Human rights : an introduction / Darren J. O'Byrne.
Human Rights: An Introduction is an important and particularly timely text that provides a comprehensive overview of human rights and related issues from a social science perspective. First, this book does more than discuss theory, it uses case studies and personal testimonies in the debate. Human r...
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Table of Contents:
- ""Cover ""; ""Human Rights ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Thinking about human rights""; ""Human rights abuses in the world today""; ""The scope of human rights research""; ""Human rights and theoretical traditions""; ""Chapter One Theorising human rights ""; ""What are human rights?""; ""A brief history of human rights theory ""; ""Are human rights universal?""; ""Are human rights incontrovertible?""; ""Are human rights subjective?""; ""Ethics and social practice ""; ""Modernity and democratisation""
- ""The state and human rights theory""""Essay questions""; ""Notes""; ""Further information""; ""Chapter Two Regulating human rights ""; ""Who protects human rights?""; ""A brief history of human rights regulation""; ""Human rights and world politics""; ""The United Nations""; ""Human rights and the law""; ""Human rights and social movements ""; ""The state and human rights regulation""; ""Essay questions""; ""Notes""; ""Further information""; ""Chapter Three Censorship ""; ""What is censorship?""; ""A brief history of censorship""; ""Censorship and democracy""
- ""The theoretical discourse on censorship""""Pornography and obscenity""; ""The state, censorship and human rights""; ""Essay questions""; ""Notes""; ""Further information""; ""Chapter Four Political prisoners ""; ""What is a political prisoner?""; ""A brief history of political prisoners""; ""Political policing""; ""Political prisoners and just punishment""; ""Exile and house arrest""; ""'Disappearances' and extra-judiclal executions ""; ""The state, political prisoners and human rights""; ""Essay questions""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter Five Torture ""; ""What is torture?""
- ""A brief history of torture """"Torture methods ""; ""The theoretical discourse on torture""; ""Understanding torturers""; ""Medical involvement in torture""; ""The trade in torture equipment""; ""The state, torture and human rights""; ""Essay questions""; ""Notes""; ""Further information""; ""Chapter Six The death penalty ""; ""What is the death penalty?""; ""A brief history of the death penalty ""; ""Execution methods""; ""Understanding the death penalty""; ""The theoretical discourse on the death penalty""; ""'Race', class and the death penalty ""; ""The experience of Death Row""
- ""Medical involvement in the death penalty""""The state, the death penalty and human rights""; ""Essay questions""; ""Notes""; ""Further information""; ""Chapter Seven Apartheid ""; ""What is apartheid?""; ""A brief history of apartheid""; ""Understanding apartheid""; ""Apartheid, caste and social stratification""; ""Gender and apartheid""; ""The state, apartheid and human rights""; ""Essay questions""; ""Notes""; ""Further information""; ""Chapter Eight Slavery ""; ""What is slavery?""; ""A brief history of slavery""; ""'Race', citizenship and slavery""; ""Understanding slavery""