International handbook of human rights
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International handbook of human rights
Greenwood Press, 1987
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Bibliography: p. [467]-480
Includes index
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Description
This collection of essays on the current human rights climate in 19 countries includes Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Israel, Poland, the USA, and USSR, and represents a variety of regimes, cultural traditions, and geographical areas. . . . For analysis of the facts this volume excels. A well-crafted introduction describes current debate about human rights theory and practice, traces the development of human rights instruments, and discusses problems of implementation. Strongly recommended.
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The bulk of the scholarly literature on human rights deals with international law and politics. In contrast, this volume offers nineteen case studies of national human rights practices. Although international factors cannot be ignored, most human rights violations are perpetrated by states against their own citizens; the principal causes of the respect for and violation of human rights lie in national social and political structures.
Table of Contents
Preface Introduction by Rhoda E. Howard and Jack Donnelly Canada by Robert Allan McChesnev Chile by Jinny Arancibia, Marcelo Charlin, and Peter Landstreet China by James D. Seymour Cuba by Rhoda Rabkin El Salvador by Liisa Lukkari North India by Barnett R. Rubin Israel by Raphael Israeli and Rachel Ehrenfeld Jamaica by Evelyne Huber Stephens and John D. Stephens Japan by Lawrence W. Beer Lebanon by Douglas duCharme Nicaragua by Catherine Gander The Philippines by Richard Pierre Clause Poland by Stefania Szlek Miller Senegal by Martin A. Klein South Africa by Frederick Johnstone Spain by Thomas D. Lancaster and James Larry Taulbee Uganda by Edward Kannyo The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by David Kowalewski The United States by Robert Justin Goldstein Appendixes Selected Bibliography Index
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