Rethinking Human Rights Critical Approaches to International Politics [Hardcover]

Rethinking Human Rights brings together a team of authors from fields as diverse as political theory, peace studies, international law and media studies - concerned with a new international agenda of human rights promotion. The collection presents an original and tightly argued critique of current trends and deals with a range of questions concerning the implication of human rights approaches for humanitarian aid, state sovereignty, international law, democracy and political autonomy.Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Rethinking Human Rights; D.Chandler PART I: UNIVERSAL RIGHTS? Conditioning the Right to Humanitarian Aid? Human Rights and the 'New Humanitarianism'; F.Fox Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Achieving Universal Justice?; J.Laughland The International Children's Rights Regime; V.Pupavac PART II: RIGHTS OF EMPOWERMENT Developing Power? Human Rights and State Regulation in Northern Ireland; C.Gilligan Empowering the Poorest? The World Bank and 'The Voices of the Poor'; J.Pender The Limits of Human Rights and Cosmopolitan Citizenship; D.Chandler Humanitarian Intervention and the Recasting of International Law; J.Holbrook PART III: HUMAN-CENTRED RIGHTS? New Wars and Old Wars? The Lessons of Rwanda; B.Collins Moral Combat: Advocacy Journalists and the New Humanitarianism; P.Hammond Morality's Avenging Angels: The New Humanitarian Crusaders; E.S.Herman & D.Peterson References Index

'[U]ncomfortable but compelling reading...an excellent critique of what has become an uncontested truism of contemporary international relations.' - International Affairs

'An important addition to the debate over contemporary human rights programs...' - Conscience

BARRIE COLLINS ResearcherFIONA FOX formerly Head of Media Relations, Catholic Food AgencyCHRIS GILLIGAN Lecturer in Sociology, University of Ulster, IrelandPHILIP HAMMOND Senior Lecturer in Media, South Bank University, LondonEDWARD S. HERMAN Professor Emeritus oló0