The rise and fall of human rights : cynicism and politics in occupied Palestine /
By: Allen, Lori
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Series: Stanford studies in human rights.Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Univ. Press, 2013Description: xviii, 257 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780804784702; 9780804784702:; 0804784701; 9780804784719; 080478471X; 9780804785518; 0804785511.Subject(s): Human rights advocacy | Human rights advocacy -- Political aspects -- Palestine -- History | Palestinian Arabs -- Civil rights -- Gaza Strip | Palestinian Arabs -- Civil rights -- Gaza Strip -- History | Palestinian Arabs -- West Bank | Palestinian Arabs -- Civil rights -- West Bank -- History | Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1973-1993 | Human rights -- Palestine -- History | Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- | Palestine -- Politics and government -- 1948-DDC classification: 323.095694 ALL Summary: This title 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This title 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.