Human Rights for Pragmatists: Social Power in Modern Times

by Jack Snyder

An innovative framework for advancing human rights

Human rights are among our most pressing issues today, yet rights promoters have reached an impasse in their effort to achieve rights for all. Human Rights for Pragmatists explains why: activists prioritize universal legal and moral norms, backed by the public shaming of violators, but in fact rights prevail only when they serve the interests of powerful local constituencies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691231559
• ISBN13: 9780691231556
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 328 Pages