The Persistent Power of Human Rights

The Persistent Power of Human Rights
Title The Persistent Power of Human Rights PDF eBook
Author Thomas Risse
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 373
Release 2013-03-07
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1107028930

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This book offers a unique combination of quantitative and qualitative research arguing for the persistent power of human rights norms.

The Power of Human Rights

The Power of Human Rights
Title The Power of Human Rights PDF eBook
Author Thomas Risse
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 338
Release 1999-08-05
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9780521658829

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China and the International Human Rights Regime

China and the International Human Rights Regime
Title China and the International Human Rights Regime PDF eBook
Author Rana Siu Inboden
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 313
Release 2021-03-18
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1108898319

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Rana Siu Inboden examines China's role in the international human rights regime between 1982 and 2017 and, through this lens, explores China's rising position in the world. Focusing on three major case studies – the drafting and adoption of the Convention against Torture and the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, the establishment of the UN Human Rights Council, and the International Labour Organization's Conference Committee on the Application of Standards – Inboden shows China's subtle yet persistent efforts to constrain the international human rights regime. Based on a range of documentary and archival research, as well as extensive interview data, Inboden provides fresh insights into the motivations and influences driving China's conduct and explores China's rising position as a global power.

World Report 2019

World Report 2019
Title World Report 2019 PDF eBook
Author Human Rights Watch
Publisher Seven Stories Press
Pages 847
Release 2019-02-05
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1609808851

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The best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.

Evidence for Hope

Evidence for Hope
Title Evidence for Hope PDF eBook
Author Kathryn Sikkink
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 328
Release 2019-03-05
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0691192715

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A history of the successes of the human rights movement and a case for why human rights work Evidence for Hope makes the case that yes, human rights work. Critics may counter that the movement is in serious jeopardy or even a questionable byproduct of Western imperialism. Guantánamo is still open and governments are cracking down on NGOs everywhere. But human rights expert Kathryn Sikkink draws on decades of research and fieldwork to provide a rigorous rebuttal to doubts about human rights laws and institutions. Past and current trends indicate that in the long term, human rights movements have been vastly effective. Exploring the strategies that have led to real humanitarian gains since the middle of the twentieth century, Evidence for Hope looks at how essential advances can be sustained for decades to come.

Disciplining the Poor

Disciplining the Poor
Title Disciplining the Poor PDF eBook
Author Joe Soss
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 380
Release 2011-11-30
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 0226768767

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This volume lays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. The authors argue that poverty governance has been transformed in the United States by two significant developments.

Human Rights Futures

Human Rights Futures
Title Human Rights Futures PDF eBook
Author Stephen Hopgood
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 355
Release 2017-08-31
Genre Political Science
ISBN 110814845X

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For the first time in one collected volume, mainstream and critical human rights scholars together examine the empirical and normative debates around the future of human rights. They ask what makes human rights effective, what strategies will enhance the chances of compliance, what blocks progress, and whether the hope for human rights is entirely misplaced in a rapidly transforming world. Human Rights Futures sees the world as at a crucial juncture. The project for globalizing rights will either continue to be embedded or will fall backward into a maelstrom of nationalist backlash, religious resurgence and faltering Western power. Each chapter talks directly to the others in an interactive dialogue, providing a theoretical and methodological framework for a clear research agenda for the next decade. Scholars, graduate students and practitioners of political science, history, sociology, law and development will find much to both challenge and provoke them in this innovative book.