Human Rights

Human Rights

Author: Makau Mutua

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9780812236538

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Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique provides a bracing and controversial analysis of the scope of human rights and lays the groundwork for a multicultural and more universal understanding of these rights.


Human Rights in the Twentieth Century

Human Rights in the Twentieth Century

Author: Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-12-13

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1139494104

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Has there always been an inalienable 'right to have rights' as part of the human condition, as Hannah Arendt famously argued? The contributions to this volume examine how human rights came to define the bounds of universal morality in the course of the political crises and conflicts of the twentieth century. Although human rights are often viewed as a self-evident outcome of this history, the essays collected here make clear that human rights are a relatively recent invention that emerged in contingent and contradictory ways. Focusing on specific instances of their assertion or violation during the past century, this volume analyzes the place of human rights in various arenas of global politics, providing an alternative framework for understanding the political and legal dilemmas that these conflicts presented. In doing so, this volume captures the state of the art in a field that historians have only recently begun to explore.


Human Rights and Statistics

Human Rights and Statistics

Author: Thomas B. Jabine

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1512802867

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Effective human rights advocacy and research require the use of statistics, carefully collected and objectively analyzed and presented, using the best techniques available. Statistics that lack credibility are of little value. Those that can be defended against critics can be effective in throwing the light on violations and promoting the observance of human rights for all. The contributors to this book, including experts in political science, public health, law, forensic pathology, and statistics, illustrate good statistical practice in the field of human rights and show the importance of collaboration between statisticians and other professionals. The treatment is largely nonmathematical, and the examples provide broad coverage of all features of the collection and use of statistical data on human rights violations. For readers who would like to do their own analyses, an extensive guide to human rights data sources is included. This book is the first to describe and summarize important issues associated with the collection and uses of human rights statistics.


NGOs and Human Rights

NGOs and Human Rights

Author: Claude Emerson Welch

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780812235692

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Jennie Lee

Jennie Lee

Author: Patricia Hollis

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 888

ISBN-13: 9780192881052

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The passionate daughter of a Scottish miner, Lee was a fierce political dissenter who married Nye Bevan on the rebound of an unhappy affair. She was also an MP in her own right, the first Minister for the Arts, and the founder of the Open University.