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The politics of human rights protection : moving intervention upstream with impact assessment / Jan Knippers Black.
| Author/creator | Black, Jan Knippers, 1940- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009. |
| Description | xi, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The human rights perspective and the need for impact assessment -- What's in a name? Deconstructing human rights terms and concepts -- The dialectics of building an international human rights regime -- Human rights cleavages and controversies : the discourse -- The globalization of vulnerability -- From the ashes : Argentina's return from meltdown -- Participation and accountability -- Wayfarers in a walled-up world -- Chile's long way home -- The political dimensions of diversity -- Feminism, democracy, and self-determination : the Taiwanese experience -- The naked ape in nature : master or guardian? -- China's three gorges : the dam and the damned -- From sustainable war to sustainable peace -- Against all odds : East Timor's quest for independence -- Empire as a state of war -- Terror and the war to end all rights -- Cautious mainstreaming, constructive subversion -- Conclusion : playing from strength. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-259) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008036731 |
| ISBN | 9780742540514 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0742540510 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780742557291 (electronic) |
| ISBN | 0742557294 (electronic) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | JC 571 .B549 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |