Rights as Weapons : : Instruments of Conflict, Tools of Power /

Rights as Weapons : : Instruments of Conflict, Tools of Power / / Clifford Bob.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020
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Bob, Clifford,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • 1. Introduction: The Uses of Rights in Political Conflict
  • PART I. PREPARING FOR CONFLICT
  • 2. Rights as Rallying Cries: Mobilizing Support
  • 3. Rights as Shields and Parries: Countering Threats
  • PART II. CONTENDING WITH FOES
  • 4. Rights as Camouflage: Masking Motives
  • 5. Rights as Spears: Overturning Laws
  • 6. Rights as Dynamite: Destroying Cultures
  • PART III. THWARTING THIRD PARTIES
  • 7. Rights as Blockades: Suppressing Subordinates
  • 8. Rights as Wedges: Breaking Coalitions
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index

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