num_pages: 272
description: Much more than a simple 'guide to global human rights,' this book is an urgently needed and sophisticated reflection on the vital nature of human rights in the 21st century. Daniel Fischlin and Martha Nandorfy argue that when the environment, health, water, and food are more at risk that ever before, human rights must become the tangible expression of an 'all-encompassing respect for life.'In a world facing the growing challenges of globalized apartheid and pandemic poverty, human rights will determine the future of every one of us and our sustainability as a species. This book allows us at least to reclaim our hope in that future. - Roger Clark, former Secretary General of Amnesty InternationalThe Concise Guide to Global Human Rights is an excellent road map for navigating the labyrinthian challenges posed by globalization. It should be used by human rights activists and students alike. - Micheline Ishay, The History of Human From Ancient Times to the Era of GlobalizationReminds us, with Mahatma Gandhi, that only the power of emotional intelligence embodied in heroic ... resistance may help transform the law from being the convenience of the powerful into a platform and portal for collective human action for global justice ... a must read. - Dr. Upendra Baxi, University of WarwickDaniel Fischlin and Martha Nandorfy are co-authors of the groundbreaking book Eduardo Through the Looking Glass. Fischlin is, as well, co-author with Ajay Heble of Rebel Human Rights, Resistant Sounds, and the Politics of Music Making in which Nandorfy is a contributor.2006: 268 pages, 6x9, illustrations, bibliography and indexPaperback 978-1-55164-294-9Hardcover 978-1-55164-295-6List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsPrologue by Vandana ShivaIntroductionChapter 1 - Human Rights in Theory and PracticeChapter 2 - Globalization and Human and Sustainable or Corporate and Cancerous?Chapter 3 - All Human Beings Are the Community of Minority and Majority RightsChapter 4 - Terrorism, Security, and Selective Rights in an Age of Retributive FearChapter 5 - Communicating Media, Rights Organizations, Education, and the ArtsChapter 6 - The Future of Human Reclaiming Hope and the CommonsChapter 7 - A Brief History of Human RightsWorks CitedIndex 
language: English
title: The Concise Guide To Global Human Rights
titlecomplete: The Concise Guide To Global Human Rights
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Black Rose Books