| International Human Rights, Decolonisation and Globalisation: Becoming Human Contributor(s): Wright, Shelley (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415259517 ISBN-13: 9780415259514 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: This book provides a fresh perspective on human rights in international law. Emphasizing the need to move away from the traditional western male approach, the author discusses issues such as colonialism and perceptions of history, freedom of expression and intellectual property, self-determination and human rights treaties, the creation of boundaries, gender and militarism and the enforcement of rights. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Globalization - Political Science | Law Enforcement - Political Science | Political Process - Political Advocacy |
| Dewey: 323 |
| LCCN: 2001019895 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in International Law |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.94" W x 8.9" (1.28 lbs) 290 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Covering a diverse range of topics, case studies and theories, the author undertakes a critique of the principal assumptions on which the existing international human rights regime has been constructed. She argues that the decolonization of human rights, and the creation of a global community that is conducive to the well-being of all humans, will require a radical restructuring of our ways of thinking, researching and writing. In contributing to this restructuring she brings together feminist and indigenous approaches as well as postmodern and post-colonial scholarship, engaging directly with some of the prevailing orthodoxies, such as 'universality', 'the individual', 'self-determination', 'cultural relativism', 'globalization' and 'civil society'. |