{"product_id":"universal-human-rights-in-theory-and-practice-9780801450952","title":"Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the third edition of his classic work, revised extensively and updated to include recent developments on the international scene, Jack Donnelly explains and defends a richly interdisciplinary account of human rights as universal rights. He shows that any conception of human rights—and the idea of human rights itself—is historically specific...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery 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. \u003ci\u003eUniversal Human Rights in Theory and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e is just such a book. Donnelly's interpretations are clear and argued with zest.\u003c\/p\u003e * American Political Science Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging book looks at all aspects of human rights, drawing on political theory, sociology, and international relations as well as international law.\u003c\/p\u003e * Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Donnelly does better than anyone else is to lay before the reader a coherent conceptual framework for an understanding of international human rights as an operative part of international life. The book remains at the top of any bibliography of indispensable books dealing with human rights.\u003c\/p\u003e * Human Rights \u0026amp; Human Welfare *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface to the Third Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I. Toward a Theory of Human Rights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1. The Concept of Human Rights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow Rights Work\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Features of Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eHuman Nature and Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eHuman Rights and Related Practices\u003cbr\u003eAnalytic and Substantive Theories\u003cbr\u003eThe Failure of Foundational Appeals\u003cbr\u003eCoping with Contentious Foundations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2. The Universal Declaration Model\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Universal Declaration\u003cbr\u003eThe Universal Declaration Model\u003cbr\u003eHuman Dignity and Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eIndividual Rights\u003cbr\u003eInterdependence and Indivisibility\u003cbr\u003eThe State and International Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eRespecting, Protecting, and Providing Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eRealizing Human Rights and Human Dignity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. Economic Rights and Group Rights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Status of Economic and Social Rights\u003cbr\u003eGroup Rights and Human Rights\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. Equal Concern and Respect\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHegemony and Settled Norms\u003cbr\u003eAn Overlapping Consensus on International Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eMoral Theory, Political Theory, and Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eEqual Concern and Respect\u003cbr\u003eToward a Liberal Theory of Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eConsensus: Overlapping but Bounded\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II. The Universality and Relativity of Human Rights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. A Brief History of Human Rights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolitics and Justice in the Premodern Non-Western World\u003cbr\u003eThe Premodern West\u003cbr\u003eThe Modern Invention of Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eThe American and French Revolutions\u003cbr\u003eApproaching the Universal Declaration\u003cbr\u003eExpanding the Subjects and Substance of Human Rights\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6. The Relative Universality of Human Rights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Universal\" and \"Relative\"\u003cbr\u003eThe Universality of Internationally Recognized Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eThree Levels of Universality and Particularity\u003cbr\u003eRelative Universality: A Multidimensional Perspective\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7. Universality in a World of Particularities\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCulture and the Relativity of Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eAdvocating Universality in a World of Particularities\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III. Human Rights and Human Dignity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8. Dignity: Particularistic and Universalistic Conceptions in the West\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDignitas\u003cem\u003e: The Roman Roots of Dignity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiblical Conceptions: \u003c\/em\u003eKavod \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e Imago Dei\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eKant\u003cbr\u003eRights and Dignity in the West\u003cbr\u003eDignity and the Foundations of Human Rights\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9. Humanity, Dignity, and Politics in Confucian China\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCosmology and Ethics\u003cbr\u003eConfucians and the Early Empires\u003cbr\u003e“Neo-Confucianism” and Song Imperial Rule\u003cbr\u003eTwentieth-Century Encounters with “Rights”\u003cbr\u003eHuman Rights and Asian Values\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10. Humans and Society in Hindu South Asia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCosmology\u003cbr\u003eSocial Philosophy\u003cbr\u003eCaste\u003cbr\u003eHindu Universalism\u003cbr\u003eOpposition to Caste Discrimination\u003cbr\u003eHinduism and Human Rights in Contemporary India\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV. Human Rights and International Action\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e11. International Human Rights Regimes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Global Human Rights Regime\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Foundations of the Global Regime\u003cbr\u003eRegional Human Rights Regimes\u003cbr\u003eSingle-Issue Human Rights Regimes\u003cbr\u003eAssessing Multilateral Human Rights Mechanisms\u003cbr\u003eThe Evolution of Human Rights Regimes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12. Human Rights and Foreign Policy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHuman Rights and the National Interest\u003cbr\u003eInternational Human Rights and National Identity\u003cbr\u003eMeans and Mechanisms of Bilateral Action\u003cbr\u003eThe Aims of Human Rights Policy\u003cbr\u003eForeign Policy and Human Rights Policy\u003cbr\u003eThe Limits of International Action\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Arguments against International Human Rights Policies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart V. Contemporary Issues\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e13. Human Rights, Democracy, and Development\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Contemporary Language of Legitimacy\u003cbr\u003eDefining Democracy\u003cbr\u003eDemocracy and Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eDefining Development\u003cbr\u003eDevelopment-Rights Tradeoffs\u003cbr\u003eDevelopment and Civil and Political Rights\u003cbr\u003eMarkets and Economic and Social Rights\u003cbr\u003eThe Liberal Democratic Welfare State\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e14. The West and Economic and Social Rights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights\u003cbr\u003eDomestic Western Practice\u003cbr\u003eThe International Human Rights Covenants\u003cbr\u003eFunctional and Regional Organizations\u003cbr\u003eFurther Evidence of Western Support\u003cbr\u003eUnderstanding the Sources of the Myth\u003cbr\u003eWhy Does It Matter?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e15. Humanitarian Intervention against Genocide\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntervention and International Law\u003cbr\u003eHumanitarian Intervention and International Law\u003cbr\u003eThe Moral Standing of the State\u003cbr\u003ePolitics, Partisanship, and International Order\u003cbr\u003eChanging Conceptions of Security and Sovereignty\u003cbr\u003eJustifying the Anti-genocide Norm\u003cbr\u003eChanging Legal Practices\u003cbr\u003e“Justifying” Humanitarian Intervention\u003cbr\u003eMixed Motives and Consistency\u003cbr\u003ePolitics and the Authority to Intervene\u003cbr\u003eJudging the Kosovo Intervention\u003cbr\u003eDarfur and the Future of Humanitarian Intervention\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e16. Nondiscrimination for All: The Case of Sexual Minorities\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Right to Nondiscrimination\u003cbr\u003eNondiscrimination and Political Struggle\u003cbr\u003eDiscrimination against Sexual Minorities\u003cbr\u003eNature, (Im)morality, and Public Morals\u003cbr\u003eStrategies for Inclusion\u003cbr\u003ePaths of Incremental Change\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405137158487,"sku":"9780801450952","price":97.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801450952.jpg?v=1730488841","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/universal-human-rights-in-theory-and-practice-9780801450952","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}