Freeman, Michael,  1936- <br/><br/>
Human rights :  an interdisciplinary approach / 
Michael Freeman. 
 - 1ed ed. 
 - Cambridge, UK ;  Polity Press :  2011. 
 - xi, 241 p. ;  22 cm. 
 - Key concepts series .
 - Key concepts (Polity Press) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-234) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: thinking about human rights -- Origins : the rise and fall of natural rights -- After 1945 : the new age of rights -- Theories of human rights -- The role of the social sciences -- Universality, diversity and difference : culture and human rights -- The politics of human rights -- Globalization, development and poverty : economics and human rights -- Human rights in the twenty-first century. 
<br/><br/> Introducing readers to the theory and practice of human rights, this text emphasises how the experiences of the victims of human rights violations are related to legal, philosophical and social-scientific approaches to human rights. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780745639666 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011453909 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human rights.<br/>Politics and Government.<br/>Mensenrechten
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>323  / FRE