Human rights: an interdisciplinary approach

Introduction: thinking about human rights

Origins: the rise and fall of natural rights

After 1945: the new age of rights

Theories of human rights

The role of the social sciences

Universality, diversity and difference: culture and human rights

Idealism, realism and repression: the politics of human rights

Development and globalization: economics and human rights

Conclusion: human rights in the twenty-first century.