Human rights in action : learning expert knowledge /

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Author / Creator:Halme, Miia.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Martnus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 276 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:The Erik Castren Institute monographs on international law and human rights, 1568-2765 ; v. 11
Erik Castrén Institute monographs on international law and human rights ; v. 11.
Subject:Human rights -- Finland.
Human rights -- Scandinavia.
Human rights -- Anthropological aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
Human rights.
Human rights -- Anthropological aspects.
Finland.
Scandinavia.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11233444
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ISBN:9789004189867
9004189866
9789004184459
9004184457
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This study combines anthropological and critical legal approaches to explore the conceptions of knowledge, expertise and learning of a network of Nordic human rights experts. It explores how the ideals of emancipation are realized in human rights action.
Other form:Print version: Halme, Miia. Human rights in action. Leiden ; Boston : Martnus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010 9789004184459
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Summary:Since World War II, human rights have engaged people around the world like perhaps no other discourse. In Finland their embrace represents a shift from ideological homogeneity to pluralism and openness. Human rights education is understood to hold a key role in empowering individuals to become free and equal members of their societies. Yet little empirical scholarship exists evaluating how this goal is met in reality. By combining anthropological approaches with critical legal theory, this study explores the conceptions of knowledge, expertise and learning embedded in the educational activities of a particular network of Scandinavian and Nordic human rights experts. It explores how the ideals of emancipation and equality of the abstract discourse are realized in action.<br> <br>
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 276 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004189867
9004189866
9789004184459
9004184457
ISSN:1568-2765
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