Human Rights: An Interdisciplinary Approach, 2nd Edition

Acknowledgments.

1. Introduction: Thinking about Human Rights.

2. Origins: the Rise and Fall of Natural Rights.

3. After 1945: the New Age of Rights.

4. Theories of Human Rights.

5. Putting Law in its Place: the Role of the Social Sciences.

6. Universality, Diversity and Difference: Culture and Human Rights.

7. Idealism, Realism and Repression: the Politics of Human Rights.

8. Globalization, Development and Poverty: Economics and Human Rights.

9. Conclusion: Human Rights in the Twenty-First Century.

References.