Rhetoric in Human Rights Advocacy - A Study of Exemplars

This book explores the argumentative strategies used in various human rights contexts by those who advance advocacy rhetoric. Twelve case studies focus on the rhetoric of individuals or groups who work for or against human rights, offering insights about effective argumentative strategies used either to advance or obstruct human rights causes.

List of contents

1 Introduction: Rhetoric and Human Rights Advocacy
2 Advocacy Rhetoric through Thick and Thin: A Conceptual Backdrop
3 Rhetoric in Moral Crises
4 Rhetoric in Moral Confrontations
5 Rhetoric in Moral Projects
6 Rhetoric in Moral Work
7 Dialectical Human Rights Advocacy

About the author

Richard K. Ghere is associate professor at the University of Dayton where he is a researcher in the Human Rights Center.

Summary

This book explores the argumentative strategies used in various human rights contexts by those who advance advocacy rhetoric. Twelve case studies focus on the rhetoric of individuals or groups who work for or against human rights, offering insights about effective argumentative strategies used either to advance or obstruct human rights causes.

Product details

• Authors: Richard K. Ghere, Ghere Richard K.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781498515696
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1569-6
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, International Relations, Political structures: democracy, Communication Studies, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Pressure groups & lobbying, Advocacy;Communication Theory;Human Rights;Rhetoric