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The Socio-Political Practice of Human Rights - Between the Universal and the Particular (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Socio-Political Practice of Human Rights - Between the Universal and the Particular (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Global Connections
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This book examines discourses of rights and practices of resistance
in post-conflict societies, exploring the interaction between the
international human rights framework and different actors seeking
political and social change. Presenting detailed new case studies
from Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka and Kosovo, it reveals the necessity
of social scientific interventions in the field of human rights.
The author shows how a shift away from the realm of normative
political or legal theory towards a more sociological analysis
promises a better understanding of both the limits of current human
rights approaches and possible sites of potential. Considering the
diverse ways in which human rights are enacted and mobilised, The
Socio-Political Practice of Human Rights engages with major sites
of tension and debate, examining the question of whether human
rights are universal or culturally relative; their relationship to
forms of economic and political domination; the role of law as a
mechanism for social change and the ways in which the language of
human rights facilitates or closes sites of radical resistance. By
situating these debates in specific contexts, this book concludes
by proposing new ways of theorizing human rights. Empirically
grounded and offering an alternate framework for understanding the
fluid and ambiguous operation of power within the theory and
practice of human rights, this volume will appeal to scholars of
sociology, law and politics with interests in gender, resistance,
international law, human rights and socio-legal discourse.
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