International human rights

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International Human Rights examines the ways in which states and other international actors have addressed human rights since the end of World War II. This unique textbook features substantial attention to theory, history, international and regional institutions, and the role of transnational actors in the protection and promotion of human rights. Its purpose is to explore the difficult and contentious politics of human rights, and how those political dimensions have been addressed at the natio…

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Full title :International human rights / Jack Donnelly and Daniel Whelan.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2018.
Edition:Fifth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018.

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The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (261 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780429853005, 0429853009, 9780429456862, 0429456867
DOI:10.4324/9780429456862
oclc:on1032709415
LC Classification:JC571
Dewey Decimal:341.4/8

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Case Studies; List of Problems; List of Tables; Acronyms; Acknowledgments; Preface: A Note to the Reader; Part One: History and Theory; 1. Human Rights in Global Politics: Historical Perspective; 1. The Emergence of International Human Rights Norms; 2. The Universal Declaration; 3. The Covenants; 4. The 1970s: From Standard Setting to Monitoring; 5. The 1980s: Further Growth and Institutionalization; 6. The 1990s: Consolidating Progress and Acting Against Genocide; 7. Human Rights in the Twenty-First Century.

8. The Global Human Rights RegimeDiscussion Questions; Suggested Readings; 2. Theories of Human Rights; 1. Rights in General; 2. Human Rights in Particular; 3. The Source or Justification of Human Rights; 4. Equal Concern and Respect; 5. The Unity of Human Rights; 6. Duties and Duty-Bearers of Human Rights; 7. Human Rights and Related Practices; 8. Sovereignty and International Society; 9. Three Models of International Human Rights; 10. The Realist Challenge to Human Rights; Problem 1: Democracy and Human Rights; Discussion Questions; Suggested Readings.

3. The Relative Universality of Human Rights1. …

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Case studies Droits de l'homme (Droit international)… Human rights Human rights -- Case studies international relations International relations -- Case studies POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Rela… POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom … Relations internationales -- Études de …