Human rights and wrongs : slavery, terror, genocide / Helen Fein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fein, Helen, 1934-2022.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--History--20th century.

Human rights.

History.

Genocide--History--20th century.

Genocide.

Slavery--History--20th century.

Slavery.

Physical Description:

viii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, [2007]

Summary:

"Human Rights and Wrongs" explains the persistence of crimes against humanity since the Holocaust???including slavery, terror, and genocide. Using extended country descriptions and analyses, the book goes beyond case studies to explain such gross human rights violations in terms of an integrated theory of life integrity, giving readers vivid illustrations in addition to a theoretical framework. Distinguished author Helen Fein then asks how we can arrest human wrongs and discusses whether democracy is the answer. She shows the positive links among human rights, freedom, and development and draws out policy recommendations from her findings.

Contents:

Distinguishing among human rights and wrongs

Twentieth-century slavery within the state

Slavery, trafficking and globalization

States of terror in the late twentieth century: Algeria and Argentina

States of terror turn to genocide: Guatemala and Iraq

States of genocide, genocidal massacres, and ethnic cleansing

No brave new world: democracy and human rights

Human rights, freedom, and development

Conclusion and implications: what can be done?

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-262) and index.

ISBN:

9781594513268

1594513260

9781594513275

1594513279

OCLC:

123136759