Constructing human rights in the age of globalization
In: International relations in a constructed world
Abstract
Both human rights and globalization are powerful ideas and processes, capable of transforming the world in profound ways. Notwithstanding their universal claims, however, the processes are constructed, and they draw their power from the specific cultural and political contexts in which they are constructed. Far from bringing about a harmonious cosmopolitan order, they have stimulated conflict and opposition. In the context of globalization, as the idea of human rights has become universal, its meaning has become one more terrain of struggle among groups with their own interests and goals. Part.
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Englisch
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN
9781317473893, 1317473892, 9781315705453, 1315705451, 0765611376, 9780765611376, 9780765611383
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