Indivisible Human Rights - A History

Informationen zum Autor Daniel J. Whelan Klappentext Daniel J. Whelan teaches politics and international relations at Hendrix College. Zusammenfassung Daniel Whelan illustrates how the rhetoric of indivisibility has frequently been used to further political ends that have little to do with protecting the rights of the individual. Drawing on scores of original documents! he reveals the conflicts and compromises behind a half century of human rights discourse. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Indivisible, Interdependent, and Interrelated Human Rights Chapter 2. Antecedents of the Universal Declaration Chapter 3. International Guarantees and State Responsibility before the Universal Declaration Chapter 4. From Declaration to Covenant Chapter 5. Including Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Chapter 6. Division of the Covenant Chapter 7. Indivisibility as Postcolonial Revisionism: 1952-1968 Chapter 8. Indivisibility as Economic Justice: 1968-1986 Chapter 9. Indivisibility as Restoration: 1986-2009 Chapter 10. Indivisible Human Rights: Past and Future Appendix: Covenants on Human Rights: Drafting Procedures and Timeline Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Daniel J Whelan, Daniel J. Whelan, WHELAN DANIEL J
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2010
• EAN: 9780812242409
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4240-9
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights; Pennsylvania Studies in Human; Pennsylvania Studies in Human; Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education