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100	1		_93565 _aBrysk, Alison, _d1960-
245	1	0	_aSpeaking rights to power : _bconstructing political will / _cAlison Brysk.
260			_aOxford, etc. : _bOxford University Press, _c2013.
300			_axv, 252 p. ; _c24 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Rhetoric For Rights -- Ch. 1. Speaking rights -- Ch. 2. Historical repertoires: attention must be paid -- Ch. 3. Voices: heroes, martyrs, witnesses, and experts -- Ch. 4. The message matters: framing the claim -- Ch. 5. Plotting rights: the power of performance -- Ch. 6. Mobilizing media: is there an app for that? -- Ch. 7. Audiences: constructing cosmopolitans -- Ch. 8. Constructing political will.
520			_aHow can "Speaking Rights to Power" construct political will to respond to human rights abuse worldwide? Examining dozens of cases of human rights campaigns, this book shows how carefully crafted communications build recognition, solidarity, and social change. Alison Brysk presents an innovative analysis of the politics of persuasion, based in the strategic use of voice, framing, media, protest performance, and audience bridging. Building on twenty years of research on five continents, this comprehensive study ranges from Aung San Suu Kyi to Anna Hazare, from Congo to Colombia, and from the Arab Spring to Pussy Riot. It includes both well-chronicled campaigns, such as the struggle to end violence against women, as well as lesser-known efforts, including inter-ethnic human rights alliances in the U.S. Brysk compares relatively successful human rights campaigns with unavailing struggles. Grounding her analysis in the concrete practice of human rights campaigns, she lays out testable strategic guidance for human rights advocates. Speaking Rights to Power addresses cutting edge debates on human rights and the ethic of care, cosmopolitanism, charismatic leadership, communicative action and political theater, and the role of social media. It draws on constructivist literature from social movement and international relations theory, and it analyzes human rights as a form of global social imagination. Combining a normative contribution with judicious critique, this book shows not only that human rights rhetoric matters-but how to make it matter more.
650		0	_91275 _aHuman rights
650		0	_9482 _aCommunication in politics
740	0		_aChildren's crusade.
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