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1 online resource (vi, 266 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Critical human rights
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Critical human rights.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Embracing paradox: human rights in a global age / Steve J. Stern and Scott Straus -- Part I. Who makes human rights? -- Human rights history from the ground up: the case of East Timor / Geoff Robinson -- Rights on display: museums and human rights claims / Bridget Conley-Zilkic -- Civilian agency in times of crisis: lessons from Burundi / Meghan Foster Lynch -- Part II. Interrogating classic concepts -- Consulting survivors: evidence from Cambodia, northern Uganda, and other countries affected by mass violence / Patrick Vinck and Phuong Pham -- "Memoria, verdad y justicia": the terrain of post-dictatorship social reconstruction and the struggle for human rights in Argentina / Noa Vaisman -- Rethinking transitional justice: reflections on the paradoxes of accountability efforts in Peru / Jo-Marie Burt -- Part III. New horizons -- The aporias of new technologies for human rights activism / Fuyuki Kurasawa -- The human right to water in rural India: promises and challenges / Philippe Cullet -- A very promising species: from Hobbes to the human right to water / Richard P. Hiskes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human rights.
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Human rights. |
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Human rights -- History.
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History. |
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Human rights advocacy.
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Human rights advocacy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Human rights. |
| Added Author |
Stern, Steve J., 1951- editor.
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Straus, Scott, 1970- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Human rights paradox. Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2014] 9780299299743 (DLC) 2013027992 (OCoLC)855491717 |
| ISBN |
9780299299736 (electronic book) |
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0299299732 (electronic book) |
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9781306540322 (electronic book) |
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1306540321 (electronic book) |
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9780299299743 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0299299740 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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