Counter-hegemonic Human Rights Discourses and Migrant Rights Activism in the US and Canada
- Date
2009
- Auteurs
Tanya Basok
- Résumé
Scholarship on the dissemination of human rights norms and principles has focused
predominantly on the socialization of nation-states into the values which have been
widely endorsed. I argue in this article that the socialization mechanisms, discussed by
such scholars as Meyer et al. (1997) and Risse and Sikkink (1999), do not capture the
complex processes of the negotiation of more controversial rights. Distinguishing between
hegemonic and counter-hegemonic human rights principles, I suggest that we need to
explore the ways in which human rights activists advance, interpret, and negotiate counterhegemonic
human rights. Focusing on migrants’ rights advocacy in the US and Canada,
I argue that pro-migrant activists draw on other human rights principles that do enjoy a
greater degree of recognition and/or on instrumental reasons to pressure nation-states to
grant more rights to migrants.- Journal title
Internatinal Journal of Comparative Sociology
- Volume
50
- Numéro
2
- Page numbers
183-205
- Éditeur
SAGE Publications
- Lieu de publication
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC
- Fichiers joints
- Liens
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http://cos.sagepub.com/content/50/2/183.abstract?rss=1 (http://cos.sagepub.com/content/50/2/183.abstract?rss=1)
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- Secteurs économiques
Agriculture and horticulture workers, Occupations in services - Domestic work, Sales and service occupations - general, Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations - general, Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations - general, Labourers in food, beverage and associated products processing, Dancers et Autre
- Types de contenu
Policy analysis
- Groupes cibles
Chercheurs, Syndicats et ONG/groupes communautaires/réseaux de solidarité
- Pertinence géographique
États-Unis, Ontario et National relevance
- Sphères d’activité
Droit, Science politique et Socioligie
- Langues
Anglais