1st Edition
The Socio-Political Practice of Human Rights Between the Universal and the Particular
List of Figures
Introduction
Part I The Debates
1. The universalism/cultural relativism debate
2. The place of law in human rights
3. The radical potential of human rights.
Part II The Case Studies
4. Kosovo - international humanitarianism and the narrative of ‘ancient ethnic hatreds’
5. International legal institutions - site of empowerment or further marginalisation? The example of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
6. From civil to political society - human rights, knowledge and power in post-war Sri Lanka
Part III Retheorising Human Rights
7. Between the universal and the particular? Reframing the rights versus culture debate
8. Law as tool for positive social change
Conclusion - reinvigorating the radical potential of human rights
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Kiran Kaur Grewal is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Social Justice at the Australian Catholic University, Australia.
‘A ground-breaking book. Kiran Kaur Grewal’s original study, based on ethnographic methods, enables her to show how individuals and groups make use of human rights to challenge practices in their everyday lives. The book is a far-reaching contribution to key debates in the study of human rights over universalism and cultural relativism, law and politics, empire and self-determination.’ Kate Nash, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
