Michael Goodhart (Director of the G Professor of Political Science

Human Rights

Theory and Practice

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• 4 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 192mm x 235mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 824g
• ISBN-13: 9780190085469
• ISBN-10: 0190085460
• Artikelnr.: 63458616

Autorenporträt

Michael Goodhart is Professor of Political Science, Director of the Global Studies Center, and a University Honors College Faculty Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the author of Injustice: Political Theory for the Real World (OUP, 2018).

Inhaltsangabe

* Brief Contents
* Notes on Contributors
* Introduction
* Michael Goodhart
* I Part I: Theory
* 1 The Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights
* Anthony Langlois
* 2 Human Rights in International Law
* Rhona Smith
* 3 The Politics of Human Rights
* Michael Goodhart
* 4 Feminist Approaches to Human Rights
* Laura Parisi
* 5 Imperialism and Human Rights
* Bonny Ibhawoh
* 6 The Social Life of Human Rights
* Damien Short
* 7 Human Rights Claiming as a Performative Practice
* Karen Zivi
* II Part II: Practice
* 8 Genocide
* Scott Straus
* 9 Humanitarian Intervention
* Alan Kuperman
* 10 Transitional Justice
* Joanna Quinn
* 11 Treaties, monitoring, and enforcement
* Emily Ritter
* 12 Political Democracy and State Repression
* Christian Davenport
* 13 Migration and Refugees
* Gil Loescher and Kurt Mills
* 14 Human Rights and the Environment
* Sumudu Atapattu
* 15 Indigenous Rights and Language Sovereignty
* Odilia Romero, Joseph Berra, and Shannon Speed
* 16 Social movements and human rights
* Jackie Smith
* 17 Theory in Practice: Making Human Rights Claims in a Human Rights
Way
* Brooke Ackerly
* 18 Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Human Rights
* Cricket Keating and Cindy Burack
* 19 Religion and Human Rights
* Roja Fazaeli and Joel Hanisek
* 20 The human right to water
* Madeline Baer
* 21 The SDGs and economic rights
* Inga Winkler and Matheus de Carvalho Hernandez
* Detailed Contents
* Notes on Contributors
* Introduction
* Michael Goodhart
* I Part I: Theory
* 1 The Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights
* Anthony Langlois
* Introduction
* The Emergence of Rights Language
* Modern Human Rights
* Types of Human Rights: Liberty and Welfare Rights
* Group Rights
* Human Rights as a Political Project
* Conclusion
* 2 Human Rights in International Law
* Rhona Smith
* Introduction
* Historical Evolution of International Human Rights Law
* Sources of International Human Rights Law
* Monitoring and Enforcing International Human Rights Law
* Conclusion
* 3 The Politics of Human Rights
* Michael Goodhart
* Introduction
* The Invention of Human Rights
* Why Are Human Rights Controversial?
* Thinking Politically about Human Rights
* Conclusion
* 4 Feminist Approaches to Human Rights
* Laura Parisi
* Introduction
* Women's Rights are Human Rights : Evolution of the Discourse
* The Structural Indivisibility of Rights and CEDAW
* Gender Equality and Human Rights: Contemporary Issues
* Conclusion
* 5 Imperialism and Human Rights
* Bonny Ibhawoh
* Introduction
* Linking Imperialism and Human Rights
* Empire and Atrocity
* Strategic Human Rights
* Self-Determination and Racial Equality
* Nationalism and Decolonization
* Conclusion
* 6 The Social Life of Human Rights
* Damien Short
* Introduction?
* Sociology of Human Rights??
* Anthropology of Human Rights
* A Common Thread: The Social Construction of Right
* Conclusion?
* 7 Human Rights Claiming as a Performative Practice
* Karen Zivi
* Introduction
* The Human Rights Gap
* Theorizing Performativity
* Human Rights Performativity
* Conclusion
* II Part II: Practice
* 8 Genocide
* Scott Straus
* Introduction
* The Origins of the Concept of 'Genocide'
* Theories of Genocide
* Case Studies: Rwanda and Darfur
* Rwanda
* Darfur
* Conclusion
* 9 Humanitarian Intervention
* Alan Kuperman
* Introduction to Humanitarian Intervention
* Evolving Concepts of Intervention
* Military Intervention
* Obstacles to Effective Intervention
* Unintended Consequences of Intervention
* Case Study of Intervention: Bosnia
* Conclusion: Lessons of Humanitarian Intervention
* 10 Transitional Justice
* Joanna Quinn
* Introduction
* Retributive Justice
* Restorative Justice
* Reparative Justice
* Putting Transitional Justice into Practice
* Case Study: Uganda
* Conclusion
* 11 Treaties, monitoring, and enforcement
* Emily Ritter
* Introduction
* International Treaty Creation and Ratification
* Compliance in Law and Action
* Monitoring Compliance
* Enforcement in Instances of Non-Compliance
* Case Study: The Black Lives Matter Movement
* Conclusion
* 12 Political Democracy and State Repression
* Christian Davenport
* Introduction
* Understanding the Democracy-Repression Nexus
* Case Studies: Democracy and Repression in the United States in Two
Historical Periods
* The Path to Peace: Directions for Future Research
* Conclusion
* 13 Migration and Refugees
* Gil Loescher and Kurt Mills
* Introduction
* Assessing the Problem
* The Problem of Defining Refugees
* The UNHCR, Human Rights, and the International Refugee Regime
* Case Study: Forced Displacement in Myanmar
* The Way Forward: The Need for New Alliances and New Actors
* Conclusion
* 14 Human Rights and the Environment
* Sumudu Atapattu
* Introduction
* What are environmental rights? Convergence between human rights and
environmental protection
* Synergies and challenges of using a human rights framework for
environmental issues
* Regional systems of human rights
* Emergence of a right to a healthy environment and its implications
* Case study - Teitiota v. New Zealand
* Conclusion
* 15 Indigenous Rights and Language Sovereignty
* Odilia Romero, Joseph Berra, and Shannon Speed
* Introduction
* From erasure to sovereignty: a trajectory of reclamation
* The imposition and persistence of settler colonial structures
* Human rights harms through the lens of Indigenous language knowledge
keepers
* Identity, language and sovereignty
* Conclusion
* 16 Social movements and human rights
* Jackie Smith
* Introduction
* Social Movements and Human Rights
* The Diffusion of Human Rights
* Case Study: Human Rights Cities "Bringing Human Rights Home"
* Human Rights Globalization and Cities
* Conclusion
* 17 Theory in Practice: Making Human Rights Claims in a Human Rights
Way
* Brooke Ackerly
* Introduction
* Universal Human Rights and Cultural Relativism
* Human Rights Struggles
* Case Study: Theory in Practice
* Conclusion
* 18 Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Human Rights
* Cricket Keating and Cindy Burack
* Introduction
* Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity rights as human rights
* Organizing for SOGI human rights
* Critiques of SOGI Human rights activism
* Case Study: Uganda
* Conclusion
* 19 Religion and Human Rights
* Roja Fazaeli and Joel Hanisek
* Introduction
* Historical context of the relationship
* A complex relationship
* The Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
* The ?ahin Case
* Conclusion
* 20 The human right to water
* Madeline Baer
* Introduction
* Defining Water
* The Human Right to Water
* Privatization of Water
* Creating the Human Right to Water in International Law
* Case Study: Bolivia
* Conclusion
* 21 The SDGs and economic rights
* Inga Winkler and Matheus de Carvalho Hernandez
* Introduction
* History and Development of the SDGs
* The Reflection of Human Rights in the Sustainable Development Agenda
* Accountability: Central to Human Rights but not the SDGs
* Case Study: Reducing Inequalities
* Conclusion