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Author Brysk, Alison, 1960- author.

Title The future of human rights / Alison Brysk
Published Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2018
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Contents Now more than ever -- Unfinished business : mind the gaps -- Expanding rights : bridges and paths -- Contracting rights : regression and resistance -- Reconstructing rights in a post-liberal world
Summary 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. 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Human rights.
Human rights -- International cooperation
Human rights and globalization.
Human Rights
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Human rights
Human rights and globalization
Human rights -- International cooperation
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017058092
ISBN 9781509520619
1509520619