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Human rights are about social justice„Ÿ nationally and globally. This book, wide ranging and remarkably accessible, examines the current situation on human rights world wide. It highlights the fast developing international law on the subject. Its rich canvas also covers contemporary scholarship that explains and defines todayfs complex reality while drawing from ancient holistic values. Woven into the narrative are many illustrations of people from cultural traditions finding ways to deal with pressing live issues according to the values of those traditions.Human rights are about social justice„Ÿ nationally and globally. This book, wide ranging and remarkably accessible, examines the current situation on human rights world wide. It highlights the fast developing international law on the subject. Its rich canvas also covers contemporary scholarship that explains and defines todayfs complex reality while drawing from ancient holistic values. Woven into the narrative are many illustrations of people from cultural traditions finding ways to deal with pressing live issues according to the values of those traditions.
The wide spanning view adopted in the volume shows how economic, political, and environmental problems facing humanity are related and intertwined „Ÿ from edevelopmentalismf and global structural violence, the disproportionate power of transnational corporations, and unprecedented militarization, to the increasing power of the corporate owned media.
The authors contend that, even in this background creative alternatives are possible. They point to the persistence and innovative strategies, including the use of advanced communications technology, of those working to fill the gap between the theory and practice of human rights.
ISBN - 9780195689280
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