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Human rights in a globalizing world / Darren J O'Byrne.
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O'Byrne, Darren J.
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English
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London ; New York, NY : Palgrave, 2016.
©2016
Description
xiv, 175 pages ; 24 cm.
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Firestone Library - Stacks
JC571 .O28 2016
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Human rights
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Globalization
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World politics
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Series
Sociology for globalizing societies
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What is the relevance of the concept of human rights in an age of increasing global interconnectivity, complexity and uncertainty? This provocative study connects the sociology of human rights with the field of global studies to explore what each can offer the other. Its thorough theoretical focus is informed by a broad range of controversial issues, including the genocides in Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the Israel/Palestine conflict and recent anti-capitalist protests. Thus it formulates the seemingly straightforward idea of human rights as a language-structure and emphasises the need to think of globalization as a complicated set of processes. Favouring complexity and contradiction over simplicity and consistency, this passionate and hopeful account provokes questions instead of providing clear-cut answers, and encourages readers to consider the emancipatory potential of human rights in a globalizing world. O'Byrne offers a clear but critical overview relevant to students, teachers and researchers across the social sciences, particularly those in sociology, global studies, human rights and law. Its highly original conclusions also make this essential for scholars interested in issues of global citizenship, social movements and postcolonial studies.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-172) and index.
Contents
Introduction: human rights in the globalizing process
Towards the modern discourse of human rights
Theories of human rights
The meaning of globalization
A multi-dimensional approach to global change
Global citizenship revisited: an essay in honour of Garry Davis, 1921-2013
Human rights in the global marketplace
Human rights as swords of empire
Globalization
or deglobalization
of international human rights law
The global human rights movement and rights-based approaches
Human rights and the challenge of cultural diversity: from the clash of civilizations to the clash of liberalisms?
Conclusion-mapping the future s for human rights in a globalizing world.
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ISBN
9781137335968 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
1137335963 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
9781137335999 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
1137335998 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2015023911
OCLC
932857659
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