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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820395203321

Autore

Goodman Ryan

Titolo

Understanding Social Action, Promoting Human Rights

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cary, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2012

ISBN

1-283-85834-7

0-19-970739-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JinksDerek

WoodsAndrew K

Disciplina

341.4/8

Soggetti

Civil rights

Human rights

Sociological jurisprudence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction: Social Science and Human Rights; 2. The Psychology of Social Norms and the Promotion of Human Rights; 3. Why Can't We Sell Human Rights Like We Sell Soap?; 4. The Reasons for Compliance with Law; 5. Can International Law Stop Genocide When Our Moral Intuitions Fail Us?; 6. Human Rights: An Evolutionary and Behavioral Perspective; 7. Moral Grammar and Human Rights: Some Reflections on Cognitive Science and Enlightenment Rationalism; 8. Parochialism as a Result of Cognitive Biases; 9. Networks and Politics: The Case of Human Rights

10. Barriers to Dispute Resolution: Reflections on Peacemaking and Relationships between Adversaries11. The Difference It Makes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

In Understanding 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.