Origins and universality in the human rights debates: Cultural essentialism and the challenge of globalization

Human Rights Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 935-964

  Goodhart, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN RIGHTS;

EID: 0347536094     PISSN: 02750392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hrq.2003.0043     Document Type: Article

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