A practical handbook for students seeking to understand, explain and redress human rights problems in the world. Written in a clear and accessible manner, it provides students with the conceptual frameworks and methodological tools.
Zusammenfassung
This book draws on key theories and methods from the social sciences to develop a framework for the systematic study of human rights problems. It argues that solid empirical analysis of human rights problems rests on examining the observable practices from state and non-state actors that constitute human rights violations to provide plausible explanations for their occurrence and provide deeper understanding of their meaning. Such explanations and understanding draws on the theoretical insights from rational, structural and cultural approaches in the social sciences. This book includes:an outline of the scope of human rightsthe terrain of key actors that have an impact on human rightsa summary of the social science theories, methods and measures for studying human rightsa separate treatment of global comparative studies, truth commissions, and human rights impact assessment. Studying Human Rights is the first book to use the synthesis of social sciences approaches to studying human rights and its quantitative and qualitative approach provides useful insights. This book makes a unique contribution to the existent literature on human rights and is an invaluable tool for both scholars and practitioners of this area.
Inhalt
1. Scope of Human Rights 2. The Terrain of Human Rights 3. Social Theory and Human Rights 4. Social Science Methods and Human Rights 5. Measuring Human Rights 6. Global Comparative Studies 7. The Social Science of Truth Commissions 8. Human Rights Impact Assessment 9. Theory and Method in Studying Human Rights
Titel
Studying Human Rights
Autor
EAN
9781134341436
ISBN
978-1-134-34143-6
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Genre
Veröffentlichung
02.09.2003
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
2.28 MB
Anzahl Seiten
192
Jahr
2003
Untertitel
Englisch
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