The politics of human rights protection : moving intervention upstream with impact assessment / Jan Knippers Black.
2009
K3240 .B58 2009 (Mapit)
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The politics of human rights protection : moving intervention upstream with impact assessment / Jan Knippers Black.
Imprint
Lanham, Md : Rowman & Littlefield, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Description
xi, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
The human rights perspective and the need for impact assessment
What's in a name? Deconstructing human rights terms and concepts
The dialectics of building an international human rights regime
Human rights cleavages and controversies : the discourse
The globalization of vulnerability
From the ashes : Argentina's return from meltdown
Participation and accountability
Wayfarers in a walled-up world
Chile's long way home
The political dimensions of diversity
Feminism, democracy, and self-determination : the Taiwanese experience
The naked ape in nature : master or guardian?
China's three gorges : the dam and the damned
From sustainable war to sustainable peace
Against all odds : East Timor's quest for independence
Empire as a state of war
Terror and the war to end all rights
Cautious mainstreaming, constructive subversion
Conclusion : playing from strength.
What's in a name? Deconstructing human rights terms and concepts
The dialectics of building an international human rights regime
Human rights cleavages and controversies : the discourse
The globalization of vulnerability
From the ashes : Argentina's return from meltdown
Participation and accountability
Wayfarers in a walled-up world
Chile's long way home
The political dimensions of diversity
Feminism, democracy, and self-determination : the Taiwanese experience
The naked ape in nature : master or guardian?
China's three gorges : the dam and the damned
From sustainable war to sustainable peace
Against all odds : East Timor's quest for independence
Empire as a state of war
Terror and the war to end all rights
Cautious mainstreaming, constructive subversion
Conclusion : playing from strength.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
K3240 .B58 2009
Language
English
ISBN
9780742540514 cloth alkaline paper
0742540510 cloth alkaline paper
9780742557291 electronic
0742557294 electronic
0742540510 cloth alkaline paper
9780742557291 electronic
0742557294 electronic
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