Human Rights and Social Movements

Informationen zum Autor Neil Stammers is Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex. He is the author of Human Rights and Social Movements (Pluto, 2009), and co-editor of Global Activism, Global Media (Pluto, 2005). Klappentext This book champions social movements as one of the most influential agents that shape our conceptions of human rights.Stammers argues that human rights cannot be properly understood outside of the context of social movement struggles. He explains how much of the literature on human rights has systematically obscured this link, consequently distorting our understandings of human rights. Zusammenfassung A study that champions social movements as influential agents in shaping our conceptions of human rights

Product details

• Authors: Jane Andrew, Robert Jupe, Neil Stammers, Stammers Neil
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2009
• EAN: 9780745329123
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-2912-3
• No. of pages: 286
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; United Nations, South America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, Colonialism & imperialism, Indigenous Peoples, Social discrimination & inequality, Revolutionary groups & movements, Colonialism and imperialism, Civil rights & citizenship, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Human rights, civil rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Revolutionary groups and movements, Regional government, Indigenous people: governance and politics, Social discrimination and social justice