Against the recent backdrop of sociopolitical crisis, radical thinking and activism to challenge the oppressive operation of power has increased. Such thinkers and activists have aimed for radical social transformation in the sense of challenging dominant ways of viewing the world, including the neoliberal illusion of improving the welfare of all while advancing the interests of only some. However, a question mark has remained over the utility of human rights in this activity and the capability of rights to challenge, as opposed to reinforce, discourses such as liberalism, capitalism, internationalism and statism. It is at this point that the present work aims to intervene. Drawing upon critical legal theory, radical democratic thinking and feminist perspectives, Human Rights and Radical Social Transformation seeks to reassess the radical possibilities for human rights and explore how rights may be re-engaged as a tool to facilitate radical social change via the concept of ‘human rights to come’. This idea proposes a reconceptualisation of human rights in theory and practice which foregrounds human rights as inherently futural and capable of sustaining a critical relation to power and alterity in radical politics.
This book asks how education can be developed to facilitate the radical social, cultural and economic transformations needed to deal with the ongoing climate emergency.
As Steve Cunningham and Michael Lavalette (2016, p. 20) observe, “the school student strike has been in existence for as long as we have had compulsory education.” Localized and relatively spontaneous student strikes, walkouts, ...
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One consequence of this strategy is that individuals with an unclear cultural identity are more likely to join extremist groups. ... Indeed, if no clear cultural identity is established, there is a risk of creating a cultural vacuum, ...
" For this updated edition, Gil considers the factors driving two crucial developments since his volume's initial publication: the Middle East's Arab Spring and the U.S. Occupy Wall Street movement.
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Liberalism, according to Heywood, is a political ideology that seeks to protect citizens from tyrannical rule by balancing the rule of law and minimal government together with personal liberties and freedoms, and with tolerance for ...