The rise and fall of human rights : cynicism and politics in occupied Palestine / Lori Allen.

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Allen, Lori, 1971- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Stanford studies in human rightsPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 258 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0804785511
9780804785518

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rise and fall of human rights.DDC classification:

323.095695/3 23

LOC classification:

JC599.P19 A55 2013

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Contents:

The first human rights NGO : Al-Haq's faith in evidence -- The beginning of the decline : international aid and the production of bad faith -- Teaching human rights : citizens and security men in training -- Making up the face of the state : human rights in the creation of political authority -- Nationalizing human rights : the political ethics of Hamas.

Summary: The Rise and Fall of Human Rights provides a groundbreaking ethnographic investigation of the Palestinian human rights world-its NGOs, activists, and ""victims,"" as well as their politics, training, and discourse-since 1979. Though human rights activity began as a means of struggle against the Israeli occupation, it has since been professionalized and politicized, transformed into a public relations tool for political legitimization and state-making.In failing to end the Israeli occupation, protect basic human rights, or establish an accountable Palestinian government, the.

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The Rise and Fall of Human Rights provides a groundbreaking ethnographic investigation of the Palestinian human rights world-its NGOs, activists, and ""victims,"" as well as their politics, training, and discourse-since 1979. Though human rights activity began as a means of struggle against the Israeli occupation, it has since been professionalized and politicized, transformed into a public relations tool for political legitimization and state-making.In failing to end the Israeli occupation, protect basic human rights, or establish an accountable Palestinian government, the.

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