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Thompson, Andrew

 
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Synopsis

Since 9/11 and the onset of the ?war on terror, ? the principal challenge confronting liberal democracies has been to balance freedom with security and individual with collective rights. This book sheds new light on the evolution of human rights norms in liberal democracies by charting the activism of four Canadian NGOs on issues of refugee rights, hate speech, and the death penalty, including their use of difficult, often controversial legal cases as platforms to assert human rights principles and shape judicial policy-making. The struggles of these NGOs reveal not only the fragility but also the resilience of ideas about rights in liberal democracies.

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À propos de l'auteur

Andrew S. Thompson is an adjunct assistant professor of political science at the University of Waterloo.

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9780774818629: In Defence of Principles: NGOs and Human Rights in Canada

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ISBN 10 :  077481862X ISBN 13 :  9780774818629
Editeur : University of British Columbia P..., 2011
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