In this Book
- Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Cornell University Press
In the third edition of his classic work, revised extensively and updated to include recent developments on the international scene, Jack Donnelly explains and defends a richly interdisciplinary account of human rights as universal rights. He shows that any conception of human rights—and the idea of human rights itself—is historically specific and contingent.
Since publication of the first edition in 1989, Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice has justified Donnelly’s claim that "conceptual clarity, the fruit of sound theory, can facilitate action. At the very least it can help to unmask the arguments of dictators and their allies."
Table of Contents
- Preface to the Third Edition
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-4
- Part I. Toward a Theory of Human Rights
- 1. The Concept of Human Rights
- pp. 7-23
- 2. The Universal Declaration Model
- pp. 24-39
- 3. Economic Rights and Group Rights
- pp. 40-54
- 4. Equal Concern and Respect
- pp. 55-72
- Part II. The Universality and Relativity
- 5. A Brief History of Human Rights
- pp. 75-92
- Part III. Human Rights and Human Dignity
- 10. Humans and Society in Hindu South Asia
- pp. 147-158
- Part IV. Human Rights and International Action
- 11. International Human Rights Regimes
- pp. 161-196
- 12. Human Rights and Foreign Policy
- pp. 197-214
- Part V. Contemporary Issues
- 13. Human Rights, Democracy, and Development
- pp. 217-234
- 14. The West and Economic and Social Rights
- pp. 235-253
- References
- pp. 293-316