Transnational Social Mobilisation and Minority Rights

Identity, Advocacy and Norms
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-08286-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 439 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lennox, Corinne

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. Introduction: Minorities, States and Norm Entrepreneurship in International Society 2. Indigenous Peoples and Roma as Norm Entrepreneurs 3. Dalits and Norm Entrepreneurship on Caste-Based Discrimination 4. Afro-descendants and Norm Entrepreneurship in Latin America 5. Conclusion: Assessing Group-Specific Norm Entrepreneurship

Über Autor(innen)

Corinne Lennox is Senior Lecturer in Human Rights at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, and Co-Director of the Human Rights Consortium, both at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK.