{"product_id":"human-rights-standards-makau-mutua-9781438459394","title":"Human Rights Standards: Hegemony, Law, and Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bracing critique of human rights law and activism from the perspective of the Global South.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow are human rights norms made, who makes them, and why? In \u003ci\u003eHuman Rights Standards\u003c\/i\u003e, Makau Mutua traces the history of the human rights project and critically explores how the norms of the human rights movement have been created. Examining key texts and documents published since the inception of the human rights movement at the end of World War II, he crafts a bracing critique of these works from the hitherto underutilized perspective of the Global South. Attention is focused on the deficits of the international order and how that order, which is defined by multiple asymmetries, defines human rights in a manner that exhibits normative gaps and cultural biases. Mutua identifies areas of further norm development and concludes that norm-creating processes must be inclusive and participatory to garner legitimacy across various cleavages and divides. The result is the first truly comprehensive critical look at the making of human rights norms and standards and, as such, will be an invaluable resource for students, scholars, activists, and policymakers interested in this important topic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to Knowledge Unlatched-an initiative that provides libraries and institutions with a centralized platform to support OA collections and from leading publishing houses and OA initiatives. Learn more at the Knowledge Unlatched website at: https: \/\/www.knowledgeunlatched.org\/, and access the book online at the SUNY Open Access Repository at http: \/\/hdl.handle.net\/20.500.12648\/7133.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Makau Mutua\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438459394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438459394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016","brand":"Makau Mutua","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065578959103,"sku":"9781438459394","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c18f5b8-0281-422c-af32-792f3d1f7950.jpg?v=1768675902","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/human-rights-standards-makau-mutua-9781438459394","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}