| ID | 073988 |
| Title Proper | Beyond rules |
| Other Title Information | a critique of the liberal human rights regime |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Schick, Kate |
| Publication | 2006. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article critiques the liberalism that sustains human rights discourse as focused on rules to the detriment of focusing on the suffering of individuals. Too much human rights discourse has focused on the codification of human rights norms rather than the ways they are implemented and the failure to enforce them. International liberalism celebrates the advent of human rights whilst failing to confront the deeper structural dilemmas that the international political economic system generates. An engagement with critical theory leads to new ways of seeing human rights that might lead to alternative understandings of politics at the global level. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Relations Vol. 20, No. 3; Sep 2006: p321-327 |
| Journal Source | International Relations Vol: 20 No 3 |
| Key Words | Critical Theory ; Human Rights ; Liberalism |