Human Rights in Global Perspective : Anthropological Studies of Rights, Claims and Entitlements.

By: Mitchell, Jon PContributor(s): Wilson, Richard A | Mitchell, Jon PMaterial type: TextTextSeries: ASA MonographsPublisher: London : Routledge, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (270 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203506271Subject(s): Human rightsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Human Rights in Global Perspective : Anthropological Studies of Rights, Claims and EntitlementsDDC classification: 323 LOC classification: JC571 \.H7Online resources: Click to View
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Summary: In the West we frequently pay lip service to universal notions of human rights. But do we ever consider how these work in local contexts and across diverse cultural and ethical structures? Do human rights agendas address the problems many people face, or are they more often the imposition of Western values onto largely non-Western communities? Human Rights in a Global Perspective develops a social critique of rights agendas. It provides an understanding of how rights discussions and institutions can construct certain types of subjects such as victims and perpetrators, and certain types of act, such as common crimes and crimes against humanity. Using examples from the United States, Europe, India and South Africa, the authors restore the social dimension to rights processes and suggest some ethical alternatives to current practice.
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In the West we frequently pay lip service to universal notions of human rights. But do we ever consider how these work in local contexts and across diverse cultural and ethical structures? Do human rights agendas address the problems many people face, or are they more often the imposition of Western values onto largely non-Western communities? Human Rights in a Global Perspective develops a social critique of rights agendas. It provides an understanding of how rights discussions and institutions can construct certain types of subjects such as victims and perpetrators, and certain types of act, such as common crimes and crimes against humanity. Using examples from the United States, Europe, India and South Africa, the authors restore the social dimension to rights processes and suggest some ethical alternatives to current practice.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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