Human rights and social movements /
Stammers, Neil.
Human rights and social movements / Neil Stammers. - London ; New York, NY : New York : Pluto Press ; Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - x, 286 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
This book champions social movements as one of the most influential agents that shape our conceptions of human rights.It argues that human rights cannot be understood outside of the context of social movement struggles. It explains how much of the literature on human rights has systematically obscured this link, consequently distorting our understandings of human rights. Neil Stammers shows how human rights can be understood. He suggests that what he calls the 'paradox of institutionalisation' can only be addressed through a recognition of the importance of human rights arising out of grassroots activism, and through processes of institutional democratisation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-275) and index.
Introduction -- Getting beyond the hall of mirrors -- The 'sociality' of natural rights -- The lost nineteenth century -- The paradox of institutionalisation -- New movements? Old wrongs? -- Expressive and instrumental dimensions of movement activism -- Analyses of globalisation and human rights -- Renewing the challenge to power.
9780745329123 0745329128 (hbk.) 9780745329116 (pbk.) 074532911X (pbk.)
Human rights.
Social movements.
Institutionalisation
323 / STA
Human rights and social movements / Neil Stammers. - London ; New York, NY : New York : Pluto Press ; Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. - x, 286 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
This book champions social movements as one of the most influential agents that shape our conceptions of human rights.It argues that human rights cannot be understood outside of the context of social movement struggles. It explains how much of the literature on human rights has systematically obscured this link, consequently distorting our understandings of human rights. Neil Stammers shows how human rights can be understood. He suggests that what he calls the 'paradox of institutionalisation' can only be addressed through a recognition of the importance of human rights arising out of grassroots activism, and through processes of institutional democratisation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-275) and index.
Introduction -- Getting beyond the hall of mirrors -- The 'sociality' of natural rights -- The lost nineteenth century -- The paradox of institutionalisation -- New movements? Old wrongs? -- Expressive and instrumental dimensions of movement activism -- Analyses of globalisation and human rights -- Renewing the challenge to power.
9780745329123 0745329128 (hbk.) 9780745329116 (pbk.) 074532911X (pbk.)
Human rights.
Social movements.
Institutionalisation
323 / STA