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In Defense of Universal Human Rights - Hardcover

Howard-Hassmann, Rhoda E.

 
9781509513536: In Defense of Universal Human Rights
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1509513531 ISBN 13: 9781509513536
Verlag: Polity, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

Should African and Muslim-majority countries be obliged to protect LGBT rights, or do such rights violate their cultures? Should Western-based corporations be held liable if their security guards injure union activists in another part of the world, or should such decisions be settled under local or domestic law?

In this book, renowned human rights scholar Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann vigorously defends the universality of human rights, arguing that the entire range of rights is necessary for all individuals everywhere, regardless of sex, color, ethnicity, sexuality, religion or social class.

Howard-Hassmann grounds her defense of universality in her conception of human dignity, which she maintains must include personal autonomy, equality, respect, recognition, and material security. Only social democracies, she contends, can be considered fully rights-protective states. Taking issue with scholars who argue that human rights are “Western” quasi-imperialist impositions on states in the global South, and risk undermining community and social obligation, Howard-Hassmann explains how human rights support communities and can only be preserved if states and individuals observe their duties to protect them.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University, where from 2003 to 2016 she held the Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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Verlag
Polity
Erscheinungsdatum
2018
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1509513531
ISBN 13 
9781509513536
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
232
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