Taking Root
Human Rights and Public Opinion in the Global South
Series: Oxford Studies in Culture and Politics;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 11 January 2018
- ISBN 9780199975051
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 137x206x17 mm
- Weight 299 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 22 b/w illus. 0
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Short description:
While debates about human rights are waged in elite circles, what do publics in the global South think about human rights ideas and the organizations that promote them? Drawing on large-scale public opinion surveys and interviews with human rights practitioners in India, Mexico, Morocco, and Nigeria, Taking Root argues that most people broadly support human rights, but often do not engage with local rights groups.
MoreLong description:
Human rights organizations have grown exponentially across the globe, particularly in the global South, and the term human rights is now common parlance among politicians and civil society activists. As international donors pour money into global human rights promotion, some governments, scholars, activists, and other critics fear a subtle, Western-led campaign for political, economic, and cultural domination.
While debates about human rights are waged in elite circles, what do publics in the global South think about human rights ideas and the organizations that promote them? Drawing on large-scale public opinion surveys and interview with human rights practioners in India, Mexico, Morocco, and Nigeria, Taking Root finds that most people are in fact broadly supportive of human rights discourse, trust local human rights groups, and do not view human rights as a tool of foreign powers. Pro-human rights constituencies also tend to be highly skeptical of the U.S. government, multinational corporations, and their own governments. However, this general public support for human rights isn't grounded in strong commitments of public engagement, money, or local ties to the human rights sector. Publics in the global South do donate to charitable causes and organizations, but rarely give to local rights groups. Rights organizations instead seek aid from foreign sources, an increasingly untenable strategy as foreign aid to civil society declines. The book also describes the complex relations between religiosity and support for human rights as faith communities, worldviews, and traditions strongly influence the public's views of human rights, but often in contradictory ways.
As the most informative and comprehensive account available of public perceptions of human rights across several regions of the world, Taking Root will challenge a number of accepted truths held by human rights supporters and skeptics alike.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1: Public Opinion and Human Rights
Chapter 2: Reach: Human Rights Exposure and Engagement
Chapter 3: Reputation: Human Rights Meanings and Trust
Chapter 4: Resources: Universal Values, Foreign Money
Chapter 5: Religion: Human Rights Ally and Rival
Chapter 6: Cautious Optimism
Appendix A: Data & Methods
Appendix B: Regression Tables
Notes
References
Index
