Human Rights and Global DiversitySimon Caney, Peter Jones Psychology Press, 2001 - 173 pages This examination of global society focuses on its conflict with local societies and questions whether the human race should be treated as belonging to a single global community. It considers the universality of human rights and its conflict with group claims to self-determination. |
Contents
Introduction Peter Jones and Simon Caney | 1 |
Human Rights Compatibility and Diverse Cultures Simon Caney | 51 |
The Pendulum Theory of Individual Communal | 77 |
The Question of SelfDetermination and | 91 |
Abstracts | 163 |
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