impact wrenches
the politics of human rights protection moving intervention upstream with impact assessment
this important work argues that human rights abuse is not necessarily about distant places and peoples and it is neither incomprehensible nor inevitable . despite the appearance of consensus about the importance of human rights protection abuse with its common core in inequality is expanding at all levels from the petty to the profound . designed to inform and inspire this book also provides the analytical and strategic tools needed for the next generation of activists . jan knippers black offers a fundamental reexamination of the basic terms and concepts legal and institutional foundations controversies cleavages threats and strategies associated with human rights . blacks perspective is holistic stressing the relevance of human rights issues to all human needs and endeavors and requiring multidisciplinary analysis . chapters analyzing connections among political economic ecological and cultural impacts on social and individual well being are accompanied by case studies highlighting lessons learned from success or failure . this empowering book seeks to promote an each for all commitment breaking through barriers of ignorance and apathy denial and despair so that advocates and activists can work to prevent future atrocities .