Human Rights and Democracy: The Precarious Triumph of Ideals Todd Landman

By: Landman, Todd Contributor(s): Leonardo Morlin, Gerado Munck Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. ISBN: 9781849 663458Subject(s): South Africa | | DDC classification: 323.0904 LAND Summary: Summary: The 20th century has been described as the bloodiest in human history, but it was also the century in which people around the world embraced ideas of democracy and human rights as never before, constructing social, political and legal institutions seeking to contain human behaviour. Todd Landman offers an optimistic, yet cautionary tale of these developments, drawing on the literature, from politics, international relations and international law. He celebrates the global turn from tyranny and violence towards democracy and rights but also warns of the precariousness of these achievements in the face of democratic setbacks and the undermining of rights commitments by many countries during the so-called 'War on Terror'.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Mkhuhlu	300: Social Science	Non Fiction	323.0904 LAND (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33228 024724153

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Summary: The 20th century has been described as the bloodiest in human history, but it was also the century in which people around the world embraced ideas of democracy and human rights as never before, constructing social, political and legal institutions seeking to contain human behaviour. Todd Landman offers an optimistic, yet cautionary tale of these developments, drawing on the literature, from politics, international relations and international law. He celebrates the global turn from tyranny and violence towards democracy and rights but also warns of the precariousness of these achievements in the face of democratic setbacks and the undermining of rights commitments by many countries during the so-called 'War on Terror'.