| Description |
xi, 241 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Key concepts |
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Key concepts.
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| Contents |
Introduction: thinking about human rights -- Origins : the rise and fall of natural rights -- After 1945 : the new age of rights -- Theories of human rights -- The role of the social sciences -- Universality, diversity and difference : culture and human rights -- The politics of human rights -- Globalization, development and poverty : economics and human rights -- Human rights in the twenty-first century |
| Summary |
Introducing readers to the theory and practice of human rights, this text emphasises how the experiences of the victims of human rights violations are related to legal, philosophical and social-scientific approaches to human rights |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
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Previous ed.: Oxford: Polity, 2002 |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Philosophy.
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Human rights.
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Social sciences.
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| LC no. |
2011453909 |
| ISBN |
0745639658 (hbk.) |
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0745639666 (paperback) |
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9780745639659 (hbk.) |
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9780745639666 (paperback) |
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