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This handbook illustrates the depth and breadth of human rights research, intervention models, and advocacy by psychologists.
List of contents
Part I. History of human rights; Part II. The intersection of psychology and human rights; Part III. Contemporary issues, psychology and human rights; Part IV. Teaching, research, and training in psychology and human rights; Part V. Future directions.
About the author
Neal S. Rubin is Visiting Professor at Adler University, USA, Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), past President of the APA Division of International Psychology, and served as the APA representative to the United Nations. He is also Chair of the Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Roseanne L. Flores is Associate Professor of Psychology, a member of the Human Rights Faculty, and a Faculty Associate of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, USA. She is also the APA Representative for the United Nations Economic and Social Council and past Chair of the APA Committee on Children Youth and Families.
Summary
Written by psychologists, historians, and lawyers, this handbook demonstrates the central role psychological science plays in addressing some of the world's most pressing problems. Over 100 experts from around the world work together to supply an integrated history of human rights and psychological science using a rights and strengths-based perspective. It highlights what psychologists have done to promote human rights and what continues to be done at the United Nations. With emerging visions for the future uses of psychological theory, education, evidence-based research, and best practices, the chapters offer advice on how to advance the 2030 Global Agenda on Sustainable Development. Challenging the view that human rights are best understood through a political lens, this scholarly collection of essays shows how psychological science may hold the key to nurturing humanitarian values and respect for human dignity.
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'By thoughtfully framing psychology within a human rights context, this handbook outlines the dangerous propensity towards fundamentalism, bigotry, and fake news, which radicalises the susceptible or makes them indifferent to the issues affecting us all. Such an application of ethical psychology can, indeed must, improve human society.' Saths Cooper, Past President, International Union of Psychological Science, and Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa
