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Ackerly, Brooke A.

Universal Human Rights in a World of Difference / Brooke A. Ackerly. - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xiii, 373 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-359) and index.

Universal human rights in a world of difference: challenging our thinking -- Universal human rights? -- Universalism and differences -- Immanent and universal human rights: more legitimate than reasonable -- Feminist curb cutting: a methodology for exposing silences and revealing differences for the immanent study of universal human rights -- Listening to the silent voices, hearing dissonance: a methodology for interpretation and analysis -- An immanent and universal theory of human rights -- Terrain(s) of difficulty: obligation, problem-solving, and trust -- Feminist strategies -- "If I can make a circle".

ISBN: 9780521881265 (hbk.) 0521881269 (hbk.) 9780521707558 (pbk.) 0521707552 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2007051567

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA808753 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014500126 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Feminist theory.
Human rights

LC Class. No.: JC571 / .A134 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 323 / ACK