International Human Rights

5. New Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-8133-4948-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 228 mm x 154 mm, Gewicht: 438 g

International Human Rights examines the ways in which states and other international actors have addressed human rights since the end of World War II. This unique textbook features substantial attention to theory, history, international and regional institutions, and the role of transnational actors in the protection and promotion of human rights. Its purpose is to explore the difficult and contentious politics of human rights, and how those political dimensions have been addressed at the national, regional, and especially international levels.

The fifth edition is substantially revised throughout, including updates on multilateral institutions, particularly the UN's Universal Periodic Review process; regional systems; human rights in foreign policy (including a chapter on U.S. policy); humanitarian intervention; globalization; and (anti)terrorism and human rights. The book also includes a new chapter on the unity of human rights, and new case studies exploring the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Procedures mechanisms, Myanmar, and Israeli settlements in West-Bank Palestine. Chapters include discussion questions, case studies for in-depth examination of topics, and ten "problems" tailored to promote classroom discussion on topics such as the war in Syria, hierarchies between human rights, and much more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Donnelly, Jack (University of Denver, USA)

Donnelly, Jack

Whelan, Daniel (Hendrix College, USA)

Whelan, Daniel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: HISTORY AND THEORY
1. Human Rights in Global Politics: Historical Perspective
2. Theories of Human Rights
3. The Relative Universality of Human Rights
4. The Unity of Human Rights
PART TWO: MULTILATERAL, BILATERAL, AND TRANSNATIONAL ACTION
5. Global Multilateral Mechanisms
6. Regional Human Rights Regimes
7. Human Rights and Foreign Policy
8. Human Rights in American Foreign Policy
9. Transnational Human Rights Advocacy
PART THREE: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
10. Humanitarian Intervention
11. Globalization, the State, and Human Rights
12. (Anti)Terrorism and Human Rights

Über Autor(innen)

Jack Donnelly is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of International Relations at the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver.
Daniel J. Whelan is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Hendrix College.