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Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Language
English
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Description
"Essays retrace the historical development of rights in the West, assessing the influence of Locke, Burke, and the authors of the Declaration of Independence to clarify the experience of rights within the Western tradition, showing that rights need to be rethought so that they may again truly serve the human good"--Provided by publisher.
Series
Significant issues volume 27, no. 5
Publisher
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Examines the effectiveness of a key endeavor by the United Nations to monitor and influence human rights through a unique body of independent experts, appointed by countries to investigate, analyze, and report on the whole spectrum of human rights problems around the world"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
"In a book that is at once passionate and provocative, Stephen Hopgood argues, against the conventional wisdom, that the idea of universal human rights has become not only ill adapted to current realities but also overambitious and unresponsive. A shift in the global balance of power away from the United States further undermines the foundations on which the global human rights regime is based. American decline exposes the contradictions, hypocrisies...