Evidence for Hope : Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century /

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A history of the successes of the human rights movement and a case for why human rights workEvidence 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. They point out that Guantá...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sikkink, Kathryn, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Human rights movements.
Human rights.
HISTORY > World.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > Histoire.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Histoire.
Human rights movements > History.
Human rights > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Anger, hope, and the belief you can make a difference
  • Response to the critics: how to evaluate the legitimacy and effectiveness of human rights
  • The diverse political origins of human rights
  • The struggles for human rights during the Cold War
  • Why is it so hard to measure the effectiveness of human rights law and activism?
  • What does and doesn't work to promote human rights?
  • Conclusions: evidence for hope without complacency.

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