Routledge Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa

Name: Routledge Handbook on Human Rights and the Middle East and North Africa
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This Handbook: \n--Emphasises the need to consider human rights in all their dimensions to better understand structural reasons behind the persistence of human rights violations \n--Explores the various frameworks in which to consider human rights \u2013 conceptual, political and transnational/international \n--Discusses the areas subject to particularly intense debate \u2013 gender, religion, transitions and accountability \n--Covers perspectives ranging from Global Theory to Grassroots reflections, emphasising the need for academic work on human rights to engage more seriously with the reflections of those working on the ground > \nRecent events such as \u2018Iran\u2019s Green Revolution\u2019 and the \u2018Arab Uprisings\u2019 have exploded notions that human rights are irrelevant to Middle Eastern and North African politics. Increasingly seen as a global concern, human rights are at the fulcrum of the region\u2019s on-the-ground politics, transnational intellectual debates, a.