The human rights paradox : universality and its discontents / / edited by Steve J. Stern and Scott Straus ; contributors Jo-Marie Burt [and eleven others]

• Pubblicazione: Madison, Wisconsin : , : The University of Wisconsin Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 323
• Soggetto topico: Human rights; Human rights - History; Human rights advocacy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): SternSteve J. <1951->; StrausScott <1970->; BurtJo-Marie
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction. Embracing paradox: human rights in a global age / Steve J. Stern and Scott Straus -- Part I. Who makes human rights? -- Human rights history from the ground up: the case of East Timor / Geoff Robinson -- Rights on display: museums and human rights claims / Bridget Conley-Zilkic -- Civilian agency in times of crisis: lessons from Burundi / Meghan Foster Lynch -- Part II. Interrogating classic concepts -- Consulting survivors: evidence from Cambodia, northern Uganda, and other countries affected by mass violence / Patrick Vinck and Phuong Pham -- "Memoria, verdad y justicia": the terrain of post-dictatorship social reconstruction and the struggle for human rights in Argentina / Noa Vaisman -- Rethinking transitional justice: reflections on the paradoxes of accountability efforts in Peru / Jo-Marie Burt -- Part III. New horizons -- The aporias of new technologies for human rights activism / Fuyuki Kurasawa -- The human right to water in rural India: promises and challenges / Philippe Cullet -- A very promising species: from Hobbes to the human right to water / Richard P. Hiskes.
• Titolo autorizzato: The human rights paradox
• ISBN: 0-299-29973-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464364803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical human rights.