This important work argues that human rights abuse is not necessarily about distant places and peoples, and it is neither incomprehensible nor inevitable. Despite the appearance of consensus about the importance of human rights protection, abuse—with its common core in inequality—is expanding at all levels from the petty to the profound. Designed to inform and inspire, this book also provides the analytical and strategic tools needed for the next generation of activists. Jan Knippers Black offers a fundamental reexamination of the basic terms and concepts, legal and institutional foundations, controversies, cleavages, threats and strategies associated with human rights.
Black's perspective is holistic, stressing the relevance of human rights issues to all human needs and endeavors and requiring multidisciplinary analysis. Chapters analyzing connections among political, economic, ecological, and cultural impacts on social and individual well-being are accompanied by case studies highlighting lessons learned from success or failure. This empowering book seeks to promote an "each for all" commitment, breaking through barriers of ignorance and apathy, denial and despair, so that advocates and activists can work to prevent future atrocities.
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The Politics of Human Rights Protection
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 01. The Human Rights Perspective and the Need for Impact Assessment
- Part I. THE POLITICS OF A HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA
- Chapter 02. What’s in a Name?: Deconstructing Human Rights Terms and Concepts
- Chapter 03. The Dialectics of Building an International Human Rights Regime
- Chapter 04. Human Rights Cleavages and Controversies: The Discourse
- Part II. THE RIGHT TO EAT: Social and Economic Rights
- Chapter 05. The Globalization of Vulnerability
- Chapter 06. From the Ashes: Argentina’s Return from Meltdown
- Part III. THE RIGHT TO BELONG: Civil and Political Rights
- Chapter 07. Participation and Accountability
- Chapter 08. Wayfarers in a Walled-Up World
- Chapter 09. Chile’s Long Way Home
- Part IV. THE RIGHT TO BE DIFFERENT: Cultural Rights
- Chapter 10. The Political Dimensions of Diversity
- Chapter 11. Feminism, Democracy, and Self-Determination: The Taiwanese Experience
- Part V. THE RIGHT TO THE COMMONS: Environmental Rights
- Chapter 12. The Naked Ape in Nature: Master or Guardian?
- Chapter 13. China’s Three Gorges: The Dam and the Damned
- Part VI. THE RIGHT TO A JUST PEACE
- Chapter 14. From Sustainable War to Sustainable Peace
- Chapter 15. Against All Odds: East Timor’s Struggle for Independence
- Part VII. THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
- Chapter 16. Empire as a State of War
- Chapter 17. Terror and the War to End All Rights
- Part VIII. STRATEGIC FOCUS: No Promised Land in Denial Valley
- Chapter 18. Cautious Mainstreaming, Constructive Subversion
- Chapter 19. Conclusion: Playing from Strength
- Recommended Readings
- Appendix: Human Rights Impact Assessment: Tips and Tools
- Index
- About the Author
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