The Politics of Human Rights - Second Edition: A Global Perspective - Brossura

Evans, Tony

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ISBN 10: 0745323731 ISBN 13: 9780745323732

Casa editrice: Pluto Press, 2005

Riassunto

This is a new edition of this popular introduction to the politics of human rights.Tony Evans argues that the state's central role in protecting and promoting rights has been severely weakened under globalization and that as a consequence human rights are becoming less attainable.

As the value of the market grows, the value of individual human rights decreases. The author departs from traditional interpretations of human rights by focusing on the political economy of human rights rather than on the philosophical or legal aspects. He analyses how issues related to globalization, such as the environment, population movement patterns and free trade impact on individual human rights. In conclusion, he argues that the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and other major treaties must be renegotiated to take globalization into account.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Tony Evans is a Reader in Global Politics at the University of Southampton. His previous books include US Hegemony and the Project of Universal Human Rights (Macmillan, 1996) and Human Rights Fifty Years On: A Reappraisal (Manchester, 1998).

Elaine C. Hagopian is Professor Emerita of Sociology, Simmons College, Boston.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Pluto Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0745323731
• ISBN 13: 9780745323732
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 176
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile