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Article: Globalization and the construction of universal human rights.(The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era)(Constructing Human Rights in the Age of Globalization)(Book review)
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- Human Rights & Human Welfare
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era by Micheline R. Ishay. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004.
Constructing Human Rights in the Age of Globalization edited by Mahmood Monshipouri, Neil Englehart, Andrew J. Nathan and Kavita Philip. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 2003.
Introduction
Every human rights scholar and activist must eventually engage the question of whether a set of universal human rights exists. For international relations scholars, this is an interesting debate, whether one is immersed in human rights research or not. The reason for the interest in the question is its focus on ...