"Bold yet carefully reasoned, this book reflects Rhoda Howard-Hassmann's deep commitment to human rights as a bulwark of protection and emancipation. Deeply important and timely."
Shareen Hertel, University of Connecticut
"In this eminently readable and engaging book, Rhoda Howard-Hassmann provides a serious consideration of the universality of human rights. It will make a very useful contribution to university classes as each chapter can be used to drill down into the particular topic it discusses, while the entire book can be read as a single argument."
Ari Kohen, University of Nebraska
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. Universal Human Rights
Chapter 2: Critical Perspectives on Human Rights
Chapter 3: How Rights–Protective Societies Develop
Chapter 4: Civil and Political Rights
Chapter 5: Culture and Community
Chapter 6: Economic and Social Human Rights
Chapter 7: Collective Human Rights
Chapter 8: Western (Ir)responsibility for Human Rights in the Global South
Rhoda E. Howard–Hassmann is a Canada Research Chair in International Human Rights, jointly appointed to the Department of Political Science and the School of International Policy and Governance (Balsillie School of International Affairs).