{"product_id":"communication-and-human-rights-9780745649832","title":"Communication and Human Rights","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHuman rights and communication are deeply connected: human rights need communication to expose violations and to offer platforms for dialogue, while communication needs human rights to provide standards for free speech and confidentiality. Together, they confront the reality of today's social and international order in which justice and understanding often seem unattainable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Cees J. Hamelink guides the reader through the historical evolution of communication and human rights. In this original framework, he discusses topics such as the right to communicate and freedom of expression, as well as major challenges posed by the environmental crisis and digital technologies. With authority, he passionately argues that communicative justice' is the ultimate goal of applying the international human rights regime to different forms of communication. This goal can only be achieved if we manage to move from the prevailing thin' liberal conception of human rights to a thick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An accessibly written, rich and compelling argumentation for communicative justice. Global and inclusive in perspective, with a refined reconciliation of legal and ethical approaches, the book's search for new communicational practices aligned with human rights simply requires global attention.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNico Carpentier, Charles University, Prague\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is essential reading for understanding the power of compassionate, dialogical conversation to enable people to realise dignity, equality, freedom and security, guided in their liberation by a human right to communication and an ethics of human togetherness embracing all humans and nature.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Mansell, London School of Economics and Political Science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 Human Rights before Human Rights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2 Human Rights and Communication\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3 Communication Rights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4 Challenges and Communication Rights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5 The Trouble with Human Rights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6 Communicative Justice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7 The practice of Communicative Justice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e References \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404395585879,"sku":"9780745649832","price":49.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745649832.jpg?v=1730486332","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/communication-and-human-rights-9780745649832","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}