Rights make might : global human rights and minority social movements in Japan /

"Rights Make Might examines why the three most salient minority groups in Japan all expanded their activism since the late 1970s and chronicles the galvanizing effects of global human rights ideas and institutions on local social movements. The prehistory of the three groups reveals that minori...

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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Tsutsui, Kiyoteru (Awdur)
Fformat: Llyfr
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Pynciau:
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Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Ainu : from a dying race to an indigenous people
  • Zainichi (Korean residents in Japan) : from citizenship rights to universal human rights
  • The Buraku Liberation Movement : from a Japanese minority group to an international human rights organization.