Politics of Human Rights - The Quest for Dignity

Informationen zum Autor Sabine C. Carey is Associate Professor and Reader in Political Science in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham and the Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. Mark Gibney is Belk Distinguished Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Asheville. Steven C. Poe was Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of North Texas. Klappentext Introduces a wider perspective to the study of human rights and human rights violations by focusing on empirical material. Zusammenfassung A cutting-edge textbook analysing where and why human rights are violated. Adopting a unique empirical approach! The Politics of Human Rights provides a different slant to the theoretical approaches of other texts and directly challenges many of the previously unquestioned assumptions concerning human rights. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Human Rights and State Responsibilities: 1. The concept of human rights; 2. State responsibilities; 3. Rights with responsibilities; Part II. Empirical Representations and Explanations of Human Rights Violations: 4. Where are human rights violated?; 5. Why are human rights violated? An examination of personal integrity rights; Part III. Intervening and Rebuilding in the Wake of Repression: 6. Intervening to protect human rights; 7. Rebuilding society in the aftermath of repression; 8. Toward the future.

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• Authors: Sabine C Carey, Sabine C. Carey, Sabine C. (Dr Carey, Carey Sabine C., Mark Gibney, Gibney Mark, Steven C Poe, Steven C. Poe, Steven C. (University of North Texas) Poe, Steven C. Gibney Poe, Poe Steven C.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2010
• EAN: 9780521614054
• ISBN: 978-0-521-61405-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, Law, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Human Rights, Politics & government, Comparative Politics, Politics and government, Crime & criminology, Criminal justice law