Human rights in the Arab world : independent voices / edited by Anthony Tirado Chase and Amr Hamzawy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chase, Anthony Tirado.

Hamzawy, Amr.

Series:

Pennsylvania studies in human rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Arab countries.

Human rights.

Human rights--Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why have human rights been marginalized in the Arab world? How do we gauge the relevance of human rights in the region, given the political, social, and economic context? What are the practical and theoretical obstacles to the implementation of these rights?Human Rights in the Arab World: Independent Voices offers perspectives from those at the forefront of research on human rights and Islam, globalization, transnational advocacy, and the politics of key states such as Egypt, Morocco, and Yemen. Some chapters provide essential historical background to current political realities, while others consider ways to confront this region's practical and theoretical challenges to human rights. By placing the question of human rights in the often tragic context of Arab politics, the very real stakes are made clear.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction: Human Rights and Agency in the Arab World / Chase, Anthony

Part I: Human Rights, Islam, Islamists

1. The Tail and the Dog: Constructing Islam and Human Rights in Political Context / Chase, Anthony

2. A Question of Human Rights Ethics: Defending the Islamists / Hassan, Bahey el-Din

Part II: Globalization and the Impact of Human Rights

3. Globalization and Human Rights: On a Current Debate Among Arab Intellectuals / Hamzawy, Amr

4. Transnational Human Rights Networks and Human Rights in Egypt / Hicks, Neil

5. Women, Citizenship, and Civil Society in the Arab World / Moghadam, Valentine M.

Part III: Problems of Human Rights NGOs and Activism

6. Human Rights in the Arab World: Reflections on the Challenges Facing Human Rights Activism / Megally, Hanny

7. Human Rights NGOs and the ''Foreign Funding Debate'' in Egypt / Pratt, Nicola

8. Justice in Heaven / Sarraj, Eyad El

Part IV: Country-Specific Case Studies

9. Some Yemeni Ideas About Human Rights / Carapico, Sheila

10. Got Rights? Public Interest Litigation and the Egyptian Human Rights Movement / Moustafa, Tamir

11. When the Time Is Ripe: The Struggle to Create an Institutional Culture of Human Rights in Morocco / Waltz, Susan / Benstead, Lindsay

Conclusion: Normative and Political Dimensions of Contemporary Arab Debates on Human Rights / Hamzawy, Amr

Appendix 1: Documents

Appendix 2. Treaty Ratifications, Notable Reservations, Understandings, and Declarations / Chase, Anthony / Ballard, Kyle M.

Notes

List of Contributors

Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780812239355

0812239350

9780812208849

0812208846

OCLC:

859161666