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Evidence for hope : making human rights work in the 21st century / Kathryn Sikkink.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]Description: viii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780691170626 (hbk)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • K3240 S55 2017
Contents:
Introduction: Anger, hope, and the belief you can make a difference -- Response to the critics: how to evaluate the legitimacy and effectiveness of human rights -- The diverse political origins of human rights -- The struggles for human rights during the Cold War -- Why is it so hard to measure the effectiveness of human rights law and activism? -- What does and doesn't work to promote human rights? -- Conclusions: evidence for hope without complacency.
List(s) this item appears in: Newly Acquired Library Materials 2020 - 4th Quarter
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Books Books Commission on Human Rights Library Human Rights Newly Processed K3240 S55 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available CHRPL004133

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-300) and index.

Introduction: Anger, hope, and the belief you can make a difference -- Response to the critics: how to evaluate the legitimacy and effectiveness of human rights -- The diverse political origins of human rights -- The struggles for human rights during the Cold War -- Why is it so hard to measure the effectiveness of human rights law and activism? -- What does and doesn't work to promote human rights? -- Conclusions: evidence for hope without complacency.

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