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PublisherPolity Press

ISBN-101509520589

ISBN-139781509520589

eBay Product ID (ePID)240199062

Product Key Features

Number of Pages152 Pages

Publication NameFuture of Human Rights

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGlobalization, Human Rights

Publication Year2018

TypeTextbook

AuthorAlison Brysk

Subject AreaPolitical Science

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight6.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2017-043970

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"An excellent analysis of the full range of issues and tensions that characterize current human rights practice and governance today." Sam Gregory, Harvard Kennedy School and Program Director, WITNESS "Alison Brysk makes a compelling, pragmatic, and, ultimately, optimistic argument for the incredible resilience of human rights. Combining insightful social science theory with evidence of human rights victories and setbacks, The Future of Human Rights provides a powerful diagnostic, offering vital lessons on the way forward." Tom Pegram, University College London "Alison Brysk has read widely and thought carefully about human rights. The synthesis presented here, concise but sophisticated, is very much worth reading and pondering. She does not shy away from the problems, but also presents some positive possibilities for the future of human rights." David P. Forsythe, University Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal323

Table Of ContentChapter 1: Now More Than Ever Chapter 2: Unfinished Business: Mind the Gaps Chapter 3: Expanding Rights: Bridges and Paths Chapter 4: Contracting Rights: Regression and Resistance Chapter 5: Reconstructing Rights in a Post-Liberal World

SynopsisHuman rights have fallen on hard times, yet they are more necessary than ever. People all over the world - from Amazonian villages to Iranian prisons - need human rights to gain recognition, campaign for justice, and save lives. But how can we secure a brighter future for human rights? What changes are required to confront the regime's weaknesses and emerging global challenges? In this cutting-edge analysis, Alison Brysk sets out a pragmatic reformist agenda for human rights in the twenty-first century. Tracing problems and solutions through contemporary case studies - the plight of refugees, declining democracies such as Mexico and Turkey, the expansion of women's rights, new norms for indigenous peoples, and rights regression in the USA - she shows that the dynamic strength of human rights lies in their evolving political practice. This distinctive vision demands that we build upon the gains of the human rights regime to construct new pathways which address historic rights gaps, from citizenship to security, from environmental protection to resurgent nationalism, and to globalization itself. Drawing on the author's extensive experience as a leading human rights scholar and activist, The Future of Human Rights offers a broad and authoritative guide to the big questions in global human rights governance today., Human rights have fallen on hard times, yet they are more necessary than ever. People all over the world from Amazonian villages to Iranian prisons need human rights to gain recognition, campaign for justice, and save lives.

LC Classification NumberJC571.B7558 2018