Human Rights : New Perspectives, New Realities / ed. by Peter Schwab, Adamantia Pollis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arat, Zehra F., Contributor.

Clark, Roger S., Contributor.

Davis, Michael C., Contributor.

Freeman, Michael, Contributor.

Gitlitz, John S., Contributor.

Johnston, Barbara Rose, Contributor.

Juviler, Peter, Contributor.

Mariezcurrena, Javier, Contributor.

Méndez, Juan E., Contributor.

Pollis, Adamantia, Contributor.

Pollis, Adamantia, Editor.

Schwab, Peter, Contributor.

Schwab, Peter, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The authors discuss and illustrate key human rights issues, revisiting the debate between universalists and cultural relativists and also engaging new notions of “third generation” rights.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1 A New Universalism

2 Liberal Democracy and Minority Rights

3 Peasant Justice and Respect for Human Rights: Peru

4 Women’s Rights in Islam: Revisiting Quranic Rights

5 Human Environmental Rights

6 Political Community and Human Rights in Postcommunist Russia

7 Human Rights, Political Values, and Development in East Asia

8 The Consolidation of Democracy and Human Rights in Latin America

9 How International Human Rights Law Affects Domestic Law

10 Globalization’s Impact on Human Rights

References

The Contributors

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-006-5

OCLC:

1334343517