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1 online resource. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Human rights -- History -- Sources.
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| Added Author |
Ishay, Micheline.
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EBSCOhost
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| Related To |
Online version: Human rights reader. 2nd ed. New York : Routledge, ©2007 |
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Original 9780415951593 0415951593 9780415951609 0415951607 (DLC) 2006033032 |
| ISBN |
9780203941003 (electronic bk.) |
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0203941004 (electronic bk.) |
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9780415951593 |
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0415951593 |
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9780415951609 |
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0415951607 |
| OCLC # |
ebd17704118 |
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