The Atlas of Human Rights: Mapping Violations of Freedom Worldwide (The Earthscan Atlas) - Softcover

Fagan, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849711461 ISBN 13: 9781849711463

Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Human rights have become synonymous with legal, political, social and even economic justice - as a means of overcoming oppression and discrimination irrespective of nationality, class, creed, gender, ethnicity, or even ideological commitment. As global governments are increasingly using a threat of terrorism to tighten national security, this critical investigation reveals inequities within the various interpretations of human rights and their applications worldwide. It covers a wide range of topics - from unfair detention and torture to racism, rape and child soldiers - and is divided into seven key parts:

• State, identity and citizenship
• Judicial violations and legal restrictions
• Freedom of expression and censorship
• Conflict and migration
• Discrimination
• Women's rights
• Rights of the child.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Andrew Fagan is Deputy Director of the Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, UK. He is editor of the Essex Internet Encyclopaedia of Human Rights. His publications include Making Sense of Dying & Death (Rodopi, 2004); Human Rights and Capitalism: a Multidisciplinary Perspective on Globalisation (Edward Elgar, 2006); Human Rights: Confronting Myths & Misunderstandings (Edward Elgar, 2009) and Demoralising Liberalism: T.W. Adorno and Contemporary Liberal Political Morality (Palgrave, forthcoming). He is currently researching the moral basis and scope of ethical consumerism.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849711461
• ISBN 13: 9781849711463
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128