Human rights : an interdisciplinary approach
by
Freeman, Michael, 1936-
Title
:
Human rights : an interdisciplinary approach
Author
:
Freeman, Michael, 1936-
ISBN
:
9780745639666
9780745639659
Personal Author
:
Freeman, Michael, 1936-
Edition
:
2nd ed.
Publication Information
:
Cambridge : Polity, c2011.
Physical Description
:
xi, 241 p. ; 22 cm.
Series
:
Key concepts
Key concepts.
General Note
:
Previous ed.: Oxford: Polity, 2002.
Formerly CIP.
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 -- The politics of human rights -- Globalization, development and poverty : economics and human rights -- Human rights in the twenty-first century.
Abstract
:
Introducing readers to the theory and practice of human rights, this text emphasises how the experiences of the victims of human rights violations are related to legal, philosophical and social-scientific approaches to human rights.
Subject Term
:
Human rights.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025583093 | 323 F855H 2011 | 1 |