Jack Donnelly is Andrew Mellon Professor in the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver. He is the author of several books, including Realism and International Relations.
"This wide-ranging book looks at all aspects of human rights,
drawing upon political theory, sociology, and international
relations as well as international law. . . . Donnelly deals
successfully with two of the principal challenges to the notion of
the universality of human rights: the argument that some
non-Western societies are not subject to Western norms, and the
claim that economic development may require the sacrifice of some
human rights." Foreign Affairs (reviewing the first edition)"
"What Donnelly does better than anyone else is to lay before the
reader a coherent conceptual framework for an understanding of
international human rights as an operative part of international
life. . . .Part of what makes this book such a work of academic
excellence is the extent to which each sentence imparts the sense
of being carefully wrought and fully considered. It remains at the
top of any bibliography of indispensable books dealing with human
rights." Richard Falk, Human Rights and Human Welfare (Vol.3,
2003)"
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