Human rights in the Middle East: frameworks, goals, and strategies
The authors provide a systematic analysis of looking beyond the abuses of human rights in the Middle East with a view toward problematizing traditional doctrinal thinking and concepts in the region, ascertaining comparative and historical roots of human rights abuses in the Middle East. MAHMOOD MONSHIPOURIAssociate Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University, USA. INDICE: PART I: PROBLEMS WITH THE CURRENT FRAMEWORKS - Framing the Human Rights Discourse: The Role of Natural Localism and the Power of Paradigm; 'L.Davidson ' - Islam and Human Rights: Ideals and Practices; 'M.Dorraj' - Human Rights through the Lens of Legal Thought; 'H.Rane ' - Defamation of Religious and Incitement to Religious Hatred in International Human Rights; 'T.Kayaoglu ' - PART II: COMMON GOALS AND CASE STUDIES - Human Rights and the Kurdish Question in the Middle East; 'N.Entessar' - The Janus Nature of Human Rights in Iran: Limited Progress on Human Rights since the Revolution; 'B.Rieffer-Flanagan' - From Omission to Reluctant Recognition: Political Parties' Approach to Women's Rights in Turkey; 'Z.F.K.Arat' - Minority Rights and Marginalized Communities in the Middle East; 'M.Monshipouri'& J.'Whooley' - Sexual Rights, the Muslim World, and Why Pushing the Envelope is Essential to Human Rights Global Resonance; 'A.T.Chase' - PART III: STRATEGIES - Which Strategies to Improve Human Rights in the Arab World?; 'B.E.Hassan' - Shrinking Islamist-Secular Divides on Human Rights in the Post-September 11 Era; 'S.Mokhtari ' - Migrant Workers and Their Rights in the United Arab Emirates; 'M.Monshipouri'& 'A.Assareh' - Health and Human Rights in Palestine: The Siege and Invasion of Gaza and the Role of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement; 'J.Ghannam '
- ISBN: 978-0-230-12061-7
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 09/12/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés