Human rights and societies in transition
Subtitle: causes, consequences, responses
By: edited by Shale Horowitz and Albrecht Schnabel.
Contributors: Horowitz, Shale Asher.; Schnabel, Albrecht.
Publisher: United Nations University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Human rights.; Human rights -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Human rights and societies in transition : international context and sources of variation / Shale Horowitz and Albrecht Schnabel; title: The universal declaration of human rights as a norm for societies in transition / Johannes Morsink; title: Universalism and cultural relativism : lessons for transitional states / Richard Lewis Siegel; title: From global norms to local change : theoretical perspectives on the promotion of human rights in societies of transition / Genevieve Souillac; title: The United Nations and human rights / W. Ofuatey-Kodjoe; title: The consequences of the war crimes tribunals and an international criminal court for human rights in transition societies / Paul J. Magnarella; title: International efforts to protect human rights in transition societies : right, duty, or politics? / Albrecht Schnabel; title: Democratic transitions and foreign policy : the United States / Barbara Ann J. Rieffer and David P. Forsythe; title: Sources and consequences of human rights violations in Iraq / Jenab Tutunji; title: Exploring the dynamics of human rights and reform: Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey / Mahmood Monshipouri; title: Causes and consequences of variation in post-communist human rights practices / Shale Horowitz; title: Human rights and conflict in the former Yugoslavia / Aleksandar Resanovic; title: Human rights in transition societies: the cases of Somalia and South Africa / Wafula Okumu; title: Human rights and transition societies in Western Africa / Eghosa E. Osaghae; title: Political development and democratic rights in greater China / Man-To Leung; title: Human rights in India / D.R. Kaarthikeyan; title: Human rights, the military, and the transition to democracy in Argentina and South Korea / Terence Roehrig; title: Protecting human rights in transition societies : lessons and recommendations / Albrecht Schnabel and Shale Horowitz.