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Human Rights in the International Public Sphere Civic Discourse for the 21st Century
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Book Code: AB4469
ISBN: 1-56750-446-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-446-0
Ablex Publishing
Publication: 8/17/1999
List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback
Subjects: Awards:
  • IICD Outstanding Scholarship Award
  • International Communication Association, Best Book, 1999
Description: Human Rights in the International Public Sphere has an interdisciplinary focus and can be used as a text in communication studies, cultural studies, political science, current events, discourse analysis, area and international studies, and other courses in the social sciences and humanities.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Human Rights for a New Century
  • Part I: THE United Nations Develops Human Rights
  • Defining Human Rights at the United Nations
  • The Evolution of Human Rights at the United Nations
  • The Human Rights Challenge
  • Part II. Other Channels of Discourse
  • Pursuing Human Rights: The NGOs
  • The Media and Human Rights: Knowledge and Power in the Global Village
  • When Celebrity Does Human Rights
  • The Image of Human Rights: Film and Still Photography
  • Part III: The Human Rights Setting
  • Nigeria: Divisionism and Oil Interests
  • Congo: Boundaries of Human Rights
  • Genocide in Rwanda: Human Rights Retreat
  • Haiti: Human Rights Abandoned
  • Indonesia Reaches for Human Rights
  • China: The Open Door and Human Rights
  • Part IV: Global Issues and Dilemmas
  • Women and International Justice
  • Human Rights and Labor Justice
  • TNCs: The Ideology of Global Capital
  • Multilateralism and Human Rights: Kofi Annan and Nelson Mandela
  • Human Rights Accountability: Arresting a Former Director
  • Conclusion: Empowering Human Rights
  • Appendix: Abbreviations
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
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