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Globalization and Human Rights
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Description for Globalization and Human Rights
Paperback. Is globalization generating both problems and opportunities? Are new problems replacing or intensifying state repression? How effective are new forms of human rights accountability? This work addresses new questions about globalization and human rights. It also includes chapters on sex tourism, international markets, and communications technology. Editor(s): Brysk, Alison. Num Pages: 321 pages, 2 line illustrations, 14 tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 63.
In this landmark volume, Alison Brysk has assembled an impressive array of scholars to address new questions about globalization and human rights. Is globalization generating both problems and opportunities? Are new problems replacing or intensifying state repression? How effective are new forms of human rights accountability? These essays include theoretical analyses by Richard Falk, Jack Donnelly, and James Rosenau. Chapters on sex tourism, international markets, and communications technology bring new perspectives to emerging issues. The authors investigate places such as the Dominican Republic, Nigeria, and the Philippines. The contemporary world is defined by globalization. While global human rights standards and ... Read more
In this landmark volume, Alison Brysk has assembled an impressive array of scholars to address new questions about globalization and human rights. Is globalization generating both problems and opportunities? Are new problems replacing or intensifying state repression? How effective are new forms of human rights accountability? These essays include theoretical analyses by Richard Falk, Jack Donnelly, and James Rosenau. Chapters on sex tourism, international markets, and communications technology bring new perspectives to emerging issues. The authors investigate places such as the Dominican Republic, Nigeria, and the Philippines. The contemporary world is defined by globalization. While global human rights standards and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
Number of Pages
321
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520232389
SKU
V9780520232389
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Ref
99-1
About Brysk
Alison Brysk is Associate Professor of International Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Her previous publications include The Politics of Human Rights in Argentina: Protest, Change, and Democratization (1994) and From Tribal Village to Global Village: Indian Rights and International Relations in Latin America (2000).
Reviews for Globalization and Human Rights
"A useful examination of an important subject. This work adds important insights into human rights and globalization, a subject that is sure to remain at the center of debate for a considerable time."-David P. Forsythe, coauthor of The United Nations and Changing World Politics