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CHINA AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY National Champions, Industrial Policy and the Big Business Revolution Peter Nolan Rethinking Human Rights Also by David Chandler BOSNIA: Faking Democracy after Dayton FROM KOSOVO TO KABUL: Human Rights and International Intervention Rethinking Human Rights Critical Approaches to International Politics Edited by David Chandler Lecturer in International Relations Brunel University Editorial matter and selection © David Chandler 2002 Introduction and chapter 6 © David Chandler 2002 Remaining chapters © Palgrave Macmillan Ltd 2002 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2002 All rights reserved.No reproduction,copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. 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Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States,United Kingdom and other countries.Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-43005-5 ISBN 978-1-4039-1426-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781403914262 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rethinking human rights:critical approaches to international politics/edited by David Chandler. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0–333–97716–5 1.Human rights.I.Chandler,David,1962– K3240.R48 2002 341.4981–dc21 2002074839 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 For Harvey Tate Contents Acknowledgements ix Notes on the Contributors x List of Abbreviations xii Introduction: Rethinking Human Rights 1 David Chandler Part I Universal Rights? 1 Conditioning the Right to Humanitarian Aid? Human Rights and the ‘New Humanitarianism’ 19 Fiona Fox 2 Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Achieving Universal Justice? 38 John Laughland 3 The International Children’s Rights Regime 57 Vanessa Pupavac Part II Rights of Empowerment? 4 Devolving Power? Human Rights and State Regulation in Northern Ireland 79 Chris Gilligan 5 Empowering the Poorest? The World Bank and the ‘Voices of the Poor’ 97 John Pender 6 The Limits of Human Rights and Cosmopolitan Citizenship 115 David Chandler 7 Humanitarian Intervention and the Recasting of International Law 136 Jon Holbrook viii Contents Part III Human-Centred Rights? 8 New Wars and Old Wars? The Lessons of Rwanda 157 Barrie Collins 9 Moral Combat: Advocacy Journalists and the New Humanitarianism 176 Philip Hammond 10 Morality’s Avenging Angels: the New Humanitarian Crusaders 196 Edward S. Herman and David Peterson References 217 Index 241 Acknowledgements This book would not have been possible without the funding and support provided by the Policy Research Institute, Leeds Metropolitan University, which kindly extended my Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship to enable me to complete the work of editing this collection. I would also like to acknowledge the support, ideas and suggestions from the contributing authors, who made the process of bringing this collective project together an insightful and stimulating one. In particular, I would like to thank Philip Hammond for his help and advice throughout. ix Notes on the Contributors David Chandler is a Lecturer in International Relations at Brunel University. He has written widely on international institutions, human rights and democracy, including Bosnia: Faking Democracy After Dayton (1999, Pluto Press) and From Kosovo to Kabul: Human Rights and International Intervention(2002, Pluto Press). Barrie Collins is the author of Obedience in Rwanda: a Critical Question (1998, Sheffield Hallam University Press). He has taught the interna- tional politics of Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and is currently researching African peace processes. Fiona Fox is the former Head of Media Relations at CAFOD, the Catholic aid agency. She was commissioned by the Caritas Network to write a discussion paper on the Politicization of Humanitarian Aid in 1999, and has widely promoted debate on this theme within the UK aid movement. She has written articles for a variety of journals including World Today,TabletandDisasters. Chris Gilliganis a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Ulster. He has written extensively on Northern Irish politics, culture and society and is co-editor, with Jon Tonge, of Peace or War? Understanding the Peace Process in Northern Ireland(1997, Ashgate). Philip Hammondis Senior Lecturer in Media at South Bank University. He is co-editor, with Edward S. Herman, of Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis(2000, Pluto Press). Edward S. Herman is Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and has written extensively on political economy; among his books is Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy of the Mass Media, co-authored with Noam Chomsky. Jon Holbrookis a barrister and writer on legal and political issues. His articles have appeared in The Times, The Independent, and the New Law Journal on issues ranging from the International Criminal Court and x
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