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Foreword | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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Introduction | |
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Thinking about human rights | |
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Human rights abuses in the world today | |
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The scope of human rights research | |
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Human rights and theoretical traditions | |
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Theorising human rights | |
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What are human rights? | |
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A brief history of human rights theory | |
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Are human rights universal? | |
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Are human rights incontrovertible? | |
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Are human rights subjective? | |
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Ethics and social practice | |
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Modernity and democratisation | |
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The state and human rights theory | |
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Essay questions | |
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Notes | |
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Further information | |
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Regulating human rights | |
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Who protects human rights? | |
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A brief history of human rights regulation | |
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Human rights and world politics | |
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The United Nations | |
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Human rights and the law | |
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Human rights and social movements | |
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The state and human rights regulation | |
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Essay questions | |
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Notes | |
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Further information | |
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Censorship | |
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What is censorship? | |
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A brief history of censorship | |
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Censorship and democracy | |
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The theoretical discourse on censorship | |
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Pornography and obscenity | |
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The state, censorship and human rights | |
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Essay questions | |
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Notes | |
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Further information | |
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Political prisoners | |
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What is a political prisoner? | |
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A brief history of political prisoners | |
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Political policing | |
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Political prisoners and just punishment | |
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Exile and house arrest | |
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'Disappearances' and extra-judicial executions | |
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The state, political prisoners and human rights | |
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Essay questions | |
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Notes | |
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Torture | |
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What is torture? | |
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A brief history of torture | |
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Torture methods | |
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The theoretical discourse on torture | |
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Understanding torturers | |
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Medical involvement in torture | |
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The trade in torture equipment | |
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The state, torture and human rights | |
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Essay questions | |
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Notes | |
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Further information | |
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The death penalty | |
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What is the death penalty? | |
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A brief history of the death penalty | |
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Execution methods | |
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Understanding the death penalty | |
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The theoretical discourse on the death penalty | |
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'Race', class and the death penalty | |
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The experience of Death Row | |
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Medical involvement in the death penalty | |
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The state, the death penalty and human rights | |
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Essay questions | |
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Notes | |
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Further information | |
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Apartheid | |
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What is apartheid? | |
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A brief history of apartheid | |
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Understanding apartheid | |
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Apartheid, caste and social stratification | |
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Gender and apartheid | |
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The state, apartheid and human rights | |
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Essay questions | |
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Notes | |
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Further information | |
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Slavery | |
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What is slavery? | |
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A brief history of slavery | |
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'Race', citizenship and slavery | |
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Understanding slavery | |
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The experience of enslavement | |
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The state, slavery and human rights | |
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Essay questions | |
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Notes | |
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Further information | |
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Genocide | |
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What is genocide? | |
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A brief history of genocide | |
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Understanding genocide | |
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Political genocide | |
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The experience of the concentration camp | |
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The state, genocide and human rights | |
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Essay questions | |
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Notes | |
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Further information | |
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Refugees | |
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What is a refugee? | |
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A brief history of refugees | |
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'Race', citizenship and refugees | |
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Refugees and border controls | |
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Refugees and the media | |
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The experience of displacement | |
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The state, refugees and human rights | |
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Essay questions | |
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Notes | |
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Further information | |
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Conclusion | |
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New directions in human rights research | |
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Women and human rights | |
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Children and human rights | |
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Business and human rights | |
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Poverty and human rights | |
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The environment and human rights | |
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Human rights in a globalised world | |
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Essay questions | |
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Notes | |
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Further information | |
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Appendix | |
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | |
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Name index | |
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Acts and Conventions index | |
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Subject index | |