Human Rights: Politics & Practice Michael Goodhart Human Rights: Politics & Practice provides a comprehensive introduction to the politics and practice of human rights from a political perspective. Bringing together leading international scholars of human rights, this text is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in human rights. Features include: • Detailed treatment of the place of human rights within politics and related disciplines like law, anthropology and sociology. • Thirteen thematic chapters covering key issues in contemporary human rights politics and practice, including economic globalization, development, genocide, torture, the environment, and humanitarian intervention. • Varied and extensive case studies in each of the thematic chapters. • Key points, Web links, Guides to further Reading, individual Study Questions, and Group Discussion Questions for every chapter. Michael Goodhart is Associate Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.