Human rights and the borders of suffering
Subtitle: the promotion of human rights in international politics
By: M. Anne Brown.
Series: New approaches to conflict analysis
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Human rights.; International relations.; World politics.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (212-220) and index.