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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814447603321

Titolo

Human rights and diverse societies : challenges and possibilities / / edited by François Crépeau and Colleen Sheppard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-6378-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

341.481

Soggetti

Human rights - Sociological aspects

Human rights - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART III; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; PART IV; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Over sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it has been widely observed that human rights resonate differently in various settings. This book addresses the timely and important question of how to understand human rights in a world of increasing diversity. The effects of globalization and the increasing mobility of persons and peoples have further deepened and multiplied the sites of interaction between different cultures, religions and ethnicities. These changes have bee...