Human rights and anthropology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Downing, Theodore E., Kushner, Gilbert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Cultural Survival, [1988]
Series:Cultural survival report ; 24.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Introduction / Theodore E. Downing and Gilbert Kushner. Human rights research, the challenge for anthropologists / Theodore E. Downing. Is there a scientific basis in anthropology for the ethics of human rights? / Clifford R. Barnett. Powerless people / Gilbert Kushner. Crossroads for anthropology, human rights in Latin America / Paul L. Doughty. The human rights of undocumented workers in the United States-Mexico border region / Thomas Weaver. The dilemma of cultural diversity and equivalency in universal human rights standards / Jennifer Schirmer. "Human rights," commentary / Sybil Wolfram. Anthropologists and human rights, activists by default? / Jason W. Clay
  • Part 2. Anthropology and human rights, a selected bibliography.