Human Rights and Democracy

by Todd Landman

Book Overview

The 20th century has been described as the bloodiest in human history, but it was also the century in which people around the world embraced ideas of democracy and human rights as never before, constructing social, political and legal institutions seeking to contain human behaviour. Todd Landman offers an optimistic, yet cautionary tale of these developments, drawing on the literature, from politics, international relations and international law...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849663467
• ISBN13: 9781849663465
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"