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In a thoroughly revised edition of ""Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice"" (more than half of the material is new), Jack Donnelly elaborates a theory of human rights, addresses arguments of cultural relativism and explores the efficacy of bilateral and multilateral international action. Entirely new chapters address prominent post-Cold War issues including humanitarian intervention, democracy and human rights, ""Asian values"", group rights and discrimination against sexual minorities.

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<p> This wide-ranging book looks at all aspects of human rights, drawing upon political theory, sociology, and international relations as well as international law. . . . Donnelly deals successfully with two of the principal challenges to the notion of the universality of human rights: the argument that some non-Western societies are not subject to Western norms, and the claim that economic development may require the sacrifice of some human rights. -Foreign Affairs (reviewing the first edition)

What Donnelly does better than anyone else is to lay before the reader a coherent conceptual framework for an understanding of international human rights as an operative part of international life. . . .Part of what makes 'Universal Human Rights' such a work of academic excellence is the extent to which each sentence imparts the sense of being carefully wrought and fully considered. . . .the book remains at the top of any bibliography of indispensable books dealing with human rights. -Richard Falk, University of California at Santa Barbara. Human Rights and Human Welfare, Vol.3, 2003

"""What Donnelly does better than anyone else is to lay before the reader a coherent conceptual framework for an understanding of international human rights as an operative part of international life. . . .Part of what makes 'Universal Human Rights' such a work of academic excellence is the extent to which each sentence imparts the sense of being carefully wrought and fully considered. . . .the book remains at the top of any bibliography of indispensable books dealing with human rights.""-Richard Falk, University of California at Santa Barbara. Human Rights and Human Welfare, Vol.3, 2003 ""This wide-ranging book looks at all aspects of human rights, drawing upon political theory, sociology, and international relations as well as international law. . . . Donnelly deals successfully with two of the principal challenges to the notion of the universality of human rights: the argument that some non-Western societies are not subject to Western norms, and the claim that economic development may require the sacrifice of some human rights."" Foreign Affairs (reviewing the first edition)"" ""What Donnelly does better than anyone else is to lay before the reader a coherent conceptual framework for an understanding of international human rights as an operative part of international life. . . .Part of what makes this book such a work of academic excellence is the extent to which each sentence imparts the sense of being carefully wrought and fully considered. It remains at the top of any bibliography of indispensable books dealing with human rights."" Richard Falk, Human Rights and Human Welfare (Vol.3, 2003)"""

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Jack Donnelly is Andrew Mellon Professor in the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver. He is the author of several books, including Realism and International Relations.

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