International Handbook of Human Rights
1st Edition
Published on 6. November 1987
505 pages
978-0-313-04541-7 (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
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
ISBN-13
978-0-313-04541-7 (9780313045417)
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Jack Donnelley | Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann
International Handbook of Human Rights
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11/1987
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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
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
