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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Shadi Mokhtari |
| ISBN: | 9780521767538 0521767539 |
| OCLC Number: | 262943639 |
| Description: | ix, 252 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | American imaginings of human rights and the Middle East -- The human rights challenge from within -- The Middle Eastern gaze on American human rights commitments -- American imprints and the Middle East's new human rights landscape -- From the ashes of the post-September 11th era : lessons for the human rights project. |
| Series Title: | Cambridge studies in law and society. |
| Responsibility: | Shadi Mokhtari. |
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'Mokhtari's comparative study of human rights in the US and Middle East is very original. She has conducted empirical research in Jordan and Yemen and writes about the subject with intimate knowledge ... This interesting, critical book is a refreshing contribution to the literature: it can be used in undergraduate courses and in courses at law schools that deal with human rights, but it can also be enjoyed by general readers.' A. AbuKhalil, Choice 'Shadi Mokhtari's After Abu Ghraib is original and conceptually incisive in its argument that much-publicized U.S. violations of human rights - epitomized by Abu Ghraib - have helped stimulate a healthier human rights discourse in both the Middle East and, to a lesser degree, the United States ... Mokhtari uses her field research and theoretical grounding to move us beyond some cliched debates in human rights, advance a critique of U.S. insularity even among human rights defenders, and open our eyes to key trends in the Middle East. This is an impressive achievement.' H-Review Digest Read more...
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