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Universal human rights in theory and practice / Jack Donnelly.

By: Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2013Edition: 3rd edDescription: x, 320 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780801450952 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780801477706 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323 D685 2013
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Contents:
Contents. Part 1: Toward a Theory of Human Rights -- 1 The concept of human rights -- 2. The universal declaration model --- 3. Economic rights and group rights -- 4. Equal concern and respect -- Part 2: The Universality and Relativity of Human Rights -- 5. A brief history of human rights -- 6. The relative universality of human rights -- 7. Universality in a world of particularities -- Part 3: Human Rights and Human Dignity -- 8. Dignity : particularistic and universalistic conceptions in the West -- 9. Humanity, dignity, and politics in Confucian China -- 10. Humans and society in Hindu South Asia -- Part 4: Human Rights and International Action -- 11. International human rights region -- 12. Human rights and foreign policy -- Part 5: Contemporary Issues -- 13. Human rights, democracy and development -- 14. The West and economic and social rights -- 15. Humanitarian intervention against genocide -- 16. Nondiscrimination for all : the case of sexual minorities.
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Reference Reference College Library General Education 323 D685 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 94848

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents. Part 1: Toward a Theory of Human Rights -- 1 The concept of human rights -- 2. The universal declaration model --- 3. Economic rights and group rights -- 4. Equal concern and respect -- Part 2: The Universality and Relativity of Human Rights -- 5. A brief history of human rights -- 6. The relative universality of human rights -- 7. Universality in a world of particularities -- Part 3: Human Rights and Human Dignity -- 8. Dignity : particularistic and universalistic conceptions in the West -- 9. Humanity, dignity, and politics in Confucian China -- 10. Humans and society in Hindu South Asia -- Part 4: Human Rights and International Action -- 11. International human rights region -- 12. Human rights and foreign policy -- Part 5: Contemporary Issues -- 13. Human rights, democracy and development -- 14. The West and economic and social rights -- 15. Humanitarian intervention against genocide -- 16. Nondiscrimination for all : the case of sexual minorities.

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