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.