Human Rights From A Third World Perspective

Author : José-Manuel Barreto
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443866453

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Human Rights from a Third World Perspective by José-Manuel Barreto Pdf

Globalization, interdisciplinarity, and the critique of the Eurocentric canon are transforming the theory and practice of human rights. This collection takes up the point of view of the colonized in order to unsettle and supplement the conventional understanding of human rights. Putting together insights coming from Decolonial Thinking, the Third World Approach to International Law (TWAIL), Radical Black Theory and Subaltern Studies, the authors construct a new history and theory of human rights, and a more comprehensive understanding of international human rights law in the background of modern colonialism and the struggle for global justice. An exercise of dialogical and interdisciplinary thinking, this collection of articles by leading scholars puts into conversation important areas of research on human rights, namely philosophy or theory of human rights, history, and constitutional and international law. This book combines critical consciousness and moral sensibility, and offers methods of interpretation or hermeneutical strategies to advance the project of decolonizing human rights, a veritable tool-box to create new Third-World discourses of human rights.

Author : Veeravagu Thambirajah Thamilmaran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : UOM:39015029108761

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Human Rights in Third World Perspective by Veeravagu Thambirajah Thamilmaran Pdf

Author : Thomas M. Franck
Publisher : London ; New York : Oceana Publications
Page : 3 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 0379207257

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Human Rights in Third World Perspective by Thomas M. Franck Pdf

This is a compilation which draws upon the recent experience of the Third World nations, including constitutional, legislative and judicial developments up to the end of 1979. The British common law system is selected as an example of the problems of transplanting Western law to developing areas and its subsequent adaptation to the conditions prevailing there.

Author : Subrata Sankar Bagchi,Arnab Das
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780739177365

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Human Rights and the Third World by Subrata Sankar Bagchi,Arnab Das Pdf

Human Rights and the Third World: Issues and Discourses deals with the controversial questions on the universalistic notions of human rights. It finds Third World perspectives and seeks to open up a discursive space in the human rights discourse to address unresolved questions, citing issues and problems from different countries in the Third World.

Author : Samuel Moyn
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674984820

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Not Enough by Samuel Moyn Pdf

The age of human rights has been kindest to the rich. Even as state violations of political rights garnered unprecedented attention due to human rights campaigns, a commitment to material equality disappeared. In its place, market fundamentalism has emerged as the dominant force in national and global economies. In this provocative book, Samuel Moyn analyzes how and why we chose to make human rights our highest ideals while simultaneously neglecting the demands of a broader social and economic justice. In a pioneering history of rights stretching back to the Bible, Not Enough charts how twentieth-century welfare states, concerned about both abject poverty and soaring wealth, resolved to fulfill their citizens’ most basic needs without forgetting to contain how much the rich could tower over the rest. In the wake of two world wars and the collapse of empires, new states tried to take welfare beyond its original European and American homelands and went so far as to challenge inequality on a global scale. But their plans were foiled as a neoliberal faith in markets triumphed instead. Moyn places the career of the human rights movement in relation to this disturbing shift from the egalitarian politics of yesterday to the neoliberal globalization of today. Exploring why the rise of human rights has occurred alongside enduring and exploding inequality, and why activists came to seek remedies for indigence without challenging wealth, Not Enough calls for more ambitious ideals and movements to achieve a humane and equitable world.

Author : Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-11-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139438230

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International Law from Below by Balakrishnan Rajagopal Pdf

The emergence of transnational social movements as major actors in international politics - as witnessed in Seattle in 1999 and elsewhere - has sent shockwaves through the international system. Many questions have arisen about the legitimacy, coherence and efficiency of the international order in the light of the challenges posed by social movements. This book offers a fundamental critique of twentieth-century international law from the perspective of Third World social movements. It examines in detail the growth of two key components of modern international law - international institutions and human rights - in the context of changing historical patterns of Third World resistance. Using a historical and interdisciplinary approach, Rajagopal presents compelling evidence challenging debates on the evolution of norms and institutions, the meaning and nature of the Third World as well as the political economy of its involvement in the international system.

Author : Jesús Ballesteros,Encarnación Fernández Ruiz-Gálvez,Pedro Talavera
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789400740204

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Globalization and Human Rights by Jesús Ballesteros,Encarnación Fernández Ruiz-Gálvez,Pedro Talavera Pdf

Globalisation turns out to be untenable because it does not guarantee minimum social equity, peace and respect for the environment, and therefore does not guarantee the effective accomplishment of human rights. This book analyzes this issue and raises proposals for a new perspective. The first part describes the soft threats to human rights, derived from the devaluation of the politics and the productive economy with regard to the finance. It entails the concealment of the reality in the shape of exploitation as the tax havens and in the shape of marginalization of the persons with different abilities. The second part include a study of hard threats to human rights and examines two cases of failed states: Afghanistan and Somalia, in which the violence has supplanted the politics and the economy. In view of these situations it is necessary to rethink the force of classic ius gentium and the humanitarian right. The third part presents the European Union as a legal and political space in which conditions of a worthy life are better defended by means of the Primacy of Practical Reason and Social State of Law, and by the requirement of peace as the main rule of international relations.

Author : Rohimi Hj. Shapiee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Human rights
ISBN : UCBK:C086575371

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Third Generation Human Rights by Rohimi Hj. Shapiee Pdf

Author : Vijay Prashad
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781620977651

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The Darker Nations by Vijay Prashad Pdf

The landmark alternative history of the Cold War from the perspective of the Global South, reissued in paperback with a new introduction by the author In this award-winning investigation into the overlooked history of the Third World—with a new preface by the author for its fifteenth anniversary—internationally renowned historian Vijay Prashad conjures what Publishers Weekly calls “a vital assertion of an alternative future.” The Darker Nations, praised by critics as a welcome antidote to apologists for empire, has defined for a generation of scholars, activists, and dreamers what it is to imagine a more just international order and continues to offer lessons for the radical political projects of today. With the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the rise of India and China on the global scene, this paradigm-shifting book of groundbreaking scholarship helps us envision the future of the Global South by restoring to memory the vibrant though flawed idea of the Third World whose demise, Prashad ultimately argues, has produced an impoverished and asymmetrical international political arena. No other book on the Third World—as a utopian idea and a global movement—can speak so effectively and engagingly to our troubled times.

Author : Susan C. Mapp
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190059477

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Human Rights and Social Justice in a Global Perspective by Susan C. Mapp Pdf

"Human Rights and Social Justice in a Global Perspective: An introduction to international social work provides an updated introduction to a variety of social issues in the Global South, including AIDS, human trafficking, as well as refugees and asylum seekers. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as other UN human rights documents, is used as a framework to examine examples of social injustice and human rights violations. The issues are examined in their cultural contexts to help the reader understand how they developed and why they persist. Each chapter for a particular issue ends in a "Culture Box" which offers an in-depth look at the issue in a particular country, enabling the reader to gain a deeper understanding of how culture impacts the development of social issues. Interventions based on the human rights-based approach are integrated throughout the book. Suggestions for effecting change, both in one's personal as well as professional life are listed for each chapter and an Appendix offers a variety of resources for engaging in international social work"--

Author : Anuradha Kumar
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 8176253227

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Human Rights by Anuradha Kumar Pdf

The Poorest Nations Fall Farther Behind. Nations In Transition From Command To Open Economies Face Immense Hardships. Nation As That Have Achieved Prosperity See Their Success Accompanied By A New Array Of Problems Like Social, Environmental, Cultural And Economic, And Many Are Consequently Reluctant Even To Pursue Their Assistance Policies At Former Levels.The Current Situation Calls For Wider Intellectual Understanding, Deeper Moral Commitments And More Effective Policy Measures. Without Them, A Half Century Of Considerable Progress Could Be Undermined. Worse, All Peoples Of The World Will Live On A Deteriorating Planet, And Will Increasingly Lose The Ability To Shape Their Distiny In A Coherent Way.The Charter Of Un Makes Possible A Maturing Elaboration Of The Crucial Idea Of Sustainable Development, But It Has Been Left To Us In The Last Decades Of The Twentieth Century To Try To Bring The Concept Of Development To Fulfilment.In The Light Of The New Vision Of Development That Is Emerging, An Alternative To The Un In Development Simply Does Not Exist. The Un Is A Forum Where The Voice Of All States, Great And Small, Can Be Heard With Equal Clarity, And Where Non-State Actors Can Make Their Views Known To The Widest Audiences, There Is Still Time To Move Forward Together, But Greater Urgency Is Necessary.The Editor Had Provided An Objective Critique Of The Contra-Dictions And Consequences Of The Development And Disparities Among The Countries. There Are Some Definite Linkages Between Development And Disparities. Tackling As It Does Varies Concerns Which Are Of Growing Importance In Most Developing Countries, The Collection In This Book Are Of Thought Provoking Critical Reviews / Papers / Articles From India And Abroad Which Would Appeal To A Wide Range Of Readers. The Present Work Encompasses A Wide Range Of Content And Approaches In Its Ambit And As Such It Is Expected To Be Of Much Interest To A Vast Spectrum Of Scholars.

Author : Derrick M. Nault,Shawn L. England
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230316966

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Globalization and Human Rights in the Developing World by Derrick M. Nault,Shawn L. England Pdf

Focusing on world regions where human rights abuses are the most serious, extensive and sustained; this book fills a crucial gap in our knowledge of the difficulties and promise of promoting human rights in our global age.

Author : Eva Brems
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004481954

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Human Rights: Universality and Diversity by Eva Brems Pdf

Author : United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : MINN:31951D03532960M

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Realizing the Right to Development by United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Pdf

This book is devoted to the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development. It contains a collection of analytical studies of various aspects of the right to development, which include the rule of law and good governance, aid, trade, debt, technology transfer, intellectual property, access to medicines and climate change in the context of an enabling environment at the local, regional and international levels. It also explores the issues of poverty, women and indigenous peoples within the theme of social justice and equity. The book considers the strides that have been made over the years in measuring progress in implementing the right to development and possible ways forward to make the right to development a reality for all in an increasingly fragile, interdependent and ever-changing world.

Author : Costas Douzinas,Conor Gearty
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107027855

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The Meanings of Rights by Costas Douzinas,Conor Gearty Pdf

Questioning some of the repetitive and narrow theoretical writings on rights, a group of leading intellectuals examine human rights from philosophical, theological, historical, literary and political perspectives.