Anne Brown
1) Human Rights and the Borders of Suffering: The Promotion of Human Rights in International Politics
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Manchester University Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This study of human rights argues for a greater openness in the ways we approach human rights and international rights promotion. Starting with the realities of abuse rather than the liberal architectures of rights, it casts human rights as a language for probing the political dimensions of suffering, and shows Western rights models as substantial...
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Publisher
Virginia Tech Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
Dive into the multifaceted landscape of inclusive excellence in STEM education with Fostering Communities of Transformation in STEM Higher Education. This scholarly work examines transformative initiatives from Virginia Tech, Radford University, Trinity Washington University, and Towson University, showcasing their role as catalysts in cultivating inclusive excellence across diverse STEM disciplines. Take inspiration from their projects and guidance...
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Institutional care for seniors offers a cultural repository for fears and hopes about an aging population. Although enormous changes have occurred in how institutional care is structured, the legacies of the poorhouse still persist, creating panicked views of the nursing home as a dreaded fate. The paradoxical nature of a space meant to be both hospital and home offers up critical tensions for examination by age studies scholars.The essays in this...