Human rights transformation in practice /

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 c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Destrooper, Tine (Editor ), Merry, Sally Engle, 1944-2020 (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Colección:Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
Temas:
Human rights.
Social justice.
Human rights and globalization.
Human Rights
Social Justice
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Justice sociale.
Droits de l'homme et mondialisation.
LAW > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Anthropology.
Folklore.
Human Rights.
Law.
Linguistics.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 in China
  • Afterword. Our Vernacular Futures
  • List of Contributors
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z
  • Acknowledgments.

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