Human Rights in a Globalizing World

A stimulating, theoretically driven examination of the relationship between human rights and the globalizing process. In scrutinising the impacts of different aspects of globalization on the language and structure of human rights, the book gives readers a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the issues and questions key to the topic.>

Table des matières

Introduction: Human Rights in the Globalizing Process
1. Towards the Modern Discourse of Human Rights
2. Theories of Human Rights
3. The Meaning of Globalization
4. A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Global Change
5. Global Citizenship Revisited: An Essay in Honour of Garry Davis, 1921-2013
6. Human Rights in the Global Marketplace
7. Human Rights as Swords of Empire
8. Globalization - or De-Globalization - of International Human Rights Law
9. The Global Human Rights Movement and Rights-Based Approaches
10. Human Rights and the Challenge of Cultural Diversity: From the Clash of Civilizations to the Clash of Liberalisms?
Conclusion Mapping the Futures for Human Rights in a Globalizing World.

A propos de l'auteur

Darren O'Byrne is Reader in Sociology and Human Rights at the University of Roehampton, UK.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Darren J. Byrne, O&apos, Darren J O'Byrne, Darren J. O'Byrne, Darren J. O''byrne
• Edition: Macmillan
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781137335968
• ISBN: 978-1-137-33596-8
• Pages: 192
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 14 mm
• Thèmes: Sociology for Globalizing Societies; Sociology for Globalizing Soci; Sociology for Globalizing Soci; Sociology for Globalizing Societies
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; B, History, Economic Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Human rights, civil rights, globalization;human rights;Nation;sociology;structure, globalization; human rights; Nation; sociology; structure