The international struggle for new human rights / edited by Clifford Bob.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bob, Clifford, 1958-

Series:

Pennsylvania studies in human rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Case studies.

Human rights.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

vi, 194 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009]

Contents:

Introduction : fighting for new rights / Clifford Bob

Orphaned again? Children born of wartime rape as a non-issue for the human rights movement / R. Charli Carpenter

"Dalit rights are human rights" : untouchables, NGOs, and the Indian state / Clifford Bob

Applying the gatekeeper model of human rights activism : the U.S.-based movement for LGBT rights / Julie Mertus

From resistance to receptivity : transforming the HIV/AIDS crisis into a human rights issue / Jeremy Youde

Disability rights and the human rights mainstream : reluctant gate-crashers? / Janet E. Lord

New rights for private wrongs : female genital mutilation and global framing dialogues / Madeline Baer and Alison Brysk

Economic rights and extreme poverty : moving toward subsistence / Daniel Chong

Local claims, international standards, and the human right to water / Paul J. Nelson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-177) and index.

ISBN:

9780812241310

0812241312

OCLC:

229036159