
International Handbook of Human Rights
Greenwood Press
Published on 6. November 1987
Book
Hardback
505 pages
978-0-313-24788-0 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of essays on the current human rights climate in 19 countries includes Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Israel, Poland, the USA, and USSR, and represents a variety of regimes, cultural traditions, and geographical areas. . . . For analysis of the facts this volume excels. A well-crafted introduction describes current debate about human rights theory and practice, traces the development of human rights instruments, and discusses problems of implementation. Strongly recommended.
Library Journal
The bulk of the scholarly literature on human rights deals with international law and politics. In contrast, this volume offers nineteen case studies of national human rights practices. Although international factors cannot be ignored, most human rights violations are perpetrated by states against their own citizens; the principal causes of the respect for and violation of human rights lie in national social and political structures.
Library Journal
The bulk of the scholarly literature on human rights deals with international law and politics. In contrast, this volume offers nineteen case studies of national human rights practices. Although international factors cannot be ignored, most human rights violations are perpetrated by states against their own citizens; the principal causes of the respect for and violation of human rights lie in national social and political structures.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
968 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-24788-0 (9780313247880)
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Jack Donnelley | Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann
International Handbook of Human Rights
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Persons
JACK DONNELLY is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
RHODA E.HOWARD is Professor of Sociology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
RHODA E.HOWARD is Professor of Sociology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Content
Preface Introduction by Rhoda E. Howard and Jack Donnelly Canada by Robert Allan McChesnev Chile by Jinny Arancibia, Marcelo Charlin, and Peter Landstreet China by James D. Seymour Cuba by Rhoda Rabkin El Salvador by Liisa Lukkari North India by Barnett R. Rubin Israel by Raphael Israeli and Rachel Ehrenfeld Jamaica by Evelyne Huber Stephens and John D. Stephens Japan by Lawrence W. Beer Lebanon by Douglas duCharme Nicaragua by Catherine Gander The Philippines by Richard Pierre Clause Poland by Stefania Szlek Miller Senegal by Martin A. Klein South Africa by Frederick Johnstone Spain by Thomas D. Lancaster and James Larry Taulbee Uganda by Edward Kannyo The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by David Kowalewski The United States by Robert Justin Goldstein Appendixes Selected Bibliography Index