The Politics of Human Rights

by Evans, Tony; Thomas, Caroline

• ISBN13: 9780745314570
• ISBN10: 0745314570
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Pluto Pr

Summary

Tony Evans argues that the state’s central role in protecting and promoting rights has been severely weakened under globalization and that as a consequence human rights are becoming less attainable. As the value of the market grows, the value of individual human rights decreases. The author departs from traditional interpretations of human rights by focusing on the political economy of human rights rather than on the philosophical or legal aspects. He analyses how issues related to globalization, such as the environment, population movement patterns and free trade impact on individual human rights. In conclusion, he argues that the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and other major treaties must be renegotiated to take globalization into account.

Author Biography

Tony Evans is a lecturer at the Department of Politics, University of Southampton . His previous books include US Hegemony and the Project of Universal Human Rights (Macmillan, 1996) and Human Rights Fifty Years On: A Reappraisal (Manchester, 1998).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Globalization and the Study of Universal Human Rights	1	(13)
The Politics of Universal Human Rights	14	(22)
International Human Rights Law and Global Politics	36	(21)
The Political Economy of Human Rights	57	(22)
Globalization, Democracy and Human Rights	79	(23)
The Promise of Global Community and Human Rights	102	(16)
Conclusion: The Process of Human Rights	118	(2)
Bibliography	120	(11)
Index	131