Understanding Social Action, Promoting Human Rights

Name: Understanding Social Action, Promoting Human Rights
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ISBN: 9780195371901

ISBN-10: 0195371909

ISBN-13: 9780195371901

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ryan Goodman, Derek Jinks, Andrew K. Woods

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InUnderstanding Social Action, Promoting Human Rights, editors Ryan Goodman, Derek Jinks, and Andrew K. Woods bring together a stellar group of contributors from across the social sciences to apply a broad yet conceptually unified array of advanced social science research concepts to the study of human rights and human rights law. The book focus on three key methodological and substantive areas: actors, or social and political perspectives, including behavioral economics; communication, covering linguistics, media studies, and social entrepreneurship; and groups, via organizational theory, political economy, social movements, and complexity theory. Their goal is to provide a more…

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List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.10" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Ryan Goodman is Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Director of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School.



Contributors



Introduction: Social Science and Human Rights




The Psychology of Social Norms and the Promotion of Human Rights




Why Can't We Sell Human Rights Like We Sell Soap?




The Reasons for Compliance with Law




Can International Law Stop Genocide When Our Moral Intuitions Fail Us?




Human Rights: An Evolutionary and Behavioral Perspective




Moral Grammar and Human Rights: Some Reflections on Cognitive Science and Enlightenment Rationalism




Parochialism as a Result of Cognitive Biases




Networks and Politics: The Case of Human Rights




Barriers to Dispute Resolution: Reflections on Peacemaking and Relationships between Adversaries




The Difference It Makes



Bibliography


Index