Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice
3rd Edition
Published on 15. April 2013
336 pages
978-0-8014-6748-6 (ISBN)
Description
In the third edition of his classic work, revised extensively and updated to include recent developments on the international scene, Jack Donnelly explains and defends a richly interdisciplinary account of human rights as universal rights. He shows that any conception of human rights-and the idea of human rights itself-is historically specific and contingent.
Since publication of the first edition in 1989, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice has justified Donnelly's claim that "conceptual clarity, the fruit of sound theory, can facilitate action. At the very least it can help to unmask the arguments of dictators and their allies."
Since publication of the first edition in 1989, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice has justified Donnelly's claim that "conceptual clarity, the fruit of sound theory, can facilitate action. At the very least it can help to unmask the arguments of dictators and their allies."
Reviews / Votes
Every once in a while a book appears that treats the leading issues of a subject in such a clear and challenging manner that it becomes central to understanding that subject. Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice is just such a book. Donnelly's interpretations are clear and argued with zest.(American Political Science Review) This wide-ranging book looks at all aspects of human rights, drawing on political theory, sociology, and international relations as well as international law.
(Foreign Affairs) What Donnelly does better than anyone else is to lay before the reader a coherent conceptual framework for an understanding of international human rights as an operative part of international life. The book remains at the top of any bibliography of indispensable books dealing with human rights.
(Human Rights & Human Welfare)
More details
Edition
Third Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Ithaca
United States
Target group
Adult education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
4 tables, 2 line drawings - 4 Tables, unspecified
ISBN-13
978-0-8014-6748-6 (9780801467486)
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Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice
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Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice
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04/2013
3rd Edition
Cornell University Press
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Person
Jack Donnelly is Andrew Mellon Professor and John Evans Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. His other books include International Human Rights and Realism in International Relations.
