Physical Description
ix, 201 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Introduction: thinking about human rights
Origins: the rise and fall of natural rights
After 1945: the new age of rights
Theories of human rights
The role of the social sciences
Universality, diversity and difference: culture and human rights
Idealism, realism and repression: the politics of human rights
Development and globalization: economics and human rights
Conclusion: human rights in the twenty-first century.
ISBN
0745623557
0745623565 (pb : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-194) and index.
Introduction: thinking about human rights -- Origins: the rise and fall of natural rights -- After 1945: the new age of rights -- Theories of human rights -- The role of the social sciences -- Universality, diversity and difference: culture and human rights -- Idealism, realism and repression: the politics of human rights -- Development and globalization: economics and human rights -- Conclusion: human rights in the twenty-first century.
