Forgetting children born of war : setting the human rights agenda in Bosnia and beyond / R. Charli Carpenter.

Focusing specifically on the case of Bosnia-Herzegovina, R. Charli Carpenter questions the framing of atrocity by human rights organizations and the limitations these narratives impose on their response. She finds that human rights groups set their agendas according to certain grievances--the claims...

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Main Author: Carpenter, R. Charli (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2010]
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Summary:Focusing specifically on the case of Bosnia-Herzegovina, R. Charli Carpenter questions the framing of atrocity by human rights organizations and the limitations these narratives impose on their response. She finds that human rights groups set their agendas according to certain grievances--the claims of female rape victims or the complaints of aggrieved minorities, for example--and that these concerns can overshadow the needs of others. Incorporating her research into a host of other conflict zones, Carpenter shows that the social construction of rights claims is contingent upon the social construction of wrongs. According to Carpenter, this pathology prevents the full protection of children born of war --Book Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 273 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index.
ISBN:9780231522304
0231522304
9781282872363
1282872362
9786612872365
6612872365
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
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