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2. Cultural Foundations for the International Protection of Human Rights

From the book Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives

  • Richard Falk
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200195.44
From the book
Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Human Rights in Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Chapters in this book (23)

Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section I. General Issues of a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Rights
1. Toward a Cross-Cultural Approach to Defining International Standards of Human Rights
2. Cultural Foundations for the International Protection of Human Rights
3. Making A Goddess of Democracy from Loose Sand
4. Dignity, Community, and Human Rights
Section II. Problems and Prospects of Alternative Cultural Interpretation
5. Postliberal Strands in Western Human Rights Theory
6. Should Communities Have Rights? Reflections on Liberal Individualism
7. A Marxian Approach to Human Rights
Section III. Regional and Indigenous Cultural Perspectives on Human Rights
8. North American Indian Perspectives on Human Rights
9. Aboriginal Communities, Aboriginal Rights, and the Human Rights System in Canada
10. Political Culture and Gross Human Rights Violations in Latin America
11. Custom Is Not a Thing, It Is a Path
12. Cultural Legitimacy in the Formulation and Implementation of Human Rights Law and Policy in Australia
13. Considering Gender Arc Human Rights for Women, Too? An Australian Case
14. Right to Self-Determination: A Basic Human Right Concerning Cultural Survival. The Case of the Sami and the Scandinavian State
Section IV. Prospects for a Cross-Cultural Approach to Human Bights
15. Prospects for Research on the Cultural Legitimacy of Human Rights
Conclusion
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
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