Just Advocacy?: Women's Human Rights, Transnational Feminism, and the Politics of Representation

by Amy Farrell and Leigh Gilmore

Book Overview

In the continuing estrangement between the West and the Muslim Middle East, human rights are becoming increasingly enmeshed with territorial concerns. Marked by both substance and rhetoric, they are situated at the heart of many foreign policy decisions and doctrines of social change, and often serve as a justification for aggressive actions.

In humanitarian and political debates about the topic, women and children are frequently considered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813535891
• ISBN13: 9780813535890
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.9"