an interdisciplinary approach Freeman, Michael creator text enk Cambridge, UK Polity Press 2011 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xi, 241 p. ; 22 cm. Introducing readers to the theory and practice of human rights, this text emphasises how the experiences of the victims of human rights violations are related to legal, philosophical and social-scientific approaches to human rights Introduction: thinking about human rights -- Origins : the rise and fall of natural rights -- After 1945 : the new age of rights -- Theories of human rights -- The role of the social sciences -- Universality, diversity and difference : culture and human rights -- The politics of human rights -- Globalization, development and poverty : economics and human rights -- Human rights in the twenty-first century general Michael Freeman Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-234) and index Human rights 9780745639659 (hbk.) 0745639658 (hbk.) 9780745639666 (pbk.) 0745639666 (pbk.) UMp 120523 20251125093230.0 vtls000060149