| Description |
vii, 259 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Adamantia Pollis and Peter Schwab -- 1. A New Universalism / Adamantia Pollis -- 2. Liberal Democracy and Minority Rights / Michael Freeman -- 3. Peasant Justice and Respect for Human Rights: Peru / John S. Gitlitz -- 4. Women's Rights in Islam: Revisiting Quranic Rights / Zehra F. Arat -- 5. Human Environmental Rights / Barbara Rose Johnston -- 6. Political Community and Human Rights in Postcommunist Russia / Peter Juviler -- 7. Human Rights, Political Values, and Development in East Asia / Michael C. Davis -- 8. The Consolidation of Democracy and Human Rights in Latin America / Juan E. Mendez and Javier Mariezcurrena -- 9. How International Human Rights Law Affects Domestic Law / Roger S. Clark -- 10. Globalization's Impact on Human Rights / Peter Schwab and Adamantia Pollis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-243) and index |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Case studies.
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Human rights.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Pollis, Adamantia.
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Schwab, Peter, 1940-
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| LC no. |
00031091 |
| ISBN |
1555879446 (hc : alk. paper) |
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1555879799 (pb) |
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