Права человека в глобализующемся мире

Магистратура 2021/2022

Статус: Курс обязательный (Политический анализ и публичная политика / Political Analysis and Public Policy)

Направление: 41.04.04. Политология

Кто читает: Кафедра публичной политики

Где читается: Факультет социальных наук

Когда читается: 1-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Формат изучения: с онлайн-курсом

Охват аудитории: для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ

Преподаватели: Герасимова Ксения Леонидовна

Прогр. обучения: Политический анализ и публичная политика

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 5

Контактные часы: 38

Full Syllabus

Abstract

This course is foundational course in developing a profound understanding of Human Rights in a wider social science perspective. It provides a review of existing concepts and put them in the modern context of the current international relations. It has a strong component of comparative analysis (state vs non-state; individual vs collective). Students are given a wider picture of how the concepts emerged from specific events (Magna Carta, French Revolution, Abolition Movement) and developed into a wider elaborated system of several generations of Human Rights. A classification of Human Rights is offered in the course and should guide them in their further research work. The course widely relies on the Western philosophy and sociology. Students are engaged in case analysis and offered to employ different perspectives on understanding modern contested issues, such as international interventions in state affairs. The course is accompanied by the additional materials from the online course developed by a famous Chilean Human Rights activist, lawyer and educator Professor Jose Zalaquett. As a result, this course offers a good balance of acquiring theoretical knowledge an practicing empirical case study analysis.

Learning Objectives

To equip students with the general skills and tools to analyses the concept of Human Rights, to understand linkages between different Human rights, historic developments and leading modern philosophies.
To understand the role of the states, international organizations and the non-state actors in the provision of Human Rights
The examine the new challenges in provision and protection of Human Rights
To develop a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach in the analysis of existing Human Rights violations
To develop research and analytical skills through interactive presentations of specific case studies

Expected Learning Outcomes

Be able to discuss and reproduce different HR concepts and theories, be able to find relations between them and analyze them
Be able to distinguish between infringements of law and human rights violations
Be able to identify targets, decision-makers, benefactors and other actors involved into human rights issues, their motives, strategies and methods
Be able to recognize important human rights problems, analyze them and suggest possible ways of solving them
Know the major concepts and human rights theories
Understand to what extent cultural differences in the conception of human rights affect the universality of those rights as philosophical values or legal obligations
Understand who gains, and what are the motives, for framing particular issues as human rights issues

Course Contents

Globalisation as a Context for Development of Human Rights
Institutional and Sociological approaches to Human Right Analysis
Role of Civil Society in Institutionalization of HR. Concept of Global Governance.
Social Justice and Human Rights
Other Concepts in Understanding Human Rights
Typology of Human Rights
Environment and Human Rights
Human Rights and International Security
Culture, Ethnic Conflicts and Human Rights

Assessment Elements

Midterm self-assesement
Final exam
The exam is in a written form, and consists of ten questions. The link to the exam digital room will be announced later. Each student will have to announce their presence, switching on camera and micro. During the exam all background sound must be muted. In 2 hours students should resume writing and submit their answers either as word, pdf or jpg (photo) file. The acknowledgement email will be sent by the exam facilitator. Submission with a delay might lead to annulation of the exam submission and the requirement to resit the exam. The results will be announced within the week of the submission.
Online course certificate
Active participation in class

Interim Assessment

2021/2022 2nd module
0.3 * Online course certificate + 0.5 * Final exam + 0.2 * Active participation in class

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Anderson, E. S. (2014). Qual é o sentido da igualdade? / What is the point of equality? Revista Brasileira de Ciência Política, (15), 163–227. https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-335220141507
Anton, D., & Shelton, D. (2015). Environmental Protection and Human Rights. Australia, Australia/Oceania: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.6422FDC8
Caswell, M. (2016). Developing a Typology of Human Rights Records. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.91093E02
Clapham, A. (2007). Human Rights : A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=209686
Eckert, A. (2002). The Global and the Local: Reconciling Universal Human Rights and Cultural Diversity. Human Rights & Human Welfare: An International Review of Books & Other Publications, 2(2), 1–7. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=sih&AN=22858840
Gilabert, P. (2013). The Capability Approach and the Debate Between Humanist and Political Perspectives on Human Rights. A Critical Survey. Human Rights Review, 14(4), 299–325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-013-0269-z
Globalization: a brief exploration of its challenging, contested and competing concepts. (2017). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.D9A13938
Hough, P. (2008). Global steps towards human security. Security & Human Rights, 19(1), 15–23. https://doi.org/10.1163/187502308784048492
Keohane, R. O., & Nye Jr., J. S. (2000). Globalization: What’s New? What’s Not? (And So What?). Foreign Policy, (118), 104. https://doi.org/10.2307/1149673
Sokphea, Y. (2017). Transnational advocacy networks in global supply chains: a study of civil society organizations’ sugar movements in Cambodia. Journal of Civil Society, 13(1), 35–53. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2016.1265787
Thomas Buergenthal, Dinah Shelton, & David Stewart. (2009). International Human Rights in a Nutshell, 4th. St. Paul: West Academic Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1354981

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Andrew Moravcsik. (2000). The Origins of Human Rights Regimes: Democratic Delegation in Postwar Europe. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.E76DB6D9
Borraz Fernando, & Lopez-Cordova Jose Ernesto. (2007). Has Globalization Deepened Income Inequality in Mexico? Global Economy Journal, (1), 1. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.bpj.glecon.v7y2007i1n6
Hulme, K. (2017). Using a framework of human rights and transitional justice for post-conflict environmental protection and remediation. United Kingdom, Europe: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.57866CDC
Stone, D. (2008). Global Public Policy, Transnational Policy Communities, and Their Networks. Policy Studies Journal, 36(1), 19–38. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2007.00251.x
The Capability Approach, Empowerment and Participation Concepts, Methods and Applications edited by David Alexander Clark, Mario Biggeri, Alexandre Apsan Frediani. (2019). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.1666722596
Wolman, A. (2017). Sub-national Human Rights Institutions:a Definition and Typology. Human Rights Review, 18(1), 87–109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-016-0429-z

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