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Autore: | Allen Lori <1971-> |
Titolo: | The rise and fall of human rights [[electronic resource] ] : cynicism and politics in occupied Palestine / / Lori Allen |
Pubblicazione: | Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
Disciplina: | 323.095695/3 |
Soggetto topico: | 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- | |
Soggetto geografico: | Palestine Politics and government 1948- |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | The rise and fall of human rights |
ISBN: | 0-8047-8551-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910786710903321 |
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