Human rights and diverse societies : challenges and possibilities / edited by François Crépeau and Colleen Sheppard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crépeau, François, editor.

Sheppard, Colleen, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Sociological aspects.

Human rights.

Human rights--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it has been widely observed that human rights resonate differently in various settings. This book addresses the timely and important question of how to understand human rights in a world of increasing diversity. The effects of globalization and the increasing mobility of persons and peoples have further deepened and multiplied the sites of interaction between different cultures, religions and ethnicities. These changes have bee...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART III; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; PART IV; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 24, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6378-5

OCLC:

883571145