Human rights are now the dominant approach to social justice globally. But how do human rights work? What do they do? Drawing on anthropological studies of human rights work from around the world, this book examines human rights in practice. It shows how groups and organizations mobilize human rights language in a variety of local settings, often differently from those imagined by human rights law itself. The case studies reveal the contradictions and ambiguities of human rights approaches to various forms of violence. They show that this openness is not a failure of universal human rights as a coherent legal or ethical framework but an essential element in the development of living and organic ideas of human rights in context. Studying human rights in practice means examining the channels of communication and institutional structures that mediate between global ideas and local situations. Suitable for use on inter-disciplinary courses globally.
| ISBN: | 9780521865173 |
| Publication date: | 8th September 2007 |
| Author: | Mark Goodale, Sally Engle Merry |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Law and Society |
| Genres: |
Public international law: human rights Social and cultural anthropology International relations |
Human rights are now the dominant approach to social justice globally. But how do human rights work? What do they do? Drawing on anthropological studies of human rights work from around the world, this book examines human rights in practice. It shows how groups and organizations mobilize human rights language in a variety of local settings, often differently from those imagined by human rights law itself. The case studies reveal the contradictions and ambiguities of human rights approaches to various forms of violence. They show that this openness is not a failure of universal human rights as a coherent legal or ethical framework but an essential element in the development of living and organic ideas of human rights in context. Studying human rights in practice means examining the channels of communication and institutional structures that mediate between global ideas and local situations. Suitable for use on inter-disciplinary courses globally.
The Practice of Human Rights features in the following genres: Public international law: human rights, Social and cultural anthropology, International relations
The Practice of Human Rights is available in Hardback
The Practice of Human Rights was written by Mark Goodale, Sally Engle Merry and published by Cambridge University Press
The Practice of Human Rights has 384 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Law and Society series