Human Rights for Pragmatists : : Social Power in Modern Times / / Jack Snyder.

An innovative framework for advancing human rights 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...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity ; 197
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.) :; 4 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A NOTE ON THE TYPE