Human Rights in Global Politics

by Edited by Tim Dunne , Nicholas J. Wheeler

• ISBN13: 9780521646437
• ISBN10: 052164643X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

There is a stark contradiction between the theory of universal human rights and the everyday practice of human wrongs. This timely volume brings together leading scholars to evaluate this paradox. The contributors ask whether human rights abuses are a result of the failure of governments to live up to a universal human rights standard, or whether the search for moral universals is a fundamentally flawed enterprise. The book evaluates the philosophical basis of human rights, and reflects on the structures that affect the development of a global human rights culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Human rights and the fifty years' crisis Tim Dunne and Nicholas J. Wheeler

Part I. Theories of Human Rights: 1. Three tyrannies of human rights Ken Booth

2. The social construction of international human rights Jack Donnelly

3. Universal human rights: a critique Chris Brown

4. Non-ethnocentric universalism Bhikhu Parekh

5. Towards an ethic of global responsibility Mary Midgley

Part II. The Practices of Human Wrongs: 6. The challenge of genocide and genocidal politics in an era of globalisation Richard Falk

7. Transnational civil society Mary Kaldor

8. Global voices: civil society and the media in global crises Martin Shaw

9. Refugees: a global human rights and security crisis Gil Loescher

10. The silencing of women Georgina Ashworth

11. Power, principles and prudence: protecting human right in a divided world Andrew Hurrell

12. Conclusion: Learning beyond frontiers Ken Booth and Tim Dunne.