The human rights paradox : universality and its discontents /
The human rights paradox : universality and its discontents /
edited by Steve J. Stern and Scott Straus.
- 1 online resource (vi, 266 pages)
- Critical human rights .
- Critical human rights. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Embracing paradox: human rights in a global age / Steve J. Stern and Scott Straus -- Part I. Who makes human rights? -- Human rights history from the ground up: the case of East Timor / Geoff Robinson -- Rights on display: museums and human rights claims / Bridget Conley-Zilkic -- Civilian agency in times of crisis: lessons from Burundi / Meghan Foster Lynch -- Part II. Interrogating classic concepts -- Consulting survivors: evidence from Cambodia, northern Uganda, and other countries affected by mass violence / Patrick Vinck and Phuong Pham -- "Memoria, verdad y justicia": the terrain of post-dictatorship social reconstruction and the struggle for human rights in Argentina / Noa Vaisman -- Rethinking transitional justice: reflections on the paradoxes of accountability efforts in Peru / Jo-Marie Burt -- Part III. New horizons -- The aporias of new technologies for human rights activism / Fuyuki Kurasawa -- The human right to water in rural India: promises and challenges / Philippe Cullet -- A very promising species: from Hobbes to the human right to water / Richard P. Hiskes.
English.
9780299299736 (electronic bk.) 0299299732 (electronic bk.) 9781306540322 (electronic bk.) 1306540321 (electronic bk.) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
585283 MIL
Human rights.
Human rights--History.
Human rights advocacy.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)--Histoire.
Défense des droits de l'homme.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
Human rights.
Human rights advocacy.
Electronic books.
Electronic books--History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books--History.
History.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Embracing paradox: human rights in a global age / Steve J. Stern and Scott Straus -- Part I. Who makes human rights? -- Human rights history from the ground up: the case of East Timor / Geoff Robinson -- Rights on display: museums and human rights claims / Bridget Conley-Zilkic -- Civilian agency in times of crisis: lessons from Burundi / Meghan Foster Lynch -- Part II. Interrogating classic concepts -- Consulting survivors: evidence from Cambodia, northern Uganda, and other countries affected by mass violence / Patrick Vinck and Phuong Pham -- "Memoria, verdad y justicia": the terrain of post-dictatorship social reconstruction and the struggle for human rights in Argentina / Noa Vaisman -- Rethinking transitional justice: reflections on the paradoxes of accountability efforts in Peru / Jo-Marie Burt -- Part III. New horizons -- The aporias of new technologies for human rights activism / Fuyuki Kurasawa -- The human right to water in rural India: promises and challenges / Philippe Cullet -- A very promising species: from Hobbes to the human right to water / Richard P. Hiskes.
English.
9780299299736 (electronic bk.) 0299299732 (electronic bk.) 9781306540322 (electronic bk.) 1306540321 (electronic bk.) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)
585283 MIL
Human rights.
Human rights--History.
Human rights advocacy.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)--Histoire.
Défense des droits de l'homme.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
Human rights.
Human rights advocacy.
Electronic books.
Electronic books--History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books--History.
History.
JC571 / .H769684 2014
323