Normal view
MARC view
Universal human rights in theory and practice / Jack Donnelly.
Publication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2013.Edition: 3rd edDescription: x, 320 pages ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780801477706 (pbk.) :
- 0801477700 (pbk.) :
- JC571 .D755 2013
Contents:
Introduction -- The concept of human rights -- The Universal Declaration model -- Economic rights and group rights -- Equal concern and respect -- A brief history of human rights -- The relative universality of human rights -- Universality in a world of peculiarities -- Dignity : particularistic and universalistic conceptions in the West -- Humanity, dignity, and politics in Confucian China -- Humans and society in Hindu South Asia -- International human rights regimes -- Human rights and foreign policy -- Human rights, democracy, and development -- The West and economic and social rights -- Humanitarian intervention against genocide -- Nondiscrimination for all : the case of sexual minorities.
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Introduction -- The concept of human rights -- The Universal Declaration model -- Economic rights and group rights -- Equal concern and respect -- A brief history of human rights -- The relative universality of human rights -- Universality in a world of peculiarities -- Dignity : particularistic and universalistic conceptions in the West -- Humanity, dignity, and politics in Confucian China -- Humans and society in Hindu South Asia -- International human rights regimes -- Human rights and foreign policy -- Human rights, democracy, and development -- The West and economic and social rights -- Humanitarian intervention against genocide -- Nondiscrimination for all : the case of sexual minorities.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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