International Human Rights: Universalism Versus Relativism - Paperbackby Tom Zwart (Introduction by), Alison Dundes Renteln (Author) Are human rights universal? Universalists and cultural relativists have long been debating this question. In INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS, Alison Dundes Renteln reconciles the two positions and argues that, within the vast array of cultural practices and values, it is possible to create structural equivalents to rights in all societies. She poses that empirical cross cultural research can