{"product_id":"creating-human-rights-how-noncitizens-made-sex-persecution-matter-to-the-world-hardback-9780812241259","title":"Creating Human Rights; How Noncitizens Made Sex Persecution Matter to the World (Hardback) 9780812241259","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCreating Human Rights\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Noncitizens Made Sex Persecution Matter to the World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLisa S. Alfredson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812241259\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 January 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 3 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.674 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The least likely case study is a noble tradition in comparative politics, while the study of norm change is a cuttingedge concern in international relations. Lisa S. Alfredson's well-crafted account of the introduction of gender-based asylum in Canada combines the best of these worlds, along with interesting observations on immigration policy, social movements, and the gendered nature of human rights.\" (\u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/i\u003e) \"Alfredson explores a remarkable case study that illustrates an underestimated route for the genesis of human rights vital to women.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected by \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCreating Human Rights\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first systematic study of a pioneering women's refugee movement and its challenge, as an international trigger case, to more conventional paths toward human rights policy development. Lisa S. Alfredson argues that such cases, which unfold in the context of a specific country and have profound impacts on international human rights efforts, have been neglected in research and pose a challenge to recent theorizing on human rights change.\u003cbr\u003e In the early 1990s, Canada witnessed the emergence of the world's first comprehensive refugee policy for women who were seeking protection from female-specific forms of violence-rape, domestic abuse, public stoning of adulterers, genital mutilation-while challenging a gender-biased system. Close examination of this novel movement, Alfredson contends, provides crucial insights into why and how states may articulate new human rights that set international precedents.\u003cbr\u003e Analyzing original empirical data and sociopolitical historical trends, the book documents the decisive global impacts of the movement while shedding light on the paradox of noncitizen politics and asylum seekers' little recognized political strength. Contrary to expectation, findings suggest transnational networks and pressures are not required for some forms of change. Rather, international trigger cases illuminate a range of other key actors and advocacy strategies leading, subsequently, to a more comprehensive understanding of human rights acceptance.\u003cbr\u003e In the case of the women's refugee movement, the convergence of human rights and noncitizen politics points toward a new dimension for human rights scholarship that, in the current age of globalization, is becoming critically important.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Tables\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: The Sex Persecution Campaigns\u003cbr\u003e 2. Human Rights, Social Movement, and Asylum Seeking\u003cbr\u003e 3. Global Challenges and Opportunities for Sex-Based Asylum Seeking\u003cbr\u003e 4. Moving In: Asylum Seekers' National Rights, Resources, and Opportunities\u003cbr\u003e 5. \"Use My Name\": Noncitizen Identity, Decisions, and Mobilization\u003cbr\u003e 6. Universalizing National Rights: Political Confrontation and Cultural Framing\u003cbr\u003e 7. Making Sex Persecution Matter\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Comprehensive and Novel Aspects of Gender Related Claims\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555710300440,"sku":"9780812241259","price":52.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/creating-human-rights-how-noncitizens-made-sex-persecution-matter-to-the-world-hardback-9780812241259","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}