Human Rights in a Globalizing World
1st Edition
Published on 25. October 2015
192 pages
978-1-350-31429-0 (ISBN)
Description
A stimulating, theoretically driven examination of the relationship between human rights and the globalizing process. In scrutinising the impacts of different aspects of globalization on the language and structure of human rights, the book gives readers a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the issues and questions key to the topic.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-350-31429-0 (9781350314290)
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Darren J. O'Byrne
Human Rights in a Globalizing World
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10/2015
Red Globe Press
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Darren O'Byrne is Reader in Sociology and Human Rights at the University of Roehampton, UK. He has written extensively on globalization, social theory and human rights, and his recent books include Theorizing Global Studies (2011 with Alexander Hensby) and Introducing Sociological Theory (2010).
Content
Introduction: Human Rights in the Globalizing Process
1. Towards the Modern Discourse of Human Rights
2. Theories of Human Rights
3. The Meaning of Globalization
4. A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Global Change
5. Global Citizenship Revisited: An Essay in Honour of Garry Davis, 1921-2013
6. Human Rights in the Global Marketplace
7. Human Rights as Swords of Empire
8. Globalization - or De-Globalization - of International Human Rights Law
9. The Global Human Rights Movement and Rights-Based Approaches
10. Human Rights and the Challenge of Cultural Diversity: From the Clash of Civilizations to the Clash of Liberalisms?
Conclusion Mapping the Futures for Human Rights in a Globalizing World.
1. Towards the Modern Discourse of Human Rights
2. Theories of Human Rights
3. The Meaning of Globalization
4. A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Global Change
5. Global Citizenship Revisited: An Essay in Honour of Garry Davis, 1921-2013
6. Human Rights in the Global Marketplace
7. Human Rights as Swords of Empire
8. Globalization - or De-Globalization - of International Human Rights Law
9. The Global Human Rights Movement and Rights-Based Approaches
10. Human Rights and the Challenge of Cultural Diversity: From the Clash of Civilizations to the Clash of Liberalisms?
Conclusion Mapping the Futures for Human Rights in a Globalizing World.
