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008			100611s2010 nyua b 001 0 eng d
010			_a 2010024608
020			_a9780521849210 (hardback)
020			_a0521849217 (hardback)
035			_a(OCoLC)854965256
040			_aIEDUB _beng _cIEDUB _dOCLCF
041			_aEng
049			_aTZAA
050	0	0	_aJC571 _b.C31
082	0	0	_a323 _222
100	1		_aCarey, Sabine C., _d1974- _915939
245	1	4	_aPolitics of human rights : the quest for dignity _bthe quest for dignity / _cSabine C. Carey, Mark Gibney, Steven C. Poe.
260			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_aix, 241 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Part I. Human Rights and States Responsibilities: 1. The concept of human rights; 2. State responsibilities; 3. Rights with responsibilities; Part II. Empirical Representation and Explanation of Human Rights Violations: 4. Where are human rights violated?; 5. Why are human rights violated? An examination of personal integrity rights; Part III. Intervening and Rebuilding in the Wake of Repression: 6. Intervening to protect human rights; 7. Rebuilding society in the wake of repression; 8. Toward the future.
520			_a"Human rights is an important issue in contemporary politics, and the last few decades have seen a remarkable increase in research and teaching on the subject. This book introduces students to the study of human rights and aims to build on their interest while simultaneously offering an alternative vision of the subject. Many texts focus on the theoretical and legal issues surrounding human rights. This book adopts a substantially different approach which uses empirical data derived from research on human rights by political scientists to illustrate the occurrence of different types of human rights violations across the world. The authors devote attention to rights as responsibilities as well as to responsibilities, which do not stop at one country's political borders. They also explore how to deal with repression and the aftermath of human rights violations, making students aware of the prospects for and realities of progress"--
650		0	_aHuman rights. _915940
650		7	_aHuman rights. _2fast _915941
650		7	_aViolation de Droits de l'homme _y20e s. _915942
650		7	_aDignité humanie _915943
650		7	_aEtat _xResponsabilité _915944
700	1		_aGibney, Mark. _915945
700	1		_aPoe, Steven C. _915946
856	4	2	_3Cover image _uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/49210/cover/9780521849210.jpg
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