TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ackerly,Brooke A.
TI  - Universal human rights in a world of difference
SN  - 9780521881265
AV  - JC571 .A134 2008
U1  - 323 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Cambridge, U.K., New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Feminist theory
KW  - Menschenrecht
KW  - swd
KW  - Universalismus
KW  - Differenzierung
KW  - Feminismus
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-359) and index; 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"
N2  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007051567-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007051567-d.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007051567-t.html
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