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Universal human rights in a world of difference / Brooke A. Ackerly.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: xiii, 373 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521881265 (hbk.)
  • 0521881269 (hbk.)
  • 9780521707558 (pbk.)
  • 0521707552 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323ACK.U 22
LOC classification:
  • JC571 .A134 2008
Online resources:
Partial contents:
Universal human rights in a world of difference: challenging our thinking -- Universal human rights? -- Universalism 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".
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-359) and index.

Universal human rights in a world of difference: challenging our thinking -- Universal human rights? -- Universalism 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".

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