Human Rights: Politics and Practice - Softcover

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9780199540846: Human Rights: Politics and Practice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199540845 ISBN 13: 9780199540846

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Featuring twenty chapters written by a multidisciplinary group of international experts, Human Rights: Politics and Practice is the first comprehensive human rights textbook designed for politics students. Offering unparalleled breadth and depth of coverage, it combines discussions of core theoretical approaches with detailed studies of major issues. The first seven chapters introduce the main theoretical issues and challenges in the study of human rights as a political phenomenon: normative foundations, international law, measurement, international relations, comparative politics, sociological and anthropological approaches, and the ideological (mis)use of human rights. Thirteen thematic chapters then offer detailed analysis and case studies of key such key issues as economic globalization, genocide, the environment, and humanitarian intervention.

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About the Author:

Michael Goodhart is at the University of Pittsburgh.

Review:

Review from previous edition: "The main features that set this textbook apart are the breadth of its coverage and its connection to the current human rights literature. There just isn't a comparable textbook that is better designed for undergraduates."
--Chad Clay, University of Georgia, USA

"The best comprehensive text I have found for an introductory human rights course."
--Jeff Bachmann, The American University, USA

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