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I Exist, Therefore I Should Vote: Political Human Rights, Voter Suppression and Undermining Democracy in the U.S.

, Therefore I Should Vote: Political 1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Cross Disciplinary Publications at Case Western Reserve University School of Law Scholarly Commons. It has ... gerrymandering? What are their mechanisms and how do they work as hegemonic and directly coercive strategies of political domination? To what extent are these strategies succeeding in this sense? If such tactics

Political Disaffection and the Struggle Against Impunity

understood as the extension of a political project to a particular, contemporary social and political identity (Young 1993) , or even "a modeling of historical matters to suit certain ideological needs ... of literature linked to the dictatorial period. Within the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, political science and history, research has focused on the politics of memory. As un derlined by

#Reclaiming My Time: Structural Violence, Racial Trauma and the Case for a Transformative Healing Justice for Black Women Movement Actors

This research evaluates the intra-movement conflicts and political praxis of 30 black movement actors, ages 18-40 years old from September to December 2016, in the District of Columbia and Maryland ... , within the contemporary anti-racist political movements for black liberation and against state violence within the United States context. For the purpose of this work, black women movement actors are

“Labor for Love, Labor to Heal:” Human Rights Activism as a Politics of Refusal

build community, to love, and to heal. Thus, social movement activism exceeds the state. This reveals the dual political and social impact of collective action and develops a robust theorization of human ... captured by Western-centric accounts of activism. The literature on collective action focuses on a movement’s engagement with the state, and efforts to mobilize resources to increase political power

Between philosophy and pedagogy : about new horizons of humanities research

PHILOSOPHY AND PEDAGOGY ? ABOUT NEW HORIZONS OF HUMANITIES RESEARCH INTRODUCTION The aim of the paper is to make an outline of the problematic space of relations between philosophical reflection and ... be perceived as any reflection upon the latter. Then it is immediately obvious that philosophy is to be considered as any reflection upon humanities, concerned about claims, methodology and leading

Transforming Sociology Courses with Human Rights Education: Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Classroom Environment Considerations

perspective on teaching sociology would be transformed. Although my teaching philosophy has always been informed by Freire’s (1970) seminal text, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, I had spent little prior time making ... not in Western societies. After the political and social uprisin gs during the summer of 2020 , however, people are less easily able to ignore the human rights abuses that happen on US soil every day

The Political Economy of Resource Conflicts and Forced Migration: Why Afghanistan, Colombia and Sudan Are the World's Longest Forced Migration

geopolitical model of forced migration, as well as alternative models that focus on resource-based conflicts and political economy. We demonstrate that in each of the three cases, natural resources are at the ... of Case Western Reserve University School of Law Scholarly Commons Part of the Human Rights Law Commons; and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons The Political Economy of Resource Conflicts and

Independent Children's Rights Institutions as Facilitators of Dialogue between Children and the State: An Opportunity for Mutual Empowerment?

challenge, or at least compensate for, children’s exclusion from political influence. Drawing on research conducted with independent children’s rights institutions in Europe, we point to some weaknesses in ... ’. Thorne (2002 :251) argues that ‘voice’ should be regarded as a “metaphor for political recognition, self-determination, and full presence in knowledge.” However, in actuality, it is often used in ways

Thinking Globall, Acting Locally: CEDAW and Women's Human Rights in San Francisco

, determined leadership with the commitment, skills, and time to organize the effort, and political will nurtured and sustained through community education. The implementation phase was facilitated by concrete ... force, Eleanor Roosevelt. Subsequent treaties specifying civil, political, social, economic, and cultural rights and the rights of particular groups have fleshed out the details of the broad concept of

Political Battles on Women’s Bodies: Post-Election Conflicts and Violence Against Women in Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Kenya

The Kenya 2007 December presidential election results were violently challenged. For months, political protests accompanied by violent attacks and violent reaction by government security forces, led

Independent Children's Human Rights Institutions 'In the Middle

rights studies as a field within academia, and the increase of political will to further develop evidence-based policies dedicated to children. This article will explore the positioning of ICHRIs between ... European integration process has given birth to a political and economic structure which cannot be typified as a State. While it was initially designated as a classic international organization, following

Revisiting the Role of Education in Global Society: Relevance of the Concept of “Value Generalization” in an Educational Context

: Trajectories Towards Morphogenic Society . Dordrecht: Springer. Al-Amoudi , Ismael 2017 . “Reflexivity in a just Morphogenic society: a sociological contribution to political philosophy .” in Archer, M. (Ed ... brings about new social and political challenges. Cultural diversity often triggers fear and rejection. Negative reactions – from stereotyping, racism, xenophobia and intolerance to discrimination and

Contestatory Performative Acts in Transnational Political Meetings

transnational political meetings. With these three examples it is shown how these moments of disruption and disorder - when something unexpected captures the core of the political gathering - are crucial elements

Living on the Border: Three Generations

states the distinctions are identified within and grounded solely upon the political sphere, the same sphere that needs borders and distinctions in order to constitute itself. A qualitative study about the ... represented as a border between nation states is probably the only symbolic form in which the spatial dimension almost completely overlaps with political and civic form in the sense of civil, political and

Diminishing Global Power, Downgrading Human Rights: Making Sense of American Foreign Policy under Donald Trump

, Bush II’s unilateral military policies and neoconservative political philosophy, which championed, among other measures, preemptive military activity, drone warfare, and enhanced interrogation techniques ... , and political power – to examine both the current administration’s foreign policy approach and the ramifications this approach might have on the future of U.S. hegemony, that is, its capacity for global

Military Neoliberalism: Endless War and Humanitarian Crisis in the Twenty-First Century

the civilian aspects of the occupation. This military-primary reconstruction is harnessed to ambitious neoliberal economics aimed at transforming the host country’s political economy. Utilizing the Iraq ... those who listen even casually to the statements of intention by ~190~ © Sociologists Without Borders/Sociologos Sin Fronteras, 2011 political Washington. They are noteworthy only because the document

Philosophy as a cultural resource and medium of reflection for Hermann Weyl

. His experiences with post-Kantian dialectical philosophy, in particular Johann Gottlieb Fichte's derivation of the concept of space and matter, had been a stronger dialectical background for his own ... with mathematics, physics and the philosophy of the XIXth and XXth centuries, Hermann Weyl and Felix Hausdorff. Address : Universitt Wuppertal, Fachbereich C-Mathematik, D-42097 Wuppertal. E-mail

Immigrant Voices: How do patterns of expressive forms of civic engagement differ across immigrant generation?

differ by immigrant generational status – particularly in the case of contacting a public official and boycotting or buycotting products for political or social reasons. Using the Current Population Survey

Just Places: Creating a Space for Place in Environmental Justice

cultural entitlement claims can be incorporated in environmental justice. I draw upon place literature to propose a three-dimensional typology of place. I call these three dimensions – political place ... movements. Each dimension incorporates specific place-based referents used by communities resisting environmental injustices. I define these dimensions below. Dimension 1: political place. This refers to the

Who Says Human Rights are Not Respected? Assessing Local and Third Party Ratings

in each country. Do local ratings issued by the public correspond with third party ratings, such as those produced by the Cingranelli-Richards index (CIRI), the Political Terror Scale (PTS), and ... scholars to model human rights conditions is popular in contemporary macro comparative research. Third party ratings (e.g., Cingranelli-Richards Index, Political Terror Scale) assess political regimes all