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The book analyzes diverse political origins of human rights, key struggles during the Cold War, and the challenges of evaluating results. It synthesizes evidence from laws, institutions, and activism to clarify what works, what does not, and how to support human rights without complacency. ","Ev idEncE for HopE  \nHuman Rights and Crimes against Humanity Eric d. 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Hirschman and to my lifelong mentors/friends, all of whom modeled different ways to be a committed and rigorous scholar:  \nRaymond Duvall, Elizabeth Jelin, Robert Keohane, John Ruggie, and David Weissbrodt  \ncontEnts  \nPART I  \ncHaptEr 1  \ncHaptEr 2  \nPART II  \ncHaptEr 3  \ncHaptEr 4  \nPART III  \ncHaptEr 5  \ncHaptEr 6  \nINTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW  \nIntroduction: Anger, Hope, and the Belief You Can Make a Difference  \nResponse to the Critics: How to Evaluate the Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Human Rights  \nTHE LEGITIMACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS: DIVERSE STRUGGLES  \nThe Diverse Political Origins of Human Rights  \nThe Struggles for Human Rights during the Cold War  \nTHE EFFECTIVENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS, INSTITUTIONS, AND MOVEMENTS  \nWhy Is It So Hard to Measure the Effectiveness of Human Rights Law and Activism?  \nWhat Does and Doesn’t Work to Promote Human Rights?  \n3  \n22  \n55  \n94  \n139  \n181  \n[ viii ] contEnts  \nPART IV MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS WORK  \nIN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY  \ncHaptEr 7 Conclusions: Evidence for Hope  \nwithout Complacency 225  \nAcknowledgments · 249  \nNotes · 255  \nSuggestions for Further Reading · 301 Index · 307  \npa rt i  \nIntroduction and Overview","cbCaici596B3b6xA","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaici596B3b6xA","pdf",7599950,2,1,329,"English","en",105,"# Introduction and Overview\n## Introduction: Anger, Hope, and the Belief You Can Make a Difference\n## Response to the Critics: How to Evaluate the Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Human Rights\n# The Legitimacy of Human Rights: Diverse Struggles\n## The Diverse Political Origins of Human Rights\n## The Struggles for Human Rights during the Cold War\n# The Effectiveness of Human Rights Laws, Institutions, and Movements\n## Why Is It So Hard to Measure the Effectiveness of Human Rights Law and Activism?\n## What Does and Doesn’t Work to Promote Human Rights?\n# Making Human Rights Work in the Twenty-First Century\n## Conclusions: Evidence for Hope without Complacency","[{\"question\":\"How does the book evaluate the legitimacy and effectiveness of human rights?\",\"answer\":\"It addresses critics and lays out an approach for assessing human rights legitimacy and effectiveness using evidence from laws, institutions, and movements.\"},{\"question\":\"What makes measuring human rights effectiveness difficult?\",\"answer\":\"The book highlights methodological challenges in tracking outcomes of rights law and activism, explaining why clear measurement is hard to achieve.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the book conclude about what works to promote human rights?\",\"answer\":\"It compares what does and does not work, drawing implications for how to strengthen human rights efforts in the twenty-first century without complacency.\"}]","Evidence for Hope - 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