Liberal Project and Human Rights - The Theory and Practice of a New World Order

Informationen zum Autor John Charvet is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics. Klappentext Shows how the UN regime on human rights has transformed national and international society in accordance with liberal values. Zusammenfassung This volume argues that the United Nations regime on human rights is an attempt to realise the 'Liberal Project' on an international level. The authors provide an engaging analysis of the concept of liberalism! and identify it as a universal value that constitutes the very essence of human rights. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Liberal Beginnings: 1. The contextual origin of liberal thought and practice; 2. The Westphalian society of sovereign states; 3. The growth of liberal universalism; Part II. UN Regime on Human Rights: 4. The UN and regional declarations and covenants on human rights; 5. The right of peoples to self-determination; 6. Right to development; 7. Women's international human rights; 8. The implementation of international human rights; Part III. Critique and Defence of Liberalism: 9. Western critiques of liberal human rights; 10. Liberalism and non-western cultures; 11. In defence of liberalism.

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• Authors: John Charvet, John (Professor Charvet, John Kaczynska-Nay Charvet, Elisa Kaczynska-Nay, Elisa (Dr) Kaczynska-Nay
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.11.2008
• EAN: 9780521883146
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88314-6
• No. of pages: 446
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Internationale Beziehungen