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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Subrata Sankar Bagchi and Arnab Das - Contributions by Subrata Sankar Bagchi; Arnab Das; Marie-Luisa Frick; Clarence J. Dias; Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay; Sayan Bhattacharya; Agus Wahyudi; Scott Simon; Awi Mona; Dip Kapoor; Ram Puniyani; Debi Chatter Klappentext Human Rights and the Third World: Issues and Discourses deals with the controversial questions on the universalistic notions of human rights. It finds Third World perspectives on human rights and seeks to open up a discursive space in the human rights discourse to address unresolved questions, citing issues and problems from different countries in the Third World: 1. Whether alternative perspectives should be taken as the standard for human rights in the Third World countries? 2. Should there be a universalistic notion of rights for Homo sapiens or are we talking about two diametrically opposite trends and standards of human rights for the same species? 3. How far these Third World perspectives of human rights can ensure the protection of the minorities and the vulnerable sections of population, particularly the women and children within the Third World? 4. Can these alternative perspectives help in fighting the Third World problems like poverty, hunger, corruption, despotism, social exclusion like the caste system in India, communalism, and the like? 5. Can there be reconciliation between the Third World perspectives and the Western perspective of human rights? Zusammenfassung Human Rights and the Third World: Issues and Discourses deals with the controversial questions on the universalistic notions of human rights. It finds Third World perspectives and seeks to open up a discursive space in the human rights discourse to address unresolved questions! citing issues and problems from different countries in the Third World. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: Human Rights and the Third World: Issues and Discourse, Subrata SankarBagchi and Arnab Das Part 1. Global Human Rights Standards and the Third WorldChapter 1. Universal Claim and Postcolonial Realities: The Deep Unease over Western-centered Human Rights Standards in the Global South, Marie-Luisa FrickChapter 2. Progressive Realization of the Right to Development in India, Clarence J. DiasChapter 3. Development and Environmental Issues vis-à-vis Current Perspectives of Human Rights, Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay and Sayan BhattacharyaChapter 4. Human Rights and Corruption: The Case of Political Corruption and Opposition to Human Rights in Indonesia, Agus WahyudiPart 2. Politics of Human Rights from Third World PerspectivesChapter 5. Human Rights and Indigenous Self-Government: The Taiwanese Experience, Scott Simon and Awi Mona (Chih-Wei Tsai)Chapter 6. Colonial Continuities, Neoliberal-Hegemony and Adivasi (Original Dweller) Space: Human Rights as Paradox and Equivocation in Contexts of Dispossession in India, Dip Kapoor Chapter 7. Hindutva Politics-Impact on Human Rights, Ram PuniyaniPart 3. Rights of the Marginalized Chpater 8. Human Rights Violations in India: Exploring the Societal Roots of Marginality, Debi ChatterjeeChapter 9. Media, Cultural Rights and the Third World, Pranta Pratik PatnaikChapter 10. The Fault Lines in Soviet-Style Accommodation of Minority Rights in Ethiopia, Semahagn GashuChapter 11. Human Rights and the Third World Other, Subrata Sankar BagchiPart 4. Rights for Children and GendersChapter 12. Culture and Issues of Rights to the Eyes of the Indians with 'Other' Self-Identities of Sexuality and Gender, Arnab Das and Pawan DhallChapter 13. Roots and Shoots of Female Feticide in Pockets of India-Lending Voice to the Voiceless, Tushar Kanti SahaPart 5. Rights of the Disabled and Health Chapter 14. The Rights of People Living with Disability in the Third World Context: The Zimbabwean Pentecostal Concept of 'Curses and Blessings' in the Light of Disability, Francis MachinguraChapter 15. The...
