The social practice of human rights. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Joel R. Pruce.
• Editors: Pruce, Joel R
• Other Names: Palgrave Connect (Online service)
• Contents: 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 Duře; 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 323; Human rights -- Social aspects; Social rights; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations); POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy; Human rights; Human rights -- Social aspects; Social rights; Human rights, civil rights; Politics and Government; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137503770; 1137503777; 9781349699971; 1349699977; 9781137503787; 1137503785
• Related ISBNs: 9781137503763
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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