Title: Human rights and the borders of suffering : the promotion of human rights in international politics /
Authors: Brown, M. Anne.
Publisher: Manchester University Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Human rights; International relations; World politics
Abstract: Starting with the realities of abuse rather than the liberal architecture of rights, this text casts human rights as a language for probing the political dimensions of suffering.Three case studies are explored - Tiananmen Square, East Timor and the circumstances of indigenous Australians.