Rights as Weapons

Instruments of Conflict, Tools of Power

Clifford Bob

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Princeton University Press
15 July 2021

International relations; Political control & freedoms; Human rights; Political corruption; International law

An in-depth look at the historic and strategic deployment of rights in political conflicts throughout the world

Rights are usually viewed as defensive concepts representing mankind's highest aspirations to protect the vulnerable and uplift the downtrodden. But since the Enlightenment, political combatants have also used rights belligerently, to

By: Clifford Bob
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780691216881
ISBN 10: 0691216886
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 15 July 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Clifford Bob is professor and chair of political science at Duquesne University. His previous books include The Marketing of Rebellion, The Global Right Wing and the Clash of World Politics, and The International Struggle for New Human Rights. Twitter @cliffordbob

Reviews for Rights as Weapons: Instruments of Conflict, Tools of Power

The central argument of the book and the illustrations supporting it are ex tremely interesting. . . . Bob's account of fields of argumentation as battlefields and his account of some rights arguments as weapons is a metaphorical ac count with dramatic impact. ---Mervyn Frost, European Review of International Studies