Culture and Rights
Subtitle: Anthropological Perspectives
Contributors: Jane K. Cowan (Editor); Marie-Bénédicte Dembour (Editor); Richard A. Wilson (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 24, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780521793391
Subjects: Anthropology; International humanitarian law; Social groups & communities; Human rights; Archaeology / Anthropology; Social Science; Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; Human rights--Cross-cultural studies; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Cross-cultural studies; Cultural relativism
First sentence: In the past few decades there has been a dramatic increase in negotiations between social groups of various kinds and political institutions, whether at the local, national or supra-national level, phrased in a language of 'rights'.