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" The human rights reader : "
edited by Micheline R. Ishay.
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BL
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959271
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b713641
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| Title & Author
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The human rights reader : : major political essays, speeches, and documents from ancient times to the present /\ edited by Micheline R. Ishay.
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Routledge,, ©2007.
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xxviii, 559 pages ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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0203941004
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: 0415951593
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: 0415951607
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: 9780203941003
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: 9780415951593
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: 9780415951609
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Preface -- Introduction: Human rights: historical and contemporary controversies / by Micheline R. Ishay -- Part I: The origins: secular, Asian, and monotheistic traditions -- Liberty, tolerance, and codes of justice -- Social and economic justice -- Justice, war and peace -- Justice for whom? -- Part II: The legacy of liberalism and the Enlightenment -- Liberal visions of human rights -- How to promote a liberal conception of human rights -- Human rights for whom? -- Part III: The socialist contribution and the industrial age -- Challenging the liberal vision of rights -- How to promote a socialist perspective of human rights -- Human rights for whom? -- Part IV: The right to self-determination and the imperial age -- On the national question -- Part V: Human rights in the era of globalization -- Redefining rights in the new millennium -- Human rights for whom? Cultural and group rights versus universalism -- How to promote human rights -- Part VI: Human rights and legal documents: a brief historical narrative -- Documents.
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| Abstract
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'The Human Rights Reader' explores the changing concept and practice of human rights through the writings of religious humanists, major legal documents, political speeches, and key theoretical approaches. This second edition contains new sections on globalisation and the war on terrorism.
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Human rights-- History, Sources.
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Human rights-- History, Sources.
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Human rights.
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| Dewey Classification
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323.09
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| LC Classification
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JC571.H7699 2007
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Ishay, Micheline.
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