Debating Human Rights

Author : Daniel P. L. Chong
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781626370470
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Debating Human Rights written by Daniel P. L. Chong and published by Lynne Rienner Pub. This book was released on 2014 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even as human rights provide the most widely shared moral language of our time, they also spark highly contested debates among scholars and policymakers. When should states protect human rights? Does the global war on terror necessitate the violation of some rights? Are food, housing, and health care valid human rights? Debating Human Rights introduces the theory and practice of international human rights by examining fourteen controversies in the field. Daniel Chong presents the major arguments on both sides of each debate, encouraging readers to think critically and form their own opinions. Designed for classroom use, the structure of the book makes it easy for students to become familiar with the major political and legal actors in the global human rights system and to understand the practical challenges of protecting civil, political, social, and economic rights.

Author : Peter Van Ness
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134667426
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Debating Human Rights written by Peter Van Ness and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-07-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights debates can provoke strong reactions, particularly among people of different cultural backgrounds. The debate over Asian values and the use of human rights diplomacy are the most obvious manifestations of divisions between Asia and the West and reflect particular world views and historical legacies. In this new book, scholars from the United States and several Asian countries debate fundamental issues such as 'Asian values', 'peaceful evolution' and cultural imperialism. Provocative and challenging essays analyse the debate between East and West, presenting critical perspectives on globalization and human rights diplomacy. Debating Human Rights is an original contribution to a vital area of debate. It presents a uniquely wide diversity of perspectives on controversial issues and demonstrates how scholars and activists who view the world very differently can nonetheless move these debates forward in a search for common ground.

Author : Marina Svensson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780742516960
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Debating Human Rights in China written by Marina Svensson and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on little-known sources, Marina Svensson argues that the concept of human rights was invoked by the Chinese people well before the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, and it has continued to have strong appeal after 1949, both in Taiwan and on the mainland. These largely forgotten debates provide important perspectives on and contrasts to the official PRC line. The author gives particular attention to the issues of power and agency in describing the widely divergent views of official spokespersons, establishment intellectuals and dissidents. Until recently the PRC dismissed human rights as a bourgeois slogan, yet the globalization of human rights and the growing importance of the issue in bilateral and multilateral relations has grown. Thus, the regime has been forced to embrace, or rather appropriate, the language of human rights, an appropriation that continues to be vigorously challenged by dissidents at home and abroad.

Author : Dominique Clément
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1771122765
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Debating Rights Inflation in Canada written by Dominique Clément and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights has become the dominant vernacular for framing social problems around the world. In this book, Dominique Clément presents a paradox in politics, law, and social practice: he argues that whereas framing grievances as human rights violations has become an effective strategy, the increasing appropriation of rights-talk to frame any and all grievances undermines attempts to address systemic social problems. His argument is followed by commentator response from several leading human rights scholars and practitioners in Canada and abroad who bridge the divide between academia, public policy, and practice.

Author : F. Pearl Eliadis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780773543058
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speaking Out on Human Rights written by F. Pearl Eliadis and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical analysis of the rhetoric and reality surrounding human rights commissions and tribunals, Canada's most contested administrative agencies.

Author : John Corvino
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190603089
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Debating Religious Liberty and Discrimination written by John Corvino and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtually everyone supports religious liberty, and virtually everyone opposes discrimination. But how do we handle the hard questions that arise when exercises of religious liberty seem to discriminate unjustly? How do we promote the common good while respecting conscience in a diverse society? This point-counterpoint book brings together leading voices in the culture wars to debate such questions: John Corvino, a longtime LGBT-rights advocate, opposite Ryan T. Anderson and Sherif Girgis, prominent young social conservatives. Many such questions have arisen in response to same-sex marriage: How should we treat county clerks who do not wish to authorize such marriages, for example; or bakers, florists, and photographers who do not wish to provide same-sex wedding services? But the conflicts extend well beyond the LGBT rights arena. How should we treat hospitals, schools, and adoption agencies that can't in conscience follow antidiscrimination laws, healthcare mandates, and other regulations? Should corporations ever get exemptions? Should public officials? Should we keep controversial laws like the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, or pass new ones like the First Amendment Defense Act? Should the law give religion and conscience special protection at all, and if so, why? What counts as discrimination, and when is it unjust? What kinds of material and dignitary harms should the law try to fight-and what is dignitary harm, anyway? Beyond the law, how should we treat religious beliefs and practices we find mistaken or even oppressive? Should we tolerate them or actively discourage them? In point-counterpoint format, Corvino, Anderson and Girgis explore these questions and more. Although their differences run deep, they tackle them with civility, clarity, and flair. Their debate is an essential contribution to contemporary discussions about why religious liberty matters and what respecting it requires.

Author : Benoit Mayer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108840159
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Debating Climate Law written by Benoit Mayer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative volume that covers all the common topics of climate law currently debated in the global academic community.

Author : Julie Mertus
Publisher : US Institute of Peace Press
ISBN 13 : 9781929223770
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Rights and Conflict written by Julie Mertus and published by US Institute of Peace Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Human rights and conflict' is divided into three parts, each capturing the role played by human rights at a different stage in the conflict cycle.

Author : Michael E. Brown
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262522137
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Debating the Democratic Peace written by Michael E. Brown and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1996-05-10 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are democracies less likely to go to war than other kinds of states? This question is of tremendous importance in both academic and policy-making circles and one that has been debated by political scientists for years. The Clinton administration, in particular, has argued that the United States should endeavor to promote democracy around the world. This timely reader includes some of the most influential articles in the debate that have appeared in the journal International Security during the past two years, adding two seminal pieces published elsewhere to make a more balanced and complete collection, suitable for classroom use.

Author : Anne Peters
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107164303
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Human Rights written by Anne Peters and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Human Rights, previously published in German and now available in English, is a historical and doctrinal study about the legal status of individuals in international law.