NGOs and Human Rights: Comparing Faith-Based and Secular Approaches (Studies in Security and International Affairs) - Brossura

Butcher, Charity; Hallward, Maia Carter

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ISBN 10: 0820369810 ISBN 13: 9780820369815

Casa editrice: University of Georgia Press, 2025

Riassunto

This study examines and compares the important work on global human rights advocacy done by religious NGOs and by secular NGOs. By studying the similarities in how such organizations understand their work, we can better consider not only how religious and secular NGOs might complement each other but also how they might collaborate and cooperate in the advancement of human rights. However, little research has attempted to compare these types of NGOs and their approaches. NGOs and Human Rights explores this comparison and identifies the key areas of overlap and divergence. In so doing, it lays the groundwork for better understanding how to capitalize on the strengths of religious groups, especially in addressing the world’s many human rights challenges.

This book uses a new dataset of more than three hundred organizations affiliated with the United Nations Human Rights Council to compare the extent to which religious and secular NGOs differ in their framing, discussion, and operationalization of human rights work. Using both quantitative analysis of the extensive data collected by the authors and forty-seven in depth interviews conducted with members of human rights organizations in the sample, Charity Butcher and Maia Carter Hallward analyze these organizations’ approaches to questions of culture, development, women’s rights, children’s rights, and issues of peace and conflict.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: University of Georgia Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0820369810
• ISBN 13: 9780820369815
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 228
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