Sabine C. Carey (University of Mannheim), Mark Gibney (Asheville University of North Carolina), Anita R. Gohdes (Berlin Hertie School of Governance)

The Politics of Human Rights

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Essential reading for students, educators, and global citizens, this fully revised and updated textbook redefines how we understand and protect dignity worldwide. With a fresh, empirical approach, it moves beyond theory to show why human rights matter to everyone â and how we all share the responsibility to uphold them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 610g
• ISBN-13: 9781009537919
• ISBN-10: 1009537911
• Artikelnr.: 74867058

Autorenporträt

Sabine C. Carey is Chair of Political Science, International Relations at the University of Mannheim.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Human Rights and State Responsibilities: 1. What are human rights?
2. Responsibilities and obligations
Part II. Explaining Human Rights Violations: 3. Patterns of human rights violations
4. Perpetrators of human rights violations
5. Context of human rights violations
6. Human rights and the internet
Part III. Improving the Protection of Human Rights: 7. Rebuilding society in the aftermath of repression
8. International mechanisms to protect human rights
9. Towards the future
Bibliography
Index.