Human rights and diverse societies challenges and possibilities / edited by François Crépeau and Colleen Sheppard.

Other author Crépeau, François.
Other author Sheppard, Colleen.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNewcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013
Descriptionviii, 214 pages ; 22 cm
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Subjects

Contents Universality and diversity / Peter Leuprecht -- Human rights : a fragile hegemony / Boaventura de Sousa Santos -- Critical engagement with human rights discourse / Colleen Sheppard -- The challenge of democracy in divided societies of the post-colonial world / Ranabir Samaddar -- Human rights, settler colonialism and the problem of universality / Isabel Altamirano-Jimenez -- Muslim women's equality in India : applying a human rights framework / Vrinda Narain -- Canada's clash of culturalisms / Pearl Eliadis -- Russia's evolution and human rights changes since 1991 / Anna Sevortian -- Between compliance and resistance : education for peace in Israeli public schools / Yossi Yonah -- National human rights institutions and diversity / Joris de Bres -- Is otherness a question of security or a question of freedom? / Didier Bigo -- Protecting migrants' rights : undocumented migrants as local citizens / François Crépeau.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014495175
ISBN9781443851374
ISBN144385137X

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