| Description |
viii, 322 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Pennsylvania studies in human rights
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Human rights and agency in the Arab world / Anthony Chase -- Tail and the dog : constructing Islam and human rights in political context / Anthony Chase -- Question of human rights ethics : defending the Islamists / Bahey el-Din Hassan -- Globalization and human rights : on a current debate among Arab intellectuals / Amr Hamzawy -- Transnational human rights networks and human rights in Egypt / Neil Hicks -- Women, citizenship, and civil society in the Arab world / Valentine M. Moghadam -- Human rights in the Arab world : reflections on the challenges facing human rights activism / Hanny Megally -- Human rights NGOs and the "foreign funding debate" in Egypt / Nicola Pratt -- Justice in heaven / Eyad El Sarraj -- Some Yemeni ideas about human rights / Sheila Carapico -- Got rights? Public interest litigation and the Egyptian human rights movement / Tamir Moustafa -- When the time is ripe : the struggle to create an institutional culture of human rights in Morocco / Susan Waltz, Lindsay Benstead -- Conclusion : Normative and political dimensions of contemporary Arab debates on human rights / Amr Hamzawy -- Appendix 1 : Documents -- Appendix 2 : Treaty ratifications, notable reservations, understandings, and declarations / Anthony Chase, Kyle M. Ballard. |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Arab countries.
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| Added Author |
Chase, Anthony Tirado.
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Hamzawy, Amr.
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| ISBN |
0812239350 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780812239355 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 293232784 |
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YDXCP 2375509 |
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