Human rights are increasingly described as being in crisis, but the ideals inherent in them remain appealing. Human Rights Transformation in Practice demonstrates how these ideals are embedded in everyday social practice and activism, and how they can be reinterpreted and redefined in a variety of contexts and for a range of problems.
Human rights are increasingly described as being in crisis, but the ideals inherent in them remain appealing. Human Rights Transformation in Practice demonstrates how these ideals are embedded in everyday social practice and activism, and how they can be reinterpreted and redefined in a variety of contexts and for a range of problems.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tine Destrooper is the director of the Flemish Peace Institute and a visiting scholar at the Human Rights Centre of Ghent University. She is author of Come Hell or High Water: Feminism and the Legacy of Armed Conflict in Central America. Sally Engle Merry is the Silver Professor of Anthropology at New York University and author of several books, including The Seductions of Quantification: Measuring Human Rights, Gender Violence, and Sex Trafficking.
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Preface —Sally Engle Merry List of Abbreviations Introduction. On Travel, Translation, and Transformation —Tine Destrooper PART I. INITIATIVES BY FORMAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORM-SETTERS Chapter 1. The Escher-Human Rights Escalator: Technologies of the Local —Vasuki Nesiah Chapter 2. Accommodating Local Human Rights Practice at the UN Human Rights Council —Arne Vandenbogaerde Chapter 3. Human Rights-Based Approaches to Development: The Local, Travel, and Transformation —Wouter Vandenhole- PART II. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOCIAL MOBILIZATION AND LEGAL CLAIM-MAKING Chapter 4. Lost Through Translation: Political Dialectics of Ecosocial and Collective Rights in Ecuador —Johannes M. Waldmüller Chapter 5. Upstreaming or Streamlining? Translating Social Movement Agendas into Legal Claims in Nepal and the Dominican Republic —Samuel Martínez Chapter 6. New Visibilities: Challenging Torture and Impunity in Vietnam —Ken MacLean PART III. HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMS AND THE PROLIFERATION OF NONCONFRONTATIONAL METHODS Chapter 7. Rural-Urban Migration and Education in China: Unraveling Responses to Injurious Experiences —Ellen Desmet Chapter 8. Localization "Light": The Travel and Transformation of Nonempowering Human Rights Norms —Tine Destrooper Chapter 9. Global Rights, Local Risk: Community Advocacy on Right to Health in China—Sara L. M. Davis and Charmain Mohamed Afterword. Our Vernacular Futures —Mark Goodale List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments
Preface —Sally Engle Merry List of Abbreviations Introduction. On Travel, Translation, and Transformation —Tine Destrooper PART I. INITIATIVES BY FORMAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORM-SETTERS Chapter 1. The Escher-Human Rights Escalator: Technologies of the Local —Vasuki Nesiah Chapter 2. Accommodating Local Human Rights Practice at the UN Human Rights Council —Arne Vandenbogaerde Chapter 3. Human Rights-Based Approaches to Development: The Local, Travel, and Transformation —Wouter Vandenhole- PART II. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOCIAL MOBILIZATION AND LEGAL CLAIM-MAKING Chapter 4. Lost Through Translation: Political Dialectics of Ecosocial and Collective Rights in Ecuador —Johannes M. Waldmüller Chapter 5. Upstreaming or Streamlining? Translating Social Movement Agendas into Legal Claims in Nepal and the Dominican Republic —Samuel Martínez Chapter 6. New Visibilities: Challenging Torture and Impunity in Vietnam —Ken MacLean PART III. HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMS AND THE PROLIFERATION OF NONCONFRONTATIONAL METHODS Chapter 7. Rural-Urban Migration and Education in China: Unraveling Responses to Injurious Experiences —Ellen Desmet Chapter 8. Localization "Light": The Travel and Transformation of Nonempowering Human Rights Norms —Tine Destrooper Chapter 9. Global Rights, Local Risk: Community Advocacy on Right to Health in China—Sara L. M. Davis and Charmain Mohamed Afterword. Our Vernacular Futures —Mark Goodale List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments
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