The Social Practice of Human Rights [electronic resource] /
Pruce, Joel R.editor.
The Social Practice of Human Rights bridges the conventional scholar-practitioner divide by focusing on the space in between. The volume brings together cutting-edge chapters that together set a new agenda for research, grounded in the practice of critical self-reflection on the strategies that drive communities dedicated to the advocacy and implementation of human rights. The social practice of human rights takes place not in front of a judge, but in the streets and alleys, in the backrooms and out-of-the-way places where change occurs. Contributors to this volume investigate the contexts and efforts of activists and professionals devoted to promoting human rights norms. This research takes as its subject the organizations and movements that shoulder the burden of improving respect for human dignity. It argues that through a constructive critique of these patterns and practices, scholarship can have a positive impact on the political world.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figure and Tables; CHAPTER 1 The Practice Turn in Human Rights Research; PART I Constructive Critique; CHAPTER 2 Rethinking Activism: Social Movements and the State over the Longue Durée; CHAPTER 3 How to Ask People for Change: Examining Peoples' Willingness to Donate to Human Rights Campaigns; CHAPTER 4 Documentarian, Witness, and Organizer: Exploring Celebrity ; PART II Grassroots Sites of Practice; CHAPTER 5 The Human Right to Water and Advocacy for Urban Water Supply: ; CHAPTER 6 Localizing the Global/Globalizing the Local:
CHAPTER 7 Uneven Ground: PART III Institutional Sites of Practice; CHAPTER 8 The UN Security Council and the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights; CHAPTER 9 The Social Practice of Securitizing Women's Rights and Gender Equality: ; CHAPTER 10 Constructing a Dialogue on Human Dignity: ; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Social Practice of Human Rights bridges the conventional scholar-practitioner divide by focusing on the space in between. The volume brings together cutting-edge chapters that together set a new agenda for research, grounded in the practice of critical self-reflection on the strategies that drive communities dedicated to the advocacy and implementation of human rights. The social practice of human rights takes place not in front of a judge, but in the streets and alleys, in the backrooms and out-of-the-way places where change occurs. Contributors to this volume investigate the contexts and efforts of activists and professionals devoted to promoting human rights norms. This research takes as its subject the organizations and movements that shoulder the burden of improving respect for human dignity. It argues that through a constructive critique of these patterns and practices, scholarship can have a positive impact on the political world.
Social work.
International relations.
Political science.
Political communication.
Social policy.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Social Work.
International Relations.
Political Science.
Political Communication.
Social Policy.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.