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Constructing human rights in the age of globalization /

Both human rights and globalization are powerful ideas and processes, capable of transforming the world in profound ways. Notwithstanding their universal claims, however, the processes are constructed, and they draw their power from the specific cultural and political contexts in which they are cons...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Monshipouri, Mahmood, 1952- (Editor ), Englehart, Neil A., 1964- (Editor ), Nathan, Andrew J. (Andrew James) (Editor ), Philip, Kavita, 1964- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.
Colección:International relations in a constructed world.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Both human rights and globalization are powerful ideas and processes, capable of transforming the world in profound ways. Notwithstanding their universal claims, however, the processes are constructed, and they draw their power from the specific cultural and political contexts in which they are constructed. Far from bringing about a harmonious cosmopolitan order, they have stimulated conflict and opposition. In the context of globalization, as the idea of human rights has become universal, its meaning has become one more terrain of struggle among groups with their own interests and goals. Part.
Notas:Originally published 2003 by M.E. Sharpe.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781317473893
1317473892
9781315705453
1315705451
0765611376
9780765611376