Rights make might : global human rights and minority social movements in Japan /

By:

Tsutsui, Kiyoteru [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type:

text
still image

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780190853143 (ebook) :

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:

323.152 23

LOC classification:

JC599.J3 T78 2018

Online resources:

Oxford scholarship online

Summary: 'Rights Make Might' examines why the three most salient minority groups in Japan all expanded their activism since the late 1970s against significant headwinds, and chronicles how global human rights ideas and institutions empowered all three groups to engage in enhanced political activities. It also documents the contributions of the three groups to the expansion of global human rights activities, demonstrating the feedback mechanism from local groups to global institutions.

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Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Rights Make Might' examines why the three most salient minority groups in Japan all expanded their activism since the late 1970s against significant headwinds, and chronicles how global human rights ideas and institutions empowered all three groups to engage in enhanced political activities. It also documents the contributions of the three groups to the expansion of global human rights activities, demonstrating the feedback mechanism from local groups to global institutions.

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