Human rights and the borders of suffering : the promotion of human rights in international politics /
Brown, M. Anne,
Human rights and the borders of suffering : the promotion of human rights in international politics / M. Anne Brown. - 1 online resource (vii, 232 pages) - New approaches to conflict analysis . - New approaches to conflict analysis. .
Includes bibliographical references (212-220) and index.
The Question of Human Rights -- Opening up conceptions of rights -- Human rights promotion and the 'foreign analogy' -- The construction of human rights: dominant approaches -- The social contract -- The international domain -- The pursuit of grounds -- Some theorists -- The 'Asian Way' debate -- Dialogue -- China--the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 -- The story -- The political context--'the state' -- The students -- Responses -- East Timor -- The history -- East Timor in Indonesia: the human rights situation -- Incorporation reversed -- Self-determination -- The status of Indigenous Australians -- Aboriginal health in Australia--current conditions -- 'The great Australian silence' -- Commonwealth Indigenous health policy--1970s-2000s -- Self-determination and citizenship.
Open Access
"This book, newly available in paperback, argues for greater openness in the ways we approach human rights and international rights promotion, and in so doing brings some new understanding to old debates. Starting with the realities of abuse rather than the liberal architecture of rights, it casts human rights as a language for probing the political dimensions of suffering. Seen in this context, the predominant Western models of rights generate a substantial but also problematic and not always emancipatory array of practices. These models are far from answering the questions about the nature of political community that are raised by the systemic infliction of suffering. Rather than a simple message from 'us' to 'them', then, rights promotion is a long and difficult conversation about the relationship between political organisations and suffering. Three case studies are explored - the Tiananmen Square massacre, East Timor's violent modern history and the circumstances of indigenous Australians. The purpose of these discussions is not to elaborate on a new theory of rights, but to work towards rights practices that are more responsive to the spectrum of injury that we inflict and endure. The book is a valuable and innovative contribution to rights debates for students of international politics, political theory, and conflict resolution, as well as for those engaged in the pursuit of human rights"--Publisher's description
English.
1423706358 9781423706359 9781847790637 1847790631 1280734086 9781280734083
ISBN: 9780719061059
22573/ctt1554q1p JSTOR
018370650 Uk
Human rights.
International relations.
World politics.
Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects.
Interdisciplinary studies.
Peace studies and conflict resolution.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--International Relations--General.
Human rights.
International relations.
World politics.
Samfundsvidenskab Politologi. Tiananmen Timor Amnesty International Politics
Electronic books.
JC571 / .B6974 2002eb
323
Human rights and the borders of suffering : the promotion of human rights in international politics / M. Anne Brown. - 1 online resource (vii, 232 pages) - New approaches to conflict analysis . - New approaches to conflict analysis. .
Includes bibliographical references (212-220) and index.
The Question of Human Rights -- Opening up conceptions of rights -- Human rights promotion and the 'foreign analogy' -- The construction of human rights: dominant approaches -- The social contract -- The international domain -- The pursuit of grounds -- Some theorists -- The 'Asian Way' debate -- Dialogue -- China--the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 -- The story -- The political context--'the state' -- The students -- Responses -- East Timor -- The history -- East Timor in Indonesia: the human rights situation -- Incorporation reversed -- Self-determination -- The status of Indigenous Australians -- Aboriginal health in Australia--current conditions -- 'The great Australian silence' -- Commonwealth Indigenous health policy--1970s-2000s -- Self-determination and citizenship.
Open Access
"This book, newly available in paperback, argues for greater openness in the ways we approach human rights and international rights promotion, and in so doing brings some new understanding to old debates. Starting with the realities of abuse rather than the liberal architecture of rights, it casts human rights as a language for probing the political dimensions of suffering. Seen in this context, the predominant Western models of rights generate a substantial but also problematic and not always emancipatory array of practices. These models are far from answering the questions about the nature of political community that are raised by the systemic infliction of suffering. Rather than a simple message from 'us' to 'them', then, rights promotion is a long and difficult conversation about the relationship between political organisations and suffering. Three case studies are explored - the Tiananmen Square massacre, East Timor's violent modern history and the circumstances of indigenous Australians. The purpose of these discussions is not to elaborate on a new theory of rights, but to work towards rights practices that are more responsive to the spectrum of injury that we inflict and endure. The book is a valuable and innovative contribution to rights debates for students of international politics, political theory, and conflict resolution, as well as for those engaged in the pursuit of human rights"--Publisher's description
English.
1423706358 9781423706359 9781847790637 1847790631 1280734086 9781280734083
ISBN: 9780719061059
22573/ctt1554q1p JSTOR
018370650 Uk
Human rights.
International relations.
World politics.
Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects.
Interdisciplinary studies.
Peace studies and conflict resolution.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Political Freedom & Security--Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--International Relations--General.
Human rights.
International relations.
World politics.
Samfundsvidenskab Politologi. Tiananmen Timor Amnesty International Politics
Electronic books.
JC571 / .B6974 2002eb
323