Stones of Hope: How African Activists Reclaim Human Rights to Challenge Global Poverty (Stanford Studies in Human Rights)

Many human rights advocates agree that conventional advocacy tools― reporting abuses to international tribunals or shaming the perpetrators of human rights violations―have proven ineffective. Increasingly, social justice advocates are looking to social and economic rights strategies as promising avenues for change. However, widespread skepticism remains as to how to make such rights real on the ground. Stones of Hope engages with the work of remarkable African advocates who have broken out of the conventional boundaries of human rights practice to challenge radical poverty. Through a sequence of case studies and interpretive essays, it illustrates how human rights can be harnessed to generate democratic institutional innovations. Ultimately, this book brings the reader down from the heights of official human rights forums to the ground level of advocacy. It is a must-read for human rights advocates, development practitioners, students, educators, and all others interested in an equitable global society. Many Human Rights Advocates Agree That Conventional Advocacy Tools--reporting Abuses To International Tribunals Or Shaming The Perpetrators Of Human Rights Violations--have Proven Ineffective. Increasingly, Social Justice Advocates Are Looking To Social And Economic Rights Strategies As Promising Avenues For Change. However, Widespread Skepticism Remains As To How To Make Such Rights Real On The Ground. Stones Of Hope Engages With The Work Of Remarkable African Advocates Who Have Broken Out Of The Conventional Boundaries Of Human Rights Practice To Challenge Radical Poverty. Through A Sequence Of Case Studies And Interpretive Essays, It Illustrates How Human Rights Can Be Harnessed To Generate Democratic Institutional Innovations. Ultimately, This Book Brings The Reader Down From The Heights Of Official Human Rights Forums To The Ground Level Of Advocacy. It Is A Must-read For Human Rights Advocates, Development Practitioners, Students, Educators, And All Others Interested In An Equitable Global Society.--publisher's Website. A Place To Live : Resisting Evictions In Ijora-badia, Nigeria / Felix Morka -- Commentary On Anti-eviction And Development In The Global South / Duncan Kennedy -- Cultural Transformation, Deep Institutional Reform, And Esr Practice : South Africa's Treatment Action Campaign / William Forbath, With Assistance From Zackie Achmat, Geoff Budlender, And Mark Heywood -- The Evictions At Nyamuma, Tanzania : Structural Constraints And Alternative Pathways In The Struggles Over Land / Ruth Buchanan, Helen Kijo-bisimba, And Kerry Rittich -- Freeing Mohammed Zakari : Rights As Footprints / Jeremy Perelman And Katharine Young, With The Participation Of Mahama Ayariga -- Stones Of Hope : Experience And Theory In African Economic And Social Rights Activism / Jeremy Perelman And Lucie E. White -- The Long Arc Of Pragmatic Economic And Social Rights Advocacy / Peter Houtzager And Lucie E. White. Edited By Lucie E. White And Jeremy Perelman ; With A Foreword By Jeffrey D. Sachs And Lisa E. Sachs. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Stones of Hope shows how African human rights activists have opened new possibilities for justice in the everyday lives of the world's most impoverished peoples.