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There is a stark contradiction between the theory of universal human rights and the everyday practice of human wrongs. This timely volume investigates whether human rights abuses are a result of the failure of governments to live up to a universal human rights standard, or whether the search for moral universals is a fundamentally flawed enterprise which distracts us from the task of developing rights in the context of particular ethical communities. In the first part of the book chapters by Ken Booth, Jack Donnelly, Chris Brown, Bhikhu Parekh and Mary Midgley explore the philosophical basis of claims to universal human rights. In the second part, Richard Falk, Mary Kaldor, Martin Shaw, Gil Loescher, Georgina Ashworth and Andrew Hurrell reflect on the role of the media, global civil society, states, migration, non-governmental organisations, capitalism, and schools and universities in developing a global human rights culture.

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• Introduction: human rights and the fifty years'
• Part I Theories of Human Rights
• 1 Three tyrannies of human rights
• 2 The social construction of international human rights
• 3 Universal human rights: a critique Chris Brown
• 4 Non-ethnocentric universalism Bhikhu Parekh
• 5 Towards an ethic of global responsibility Mary Midgley
• Part II The Practices of Human Wrongs
• 6 The challenge of genocide and genocidal politics in an era of globalisation Richard Falk
• 7 Transnational civil society Mary Kaldor
• 8 Global voices: civil society and the media in global crises Martin Shaw
• 9 Refugees: a global human rights and security crisis Gil Loescher
• 10 The silencing of women Georgina Ashworth
• 11 Power, principles and prudence: protecting human right in a divided world Andrew Hurrell
• 12 Conclusion: learning beyond frontiers Ken Booth and Tim Dunne

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CHOICE Review

Nine lecturers from the UK and three US professors contribute 13 chapters that reflect on contemporary human rights theory and practice. These assessments of universalism v. cultural relativism, genocide, refugees, and women's rights were initially presented at a conference at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Only one contributor disputes the universality of human rights, but his arguments are neither a response to nor directly answered by the other writers. No dialogue links the chapters, despite numerous references to a global conversation about human rights. That discourse by scholars and activists has become so vast that brief, introductory pieces can at best summarize and cite original work. The title should not include "Global Politics," and the two-part division of chapters into "theory" and "practice" does not properly classify the wide-ranging, occasionally repetitive description and analysis. A few well-known authorities offer insights of value; several chapters provide basic introductory material for the general reader, while other contributions have greater appeal for academic theorists. The editors appreciate the impressive progress in human research over the last 20 years, but they have not succeeded in providing a work that can be recommended for the general reader or for human rights professionals. H. Tolley; University of Cincinnati