'Human Rights in Thick and Thin Societies: Universality without Uniformity … [is] a worthy and timely publication … [with] a focus on maximising the robustness of the relationships between individuals, institutions and communities and, in so doing, the common good.' Molly Thomas, Cross-cultural Human Rights Review
1. Introduction; 2. The UDHR: flexible universalism; 3. Cultural psychology's contribution; 4. Thick versus thin societies; 5. The limits of Western human rights discourse; 6. Case study: male circumcision in Europe; 7. Case study: Rwanda's Gacaca Courts; 8. Conclusion: a return to basics.