Andrew Fagan

Human Rights and Cultural Diversity

Core Issues and Cases

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Can human rights be truly universal, without becoming a subtle form of Western imperialism or restricting the rights of women, minorities, LGBT people and other culturally disadvantaged peoples? This book critically addresses these core issues through an interdisciplinary analysis of key case studies and particularly challenging issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 416g
• ISBN-13: 9781474401180
• ISBN-10: 147440118X
• Artikelnr.: 43758350

Autorenporträt

Andrew Fagan is Director of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Essex. He is an internationally renowned human rights scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. A Defensible Universalism
2. Culture and Transcending Relativism
3. A Right to Cultural Identity
4. The Rights of Women - Patriarchy, Harm and Empowerment
5. The Rights of National and Ethnic Minorities
6. The Rights of Indigenous Peoples
7. Religion and Human Rights
8. Working On a Dream?
References
Index