Stones of Hope: How African Activists Reclaim Human Rights to Challenge Global Poverty

Book Overview

Many human rights advocates agree that conventional advocacy tools-- reporting abuses to international tribunals or shaming the perpetrators of human rights violations--have proven ineffective. Increasingly, social justice advocates are looking to social and economic rights strategies as promising avenues for change. However, widespread skepticism remains as to how to make such rights real on the ground.

Stones of Hope engages...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804769206
• ISBN13: 9780804769204
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"