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Bullshit human rights: Breitbart News' "Cartel Chronicles" and the militarized framing of humanitarian crisis on the US-Mexico border.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies. Jun2022, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p377-392. 16p.
- Authors:
- Davis, Stuart
Abstract:Drawing on a qualitative content analysis of roughly 700 articles published on the Breitbart News 'Cartel Chronicles' site between 2015 and 2021, this article analyzes the ways conservative citizen journalism projects strategically mobilize key tropes ...
Contested Civic Spaces in Liberal Democracies.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):Nonprofit Policy Forum. Jul2022, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p179-193. 15p.
- Authors:
- Strachwitz, Rupert Graf
- Toepler, Stefan
Abstract:Following the steady rise of the "soft power" ([37]) of civil society since the early 1990s, and the anxieties of national governments whether they would be crowded out of the driver's seat, the issue whether these governments use the powers and resour...
Necrotaboos and Political Afterlives in Social Justice Activism during Mexico's Day of the Dead.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):Journal of Latin American Studies. May2022, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p203-225. 23p.
- Authors:
- Ohlson, Olof
Abstract:This article shows how vulnerable communities use Mexico's Day of the Dead for social justice activism. Activists sustain what I call the 'political afterlives' of their victims through street altars and dark humour. I analyse this as a 'necrosocial re...
- Subjects:
- HUMAN rights advocacy
- SOCIAL justice
- ACTIVISM
The Gambia v Myanmar at the International Court of Justice: a search for national and international values.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):Round Table. Apr2022, Vol. 111 Issue 2, p196-213. 18p.
- Authors:
- Kirby, James
- Hodgson, Amy
Abstract:This article argues The Gambia is seeking to re-establish its reputation as a small-state leader in human rights and it notes The Gambia's achievements in human rights advocacy under Dawda Jawara (1965–94). The article then examines the country's lates...
- Subjects:
- HUMAN rights advocacy
- GENOCIDE
Asma Jahangir.
Publication Type:Periodical
Source(s):New Internationalist. Mar/Apr2022, Issue 536, p40-43. 4p. 4 Cartoon or Caricatures.
Abstract:REGULARS My sister Asma and I grew up in Lahore, in an environment in which human rights were always talked about Our father was a politician who stood up for basic freedoms He risked his political career rather than compromise on fundamental rights Ma...
Epistemic Transformation at the Margins: Resistance to Digitalisation and Datafication within Global Human Rights Advocacy.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):Global Society: Journal of Interdisciplinary International Relations. Jan2022, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p113-133. 21p.
- Authors:
- Markland, Alistair
Abstract:A post-human "transformation thesis" has emerged which posits that global politics is being radically altered by digital technologies and datafication. There is a polemical tendency to generalise about macro-level revolutions in both the techniques of ...
Shades of Universality: Variation of Performances in the Glocalized Israeli Human Rights Discourse.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):Sociological Perspectives. Jun2021, Vol. 64 Issue 3, p411-431. 21p.
- Authors:
- Bornstein, Ben
Abstract:Discursive variations of human rights are typically examined in a cross-national comparison, while usually referring to local arenas as homogeneous particularistic spaces confronting glocal uniform performances of human rights. Using a comparative anal...
Violent Exceptions: Children's Human Rights and Humanitarian Rhetorics: Wendy S. Hesford. The Ohio State University Press, 2021. 260 pages. $34.95 paperback.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):Rhetoric Review; 2022, Vol. 41 Issue 3, p244-247, 4p
- Authors:
- Walzer, Belinda
Abstract:Copyright of Rhetoric Review is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, o...
Out and Proud in the Field: Eco-Queers for Climate Adaptation.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):Peace Review. Jan-Mar2022, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p51-63. 13p.
- Authors:
- Pakin-AlbayrakoÄŸlu, Esra
Abstract:Often depicted as extremely vulnerable and in need of help in an era of climate emergency, the LGBTQ + or "queer" community is rarely given a voice in adaptation plans and processes. Their unique ways and means of evaluating the root causes of climate-...
"People" Approach to U.S.-Soviet Relations.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):Diplomatic History; Jun2022, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p462-465, 4p
- Authors:
- Goedde, Petra
Abstract:Copyright of Diplomatic History is the property of Oxford University Press / USA and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print,...