Daniel Fischlin & Martha Nandorfy

Human rights are about social justice—nationally and globally. This book, wide ranging and remarkably accessible, examines the current world-wide situation on human rights. It highlights the fast developing international law on the subject. Its rich canvas also covers contemporary scholarship that explains today's complex reality while drawing from ancient holistic values. Woven into the narrative are many illustrations of people from various cultural traditions finding ways to deal with pressing live issues according to the values of those traditions. The wide spanning view adopted in the volume shows how economic, political, and environmental problems facing humanity are related and intertwined—from developmentalism and global structural violence, the disproportionate power of transnational corporations, and unprecedented militarization, to the increasing power of the corporate owned media. This book will interest the Students and scholars of law, human rights, development economics, international politics, as well as law and media professionals.