HUMAN RIGHTS IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD

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The rise of human rights and modern globalization are together fundamental to understanding present-day and historical world politics. This course investigates the relationship between human rights and globalization and how, together, they impact our daily lives. Topics include exploring different types of human rights (civil, political, development); analyzing different forms of globalization; the role of global governance institutions in enforcing human rights; why some human rights are defended and some are violated; and the impacts of economic globalization on concepts of human rights around the world.