Claiming Rights across Borders: International Human Rights and Democratic Sovereignty

Benhabib, Seyla

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“…Civic contestation and mobilization further the vernacularization of international law (Benhabib 2009;Merry 2006). Universal provisions are made concrete in local contexts, contributing to their legitimacy and amplifying their effectiveness (Johnson and Zaynulla 2010).…”

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The Civic Origins of Progressive Policy Change: Combating Violence against Women in Global Perspective, 1975–2005

Htun¹,

2012

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O ver the past four decades, violence against women (VAW) has come to be seen as a violation of human rights and an important concern for social policy. Yet government action remains uneven. Some countries have adopted comprehensive policies to combat VAW, whereas others have been slow to address the problem. Using an original dataset of social movements and VAW policies in 70 countries over four decades, we show that feminist mobilization in civil society-not intra-legislative political phenomena such as leftist parties or women in government or economic factors like national wealth-accounts for variation in policy development. In addition, we demonstrate that autonomous movements produce an enduring impact on VAW policy through the institutionalization of feminist ideas in international norms. This study brings national and global civil society into large-n explanations of social policy, arguing that analysis of civil society in general-and of social movements in particular-is critical to understanding progressive social policy change.V iolence against women is a global problem. Research from North America, Europe, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia has found astonishingly high rates of sexual assault, stalking, trafficking, violence in intimate relationships, and other violations of women's bodies and psyches. These assaults violate human rights, undermine democratic transitions, harm children, and are tremendously costly. 1 Today, violence against women (VAW)

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The Civic Origins of Progressive Policy Change: Combating Violence against Women in Global Perspective, 1975–2005

Htun¹,

2012

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“…1 However, with some exceptions this literature mainly focuses on technical experts, lawyers, service organizations, or international specialized agencies who act as translators (Quack 2007;Halliday and Carruthers 2009). Following Merry (2006), Benhabib (2009), and Dobusch and Quack (2012), we suggest that social movements and social movement organizations also play a role as intermediaries and translators. We believe that "[T]he neglect of social movements as actors of social transformation and jurisgenerative politics in recent theorizing has led to a naïve faith in legal experts, international lawyers, and judges as agents of democratic change" (Benhabib 2009:692).…”

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Conceptualizing Culture in Social Movement Research

2014

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Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology addresses contemporary themes in the field of Political Sociology. Over recent years, attention has turned increasingly to processes of Europeanization and globalization and the social and political spaces that are opened by them. These processes comprise both institutional-constitutional change and new dynamics of social transnationalism. Europeanization and globalization are also about changing power relations as they affect people's lives, social networks and forms of mobility.The Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology series addresses linkages between regulation, institution building and the full range of societal repercussions at local, regional, national, European and global level, and will sharpen understanding of changing patterns of attitudes and behaviours of individuals and groups, the political use of new rights and opportunities by citizens, new conflict lines and coalitions, societal interactions and networking, and shifting loyalties and solidarity within and across the European space. We welcome proposals from across the spectrum of Political Sociology including on dimensions of citizenship; political attitudes and values; political communication and public spheres; states, communities, governance structure and political institutions; forms of political participation; populism and the radical right; and democracy and democratization. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS.Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-38578-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication

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“…Human rights norms must become elements in the public culture of democratic peoples through their own processes of interpretation, articulation, and iteration. 94 …”

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Minority Rights for Immigrants: From Multiculturalism to Civic Participation

Velázquez

2017

Mex Law Rev

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Claiming Rights across Borders: International Human Rights and Democratic Sovereignty

Cited by 173 publications

References 44 publications

The Civic Origins of Progressive Policy Change: Combating Violence against Women in Global Perspective, 1975–2005

The Civic Origins of Progressive Policy Change: Combating Violence against Women in Global Perspective, 1975–2005

Conceptualizing Culture in Social Movement Research

Minority Rights for Immigrants: From Multiculturalism to Civic Participation

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