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Notes on Contributors | |
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Guided Tour of the Textbook Features | |
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Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre | |
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Introduction: Human Rights in Politics and Practice | |
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Why Human Rights? | |
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The Politics of Human Rights | |
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The Practice of Human Rights | |
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Human Rights as an Object of Enquiry | |
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About this Book | |
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Human Rights and Politics | |
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Normative and Theoretical Foundations of Human Rights | |
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Introduction | |
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The Emergence of Rights Language | |
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Modern Human Rights | |
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Types of Human Rights: Liberty and Welfare Rights | |
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Group Rights | |
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Human Rights as a Political Project | |
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Conclusion | |
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Feminist and Activist Approaches to Human Rights | |
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Introduction | |
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Cultural Relativism and Universal Human Rights | |
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Feminist and Activist Approaches to Human Rights | |
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Conclusion | |
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Human Rights in International Relations | |
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Introduction | |
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Theoretical Issues and Context | |
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Key Controversies | |
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Findings: Human Rights and State Practice | |
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Conclusion | |
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Human Rights in International Law | |
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Introduction | |
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Historical Evolution of International Human Rights Law | |
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Sources of International Human Rights Law | |
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Monitoring and Enforcing International Human Rights Law | |
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Conclusion | |
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Human Rights in Comparative Politics | |
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Introduction | |
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The Logic of Comparison | |
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The Sources of Human Rights Violations | |
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Internalizing Human Rights | |
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Domestic-International Linkages | |
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Conclusion | |
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Sociological and Anthropological Approaches | |
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Introduction | |
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Sociology of Human Rights | |
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Anthropology of Human Rights | |
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A Common Thread: The Social Construction of Rights | |
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Conclusion | |
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Contemporary Critiques of Human Rights | |
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Introduction | |
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Human Rights and the Legal Subject | |
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The Rise of Human Rights | |
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Human Rights and International Intervention | |
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Human Rights and the Search for Meaning | |
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Conclusion | |
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Human Rights in Practice | |
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Political Democracy and State Repression | |
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Introduction | |
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Understanding the Democracy-Repression Nexus | |
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Case Study: Democracy and Repression in the United States: A Peculiar Story of African American Persecution and Freedom | |
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The Path to Peace: Directions for Future Research | |
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Conclusion | |
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Global Civil Society and Human Rights | |
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Introduction | |
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What is GCS? | |
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Case Study: GCS as Paradigm-Shifters: Economic and Social Rights | |
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Case Study: GCS as Lawmakers: Establishment of the International Criminal Court | |
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Case Study: GCS as Human Rights Monitors: The East Timor Solidarity Movement | |
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Conclusion | |
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Human Rights and Politics in Development | |
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Introduction | |
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Development and the Struggles for Human Rights | |
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The Right to Development (RTD) | |
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Human Rights-Based Approach to Development (HRBA) | |
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Case Study: The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Human Rights | |
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Conclusion | |
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Economic Globalization and Human Rights | |
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Introduction | |
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Economic Globalization and Government Respect for Human Rights: Two Opposing Views | |
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Globalization and Human Rights: Examining the Empirical Results | |
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Case Study: Do MNCs Invest in Human Rights? | |
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Data and Research Design | |
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Findings | |
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Conclusion | |
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Children's Human Rights Advocacy | |
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Introduction | |
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International Children's Rights | |
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Special Challenges of Children's Rights | |
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Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood | |
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From Universal Development to Relative Development Models | |
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Case Study: Punishing Childhoods | |
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Conclusion | |
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Human Rights and Forced Migration | |
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Introduction | |
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Assessing the Problem | |
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The Problem of Defining Refugees | |
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The UNHCR, Human Rights, and the International Refugee Regime | |
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Case Study: Forced Displacement in Myanmar | |
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The Way Forward: The Need for New Alliances and New Actors | |
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Conclusion | |
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Indigenous Peoples Human Rights | |
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Introduction | |
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Who are Indigenous Peoples According to International Law? | |
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Centuries of Ambivalence about the Recognition of Indigenous Peoples | |
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The United Nations and Indigenous Group Rights | |
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Case Study: Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change | |
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Reconciling Indigenous Self-Determination with State Sovereignty? | |
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Conclusion | |
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Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation | |
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Introduction | |
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Definitions of Human Trafficking | |
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The Anti-White Slavery Movement and the Rise in International Consciousness about the Traffic in Women | |
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Origins of the Contemporary Anti-Trafficking Movement | |
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The Ascendancy of Trafficking as a Global Issue in the 1990s | |
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Case Study: Human Trafficking in the United States | |
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Conclusion | |
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Genocide and Human Rights | |
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Introduction | |
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The Origins of the Concept of 'Genocide' | |
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Theories of Genocide | |
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Case Studies: Rwanda and Darfur | |
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Rwanda | |
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Darfur | |
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Conclusion | |
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Humanitarian Intervention | |
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Introduction | |
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Evolving Concepts | |
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Military Intervention | |
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Obstacles to Effectiveness | |
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Unintended Consequences | |
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Case Study: Bosnia | |
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Conclusion | |
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Torture | |
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Introduction | |
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Torture in Western History | |
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How to Make a Torturer | |
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Case Study: Ticking Bomb Torture | |
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Putting an End to Torture: New Developments and High Promise | |
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Conclusion | |
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Transitional Justice | |
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Introduction | |
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Retributive Justice | |
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Restorative Justice | |
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Reparative Justice | |
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Putting Transitional Justice into Practice | |
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Case Study: Uganda | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Future of Human Rights | |
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The Future of Human Rights | |
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Introduction | |
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Defending Human Rights | |
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Extending Human Rights | |
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Achieving Human Rights | |
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Conclusion | |
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Measuring and Monitoring Human Rights | |
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Introduction | |
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The Purpose of Measuring Human Rights | |
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Challenges to Measuring Human Rights | |
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Types of Human Rights Measures | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Environment | |
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Introduction | |
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An Environmental Human Right? | |
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Problems of Compatibility | |
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Implementing Environmental Human Rights? | |
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Problems with Environmental Human Rights? | |
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Case Studies: Climate Change, Development Projects, and Environmental Refugees | |
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Human Rights and Environmental Sustainability | |
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Conclusion | |
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights | |
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international Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | |
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Glossary | |
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References | |
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Index | |