North Korean human rights : activists and networks / edited by Andrew Yeo, The Catholic University of America, Danielle Chubb, Deakin University, Victoria.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yeo, Andrew, 1978- editor.

Chubb, Danielle L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Korea (North).

Human rights.

International cooperation.

Korea (North).

Human rights--Korea (North)--International cooperation.

Human rights workers--Korea (North).

Human rights workers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxi, 301 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

The evidentiary weight of North Korean defectors' testimony depicting crimes against humanity has drawn considerable attention from the international community in recent years. Despite the attention to North Korean human rights, what remains unexamined is the rise of the transnational advocacy network, which drew attention to the issue in the first place. Andrew Yeo and Danielle Chubb explore the 'hard case' that is North Korea and challenge existing conceptions of transnational human rights networks, how they operate, and why they provoke a response from even the most recalcitrant regimes. In this volume, leading experts and activists assemble original data from multiple language sources, including North Korean sources, and adopt a range of sophisticated methodologies to provide valuable insight into the politics, strategy, and policy objectives of North Korean human rights activism.

Contents:

Adaptive activism : transnational advocacy networks and the case of North Korea / Danielle Chubb and Andrew Yeo

A prisoner's dilemma of movement nationalization : North Korean human rights in South Korea, 1990-2016 / Jacob Reidhead

North Korean human rights discourse and advocacy in the United States / Andrew I. Yeo

Linking abductions activism to North Korean human rights advocacy in Japan and abroad / Celeste L. Arrington

North Korean human rights discourse and advocacy : the European dimension / Rajiv Narayan

NGOs as discursive catalysts at the United Nations and beyond : an activist's perspective / Joanna Hosaniak

Human rights diffusion in North Korea : the impact of transnational legal mobilization / Patricia Goedde

The politics of networking : behind the public face of the transnational North Korean human rights movement / Danielle Chubb

The emergence of five North Korean defector-activists In transnational activism / Jiyoung Song

North Korea responds to transnational human rights advocacy : state discourse and ersatz civil society / Sandra Fahy

Breaking through : North Korea's information underground and transnational advocacy networks / Jieun Baek

Conclusion : the contentious terrain of North Korean human rights activism / Andrew Yeo and Danielle Chubb.

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ISBN:

9781108589543

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