عنوان

Evidence for hope :

شابک

1400888530

شابک

9781400888535

شابک اشتباه

0691170622

شابک اشتباه

9780691170626

عنوان اصلي

Evidence for hope :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

making human rights work in the 21st century /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Kathryn Sikkink.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Princeton :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Princeton University Press,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

[2017]

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

©2017

نام خاص و کميت اثر

1 online resource (viii, 318 pages) :

ساير جزييات

illustrations, maps

عنوان فروست

Human rights and crimes against humanity

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-300) and index.

متن يادداشت

Introduction: Anger, hope, and the belief you can make a difference -- Response to the critics: how to evaluate the legitimacy and effectiveness of human rights -- The diverse political origins of human rights -- The struggles for human rights during the Cold War -- Why is it so hard to measure the effectiveness of human rights law and activism? -- What does and doesn't work to promote human rights? -- Conclusions: evidence for hope without complacency.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

A history of the successes of the human rights movement and a case for why human rights workEvidence for Hope makes the case that, yes, human rights work. Critics may counter that the movement is in serious jeopardy or even a questionable byproduct of Western imperialism. They point out that Guantánamo is still open, the Arab Spring protests have been crushed, and governments are cracking down on NGOs everywhere. But respected human rights expert Kathryn Sikkink draws on decades of research and fieldwork to provide a rigorous rebuttal to pessimistic doubts about human rights laws and institutions. She demonstrates that change comes slowly and as the result of struggle, but in the long term, human rights movements have been vastly effective. Attacks on the human rights movement's credibility are based on the faulty premise that human rights ideas emerged in North America and Europe and were imposed on developing southern nations. Starting in the 1940s, Latin American leaders and activists were actually early advocates for the international protection of human rights. Sikkink shows that activists and scholars disagree about the efficacy of human rights because they use different yardsticks to measure progress. Comparing the present to the past, she shows that genocide and violence against civilians have declined over time, while access to healthcare and education has increased dramatically. Cognitive and news biases contribute to pervasive cynicism, but Sikkink's investigation into past and current trends indicates that human rights is not in its twilight. Instead, this is a period of vibrant activism that has made impressive improvements in human well-being. Exploring the strategies that have led to real humanitarian gains since the middle of the twentieth century, Evidence for Hope looks at how these essential advances can be supported and sustained for decades to come.

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

JSTOR

شماره انبار

22573/ctvc661g0

عنوان

Evidence for hope.

شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي

9780691170626

عنوان اصلي به زبان ديگر

Making human rights work in the 21st century

موضوع مستند نشده

Human rights-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Human rights movements-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

HISTORY-- World.

موضوع مستند نشده

Human rights movements.

موضوع مستند نشده

Human rights.

موضوع مستند نشده

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Civil Rights.

موضوع مستند نشده

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Human Rights.

موضوع مستند نشده

HIS-- 037000

موضوع مستند نشده

HIS-- 054000

موضوع مستند نشده

POL-- 004000

موضوع مستند نشده

POL-- 011000

موضوع مستند نشده

POL-- 035010

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Sikkink, Kathryn,1955-

تاريخ عمليات

20200822181415.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

pn

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y