Beschreibung
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, abusewith its common core in inequalityis 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.
Autorenportrait
Jan Knippers Black is professor in the Graduate School of International Policy Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies. For an interview with the author on Women News Network, please clickhere. To view the author discussing her book on Evening Insight, please clickhere.
Inhalt
Chapter 1: The Human Rights Perspective and the Need for Impact AssessmentPart I: The Politics of a Human Rights AgendaChapter 2: What's in a Name? Deconstructing Human Rights Terms and ConceptsChapter 3: The Dialectics of Building an International Human Rights RegimeChapter 4: Human Rights Cleavages and Controversies: The DiscoursePart II: The Right to Eat: Social and Economic RightsChapter 5: The Globalization of VulnerabilityChapter 6: From the Ashes: Argentina's Return from MeltdownPart III: The Right to Belong: Civil and Political RightsChapter 7: Participation and AccountabilityChapter 8: Wayfarers in a Walled-Up WorldChapter 9: Chile's Long Way HomePart IV: The Right to be Different: Cultural RightsChapter 10: The Political Dimensions of DiversityChapter 11: Feminism, Democracy, and Self-Determination: The Taiwanese ExperiencePart V: The Right to the Commons: Environmental RightsChapter 12: The Naked Ape in Nature: Master or Guardian?Chapter 13: China's Three Gorges: The Dam and the DamnedPart VI: The Right to a Just PeaceChapter 14: From Sustainable War to Sustainable PeaceChapter 15: Against All Odds: East Timor's Quest for IndependencePart VII: The Elephant in the RoomChapter 16: Empire as a State of WarChapter 17: Terror and the War to End All RightsPart VIII: Strategic Focus: No Promised Land in Denial ValleyChapter 18: Cautious Mainstreaming, Constructive SubversionConclusion: Playing from StrengthAppendix: Human Rights Impact Assessment: Tips and Tools
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