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Overview
Human Rights: New Dimensions and Challenges has been prepared by UNESCO with the aim of creating an international teaching aid for institutions of higher education. The book presents the interrelation and interdependence between human rights, and peace, democracy, development and the environment. It analyses obstacles and threats to human rights at the dawn of the twenty-first century and suggests ways and means to overcome them.Editorials
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Intended as a teaching aid for institutions of higher education, this volume discusses the dimensions and development of international human rights followed by eleven chapters written by international human rights scholars and researchers addressing such matters as human rights and peace, democracy, development, and the environment; obstacles to human rights such as extreme poverty, discrimination, xenophobia, racism, intolerance, and terrorism; and challenges in the field including scientific and technological progress, globalization, and human rights education. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)Book Details
Published
December 21, 1998
Publisher
Brookfield, VT : Ashgate, 1998-
Pages
332
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781840144260