1st Edition

Constructing Human Rights in the Age of Globalization

388 Pages

by Routledge

388 Pages

by Routledge

388 Pages

by Routledge

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Both human rights and globalization are powerful ideas and processes, capable of transforming the world in profound ways. Notwithstanding their universal claims, however, the processes are constructed, and they draw their power from the specific cultural and political contexts in which they are constructed. Far from bringing about a harmonious cosmopolitan order, they have stimulated conflict and... Read more

Part I The Struggle to Control the Human Rights Regime; Chapter 1 Who Owns Our Culture?, Caren Irr; Chapter 2 The Consequences of a Constructed Universal, Neil A. Englehart; Chapter 3 Reflections on the Intersections of Environment, Development, and Human Rights in the Context of Globalization, Kavita Philip; Chapter 4 Translating a Liberal Feminism, Ellen M. Freeberg; Part II The Dynamics and Counterdynamics of Globalization; Chapter 5 The Politics of Culture and Human Rights in Iran, Mahmood Monshipouri; Chapter 6 Outside Actors and the Pursuit of Civil Society in China, Rebecca R. Moore; Chapter 7 Globalization and Human Rights for Workers in China, Dorothy J. Solinger; Chapter 8 Localizing Human Rights in an Era of Globalization, Linda Butenhoff; Part III Setting the Terms of Debate; Chapter 9 The Challenges to International Human Rights, Joanne Bauer; Chapter 10 Obstacles on the Road to an Overlapping Consensus on Human Rights, Charles Lockhart; Chapter 11 Globalizing Cultural Values, Chenyang Li; Chapter 12 Suffering as Common Ground, John K. Downey; conclusion Conclusion, Andrew J. Nathan, Mahmood Monshipouri, Neil A. Englehart, Kavita Philip;