Human Rights in the Middle East [electronic resource] : Frameworks, Goals, and Strategies /
Monshipouri, M.editor.
The authors provide a systematic analysis of looking beyond the abuses of human rights in the Middle East with a view toward problematizing traditional doctrinal thinking and concepts in the region, ascertaining comparative and historical roots of human rights abuses in the Middle East.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Introduction I: Problems with the Current Frameworks; 1 Framing the Human Rights Discourse: The Role of Natural Localism and the Power of Paradigm; 2 Islam and Human Rights: Ideals and Practices; 3 Human Rights through the Lens of Islamic Legal Thought; 4 Islamophobia, Defamation of Religions, and International Human Rights; Part II: Introduction II: Common Goals and Case Studies; 5 Human Rights and the Kurdish Question in the Middle East
6 The Janus Nature of Human Rights in Iran: Understanding Progress and Setbacks on Human Rights Protections since the Revolution7 From Omission to Reluctant Recognition: Political Parties'' Approach to Women''s Rights in Turkey; 8 Minorities and Marginalized Communities in the Middle East: The Case for Inclusion; 9 Lessons from Movements for Rights Regarding Sexual Orientation in the Arab World; Part III: Introduction III: Strategies; 10 A Prospect of Democratic Uprisings in the Arab World
11 Counterterrorism, Nation-building, and Human Rights in the Middle East: Complementary or Competing Interests?12 Migrant Workers and Their Rights in the United Arab Emirates; 13 Health and Human Rights in Palestine:The Siege and Invasion of Gaza and the Role of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement; List of Contributors; Index
Includes index.
The authors provide a systematic analysis of looking beyond the abuses of human rights in the Middle East with a view toward problematizing traditional doctrinal thinking and concepts in the region, ascertaining comparative and historical roots of human rights abuses in the Middle East.
Ethnology-Middle East .
Middle East-Politics and government.
Social justice.
Human rights.
Political science.
Islam.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Middle Eastern Politics.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
Political Science.
Islam.
Human Rights.