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Human Rights Politics

An introduction

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Authors:
  1. Michael Krennerich

    1. Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN), Nürnberg, Germany

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  • Introduction to both human rights politics and research approaches to analyse them
  • Includes civil society engagement, state commitments and international efforts to protect human rights
  • Student-friendly academic introduction to human rights politics, written in an easay understandable way
  • This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access

Part of the book series: Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Rights (CHREN, volume 12)

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The book offers a comprehensive and clear introduction for students and those interested in human rights, written by a renowned human rights expert. It not only provides an introduction to the diversity of issues, actors and institutions in human rights policy and politics, but also offers assistance and suggestions on how the complex reality of human rights politics can be described and analysed with the help of political science and related disciplines. It deals with civil society engagement in human rights as well as state obligations and international efforts to protect human rights.

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Human Rights and Human Rights Politics

    • Michael Krennerich
    Pages 1-13Open Access
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  3. Civil Society Engagement

    • Michael Krennerich
    Pages 15-50Open Access
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  4. State Domestic Human Rights Politics: The Implementation of Human Rights at Home

    • Michael Krennerich
    Pages 51-77Open Access
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  5. State Human Rights Foreign Policy: Protecting Human Rights Abroad

    • Michael Krennerich
    Pages 79-94Open Access
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  6. Regional and Global Human Rights Policy

    • Michael Krennerich
    Pages 95-178Open Access
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  7. Closing Words

    • Michael Krennerich
    Pages 179-180Open Access
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN), Nürnberg, Germany

    Michael Krennerich

About the author

Michael Krennerich is Professor of Political Science (main focus: human rights and human rights politics). He holds a doctorate in Political Science, Philosophy and Public Law from Heidelberg University and a post-doctoral Habilitation from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Prof. Krennerich was appointed Academic Director of the FAU Research Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (CHREN) in July 2023. Outside of academia, he is also the chairperson of the NGO “Nuremberg Human Rights Centre” and one of the coordinators of the German NGO-network on human rights “Forum Menschenrechte”. Prof. Krennerich is co-founder and chief-editor of the academic journal “Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte - Journal for Human Rights”, funded in 2007. He has published several monographs and anthologies on human rights as well as a large number of book chapters and journal articles on the topic. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Rights Politics

  • Book Subtitle: An introduction

  • Authors: Michael Krennerich

  • Series Title: Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Rights

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57026-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-57025-4Published: 31 May 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-57028-5Due: 14 June 2025

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-57026-1Published: 30 May 2024

  • Series ISSN: 2509-2960

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-2979

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 180

  • Topics: Political Science, Human Rights

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