A Force Profonde : : The Power, Politics, and Promise of Human Rights / / ed. by Edward A. Kolodziej.

Presenting detailed portraits by leading authorities of the politics of human rights across the major regions of the globe, A Force Profonde: The Power, Politics, and Promise of Human Rights reveals human rights to be a force as powerful as capitalist markets and technological innovation in shaping...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013]
©2003
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents 1
  • 1 A Force Profonde: The Power, Politics, and Promise of Human Rights
  • Part I. Contending Legitimacies
  • 2 Western Perspectives
  • 3 Muslim Perspectives
  • Part II Regional Perspectives
  • 4 The Northern Tier
  • 5 North Africa
  • 6 The Middle East: Israel
  • 7 Northeast Asia: China
  • 8 South Asia
  • 9 Southeast Asia
  • 10 The European Union
  • 11 Eastern Europe: The Russian Federation
  • 12 Latin America
  • 13 Southern Africa
  • 14 West Africa: Nigeria
  • Part Ill Retrospect and Prospects
  • 15 Whither Human Rights?
  • Notes
  • References Cited
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments