Human rights transformation in practice
by Destrooper, Tine Merry, Sally Engle
Human rights are increasingly described as being in crisis, but the ideals inherent in them remain appealing. Human Rights Transformation in Practice demonstrates how these ideals are embedded in everyday social practice and activism, and how they can be reinterpreted and redefined in a variety of contexts and for a range of problems.
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- Full title :Human rights transformation in practice / edited by Tine Destrooper and Sally Engle Merry.
Summary
Human rights are increasingly described as being in crisis, but the ideals inherent in them remain appealing. Human Rights Transformation in Practice demonstrates how these ideals are embedded in everyday social practice and activism, and how they can be reinterpreted and redefined in a variety of contexts and for a range of problems.
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- Publication Date:©2018
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- Publisher(s):University of Pennsylvania Press
- Place of Publication:Philadelphia
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2018
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780812295467, 0812295463
- oclc:on1056109448
- LC Classification:K3240
- Dewey Decimal:341.4/8
Table of Contents
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction. On Travel, Translation, and Transformation -- PART I. INITIATIVES BY FORMAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORM-SETTERS -- Chapter 1. The Escher-Human Rights Escalator: Technologies of the Local -- Chapter 2. Accommodating Local Human Rights Practice at the UN Human Rights Council -- Chapter 3. Human Rights-Based Approaches to Development: The Local, Travel, and Transformation -- PART II. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOCIAL MOBILIZATION AND LEGAL CLAIM-MAKING -- Chapter 4. Lost Through Translation: Political Dialectics of Eco-Social and Collective rights in Ecuador -- Chapter 5. Upstreaming or Streamlining? Translating Social Movement Agendas into Legal Claims in Nepal and the Dominican Republic -- Chapter 6. New Visibilities: Challenging Torture and Impunity in Vietnam -- PART III. HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMS AND THE PROLIFERATION OF NONCONFRONTATIONAL METHODS -- Chapter 7. Rural-Urban Migration and Education in China: Unraveling Responses to Injurious Experiences -- Chapter 8. Localization "Light": The Travel and Transformation of Nonempowering Human Rights Norms -- Chapter 9. Global Rights, Local Risk: Community Advocacy on Right to Health…
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