Human Rights in the Arab World : : Independent Voices / / ed. by Anthony Chase, Amr Hamzawy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG and UP eBook Package 2000-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Ballard, Kyle M.,; Benstead, Lindsay,; Carapico, Sheila,; Chase, Anthony,; Hamzawy, Amr,; Hassan, Bahey el-Din,; Hicks, Neil,; Megally, Hanny,; Moghadam, Valentine M.,; Moustafa, Tamir,; Pratt, Nicola,; Sarraj, Eyad El,; Waltz, Susan,
• HerausgeberIn: Chase, Anthony,; Hamzawy, Amr,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)

Why have human rights been marginalized in the Arab world? How do we gauge the relevance of human rights in the region, given the political, social, and economic context? What are the practical and theoretical obstacles to the implementation of these rights?Human Rights in the Arab World: Independent Voices offers perspectives from those at the forefront of research on human rights and Islam, globalization, transnational advocacy, and the politics of key states such as Egypt, Morocco, and Yemen. Some chapters provide essential historical background to current political realities, while others consider ways to confront this region's practical and theoretical challenges to human rights. By placing the question of human rights in the often tragic context of Arab politics, the very real stakes are made clear.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Human Rights and Agency in the Arab World -- Part I: Human Rights, Islam, Islamists -- 1. The Tail and the Dog: Constructing Islam and Human Rights in Political Context -- 2. A Question of Human Rights Ethics: Defending the Islamists -- Part II: Globalization and the Impact of Human Rights -- 3. Globalization and Human Rights: On a Current Debate Among Arab Intellectuals -- 4. Transnational Human Rights Networks and Human Rights in Egypt -- 5. Women, Citizenship, and Civil Society in the Arab World -- Part III: Problems of Human Rights NGOs and Activism -- 6. Human Rights in the Arab World: Reflections on the Challenges Facing Human Rights Activism -- 7. Human Rights NGOs and the ''Foreign Funding Debate'' in Egypt -- 8. Justice in Heaven -- Part IV: Country-Specific Case Studies -- 9. Some Yemeni Ideas About Human Rights -- 10. Got Rights? Public Interest Litigation and the Egyptian Human Rights Movement -- 11. When the Time Is Ripe: The Struggle to Create an Institutional Culture of Human Rights in Morocco -- Conclusion: Normative and Political Dimensions of Contemporary Arab Debates on Human Rights -- Appendix 1: Documents -- Appendix 2. Treaty Ratifications, Notable Reservations, Understandings, and Declarations -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments