General Information

Author/Creator

Levy, Daniel, 1962-

Language

English.

Published

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010.

Physical Description

x, 177 p. ; 23 cm.

Series

Essays on human rights.

Contributors

Contributor

Sznaider, Natan, 1954-

Contents/Summary

Summary

"Examines the foundations of human rights, how their political and cultural validation in a global context is posing challenges to nation-state sovereignty, and how they become an integral part of international relations and are institutionalized into domestic legal and political practices"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

Subject

Human rights > History.

Human rights > Social aspects.

International relations > History.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Daniel Levy and Natan Sznaider.

Series

Essays on human rights

Content

The ubiquity of human rights in a cosmopolitan age -- Sociology and human rights -- Sovereignty and human rights : the Hobbesian challenge -- International law and the formation of nation-states -- From minority to human : the changing face of rights -- The Cold War period : more than one universalism -- The post-Cold War period : globalization and the cosmopolitan turn -- Human rights and the clash of memories : the politics of forgiveness -- East meets West : Europe and its others -- Human rights and sovereignty after 9/11.

ISBN

9780271037387

0271037385

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	323 LEV		Reference	-

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