The rise and fall of human rights : cynicism and politics in occupied Palestine / / Lori Allen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824054503321
• Autore: Allen Lori <1971->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2013
• ISBN: 0-8047-8551-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Collana: Stanford studies in human rights
• Disciplina: 323.095695/3
• Soggetti: Human rights advocacy - Political aspects - Palestine - History; Palestinian Arabs - Civil rights - Gaza Strip - History; Palestinian Arabs - Civil rights - West Bank - History; Human rights - Palestine - History; Arab-Israeli conflict - 1973-1993; Arab-Israeli conflict - 1993-; Palestine Politics and government 1948-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The first human rights NGO : Al-Haq's faith in evidence -- The beginning of the decline : international aid and the production of bad faith -- Teaching human rights : citizens and security men in training -- Making up the face of the state : human rights in the creation of political authority -- Nationalizing human rights : the political ethics of Hamas.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Rise and Fall of Human Rights provides a groundbreaking ethnographic investigation of the Palestinian human rights world-its NGOs, activists, and ""victims,"" as well as their politics, training, and discourse-since 1979. Though human rights activity began as a means of struggle against the Israeli occupation, it has since been professionalized and politicized, transformed into a public relations tool for political legitimization and state-making.In failing to end the Israeli occupation, protect basic human rights, or establish an accountable Palestinian government, the