The Future of Human Rights by Alison Brysk - 9781509520572

The Future of Human RightsAuthor(s): Alison Brysk\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9781509520572, 978-1509520572\nSynopsis\nHuman rights have fallen on hard times, yet they are more necessary than ever. People all over the world from Amazonian villages to Iranian prisons need human rights to gain recognition, campaign for justice, and save lives. But how can we secure a brighter future for human rights? What changes are required to confront the regimes weaknesses and emerging global challenges? In this cutting-edge analysis, Alison Brysk sets out a pragmatic reformist agenda for human rights in the twenty-first century. Tracing problems and solutions through contemporary case studies the plight of refugees, declining democracies such as Mexico and Turkey, the expansion of womens rights, new norms for indigenous peoples, and rights regression in the USA she shows that the dynamic strength of human rights lies i.