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A. Belden Fields invites people to think more deeply about human rights in this book in an attempt to overcome many of the traditional arguments in the human rights literature. He argues that human rights should be reconceptualized in a holistic way to combine philosophical, historical, and empirical-practical dimensions. Human rights are viewed not as a set of universal abstractions but rather as a set of past and ongoing social practices rooted in the claims and struggles of peoples against what they consider to be political, economic, or social domination. By aptly showing how a people's fight for recognition is often closely tied to rights claims, Fields argues that these connections to identity can help bridge the gulf between universalistic and cultural relativistic arguments in the human rights debate.
Human rights --- Political science --- History. --- Philosophy. --- mensenrechten (rechten van de mens) --- filosofie (filosofische aspecten) --- politieke filosofie --- geschiedenis (historische aspecten) --- droits de l'homme --- philosophie (aspects philosophiques) --- philosophie politique --- histoire (aspects historiques) --- Political philosophy --- History --- Philosophy --- Human rights - History. --- Political science - Philosophy.
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Winner of the 2001 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice AwardMuch has been made of the gap between public schools and the communities that they serve. This book shows how a group of teachers, parents, and community people in "Ed City" formed an educational reform group—the Project for Educational Democracy—to increase access to decision making in their school system, especially for members of the community who had previously been excluded. A combination of ethnographic research and theoretical reflection, this book addresses concepts of community, authority, representation, participation, and democracy.
Public schools --- Community and school --- Educational change --- Change, Educational --- Education change --- Education reform --- Educational reform --- Reform, Education --- School reform --- Educational planning --- Educational innovations --- Common schools --- Grammar schools --- School funds --- Secondary schools --- Schools --- Citizen participation
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