Decolonization and the evolution of international human rights / Roland Burke.

Author/creator Burke, Roland
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2010.
Description234 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesPennsylvania studies in human rights
Pennsylvania studies in human rights. ^A268314
Contents Human rights and the birth of the third world : the Bandung Conference -- "Transforming the end into the means" : the third world and the right to self-determination -- Putting the stamps back on : apartheid, anticolonialism, and the accidental birth of a universal right to petition -- "It is very fitting" : celebrating freedom in the Shah's Iran, the first world conference on human rights, Tehran 1968 -- "According to their own norms of civilization" : the rise of cultural relativism and the decline of human rights.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009029042
ISBN9780812242195 (alk. paper)
ISBN081224219X (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks JC571 .B85 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold