Human Rights and Cultural Diversity: Core Issues and Cases (Textbooks in Global Justice and Human Rights) - Softcover

Fagan, Andrew

 
9781474401180: Human Rights and Cultural Diversity: Core Issues and Cases (Textbooks in Global Justice and Human Rights)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 147440118X ISBN 13: 9781474401180
Verlag: Edinburgh University Press, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

A student guide to reconciling human rights with cultural difference, using political philosophy and real-life case studies

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Andrew Fagan is Director of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Essex. He is an internationally renowned human rights scholar.



Andrew Fagan is Director of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Essex. He is an internationally renowned human rights scholar.

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Your guide to uniting the issues of human rights and cultural differenceThis vital textbook confronts an enduring challenge: how to reconcile universal human rights norms with respect for wide cultural differences. The chapters in this book introduce the core issues and address them through an interdisciplinary analysis of key case studies. Throughout the book, an alternative philosophical framework is offered as a model through which universalism and difference can be reconciled into a single global vision.Key Features•Combines the theory and application of human rights to provide practical help for students and course leaders•Outlines a new human rights-based philosophical perspective that enables students to understand human rights within culturally diverse environments•Key case studies examine the rights of women, ethnic and national minorities, indigenous peoples and religious communities•Encourages active engagement by inviting readers to read each chapter in a way that enables them to subsequently answer 10 core questions.•Suggestions for further reading provided in each chapterAndrew Fagan is Director of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Essex. He is an internationally renowned human rights scholar.

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Your guide to uniting the issues of human rights and cultural differenceThis vital textbook confronts an enduring challenge: how to reconcile universal human rights norms with respect for wide cultural differences. The chapters in this book introduce the core issues and address them through an interdisciplinary analysis of key case studies. Throughout the book, an alternative philosophical framework is offered as a model through which universalism and difference can be reconciled into a single global vision.Key Features Combines the theory and application of human rights to provide practical help for students and course leaders Outlines a new human rights-based philosophical perspective that enables students to understand human rights within culturally diverse environments Key case studies examine the rights of women, ethnic and national minorities, indigenous peoples and religious communities Encourages active engagement by inviting readers to read each chapter in a way that enables them to subsequently answer 10 core questions. Suggestions for further reading provided in each chapterAndrew Fagan is Director of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Essex. He is an internationally renowned human rights scholar.

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Verlag
Edinburgh University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
147440118X
ISBN 13 
9781474401180
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
253
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