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In this landmark volume, Alison Brysk has assembled an impressive array of scholars to address new questions about globalization and human rights. Is globalization generating both problems and opportunities? Are new problems replacing or intensifying state repression? How effective are new forms of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bob, Clifford (Contribuidor), Brysk, Alison (Contribuidor, Editor ), Cabezas, Amalia Lucia (Contribuidor), Donnelly, Jack (Contribuidor), Falk, Richard (Contribuidor), Fox, Jonathan (Contribuidor), Maher, Kristen Hill (Contribuidor), Milner, Wesley T. (Contribuidor), Pangalangan, Raul C. (Contribuidor), Rosenau, James N. (Contribuidor), Sandholtz, Wayne (Contribuidor), Weyker, Shayne (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2002]
Temas:
Globalization.
Human rights and globalization.
Human rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
accountability.
anthology.
anthropology.
communications technology.
contemporary world.
critical analysis.
dominican republic.
global challenges.
global issues.
global standards.
globalization.
human experience.
human rights.
international markets.
modern perspective.
nigeria.
nonfiction essays.
nonfiction.
philippines.
political.
repression.
rights violations.
sex tourism.
social justice.
social science.
theoretical perspectives.
thought provoking.
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Sumario:In this landmark volume, Alison Brysk has assembled an impressive array of scholars to address new questions about globalization and human rights. Is globalization generating both problems and opportunities? Are new problems replacing or intensifying state repression? How effective are new forms of human rights accountability?These essays include theoretical analyses by Richard Falk, Jack Donnelly, and James Rosenau. Chapters on sex tourism, international markets, and communications technology bring new perspectives to emerging issues. The authors investigate places such as the Dominican Republic, Nigeria, and the Philippines.The contemporary world is defined by globalization. While global human rights standards and institutions have been established, assaults on human dignity continue. These essays identify the new challenges to be faced, and suggest new ways to remedy the costs of globalization.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (321 p.)
ISBN:9780520936287
9783110690422
Acceso:restricted access

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