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Human rights and anthropology / Theodore E. Downing and Gilbert Kushner, editors ; with Jennifer Schirmer, Alison Dundes Renteln and Laurie Wiseberg of Human Rights Internet

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Author:
Downing, Theodore E  Search this
Kushner, Gilbert  Search this
Physical description:
200 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1988
C1988
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 undocmented 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
Topic:
Anthropological ethics  Search this
Human rights  Search this
Anthropology--Methodology  Search this
Call number:
GN33.6 .H918 1988
GN33.6.H918 1988
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_380307