 pandemic, new technologies and the supposed crisis of liberal democracy. Widely admired and assigned for its clarity and comprehensiveness, this book remains a 'go-to' text for students in the social sciences, as well as students of human-rights law who want an introduction to the non-legal aspects of their subject.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in D ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781509546053
• Artikelnr.: 63362549

Autorenporträt

Michael Freeman is Emeritus Professor of Government at the University of Essex.

Inhaltsangabe

PrefaceAcknowledgements1. Introduction: Thinking about Human Rights2. Origins: The Rise and Fall of Natural Rights3. After 1945: The New Age of Rights4. Theories of Human Rights5. Putting Law in its Place: the Role of the Social Sciences6. Universality, Diversity and Difference Culture and Human Rights7. The Politics of Human Rights8. Globalization, Development and Poverty: Economics and Human Rights9. Conclusion: Human Rights in the Twenty-first CenturyReferences

Rezensionen

'This is a terrific interdisciplinary introduction to human rights. Freeman discusses history, philosophy, theory, the UN human rights system and many of the real-life human rights challenges of the modern era, including culture, corporations and global poverty. I strongly recommend his lucid survey and lively analysis.'Paul Hunt, University of Essex'Serious students of international human rights continue to have a range of good sources to rely on, and Michael Freeman's fine text is certainly one of them.'David P. Forsythe, University of Nebraska