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The Global Struggle for Human Rights: Universal Principles in World Politics - Softcover

DeLaet, Debra L.

 
9780534635725: The Global Struggle for Human Rights: Universal Principles in World Politics

Synopsis

Explore the tension between state sovereignty and human rights, genocide, economic rights, and various concepts of justice as they relate to the promotion of fundamental human rights with THE GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES IN WORLD POLITICS. This textbook covers human rights in relation to gender equity, feminist perspectives, and sexual orientation and suggests a universal perspective on human rights sensitive to cultural differences and diversity among and within nations. The text also explores human rights law and the question of whether human rights are universal.

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Acknowledgements. Preface. About the Author. Introduction. Part I: HUMAN RIGHTS IN THEORY AND LAW. 1: The Contested Meaning of Human Rights. 2: The Development of International Human Rights Law. 3: Are Human Rights Universal? Part II: HUMAN RIGHTS IN PRACTICE. 4: Civil and Political Rights in a World of Sovereign States. 5: Collective Rights in a World of Sovereign States. 6: Economic Rights and Human Development. 7: Sexual Equality and Human Rights. Part III: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE QUEST FOR JUSTICE. 8: Promoting Human Rights from the Top Down. 9: Punitive Justice and Human Rights. 10: Restorative Justice and Human Rights. 11: Promoting Human Rights from the Bottom Up. Conclusions.

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Drawing from her decade of teaching human rights and world politics, DeLaet (Drake U.) offers a textbook introducing the interface between the two. Her account is built around the themes of tension between state sovereignty and human rights, and the crucial gap between lofty human rights rhetoric and the reality of human rights abuses in world poli

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