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Human rights in global perspective : anthropological studies of rights, claims and entitlements /
In the West we frequently pay lip service to universal notions of human rights. But do we ever consider how these work in local contexts and across diverse cultural and ethical structures? Do human rights agendas address the problems many people face, or are they more often the imposition of Western...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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| Colección: | A.S.A. monographs ;
40. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the West we frequently pay lip service to universal notions of human rights. But do we ever consider how these work in local contexts and across diverse cultural and ethical structures? Do human rights agendas address the problems many people face, or are they more often the imposition of Western values onto largely non-Western communities?Human Rights in a Global Perspective develops a social critique of rights agendas. It provides an understanding of how rights discussions and institutions can construct certain types of subjects such as victims and perpetrators, and certain types of act. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 259 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203506278 9780203506271 9780415304092 0415304091 9780415304108 0415304105 1134409753 9781134409754 1280022841 9781280022845 0203355555 9780203355558 1134409745 9781134409747 |