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UNINA9910777911003321 |
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Autore |
Mokhtari Shadi <1976-> |
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Titolo |
After Abu Ghraib : exploring human rights in America and the Middle East / / Shadi Mokhtari [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 |
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0-511-69853-4 |
1-107-19448-2 |
1-282-30274-4 |
9786612302749 |
0-511-58041-X |
0-511-58105-X |
0-511-58073-8 |
0-511-57916-0 |
0-511-57842-3 |
0-511-57990-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge studies in law and society |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human rights - United States |
Human rights - Middle East |
Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-248) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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American imaginings of human rights and the Middle East -- The human rights challenge from within -- The Middle Eastern gaze on American human rights commitments -- American imprints and the Middle East's new human rights landscape -- From the ashes of the post-September 11th era : lessons for the human rights project. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book traverses three pivotal human rights struggles of the post-September 11th era: the American human rights campaign to challenge the Bush administration's 'War on Terror' torture and detention policies, Middle Eastern efforts to challenge American human rights practices (reversing the traditional West to East flow of human rights mobilizations and discourses) and Middle Eastern attempts to challenge |
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