Human Rights Horizons: The Pursuit of Justice in a Globalizing World

by Falk,Richard A.

• ISBN13: 9780415925129
• ISBN10: 0415925126
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

InHuman Rights Horizons, one of the world's foremost authorities on human rights and international relations maps out the way to a more just and human global society. Borders are being erased; democracy and capitalism are spreading. The world is rapidly changing, and these changes are opening the door for the promotion of human rights to become and integral part of worldwide politics and law. In his provocative new book, Falk discusses the borderline between the promotion of human rights and the promotion of interventionist and coercive diplomacy. Can the US and the UN find an acceptable balance between unnecessary, protracted violence (Somalia) and simply letting genocide spread (Rwanda)? While looking at specific cases, Falk also sheds important new light on non-Western attitudes toward human rights, the challenge of genocidal politics, the intersection of morality and global security, and the pursuit of international justice. Thoughtful and very accessibly written,Human RightsHorizonsclearly presents a path to an original new humanitarian policy for the 21st century.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(12)
PART 1: Framing the Inquiry
Pursuing Global Justice	13	(24)
A Half-Century of Human Rights	37	(20)
Taking Human Rights Seriously at Home	57	(10)
Moving Toward Implementation	67	(20)
Patterns of Global Dominance and Non-Western Attitudes Toward Human Rights	87	(10)
PART 2: Substantive Dilemmas
Revisiting the Right of Self-Determination	97	(30)
Group Claims within the UN System: The Rights of Indigenous Peoples	127	(20)
The Geopolitics of Exclusion: The Case of Islam	147	(18)
The Unmet Challenges of Genocide in Bosnia and Rwanda	165	(8)
The Challenge of Genocidal Politics in an Era of Globalization	173	(16)
PART 3: The Future Prospect
The Extension of Human Rights to Past and Future Generations	189	(10)
The Redress of Past Grievances: The Nanking Massacre	199	(18)
Morality and Global Security: A Human Rights Perspective	217	(18)
Notes	235	(32)
Index	267