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Human Rights and the Borders of Suffering: The Promotion of Human Rights in International Politics (New Approaches to Conflict Analysis) - Hardcover

Book 8 of 18: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis

Brown, M. Anne

 
9780719061059: Human Rights and the Borders of Suffering: The Promotion of Human Rights in International Politics (New Approaches to Conflict Analysis)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0719061059 ISBN 13: 9780719061059
Publisher: Manchester University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This study of human rights argues for a greater openness in the ways we approach human rights and international rights promotion. Starting with the realities of abuse rather than the liberal architectures of rights, it casts human rights as a language for probing the political dimensions of suffering, and shows Western rights models as substantial but problematic. Brown shows that rather than a message from "us" to "them", rights promotion is a long and difficult conversation about the relationship between political organisation and suffering. Three case studies are explored - the Tiananmen Square massacre, East Timor and the circumstances of indigenous Australians.

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About the Author

Anne Brown is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Queensland where she is part of an interdisciplinary team working on emerging issues in conflict resolution

From the Back Cover

This study of human rights argues for a greater openness in the ways we approach human rights and international rights promotion. Starting with the realities of abuse rather than the liberal architectures of rights, it casts human rights as a language for probing the political dimensions of suffering, and shows Western rights models as substantial but problematic. Brown shows that rather than a message from "us" to "them", rights promotion is a long and difficult conversation about the relationship between political organisation and suffering. Three case studies are explored - the Tiananmen Square massacre, East Timor and the circumstances of indigenous Australians.

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This study of human rights argues for a greater openness in the ways we approach human rights and international rights promotion. Starting with the realities of abuse rather than the liberal architectures of rights, it casts human rights as a language for probing the political dimensions of suffering, and shows Western rights models as substantial but problematic. Brown shows that rather than a message from "us" to "them", rights promotion is a long and difficult conversation about the relationship between political organisation and suffering. Three case studies are explored - the Tiananmen Square massacre, East Timor and the circumstances of indigenous Australians.

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Publisher
Manchester University Press
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0719061059
ISBN 13 
9780719061059
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
240