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Understanding social action, promoting human rights
Title:
Understanding social action, promoting human rights
Author:
Goodman, Ryan.
ISBN:
9780199707393

9781283858342

9780199979127
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 345 pages) : illustrations
Contents:
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
Abstract:
The editors 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.
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