Overview
- Investigate the origins and the impacts of the dominant paradigm for transnational advocacy, inspired by critical theory of the Frankfurt School
- Spans many of the major global flashpoints of the past forty years
- Details how human rights organizations utilized devices to raise awareness among ordinary people so as to promote fundraising efforts, build public enthusiasm, and motivate political will
Part of the book series: Human Rights Interventions (HURIIN)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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“In a voice that is simultaneously courageous and engaging, Pruce offers a timely, necessary, and highly original contribution to the field of human rights. Far from seeing human rights’ emergence into the pop cultural sphere as a sign that it has gained normative currency, Pruce cautions thatthis process has wrought a hollowing out of the moral power of rights discourse. Engaging with provocative theoretical interventions, while anchored in unprecedented interview data, this is an important work and essential reading for human rights scholars and practitioners alike.” (Bethany Barratt, Professor of Political Science, Roosevelt University, USA, and Director of the Joseph Loundy Human Rights Project)
“Joel R. Pruce’s new book critically examines how human rights organizations and advocates interact with potential supporters. By highlighting the precarious position advocates often find themselves in with distracted publics, Pruce’s study pushes research in this area in new—and more realistic—directions. The book is a must-read for both scholars and advocates and will become a classic on syllabi in this area.”(Amanda Murdie, Dean Rusk Scholar of International Relations and Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia, USA)
“At a time when the liberal human rights agenda is under threat, Joel Pruce provides an incisive critical reflection on how that agenda became infused by the methods and norms of marketized consumerism, concluding with a call for human rights to return to its radical, subversive agenda. An important and discomfiting book.” (Alex de Waal, Executive Director, World Peace Foundation, USA)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Mass Appeal of Human Rights
Authors: Joel R. Pruce
Series Title: Human Rights Interventions
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92075-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92074-0Published: 20 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06357-3Published: 12 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92075-7Published: 06 June 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-5117
Series E-ISSN: 2946-5125
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 180
Topics: Globalization, Human Rights, Media and Communication, International Organization, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict