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Speaking Rights to Power - Constructing Political Will (Hardcover, New)
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Speaking Rights to Power - Constructing Political Will (Hardcover, New)
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How can "Speaking Rights to Power" construct political will to
respond to human rights abuse worldwide? Examining dozens of cases
of human rights campaigns, this book shows how carefully crafted
communications build recognition, solidarity, and social change.
Alison Brysk presents an innovative analysis of the politics of
persuasion, based in the strategic use of voice, framing, media,
protest performance, and audience bridging. Building on twenty
years of research on five continents, this comprehensive study
ranges from Aung San Suu Kyi to Anna Hazare, from Congo to
Colombia, and from the Arab Spring to Pussy Riot. It includes both
well-chronicled campaigns, such as the struggle to end violence
against women, as well as lesser-known efforts, including
inter-ethnic human rights alliances in the U.S. Brysk compares
relatively successful human rights campaigns with unavailing
struggles. Grounding her analysis in the concrete practice of human
rights campaigns, she lays out testable strategic guidance for
human rights advocates. Speaking Rights to Power addresses cutting
edge debates on human rights and the ethic of care,
cosmopolitanism, charismatic leadership, communicative action and
political theater, and the role of social media. It draws on
constructivist literature from social movement and international
relations theory, and it analyzes human rights as a form of global
social imagination. Combining a normative contribution with
judicious critique, this book shows not only that human rights
rhetoric matters-but how to make it matter more.
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