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The Cultural Politics of Human Rights: Comparing the US and UK

By Kate Nash

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
0521618673, 9780521618670, 0521853524, 9780521853521, 9780511518034
LCC
JC599.U5 .N277 2009
Open Library ID
OL10436030M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1015 kB (1039016 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
225\225
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47

Description

How does culture make a difference to the realisation of human rights in Western states? It is only through cultural politics that human rights may become more than abstract moral ideals, protecting human beings from state violence and advancing protection from starvation and the social destruction of poverty. Using an innovative methodology, this book maps the emergent 'intermestic' human rights field within the US and UK in order to investigate detailed case studies of the cultural politics of human rights. Kate Nash researches how the authority to define human rights is being created within states as a result of international human rights commitments. Through comparative case studies, she explores how cultural politics is affecting state transformation today.

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