Evidence for Hope : : Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century / / Kathryn Sikkink.
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 Guantán...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 5 halftones. 19 line illus. 1 table. 1 map. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PART I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
- CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Anger, Hope, and the Belief You Can Make a Difference
- CHAPTER 2. Response to the Critics: How to Evaluate the Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Human Rights
- PART II. THE LEGITIMACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS DIVERSE STRUGGLES
- CHAPTER 3. The Diverse Political Origins of Human Rights
- CHAPTER 4: The Struggles for Human Rights During the Cold War
- PART III. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, INSTITUTIONS, AND MOVEMENTS
- CHAPTER 5: Why Is It So Hard to Measure the Effectiveness of Human Rights Law and Activism?
- CHAPTER 6: What Does and Doesn’t Work to Promote Human Rights?
- PART IV. MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS WORK IN THE TWENTY- FIRST CENTURY
- CHAPTER 7. Conclusions: Evidence for Hope without Complacency
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Index