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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 | |