Human rights : an interdisciplinary approach /
Michael Freeman.
- Cambridge, UK : Malden, MA : Polity Press ; Blackwell, 2002.
- ix, 201 pages ; 22 cm.
- Key concepts .
- Key concepts (Polity Press) .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-194) and index.
Introduction: thinking about human rights -- Origins: the rise and fall of natural rights -- After 1945: the new age of rights -- Theories of human rights -- The role of the social sciences -- Universality, diversity and difference: culture and human rights -- Idealism, realism and repression: the politics of human rights -- Development and globalization: economics and human rights -- Conclusion: human rights in the twenty-first century.
"The book will appeal to students in the social sciences, as well as students of human rights law who want an introduction to the non-legal aspects of their subject. It will also be read by scholars interested in ethics and the social sciences, as well as the general reader"--