Transnational Social Mobilisation and Minority Rights

Transnational Social Mobilisation and Minority Rights
Author: Corinne Lennox
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2019-12-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0429678347

This book explores the ways in which minority groups across the world are reshaping the international minority rights protection system. It documents the actions of four major groups that are using transnational social mobilisation to achieve recognition of their identities and their rights. The result is a greater pluralism in global identity politics and a wide range of new group-specific standards that can inform policies on multiculturalism, political participation, and socio-economic inclusion in the national and international spheres. The book begins by summarising the learning from the global movements of indigenous peoples and Roma. The book then focuses in greater depth on the cases of Afro-descendants in Latin America and of Dalits and caste-affected groups in South Asia and beyond. Each case study shows the historical roots of group-specific transnational mobilisation and how activists have constructed a distinct identity frame out of shared experiences. The book explores key parallels and differences between the discourse, framing strategies, organisational structures and political opportunities used in each case to show which factors have influenced the success or failures of their norm entrepreneurship. The role that international institutions have played in supporting these efforts is given special attention, including intergovernmental bodies such as the UN, the EU and the OAS, and international non-governmental organisations. The UN World Conference Against Racism is explored as a particularly significant political opportunity across the cases. Among academic audiences, this book will appeal to those researching minority rights, social movements, global governance, discrimination and multiculturalism from legal, political, sociological and critical theory perspectives. It will also interest practitioners and activists working on minority rights and the challenges of norm compliance, socio-economic inclusion and governance.

Yearbook of International Organizations 2012-2013 (Volume 3)

Yearbook of International Organizations 2012-2013 (Volume 3)
Author: Union of International Associations
Publisher: Brill
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-08-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9789004231733

The Yearbook of International Organizations provides the most extensive coverage of non-profit international organizations currently available. Detailed profiles of international non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations (IGO), collected and documented by the Union of International Associations, can be found here. In addition to the history, aims and acitvities of international organizations, with their events, publications and contact details, the volumes of the Yearbook include networks between associations, biographies of key people involved and extensive statistical data. Volume 3 allows readers to locate organizations by subjects or by fields of activity and specialization, and includes an index to Volumes 1 through 3.

International Classification

International Classification
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Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1992
Genre: Cataloging
ISBN:

Journal on theory and practice of universal and special classification systems and thesauri.

Yearbook of International Organizations 2012-2013 (6 Vols.)

Yearbook of International Organizations 2012-2013 (6 Vols.)
Author: Union of International Associations
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Total Pages:
Release: 2012-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789004231771

This six-volume set is the complete 49th edition of the Yearbook of International Organizations. Unchallenged in this field of reference since 1910, the Yearbook of International Organizations provides the most extensive coverage of non-profit international organizations available today.

Yearbook of International Organizations 2013-2014 (Volume 3)

Yearbook of International Organizations 2013-2014 (Volume 3)
Author: Union of International Associations
Publisher: Brill
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-08-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9789004255159

The Yearbook of International Organizations provides the most extensive coverage of non-profit international organizations currently available. Detailed profiles of international non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations (IGO), collected and documented by the Union of International Associations, can be found here. In addition to the history, aims and acitvities of international organizations, with their events, publications and contact details, the volumes of the Yearbook include networks between associations, biographies of key people involved and extensive statistical data. Volume 3 allows readers to locate organizations by subjects or by fields of activity and specialization, and includes an index to Volumes 1 through 3.