Böcker i Essays on Human Rights-serien

An examination of humanitarianism in Western society. Argues that humanitarianism has become a staple part of modern media and celebrity culture.

An examination of globalization's effects on human rights, world poverty, and inequality. Describes international human rights law and the international social movement for reform of globalization.

In arguing for a recognition of human rights as ontologically grounded in shared vulnerability, the author pays attention to the complex relationships among the state, the social rights of citizens that the state creates, and the human rights of persons as individuals.

Accounts of human rights violations committed from the 1950s to the 1980s by the communist dictatorship in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR).

Examines the foundations of human rights, how their political and cultural validation in a global context is posing challenges to nation-state sovereignty, and how they become an integral part of international relations and are institutionalized into domestic legal and political practices.