Politics of Human Rights The Quest for Dignity

Name: Politics of Human Rights The Quest for Dignity
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ISBN: 9780521849210

ISBN-10: 0521849217

ISBN-13: 9780521849210

Edition: 2010

Authors: Sabine C. Carey, Mark Gibney, Steven C. Poe

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This is a textbook analysing where and why human rights are violated. Adopting an empirical approach, it provides a different slant to the theoretical approaches of other texts and directly challenges many of the previously unquestioned assumptions concerning human rights.

Book details

List price: $59.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/14/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 5.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of text boxes


List of figures


List of tables


List of abbreviations


Introduction



Human rights and state responsibilities



The concept of human rights


What are human rights?


The universality of human rights


Where do human rights come from?


Human rights and the West


International human rights law


Introducing the major players


Conclusion


Further reading


Related websites


Related films



State responsibilities


Positive and negative obligations


Contested responsibilities


Conclusion


Further reading


Related films



Rights with responsibilities


Freedom from torture


Refugee protection


The right to health and the right to food


The right to an effective remedy


Conclusion


Further reading


Related films



Empirical representations and explanations of human rights violations



Where are human rights violated?


Civil and political rights


Physical integrity rights


Economic and social rights


Conclusion


Further reading


Related websites


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Why are human rights violated? An examination of personal integrity rights


The states as perpetrator of human rights violations


Causes of human rights violations


A more complete picture


A case study: Nigeria


Summary and conclusion


Further reading


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Intervening and rebuilding in the wake of repression



Intervening to protect human rights


Humanitarian intervention


Conclusion


The Responsibility to Protect (R2P)


Conclusion


Further reading


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Rebuilding society in the aftermath of repression


Obstacles to transitional justice


Objectives of transitional justice


Restorative and retributive justice: complement or contradiction?


Further reading


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Towards the future


Bibliography


Index