Advocating Dignity: Human Rights Mobilizations in Global Politics (Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights)
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (511 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812221273 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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"An ambitious and compelling book. Advocating Dignity offers an innovative conceptual framework to provide one of the first major historical accounts of the global human rights revolutions of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries."—Mark Bradley, University of Chicago
People Matter In a subject dominated by political scientists, historian Jean Quataert offers a compelling new perspective on the development of human rights norms after 19People Matter S. Rose In a subject dominated by political scientists, historian Jean Quataert offers a compelling new perspective on the development of human rights norms after 1945. She explores the significance of grassroots advocacy networks, drawing important connections between these groups and international/transnational institutions. Starting with the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, t. 5. She explores the significance of grassroots advocacy networks, drawing important connections between these groups and international/transnational institutions. Starting with the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, t
. Jean H. Quataert is Professor of History at Binghamton University, State University of New York, and author of several books, including Staging Philanthropy: Patriotic Women and the National Imagination in Dynastic Germany, 1813-1916
system is continuously reinvigorated and strengthened by its ties to local individuals, organizations, and groups engaged in day-to-day rights advocacy. In Advocating Dignity, Jean H. Drawing from many fields of inquiry, including legal studies, philosophy, international relations theory, political science, and gender history, Advocating Dignity is an innovative work that narrates the hopes and bitter struggles that have altered the course of international and domestic relations over the past sixty years.. Intertwining popular local and national mobilizations for rights with ongoing developments of a formal international system of rights monitoring in the United Nations, Quataert argues that human rights advocacy networks have been a vital dimension of international political developments since 1945. Quataert explores the emergence, development, and impact of the human rights revolution following World War II. This daily work, in turn, is supported by the ongoing activities from above.Quataert establishes the global contexts for the historical unfoldin