The Politics of Human Rights: The Quest for Dignity (PDF)

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Synopsis
Human rights is an important issue in contemporary politics, and the last few decades have also seen a remarkable increase in research and teaching on the subject. This book introduces students to the study of human rights and aims to build on their interest while simultaneously offering an alternative vision of the subject. Many texts focus on the theoretical and legal issues surrounding human rights. This book adopts a substantially different approach which uses empirical data derived from research on human rights by political scientists to illustrate the occurrence of different types of human rights violations across the world. The authors devote attention to rights as well as to responsibilities, neither of which stops at one country’s political borders. They also explore how to deal with repression and the aftermath of human rights violations, making students aware of the prospects for and realities of progress.
Copyright:
2010

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
ISBN-13:
9780521849210
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Sabine C. Carey, Mark Gibney, Steven C. Poe
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Debbie Morton
Proofread By:
N/A
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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