Human Rights and Wrongs explains the persistence of crimes
against humanity since the Holocaust—including slavery, terror,
and genocide. Using extended country descriptions and analyses,
the book goes beyond case studies to explain such gross human
rights violations in terms of an integrated theory of life
integrity, giving readers vivid illustrations in addition to a
theoretical framework. Distinguished author Helen Fein then asks
how we can arrest human wrongs and discusses whether democracy
is the answer. She shows the positive links among human rights,
freedom, and development and draws out policy recommendations
from her findings. - Joins theory with practical examples -
Covers human rights violations including slavery, sex
trafficking, terror states, and genocide - Includes case studies
of Islamic states, India, Thailand, Israel, Algeria, Argentina,
Iraq, Guatemala - Shows the United States as part of the problem
as well as part of the solution “Human Rights and Wrongs is a
magnificent book: lucid, insi