
In Defense of Universal Human Rights
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In this book, renowned human rights scholar Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann vigorously defends the universality of human rights, arguing that the entire range of rights is necessary for all individuals everywhere, regardless of sex, color, ethnicity, sexuality, religion or social class.
Howard-Hassmann grounds her defense of universality in her conception of human dignity, which she maintains must include personal autonomy, equality, respect, recognition, and material security. Only social democracies, she contends, can be considered fully rights-protective states. Taking issue with scholars who argue that human rights are "Western" quasi-imperialist impositions on states in the global South, and risk undermining community and social obligation, Howard-Hassmann explains how human rights support communities and can only be preserved if states and individuals observe their duties to protect them.
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Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1: Universal Human Rights
- Definition
- Human Dignity
- Origins of Human Rights
- The International Law of Human Rights
- Sovereignty versus Human Rights
- Notes
- 2: Critical Perspectives on Human Rights
- Human Rights as Western Liberalism
- Abstraction versus Compassion
- The Feminist Critique
- Human Rights Law versus Social Change
- Critical Perspectives and Human Rights Universality
- Notes
- 3: How Rights-Protective Societies Develop
- Does the International Human Rights Regime Make Any Difference?
- Market Economies
- Civil Society and Political Action
- Democracy and Political Institutions
- Political Culture
- Human Rights Regression
- The Fragility of Human Rights
- Notes
- 4: Civil and Political Rights
- The Debate on Human Rights Priorities
- The Strategic Value of Civil and Political Human Rights
- The Intrinsic Value of Civil and Political Human Rights
- The Right to Have Rights
- Universal or Particular?
- Notes
- 5: Culture and Community
- Community and Responsibility
- Community and Culture
- Cultural Clashes
- Freedom of Speech versus Freedom of Religion
- Social Collectivities: Indigenous Rights
- The Necessity for Intracultural Debates on Human Rights
- Notes
- 6: Economic and Social Human Rights
- The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Critiques of Economic and Social Human Rights
- Globalization, Capitalism, and Economic Human Rights
- Inequality
- Development Models and the Intersection of Human Rights
- Cherry-Picking Human Rights
- Notes
- 7: Collective Human Rights
- Definition
- Self-Determination
- The Right to Development
- Environmental Rights
- The Right to Peace
- Civil and Political Rights as the Basis for Collective Rights
- Notes
- 8: Western (Ir)responsibility for Human Rights in the Global South
- International Justice
- International Trade
- Foreign Aid
- Human Rights Nongovernmental Organizations
- Human Rights in Foreign Policy
- The Urgent Need for Universal Human Rights
- Notes
- Index
- End User License Agreement
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