Human Rights: Theory and Practice 4th Edition by Michael Goodhart (English) Pape

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Notes on ContributorsIntroduction, Michael GoodhartPart I: Theory1. The Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights, Anthony LangloisIntroductionThe Emergence of Rights LanguageModern Human RightsTypes of Human Rights: Liberty and Welfare RightsGroup RightsHuman Rights as a Political ProjectConclusion2. Human Rights in International Law, Rhona SmithIntroductionHistorical Evolution of International Human Rights LawSources of International Human Rights LawMonitoring and Enforcing International Human Rights LawConclusion3. The Politics of Human Rights, Michael GoodhartIntroductionThe Invention of Human RightsWhy Are Human Rights Controversial?Thinking Politically about Human RightsConclusion4. Feminist Approaches to Human Rights, Laura ParisiIntroductionWomen's Rights are Human Rights : Evolution of the DiscourseThe Structural Indivisibility of Rights and CEDAWGender Equality and Human Rights: Contemporary IssuesConclusion5. Imperialism and Human Rights, Bonny IbhawohIntroductionLinking Imperialism and Human RightsEmpire and AtrocityStrategic Human RightsSelf-Determination and Racial EqualityNationalism and DecolonizationConclusion6. The Social Life of Human Rights, Damien ShortIntroductionSociology of Human RightsAnthropology of Human RightsA Common Thread: The Social Construction of RightConclusion7. Human Rights Claiming as a Performative Practice, Karen ZiviIntroductionThe Human Rights GapTheorizing PerformativityHuman Rights PerformativityConclusionPart II: Practice8. Genocide, Scott StrausIntroductionThe Origins of the Concept of 'Genocide'Theories of GenocideCase Studies: Rwanda and DarfurRwandaDarfurConclusion9. Humanitarian Intervention, Alan KupermanIntroduction to Humanitarian InterventionEvolving Concepts of InterventionMilitary InterventionObstacles to Effective InterventionUnintended Consequences of InterventionCase Study of Intervention: BosniaConclusion: Lessons of Humanitarian Intervention10. Transitional Justice, Joanna QuinnIntroductionRetributive JusticeRestorative JusticeReparative JusticePutting Transitional Justice into PracticeCase Study: UgandaConclusion11. Treaties, monitoring, and enforcement, Emily RitterIntroductionInternational Treaty Creation and RatificationCompliance in Law and ActionMonitoring ComplianceEnforcement in Instances of Non-ComplianceCase Study: The Black Lives Matter MovementConclusion12. Political Democracy and State Repression, Christian DavenportIntroductionUnderstanding the Democracy-Repression NexusCase Studies: Democracy and Repression in the United States in Two Historical PeriodsThe Path to Peace: Directions for Future ResearchConclusion13. Migration and Refugees, Gil Loescher & Kurt MillsIntroductionAssessing the ProblemThe Problem of Defining RefugeesThe UNHCR, Human Rights, and the International Refugee RegimeCase Study: Forced Displacement in MyanmarThe Way Forward: The Need for New Alliances and New ActorsConclusion14. Human Rights and the Environment, Sumudu AtapattuIntroductionWhat are environmental rights? Convergence between human rights and environmental protectionSynergies and challenges of using a human rights framework for environmental issuesRegional systems of human rightsEmergence of a right to a healthy environment and its implicationsCase study - Teitiota v. New ZealandConclusion15. Indigenous Rights and Language Sovereignty, Odilia Romero, Joseph Berra, & Shannon SpeedIntroductionFrom erasure to sovereignty: a trajectory of reclamationThe imposition and persistence of settler colonial structuresHuman rights harms through the lens of Indigenous language knowledge keepersIdentity, language and sovereigntyConclusion16. Social movements and human rights, Jackie SmithIntroductionSocial Movements and Human RightsThe Diffusion of Human RightsCase Study: Human Rights Cities "Bringing Human Rights Home"Human Rights Globalization & CitiesConclusion17. Theory in Practice: Making Human Rights Claims in a Human Rights Way, Brooke AckerlyIntroductionUniversal Human Rights and Cultural RelativismHuman Rights StrugglesCase Study: Theory in PracticeConclusion18. Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Human Rights, Cricket Keating and Cindy BurackIntroductionSexual Orientation and Gender Identity rights as human rightsOrganizing for SOGI human rightsCritiques of SOGI Human rights activismCase Study: UgandaConclusion19. Religion and Human Rights, Roja Fazaeli and Joel HanisekIntroductionHistorical context of the relationshipA complex relationshipThe Masterpiece Cakeshop CaseThe Bahin CaseConclusion20. The human right to water, Madeline BaerIntroductionDefining WaterThe Human Right to WaterPrivatization of WaterCreating the Human Right to Water in International LawCase Study: BoliviaConclusion21. The SDGs and economic rights, Inga Winkler & Matheus de Carvalho HernandezIntroductionHistory and Development of the SDGsThe Reflection of Human Rights in the Sustainable Development AgendaAccountability: Central to Human Rights but not the SDGsCase Study: Reducing InequalitiesConclusion

Review

Overall, the Goodhart text provides an excellent thematic introduction to the study of human rights covering a wide range of issues and perspectives. The authors of this text provide an extensive array of suggestions for further reading to provide supplementation to this material for more advanced students at the graduate level. * Michael Sullivan, St. Mary's University *
Overall it is a good book. Its main strengths are the breadth of coverage and the relevance of these topics to students. * Jelena Subotic, Georgia State University *

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"This text provides an excellent thematic introduction to the study of human rights, covering a wide range of issues and perspectives. The authors provide an extensive array of suggestions for further reading to provide supplementation to this material for more advanced students at the graduate level."--Michael Sullivan, St. Mary's University"It is a good book. Its main strengths are the breadth of coverage and the relevance of these topics to students." --Jelena Subotic, Georgia State University

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"This text provides an excellent thematic introduction to the study of human rights, covering a wide range of issues and perspectives. The authors provide an extensive array of suggestions for further reading to provide supplementation to this material for more advanced students at the graduate level."--Michael Sullivan, St. Mary's University

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