Rethinking Rights

Download or read book Rethinking Human Rights written by D. Chandler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-11-26 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking Human Rights brings together a team of authors from fields as diverse as political theory, peace studies, international law and media studies - concerned with a new international agenda of human rights promotion. The collection presents an original and tightly argued critique of current trends and deals with a range of questions concerning the implication of human rights approaches for humanitarian aid, state sovereignty, international law, democracy and political autonomy.