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Download or read book Contracting Human Rights written by Alison Brysk and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By chronicling the continuing contest over the reach, range, and regime of rights, Contracting Human Rights analyzes the way forward in an era of many challenges. This multidisciplinary book contributes to building understanding of the maturation of human rights, from a dissident doctrine to a dynamic parameter of global governance and civil society. Through an examination of both global and local challenges to human rights, including loopholes, backlash, accountability, and new opportunities to move forward, this book analyzes trends across multiple-issue areas.