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Title Contesting human rights : norms, institutions and practice / edited by Alison Brysk, Michael Stohl
Published Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 233 pages)
Series Elgar studies in human rights
Elgar studies in human rights.
Contents Front Matter; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: contesting human rights -- pathways of change; PART I: PATHWAYS; 2 Building momentum: changes in advocacy discourse around early child marriage, 2011-2017; 3 Tensions in rights: navigating emerging contradictions in the LGBT rights revolution; 4 Better late than never? The evolving responsibility of international organizations; PART II: REGIME DEVELOPMENT; 5 A horizontal pathway to impact? An assessment of the Universal Periodic Review at 10
6 The trans-regional construction of human rights7 The effectiveness of an emerging pathway of rights: the constitutionalization of human rights law; 8 Human rights cities: making the global local; PART III: CONTRACTIONS AND LIMITATIONS; 9 Advocacy and accountability in the age of backlash: NGOs and regional courts; 10 What went wrong: backlash and contradictions in Central and Eastern Europe; 11 Emerging contradictions in US human rights policy: the Trump agenda; 12 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: conclusionson contesting human rights; Index
Summary Illustrated with case studies from across the globe, Contesting Human Rights provides an innovative approach to human rights, and examines the barriers and changing pathways to the full realisation of these rights. Presenting a thorough proposal for the reframing of human rights, the volume suggests that new opportunities at, and below, the state level, and creative pathways of global governance can help reconstruct human rights in the face of modern challenges
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 28, 2019)
Subject Human rights.
Human Rights
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Human rights
Form Electronic book
Author Brysk, Alison, 1960- editor.
Stohl, Michael, 1947- editor.
ISBN 9781788972864
1788972864