{"product_id":"measuring-human-rights-paperback","title":"Measuring Human Rights - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTodd Landman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEdzia Carvalho\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe measurement of human rights has long been debated within the various academic disciplines that focus on human rights, as well as within the larger international community of practitioners working in the field of human rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by leading experts in the field, this is the most up-to-date and comprehensive book on how to measure human rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeasuring Human Rights\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003edraws explicitly on the international law of human rights to derive the content of human rights that ought to be measured \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003econtains a comprehensive methodological framework for operationalizing this human rights content into human rights measures \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eincludes separate chapters on the methods, strengths and biases of different human rights measures, including events-based, standards-based, survey-based, and socio-economic and administrative statistics \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ecovers measures of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eincludes a complete bibliography, as well as sources and locations for data sets useful for the measurement of human rights. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a significant and timely addition to this important area of work in the field of human rights, and will be of interest to academics and NGOs, INGOs, international governmental organizations, international financial institutions, and national governments themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTodd Landman\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor in the Department of Government and a Member of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex. He is author of many books, including \u003cem\u003eStudying Human Rights\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), \u003cem\u003eProtecting Human Rights\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), and \u003cem\u003eIssues and Methods in Comparative Politics \u003c\/em\u003e(2000, 2003, and 2008).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdzia Carvalho\u003c\/strong\u003e is currently researching her PhD on public health policy in India in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. She has an MA in Human Rights (Essex 2006), and an MA in International Relations (Mumbai 2003). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736867049535,"sku":"9780415446501","price":128.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4de1d1f04307dfdb17799e1c0227a7a6.webp?v=1765148121","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/measuring-human-rights-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}