Human Rights. Michael Freeman

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       Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Series Title

      3  Title Page

      4  Copyright Page

      5  Preface to the Fourth Edition

      6  1 Introduction: Thinking About Human Rights Realities Concepts The social sciences Beyond human-rights law Conclusion

      7  2 Origins: The Rise and Fall of Natural Rights Why history? Which history? On rights and tyrants Justice and rights Natural rights The age of revolutions The decline of natural rights Conclusion

      8  3 After 1945: The New Age of Rights The UN and the rights revival The Universal Declaration of Human Rights From theory to practice The Cold War and anti-colonialism After the Cold War 9/11 and after Reform of the UN human-rights regime A crisis of liberal democracy? Conclusion

      9  4 Theories of Human Rights Why theory? Human-rights theory Rights Justifications Specification Democracy Other values Obligations and costs Conflicts of rights Objections to human rights Conclusion

      10  5 Human Rights and Social Science Introduction The critique of law Social science methods and measurement Aid and sanctions Why do states ratify human-rights treaties? Does human-rights law improve human rights? Transitional justice National Human Rights Institutions Political science Sociology Social psychology Anthropology International relations Conclusion

      11  6 The Politics of Human Rights Rights, politics and law The international politics of human rights The spiral model The national politics of human rights Explaining human-rights violations: the quantitative approach NGOs Conclusion

      12  7 Globalization, Development and Poverty: Economics and Human Rights Globalization Global poverty and inequality Economic and social rights Human rights versus social justice? Human rights and neoliberalism Tax justice and illicit financial flows Development The right to development The causes of development Trade and investment Business corporations International


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