The liberal project and human rights : the theory and practice of a new world order / John Charvet and Elisa Kaczynska-Nay.
2008
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Title
The liberal project and human rights : the theory and practice of a new world order / John Charvet and Elisa Kaczynska-Nay.
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Call Number
JC574 .C4853 2008
ISBN
9780521883146 (hardback : alk. paper)
0521883148 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780521709590 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0521709598 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0521883148 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780521709590 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0521709598 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xii, 434 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)233543932
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-423) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
what is liberalism?
1
Pt. I
Liberal beginnings
17
1
The contextual origin of liberal thought and practice
19
2
The Westphalian society of sovereign states
442
3
The growth of liberal universalism
59
Pt. II
The UN regime on human rights
79
4
The UN and regional declarations and covenants on human rights
81
5
The right of peoples to self-determination
110
6
The right to development and development assistance
136
7
Women's international human rights
200
8
The implementation of international human rights
223
Pt. III
Critique and defense of liberalism
289
9
Western critiques of liberal human rights
291
10
Liberalism and non-Western cultures
318
11
In defense of liberalism
350
Notes
365
Index
424