Human Rights for Pragmatists (eBook)

Social Power in Modern Times

Jack Snyder (Autor)

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2022
328 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-23153-2 (ISBN)

Infos

An innovative framework for advancing human rights Human rights are among our most pressing issues today, yet rights promoters have reached an impasse in their effort to achieve rights for all. Human Rights for Pragmatists explains why: activists prioritize universal legal and moral norms, backed by the public shaming of violators, but in fact rights prevail only when they serve the interests of powerful local constituencies. Jack Snyder demonstrates that where local power and politics lead, rights follow. He presents an innovative roadmap for addressing a broad agenda of human rights concerns: impunity for atrocities, dilemmas of free speech in the age of social media, entrenched abuses of women's rights, and more.Exploring the historical development of human rights around the globe, Snyder shows that liberal rights-based states have experienced a competitive edge over authoritarian regimes in the modern era. He focuses on the role of power, the interests of individuals and the groups they form, and the dynamics of bargaining and coalitions among those groups. The path to human rights entails transitioning from a social order grounded in patronage and favoritism to one dedicated to equal treatment under impersonal rules. Rights flourish when they benefit dominant local actors with the clout to persuade ambivalent peers. Activists, policymakers, and others attempting to advance rights should embrace a tailored strategy, one that acknowledges local power structures and cultural practices.Constructively turning the mainstream framework of human rights advocacy on its head, Human Rights for Pragmatists offers tangible steps that all advocates can take to move the rights project forward.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.7.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity
• Reihe/Serie: Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
• Zusatzinfo: 4 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Accountability • activism • administrative law • Advocacy • Amnesty • authoritarianism • Case study • Child Labour • Civil and Political Rights • civil liberties • civil rights movements • Civil Society • Collective Action • Corruption • cultural conservatism • Deinstitutionalisation • Democracy • Democratization • Deontological Ethics • development aid • Dispute Resolution • Economic, social and cultural rights • ethnic group • Facilitator • Freedom House • freedom of speech • gerontocracy • Global Justice • Governance • Human Rights • human rights movement • Human Rights Watch • Identity politics • Ideology • Incentive • Innovation • Institution • Institutional Theory • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights • International human rights law • Labor Right • labour law • Legal Doctrine • Legalization • Legislation • Legitimation • liberal democracy • Liberalism • marketplace of ideas • Minority rights • Modernity • Moral Hazard • Morality • Moral Realism • Moral Relativism • Nationalism • Natural and legal rights • Non-governmental organization • Obligation • On the Issues • Opportunism • Payment • Political Party • Political Philosophy • Politician • Politics • Pragmatism • progressivism • protectionism • Protectionism in the United States • Public Interest • Publicity • Rationalism • Reform Movement • Regime • rights • Rights-based approach to development • right to property • Rule of Law • self-concept • Self-determination • Shame • Social integration • Social Movement • social movement theory • Social Order • Social Proof • Social Psychology • Social Responsibility • Source (journalism) • statistical significance • Territorial integrity • theory • Theory of Justification • Trade-off • Transitional Justice • United States Bill of Rights • Universal Declaration of Human Rights • Vested interest (communication theory) • welfare
• ISBN-10: 0-691-23153-2 / 0691231532
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-23153-2 / 9780691231532