Human Rights for Pragmatists : Social Power in Modern Times /

"Human rights are among our most pressing issues today, yet rights promoters have reached an impasse in their effort to achieve rights for all. Human Rights for Pragmatists explains why: activists prioritize universal legal and moral norms, backed by the public shaming of violators, but in fact...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Snyder, Jack L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Human rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface and acknowledgments
  • 1. Power leads, rights follow
  • 2. Power and rights in the modern state
  • 3. Building blocks and sequences
  • 4. Crossing the political threshold
  • 5. Crossing the economic threshold in China
  • 6. Aligning with mass movements, reform parties, and religion
  • 7. Regulating the marketplace of ideas, with Tamar Mitts
  • 8. Backlash against human rights shaming
  • 9. Entrenched abuses of women and children
  • 10. Human rights at a time of global stalemate.

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