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Human rights in cross-cultural perspectives : a quest for consensus /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
1995.
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| Colección: | Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I. General Issues of a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights; 1. Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights: The Meaning of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; 2. Cultural Foundations for the International Protection of Human Rights; 3. Making a Goddess of Democracy from Loose Sand: Thoughts on Human Rights in the People's Republic of China; 4. Dignity, Community, and Human Rights; Section II. Problems and Prospects of Alternative Cultural Interpretation.
- 5. Postliberal Strands in Western Human Rights Theory: Personalist-Communitarian Perspectives6. Should Communities Have Rights? Reflections on Liberal Individualism; 7. A Marxian Approach to Human Rights; Section III. Regional and Indigenous Cultural Perspectives on Human Rights; 8. North American Indian Perspectives on Human Rights; 9. Aboriginal Communities, Aboriginal Rights, and the Human Rights System in Canada; 10. Political Culture and Gross Human Rights Violations in Latin America; 11. Custom Is Not a Thing, It Is a Path: Reflections on the Brazilian Indian Case.
- 12. Cultural Legitimacy in the Formulation and Implementation of Human Rights Law and Policy in Australia13. Considering Gender: Are Human Rights for Women, Too? An Australian Case; 14. Right to Self-Determination: A Basic Human Right Concerning Cultural Survival. The Case of the Sami and the Scandinavian State; Section IV. Prospects for a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights; 15. Prospects for Research on the Cultural Legitimacy of Human Rights: The Cases of Liberalism and Marxism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U.