Human rights : an introduction / Darren J. O'Byrne.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: London Routledge c2003Description: xiv, 438 p. ill. 24 cmISBN:- 9780582438248
- 0582438241
- 323 Ob9h
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Human Rights: An Introduction is an important and particularly timely text that provides a comprehensive overview of human rights and related issues from a social science perspective. First, this book does more than discuss theory, it uses case studies and personal testimonies in the debate. Human rights as an area of academic interest cannot be easily divorced from human rights struggles and the reality of contemporary conditions. Second, the book is aimed at what is an emerging and growing cross-disciplinary field of study. Human rights issues are increasingly coming to the fo.
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