The Human Rights Reader: Major Political Essays, Speeches, and Documents From Ancient Times to the Present

The third edition of The Human Rights Reader presents a comprehensive collection of essays, speeches, and documents from historical and contemporary sources, exploring rights in areas such as race, gender, refugees, climate, Artificial Intelligence, drones, and cyber security. It addresses human rights challenges reflected in and posed by global health inequities, and is organized into six parts with new Questions for Discussion. An extensive online resource includes 62 key human rights documents.

Format: Hardback
Length: 694 pages
Publication date: 01 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The third edition of The Human Rights Reader is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of essays, speeches, and documents from historical and contemporary sources, all placed in context with Micheline Ishays substantial introduction to the Reader as a whole and context-setting introductions to each part and chapter. The book explores a wide range of human rights issues, including race, gender, refugees, climate, Artificial Intelligence, drones and cyber security, and nationalism and Internationalism.

In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the book addresses human rights challenges reflected in and posed by global health inequities. Each part of the reader corresponds to five historical phases in the history of human rights and explores the arguments, debates, and issues of inclusiveness central to those eras.

New to the Third Edition:
60 new readings and documents cover subjects ranging from human rights in the age of globalization and populism, debates of the rights of citizens versus those of refugees and immigrants, transgender rights, the new Jim Crow, and the future of human rights as they relate to digital surveillance, the pandemic, and bioengineering.

Part I has been reorganized into three chapters: the Secular Tradition, Asian and African Religions and Traditions, and the Monotheistic Religions.

Part V has been significantly updated and expanded with the addition of an entirely new chapter: Debating the Future of Human Rights.

Each of the six parts in the book is preceded by an editorial introduction, and in four of the parts, a separate selection provides the reader with a general background on the history and themes represented in the readings that follow.

Each part and several chapters include case studies, discussion questions, and suggested readings to further enhance the reader's understanding of the topics covered.

The Human Rights Reader is an essential resource for students, scholars, and activists interested in human rights and social justice. It provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field, covering a wide range of topics and perspectives.

Weight: 1487g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367639426
Edition number: 3 ed