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Title Understanding social action, promoting human rights / edited by Ryan Goodman, Derek Jinks, and Andrew K. Woods
Published New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 345 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: Social science and human rights / Ryan Goodman, Derek Jinks, and Andrew K. Woods -- The psychology of social norms and the promotion of human rights / Deborah A. Prentice -- Why can't we sell human rights like we sell soap? / Robert C. Hornik -- The reasons for compliance with law / Margaret Levi, Tom R. Tyler, and Audrey Sacks -- Can international law stop genocide when our moral intuitions fail us? / Paul Slovic and David Zionts -- Human rights : an evolutionary and behavioral perspective / Herbert Gintis -- Moral grammar and human rights : some reflections on cognitive science and enlightenment rationalism / John Mikhail -- Parochialism as a result of cognitive biases / Jonathan Baron -- Networks and politics : the case of human rights / David Lazer -- Barriers to dispute resolution : reflections on peacemaking and relationships between adversaries / Byron Bland, Brenna Powell, and Lee Ross -- The difference it makes / William F. Schulz
Summary The editors bring together a stellar group of contributors from across the social sciences to apply a broad yet conceptually unified array of advanced social science research concepts to the study of human rights and human rights law
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Human rights.
Civil rights.
Sociological jurisprudence.
Human Rights
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Civil rights
Human rights
Sociological jurisprudence
Law, Politics & Government.
Human Rights.
Form Electronic book
Author Goodman, Ryan
Jinks, Derek
Woods, Andrew K
LC no. 2011047159
ISBN 9780199707393
0199707391
9781283858342
1283858347
9780199979127
019997912X