International human rights, decolonisation and globalisation : becoming human

Type

Book

Authors

Shelley Wright

ISBN 10

0415259517

ISBN 13

9780415259514

Tags

Business & Money, Human Rights, Law Enforcement, Reference & Test Preparation, Political Science, Political Advocacy, Civil Rights & Liberties, Globalization, Business & Finance, Civil Rights

Description

Covering a diverse range of topics, case studies and theories, the author undertakes a critique of the principal assumptions on which the existing international human rights regime has been constructed. She argues that the decolonization of human rights, and the creation of a global community that is conducive to the well-being of all humans, will require a radical restructuring of our ways of thinking, researching and writing. In contributing to this restructuring she brings together feminist and indigenous approaches as well as postmodern and post-colonial scholarship, engaging directly with some of the prevailing orthodoxies, such as 'universality', 'the individual', 'self-determination', 'cultural relativism', 'globalization' and 'civil society'. - from Amzon

Biblio Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-259) and index.

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