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Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice

Author: Jack Donnelly

In a thoroughly revised edition of Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice (more than half of the material is new), Jack Donnelly elaborates a theory of human rights, addresses arguments of cultural relativism, and explores the efficacy of bilateral and multilateral international action. Entirely new chapters address prominent post-Cold War issues including humanitarian intervention, democracy and human rights, "Asian values," group rights, and discrimination against sexual minorities.

Foreign Affairs

This wide-ranging book looks at all aspects of human rights, drawing upon political theory, sociology, and international relations as well as international law. . . . [Jack Donnelly] deals successfully with two of the principal challenges to the notion of the universality of human rights: the argument that some non-Western societies are not subject to Western norms, and the claim that economic development may require the sacrifice of some human rights.

American Political Science Review

Every once in a while a book appears that treats the leading issues of a subject in such a clear and challenging manner that it becomes central to understanding that subject. Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice is just such a book. . . . Donnelly's interpretations are clear and argued with zest.

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(unseen), $12.95. Donnelly explicates and defends an account of human rights as universal rights. Considering the competing claims of the universality, particularity, and relativity of human rights, he argues that the historical contingency and particularity of human rights is completely compatible with a conception of human rights as universal moral rights, and thus does not require the acceptance of claims of cultural relativism. The book moves between theoretical argument and historical practice. Rigorous and tightly-reasoned, material and perspectives from many disciplines are incorporated. Paper edition Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface to the Second Edition
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Toward a Theory of Universal Human Rights
1	The Concept of Human Rights	7
2	The Universal Declaration Model	22
3	Equal Concern and Respect	38
Pt. II	Cultural Relativism and International Human Rights
4	Markets, States, and "The West"	57
5	Non-Western Conceptions of Human Rights	71
6	Cultural Relativism and Universal Human Rights	89
7	Human Rights and "Asian Values"	107
Pt. III	Human Rights and International Action
8	International Human Rights Regimes	127
9	Human Rights and Foreign Policy	155
10	The Priority of National Action	173
Pt. IV	Essays on Contemporary Theory and Practice
11	Democracy, Development, and Human Rights	185
12	Group Rights and Human Rights	204
13	Nondiscrimination for All: The Case of Sexual Minorities	225
14	Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention	242
	References	261
	Index	287