The social practice of human rights / edited by Joel R. Pruce.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pruce, Joel R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Social aspects.

Human rights.

Social rights.

Physical Description:

vi, 235 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Summary:

"The Social Practice of Human Rights bridges the conventional scholar-practitioner divide by focusing on the space in between. In capturing this cutting edge research program, the volume proposes a perspective that motivates critical self-reflection of the strategies that drive communities dedicated to the advocacy and implementation of human rights"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

1. The Practice Turn in Human Rights Research

Joel R. Pruce

Part I: Constructive Critique

2. Rethinking Activism: Social Movements and the State over the Longue Dure;e

Alex de Waal

3. How to Ask People for Change: Examining Peoples' Willingness to Donate to Human Rights Campaigns

Kyla McEntire, Michele Leiby, and Matthew Krain

4. Documentarian, Witness, and Organizer: Exploring Celebrity Roles in Human Rights Media Advocacy

Alexandra Cosima Budabin

Part II: Grassroots Sites of Practice

5. The Human Right to Water and Advocacy for Urban Water Supply: After the Privatization Struggles

Paul Nelson

6. Localizing the Global/Globalizing the Local: Reconciling Botho and Human Rights in Botswana

Kristi Heather Kenyon

7. Uneven Ground: Asymmetries of Power in Human Rights Advocacy in Mexico

Barbara A. Frey

Part III: Institutional Sites of Practice

8. The UN Security Council and the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights

Carrie Booth Walling

9. The Social Practice of Securitizing Women's Rights and Gender Equality: 1325 Fifteen Years On

Natalie Florea Hudson

10. Constructing a Dialogue on Human Dignity: The Role for Global Institutions

Mark P. Lagon and Anthony Clark Arend.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137503763

1137503769

OCLC:

906292751

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