Handbook of human rights / edited by Thomas Cushman.
2012
K3240 .H36 2012 (Mapit)
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Handbook of human rights / edited by Thomas Cushman.
Added Author
Cushman, Thomas, 1959-
Imprint
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Description
xxiii, 744 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Series
Routledge international handbooks.
Formatted Contents Note
Part I. Foundations and critiques. 1. Philosophical foundations of human rights / Andrew Fagan
2. The metaphysical foundations of natural rights / Edward Feser
3. Kant's theory of human rights / Luigi Caranti
4. Hate speech, human rights, and G.W.F. Hegel / Richard Mullender
5. Hannah Arendt on human rights / Roger Berkowitz
6. Democracy as human rights / Michael Goodhart
7. Human rights, justice, and pluralism / Fabrizio Sciacca
8. Human rights and democracy / Luigi Caranti
9. Cosmopolitanism and human rights / Robert Fine
10. A critique of positive rights / Tibor R. Machan
11. Nonsense on stilts / Roger Scruton
12. A communitarian critique of human rights / Amitai Etzioni. Part II. New frameworks for understanding human rights. 13. What are human rights? For schools of thought / Marie-Bénédicte Dembour
14. Social suffering and human rights / Iain Wilkinson
15. Human rights as cultural practices / Fuyuki Kurasawa
16. Human rights as status relations: A sociological approach to understanding human rights / Murray Milner, Jr.
17. Becoming irrelevant: the curious history of anthropology and human rights / Mark Goodale
18. Economics and human rights / Lorenz Blume
19. Rights, reform, and resources: malthusian reflections on scarcity and old age / Bryan S. Turner. Part III. World religious traditions and human rights. 20. Buddhism and human rights / Damien Keown
21. Christianity and human rights / Esther D. Reed
22. Confucianism and human rights / Justin Tiwald
23. Islamic conceptions of human rights / Irene Oh
24. A non-religious basis for the idea of human rights: the universal declaration of human rights as overlapping consensus / Ari Kohen. Part IV. Social, economic, group, and collective rights. 25. Group rights: A defense / David Ingram
26. Economic rights: past, present, and future / Gerald J. Beyer
27. Language rights: the forgotten dimension of human rights / Stephen May
28. Children's rights / David Archard
29. The development of international child law: the definition of "the child" and implementation mechanisms / Jenny Kuper
30. The right to food / Clair Apodaca
31. The rights of refugees / Hakan G. Sicakkan
32. The rights of the disabled / Doris Zames Fleischer
33. Fetal rights / Jonathan B. Imber
34. The human rights of the elderly / Frédéric Mégret
35. Environmental human rights / Richard P. Hiskes 36. Climate change and human rights / Nancy Tuana. Part V. Critical perspectives on human rights organizations, institutions, and practices. 37. The tension between peace and justice in the age of peace-building / Henry F. Carey
38. Social responsibility and human rights / Morton Winston
39. The ethics of international human rights non-governmental organizations / Daniel A. Bell
40. International financial institutions and their impacts on human rights: current and prospective research / M. Rodwan Abouharb
41. Transnational corporations and human rights / Elena Pariotti
42. Reparations for human rights abuses / Ereshnee Naidu and John Torpey
43. Memory and human rights / Daniel Levy and Natan Sznaider
44. Truth commissions and human rights / Margaret Urban Walker
45. The international rights of migrants / Raquel Aldana
46. The humanitarian-human rights nexus: a global culture perspective / Joshua J. Yates
47. Bystanders to human rights abuses: a psychosocial perspective / Irene Bruna Seu
48. The proportionality problem and human rights NGOs / Don A. Habibi
49. Jewish non-governmental organizations / Michael Galchinsky
50. Have human rights failed humans? The discord between human prosperity and human rights / Mirko Bagaric. Part VI. Law and human rights. 51. International law and human rights / Brian D. Lepard
52. The prosecution of human rights abuses / Dan Saxon
53. International human rights law and the war on terror / Robert J. Delahunty and John Yoo. Part VII. Narrative and aesthetic dimensions of human rights. 54. Cultures of rescue and the global transit in human rights narratives / Sidonie Smith
55. Literature and human rights / Kerry Bystrom
56. Theater and human rights / Florian Becker and Brenda Werth
57. Architecture and human rights / Graeme Bristol
58. Photography without borders / Ariella Azoulay. Part VIII. Geographies of rights. 59. Human rights in China as an interdisciplinary field: history, current debates, and new approaches / Marina Svensson
60. Human rights and human rights violations in the Southern Cone / Luis Roniger and Mario Sznajder
61. Human rights in the African state / Bonny Ibhawoh.
2. The metaphysical foundations of natural rights / Edward Feser
3. Kant's theory of human rights / Luigi Caranti
4. Hate speech, human rights, and G.W.F. Hegel / Richard Mullender
5. Hannah Arendt on human rights / Roger Berkowitz
6. Democracy as human rights / Michael Goodhart
7. Human rights, justice, and pluralism / Fabrizio Sciacca
8. Human rights and democracy / Luigi Caranti
9. Cosmopolitanism and human rights / Robert Fine
10. A critique of positive rights / Tibor R. Machan
11. Nonsense on stilts / Roger Scruton
12. A communitarian critique of human rights / Amitai Etzioni. Part II. New frameworks for understanding human rights. 13. What are human rights? For schools of thought / Marie-Bénédicte Dembour
14. Social suffering and human rights / Iain Wilkinson
15. Human rights as cultural practices / Fuyuki Kurasawa
16. Human rights as status relations: A sociological approach to understanding human rights / Murray Milner, Jr.
17. Becoming irrelevant: the curious history of anthropology and human rights / Mark Goodale
18. Economics and human rights / Lorenz Blume
19. Rights, reform, and resources: malthusian reflections on scarcity and old age / Bryan S. Turner. Part III. World religious traditions and human rights. 20. Buddhism and human rights / Damien Keown
21. Christianity and human rights / Esther D. Reed
22. Confucianism and human rights / Justin Tiwald
23. Islamic conceptions of human rights / Irene Oh
24. A non-religious basis for the idea of human rights: the universal declaration of human rights as overlapping consensus / Ari Kohen. Part IV. Social, economic, group, and collective rights. 25. Group rights: A defense / David Ingram
26. Economic rights: past, present, and future / Gerald J. Beyer
27. Language rights: the forgotten dimension of human rights / Stephen May
28. Children's rights / David Archard
29. The development of international child law: the definition of "the child" and implementation mechanisms / Jenny Kuper
30. The right to food / Clair Apodaca
31. The rights of refugees / Hakan G. Sicakkan
32. The rights of the disabled / Doris Zames Fleischer
33. Fetal rights / Jonathan B. Imber
34. The human rights of the elderly / Frédéric Mégret
35. Environmental human rights / Richard P. Hiskes 36. Climate change and human rights / Nancy Tuana. Part V. Critical perspectives on human rights organizations, institutions, and practices. 37. The tension between peace and justice in the age of peace-building / Henry F. Carey
38. Social responsibility and human rights / Morton Winston
39. The ethics of international human rights non-governmental organizations / Daniel A. Bell
40. International financial institutions and their impacts on human rights: current and prospective research / M. Rodwan Abouharb
41. Transnational corporations and human rights / Elena Pariotti
42. Reparations for human rights abuses / Ereshnee Naidu and John Torpey
43. Memory and human rights / Daniel Levy and Natan Sznaider
44. Truth commissions and human rights / Margaret Urban Walker
45. The international rights of migrants / Raquel Aldana
46. The humanitarian-human rights nexus: a global culture perspective / Joshua J. Yates
47. Bystanders to human rights abuses: a psychosocial perspective / Irene Bruna Seu
48. The proportionality problem and human rights NGOs / Don A. Habibi
49. Jewish non-governmental organizations / Michael Galchinsky
50. Have human rights failed humans? The discord between human prosperity and human rights / Mirko Bagaric. Part VI. Law and human rights. 51. International law and human rights / Brian D. Lepard
52. The prosecution of human rights abuses / Dan Saxon
53. International human rights law and the war on terror / Robert J. Delahunty and John Yoo. Part VII. Narrative and aesthetic dimensions of human rights. 54. Cultures of rescue and the global transit in human rights narratives / Sidonie Smith
55. Literature and human rights / Kerry Bystrom
56. Theater and human rights / Florian Becker and Brenda Werth
57. Architecture and human rights / Graeme Bristol
58. Photography without borders / Ariella Azoulay. Part VIII. Geographies of rights. 59. Human rights in China as an interdisciplinary field: history, current debates, and new approaches / Marina Svensson
60. Human rights and human rights violations in the Southern Cone / Luis Roniger and Mario Sznajder
61. Human rights in the African state / Bonny Ibhawoh.
Summary
"In mapping out the field of human rights for those studying and researching within both humanities and social science disciplines, the Handbook of Human Rights provides not only a solid foundation for the reader who wants to learn the basic parameters of the field, but also promotes new thinking and frameworks for the study of human rights in the twenty-first century. The Handbook comprises of nearly sixty individual contributions from key figures around the world, which are grouped according to eight key areas of discussion: - foundations and critiques - new frameworks for understanding human rights - world religious traditions and human rights - social, economic, group and collective rights - critical perspectives on human rights organizations, institutions, and practices - law and human rights - narrative and aesthetic dimension of rights - geographies of rights In its presentation and analysis of the traditional core history and topics, critical perspectives, human rights culture, and current practice, this Handbook proves a valuable resource for all students and researchers with an interest in human rights"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
K3240 .H36 2012
Language
English
ISBN
9780415480239 hardback
041548023X hardback
9780203887035 e-book
041548023X hardback
9780203887035 e-book
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