Debating Human Rights

by Daniel P.L. Chong

Book Overview

Even as human rights provide the most widely shared moral language of our time, they also spark highly contested debates among scholars and policymakers. When should states protect human rights? Does the global war on terror necessitate the violation of some rights? Are food, housing, and health care valid human rights? Debating Human Rights introduces the theory and practice of international human rights by examining fourteen controversies in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626370478
• ISBN13: 9781626370470
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Ingram
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"