Includes bibliographical references and index.

Human rights and human nature / Chris Brown -- Universalism and particularism in human rights / Neil Walker -- Are human rights universal? / Rex Martin -- The significance of cultural differences for human rights / Alison Dundes Renteln -- Groups and human rights / Peter Jones -- Entangled : family, religion and human rights / Ayelet Shachar -- What does cultural difference require of human rights? / Claudio Corradetti -- What do human rights require of the global economy? Beyond a narrow legal view / Adam McBeth -- Universal human rights in the global political economy / Tony Evans -- Human rights and global equal opportunity : inclusion not provision / Ann E. Cudd -- Human rights in a hostile climate / Stephen M. Gardiner -- A human rights approach to energy, poverty and gender inequality / Gail Karlsson -- Pollution wolves in scientific sheep's clothing : why environmental-risk assessors and policy-makers ignore the "hard issues" of the human rights of pollution victims / Kristin Shrader-Frechette -- Is there a human right to democracy? / Hilary Charlesworth -- The human right to democracy and its global import / Carol C. Gould -- An egalitarian argument for a human right to democracy / Thomas Christiano -- Is it ever reasonable for one state to invade another for humanitarian reasons? The "declaratory tradition" and the UN charter / Julie Mertus -- Conflicting responsibilities to protect human rights / Larry May -- Searching for the hard questions about women's human rights / Marysia Zalewski -- Are human rights possible after conflict? Diary of a survivor / Evelyn Amony and Erin Baines -- Moral progress and human rights / Allen Buchanan -- Human rights and moral agency / Mark Goodale -- Gender mainstreaming human rights : a progressive path for gender equality? / Laura Parisi -- Afterword : rights, practice, reality and hope : hard questions about human rights / Cindy Holder and David Reidy.