Full Description
This insightful book provides practical guidance for teaching human rights in post-secondary education political science courses. Leading and emerging scholars present a variety of pedagogical approaches, exploring major debates in the field and covering cutting-edge human rights research.
Each chapter is co-authored by a senior and early-career political scientist with clear learning outcomes identified and integrated practical exercises throughout. Chapters cover key topics such as international organizations, international law and courts, domestic political institutions, public policy mechanisms and the spaces in which human rights defenders take action. Contributing authors also address approaches grounded in theory, political economy, and qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research, enabling instructors to demonstrate the roles of ideas, actors and institutions in realizing human dignity. Ultimately, Teaching Human Rights in Political Science provides a varied toolkit of learning techniques such as discussions, simulations, policy briefings and debates to help instructors maximize student engagement.
This book is an essential guide for political science instructors looking to build and enrich their teaching of human rights as well as educators across other disciplines seeking to engage with human rights in their classrooms. It is also a valuable resource for students and scholars in human rights law and international politics.
Contents
Contents
1 An introduction to Teaching Human Rights in Political Science 1
David L. Richards and Shareen Hertel
PART I ARENAS
2 International organizations 6
Courtenay Monroe and Audrey Comstock
3 International law and courts 27
Courtney Hillebrecht and Kelebogile Zvobgo
4 Domestic institutions 49
Melissa Martinez and David Cingranelli
5 Public policy mechanisms 73
Tina Kempin Reuter and M. Joel Voss
6 Human rights defenders 97
Clifford Bob and Suparna Chaudhry
PART II LENSES AND APPROACHES
7 Theory 119
Daniel J. Edquist-Whelan and Thomas Briggs
8 Gender 146
K. Anne Watson, Spencer B. Hayes, and Laura Parisi
9 Political economy 172
Susan Kang and Stephen Bagwell
10 Qualitative research 195
Michael Broache and Kristen Monroe
11 Quantitative research 218
Skip Mark and K. Chad Clay
