Human rights in world history
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Human rights in world history
（Themes in world history）
Routledge, 2023
2nd ed
- : pbk
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"First edition published by Routledge 2012"--T.p. verso
"History"--Backcover
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Provides a broader, more global perspective compared to other volumes which focus more narrowly on a Western-centric viewpoint and examined in post-war isolation.
Fully updated volume featuring new material on recent historical and interdisciplinary debates, developments between the world wars, causation, regions such as Africa, and the mix of setbacks and rights expansion during the past fifteen years.
Written by a highly-respected author with notable track record, it provides social and political perspectives with a cross-disciplinary appeal.
Table of Contents
1. Human rights and the contemporary world 2. Challenges in framing human rights history 3. Regional traditions before human rights 4. The push for new rights 5. Human rights on a world stage: a troubled 19th century 6. Human rights between the world wars 7. The global expansion of human rights: surges of growth since 1945 8. Resistance and response: more globalization, or less 9. Conclusion: revisiting major issues
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