This book, newly available in paperback, argues for greater
openness in the ways we approach human rights and international
rights promotion, and in so doing brings some new understanding to
old debates. Starting with the realities of abuse rather than the
liberal architecture of rights, it casts human rights as a language
for probing the political dimensions of suffering. Seen in this
context, the predominant Western models of rights generate a
substantial but also problematic and not always emancipatory array
of practices. These models are far from answering the questions
about the nature of political community that are raised by the
systemic infliction of suffering. Rather than a simple message from
'us' to 'them', then, rights promotion is a long and difficult
conversation about the relationship between political organisations
and suffering. Three case studies are explored - the Tiananmen
Square massacre, East Timor's violent modern history and the
circumstances of indigenous Australians. The purpose of these
discussions is not to elaborate on a new theory of rights, but to
work towards rights practices that are more responsive to the
spectrum of injury that we inflict and endure. The book is a
valuable and innovative contribution to rights debates for students
of international politics, political theory, and conflict
resolution, as well as for those engaged in the pursuit of human
rights. This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable
Development Goal 15, Life on land -- .
General
| Imprint: |
Manchester University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
New Approaches to Conflict Analysis |
| Release date: |
December 2009 |
| First published: |
November 2009 |
| Authors: |
Anne Brown
• M. Anne Brown
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
232 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7190-6393-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-7190-6393-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780719063930 |
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