Authors: Jack Donnelly
ISBN-13: 9780801487767, ISBN-10: 0801487765
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date Published: November 2002
Edition: 2nd Edition
In a thoroughly revised edition of Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice (more than half of the material is new), Jack Donnelly elaborates a theory of human rights, addresses arguments of cultural relativism, and explores the efficacy of bilateral and multilateral international action. Entirely new chapters address prominent post-Cold War issues including humanitarian intervention, democracy and human rights, "Asian values," group rights, and discrimination against sexual minorities.
Every once in a while a book appears that treats the leading issues of a subject in such a clear and challenging manner that it becomes central to understanding that subject. Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice is just such a book. . . . Donnelly's interpretations are clear and argued with zest.
Preface to the Second Edition | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
Pt. I | Toward a Theory of Universal Human Rights | |
1 | The Concept of Human Rights | 7 |
2 | The Universal Declaration Model | 22 |
3 | Equal Concern and Respect | 38 |
Pt. II | Cultural Relativism and International Human Rights | |
4 | Markets, States, and "The West" | 57 |
5 | Non-Western Conceptions of Human Rights | 71 |
6 | Cultural Relativism and Universal Human Rights | 89 |
7 | Human Rights and "Asian Values" | 107 |
Pt. III | Human Rights and International Action | |
8 | International Human Rights Regimes | 127 |
9 | Human Rights and Foreign Policy | 155 |
10 | The Priority of National Action | 173 |
Pt. IV | Essays on Contemporary Theory and Practice | |
11 | Democracy, Development, and Human Rights | 185 |
12 | Group Rights and Human Rights | 204 |
13 | Nondiscrimination for All: The Case of Sexual Minorities | 225 |
14 | Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention | 242 |
References | 261 | |
Index | 287 |