Rights as weapons : instruments of conflict, tools of power /

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An in-depth look at the historic and strategic deployment of rights in political conflicts throughout the worldRights are usually viewed as defensive concepts representing mankind's highest aspirations to protect the vulnerable and uplift the downtrodden. But since the Enlightenment, political...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bob, Clifford, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Human rights.
Conflict (Psychology)
Human Rights
Conflict, Psychological
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Conflit (Psychologie)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Human rights
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the uses of rights in political conflict
  • Rights as rallying cries: mobilizing support
  • Rights as shields and parries: countering threats
  • Rights as camouflage: masking motives
  • Rights as spears: overturning laws
  • Rights as dynamite: destroying cultures
  • Rights as blockades: suppressing subordinates
  • Rights as wedges: breaking coalitions
  • Conclusions.

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