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Universal human rights in a world of difference / Brooke A. Ackerly.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: xiii, 373 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521881265
  • 0521881269
  • 9780521707558
  • 0521707552
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323 22
LOC classification:
  • JC571 .A134 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Universal human rights in a world of difference : challenging our thinking -- Universal human rights? -- Universalisms and differences -- Immanent and universal human rights : more legitimate than reasonable -- Feminist curb cutting : a methodology for exposing silences and revealing differences for the immanent study of universal human rights -- Listening to the silent voices, hearing dissonance : a methodology for interpretation and analysis -- An immanent and universal theory of human rights -- Terrain(s) of difficulty : obligation, problem-solving, and trust -- Feminist strategies -- "If I can make a circle".
Review: "From the diverse work and often competing insights of women's human rights activists, Brooke Ackerly has written a feminist and a universal theory of human rights that bridges the relativists' concerns about universalizing from particulars and the activists' commitment to justice."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-359) and index.

"From the diverse work and often competing insights of women's human rights activists, Brooke Ackerly has written a feminist and a universal theory of human rights that bridges the relativists' concerns about universalizing from particulars and the activists' commitment to justice."--BOOK JACKET.

Universal human rights in a world of difference : challenging our thinking -- Universal human rights? -- Universalisms and differences -- Immanent and universal human rights : more legitimate than reasonable -- Feminist curb cutting : a methodology for exposing silences and revealing differences for the immanent study of universal human rights -- Listening to the silent voices, hearing dissonance : a methodology for interpretation and analysis -- An immanent and universal theory of human rights -- Terrain(s) of difficulty : obligation, problem-solving, and trust -- Feminist strategies -- "If I can make a circle".

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