Human rights horizons : the pursuit of justice in a globalizing world / / Richard Falk
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| Autore: |
Falk Richard A.
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| Titolo: |
Human rights horizons : the pursuit of justice in a globalizing world / / Richard Falk
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 323 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human rights |
| Liberty | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-266) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Human Rights Horizons; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART 1: Framing the Inquiry; 1. Pursuing Global Justice; 2. A Half-Century of Human Rights; 3. Taking Human Rights Seriously at Home; 4. Moving Toward Implementation; 5. Patterns of Global Dominance and Non-Western Attitudes Toward Human Rights; PART 2: Substantive Dilemmas; 6. Revisiting the Right of Self-Determination; 7. Group Claims within the UN System: The Rights of Indigenous Peoples; 8. The Geopolitics of Exclusion: The Case of Islam |
| 9. The Unmet Challenges of Genocide in Bosnia and Rwanda10. The Challenge of Genocidal Politics in an Era of Globalization; PART 3: The Future Prospect; 11. The Extension of Human Rights to Past and Future Generations; 12. The Redress of Past Grievances: The Nanking Massacre; 13. Morality and Global Security: A Human Rights Perspective; Notes; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In Human Rights Horizons, one of the world's foremost authorities on human rights and international relations maps out the way to a more just and human global society. Borders are being erased; democracy and capitalism are spreading. The world is rapidly changing, and these changes are opening the door for the promotion of human rights to become and integral part of worldwide politics and law.In his provocative new book, Falk discusses the borderline between the promotion of human rights and the promotion of interventionist and coercive diplomacy. Can the US and the UN find an acceptable bala |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Pursuit of justice in a globalizing world |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Human rights horizons |
| ISBN: | 1-135-95971-4 |
| 1-135-95972-2 | |
| 1-280-35505-0 | |
| 0-203-90090-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822862503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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