Human rights : the hard questions /
edited by Cindy Holder and David Reidy.
- xv, 472 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What Are Human Rights? -- Human rights and human nature / Universalism and particularism in human rights / Are human rights universal? / How do Human Rights Relate to Group Rights and Culture? -- The significance of cultural differences for human rights / Groups and human rights / Entangled: family, religion and human rights / What does cultural difference require of human rights? / What do Human Rights Require of the Global Economy? -- What do human rights require of the global economy? : beyond a narrow legal view / Universal human rights in the global political economy / Human rights and global equal opportunity: inclusion not provision / How do Human Rights Relate to Environmental Policy? -- Human rights in a hostile climate / A human rights approach to energy, poverty and gender inequality / Pollution wolves in scientific sheep's clothing: why environmental-risk assessors and policy-makers ignore the'hard issues' of the human rights of pollution victims / Is There a Human Right to Democracy? -- Is there a human right to democracy? / The human right to democracy and its global import / An egalitarian argument for a human right to democracy / What Are the Limits of Rights Enforcement? -- Is it ever reasonable for one state to invade another for humanitarian reasons? : the'declaratory tradition' and the UN Charter / Conflicting responsibilities to protect human rights / Searching for the hard questions about women's human rights / Are human rights possible after conflict? : diary of a survivor / Erin Baines -- Moral progress and human rights / Human rights and moral agency / Gender mainstreaming human rights: a progressive path for gender equality? / Rights, practice, reality, and hope: hard questions about human rights / Chris Brown -- Neil Walker -- Rex Martin. -- Alison Dundes Renteln -- Peter Jones -- Ayelet Shachar -- Claudio Corradetti. -- Adam Mcbeth -- Tony Evans -- Ann E. Cudd. -- Stephen M. Gardiner -- Gail Karlsson -- Kristin Shrader-Frechette. -- Hilary Charlesworth -- Carol C. Gould -- Thomas Christiano. -- Julie Mertus -- Larry May -- Marysia Zalewski -- Evelyn Amony and Allen Buchanan -- Mark Goodale -- Laura Parisi -- Cindy Holder and David Ready.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. A burgeoning human rights movement followed, yielding many treaties and new international institutions and shaping the constitutions and laws of many states. Yet human rights continue to be contested politically and legally and there is substantial philosophical and theoretical debate over their foundations and implications. In this volume distinguished philosophers, political scientists, international lawyers, environmentalists and anthropologists discuss some of the most difficult questions of human rights theory and practice: What do human rights require of the global economy? Does it make sense to secure them by force? What do they require in'jus post bellum' contexts of transitional justice? Is global climate change a human rights issue? Is there a human right to democracy? Does the human rights movement constitute moral progress? The book focuses on hard, unresolved questions ; Is not merely an introductory survey of what is already established ; Puts legal, philosophical and anthropological points of view in conversation ; Addresses a broad range of discussion, including the global economy, jus post bello contexts and global climate change. -- From publisher's website.