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DESCRIPTION:Book Talk by Author and Professor William Armaline, Human Rights Director 
 at San Jose State University\n\nDescription: Why do powerful states like 
 the U.S., U.K., China, and Russia repeatedly fail to meet their 
 international legal obligations as defined by human rights instruments? How 
 does global capitalism affect states’ ability to implement human rights, 
 particularly in the context of global recession, state austerity, perpetual 
 war, and environmental crisis? How are political and civil rights 
 undermined as part of moves to impose security and surveillance regimes? 
 \n\nThis book presents a framework for understanding human rights as a 
 terrain of struggle over power between states, private interests, and 
 organized, “bottom-up” social movements. The authors develop a critical 
 sociology of human rights focusing on the concept of the human rights 
 enterprise: the process through which rights are defined and realized. 
 While states are designated arbiters of human rights according to human 
 rights instruments, they do not exist in a vacuum. Political sociology 
 helps us to understand how global neoliberalism and powerful 
 non-governmental actors (particularly economic actors such as corporations 
 and financial institutions) deeply affect states’ ability and likelihood 
 to enforce human rights standards.\n\nSuggested Donation $5-10 \nCopies of 
 the book will be available for sale\n\nSponsored by San Jose Peace & 
 Justice Center\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/12/15/18765641.php
SUMMARY:The Human Rights Enterprise: Political Sociology, State Power, and Social Movements
LOCATION:San Jose Peace and Justice Center\n48 S. 7th Street \nSan Jose, CA 95112
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/12/15/18765641.php
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