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Acknowledgments

1 Universal human rights in a world of difference: challenging our thinking

Invisibility

Universal justification

Critical theory and methodology

What you see is what you get

Conclusion

PART I Epistemology, diversity, and disagreement in theory and practice

2 Universal human rights?

Introduction

Human rights as a non-ideal theory

Rawlsian methodology and non-ideal theory

Methodologies for non-ideal theoretical arguments

The politics of knowledge

The politics of diversity

The politics of dissent

Conclusion

3 Universalisms and differences

Introduction

Transcendental universalisms

Metaphysical transcendental universalism: faith and other metaphysics

Secular transcendental universalisms: philosophical and legal arguments

The universalism of anti-liberalism and relativism

What can we do?

4 Immanent and universal human rights: more legitimate than reasonable

Introduction

An immanent moral universal and cross-cultural inquiry

Methodological considerations

Rights as immanent in history

The nexus and the olive branch

Taking ‘‘others’’ seriously

A theoretical methodology

Conclusion

PART II A methodology for immanent theory

5 Feminist curb cutting: a methodology for exposing silences and revealing differences for the immanent study of universal human rights

Prologue

Introduction

Feminist curb cutting – the epistemology behind the methodology

The method for gathering data

Insiders, outsiders, multi-sited critics, and multiple critics

Reflective opportunity

Political moment

Scholar as critic: promoting inquiry, deliberative opportunity, and institutional change

Deliberative inquiry

Guiding criteria

Skeptical scrutiny

Does experienced-based inquiry stop here?

6 Listening to the silent voices, hearing dissonance: a methodology for interpretation and analysis

Introduction: theoretical analysis with methodology?

The method for analyzing data

Insiders, outsiders, multi-sited critics, multiple critics, and silent or silenced critics

Deliberative inquiry

Guiding criteria

Skeptical scrutiny

Conclusion

PART III Immanent universal human rights: theory and practice

7 An immanent and universal theory of human rights

Preface

Introduction

What’s the problem?

Justificatory scheme and responsibilities

Other approaches

Immanent approach

Roles and responsibilities

Content, scope, and responsibilities

Rights extended to all: the interrelatedness of people

Indivisibility and structures: useful obstacles to delimiting the content of human rights

Non-ideal theory at work: responsibilities without boundaries

Transcendental universalisms (God or principles) in a non-ideal world?

Immanent responsibility in a non-ideal world

Conclusion

8 Terrain(s) of difficulty: obligation, problem-solving, and trust

Preface

Introduction

Working through the hard questions: obligation and tools

Working through hard questions: illustration

Competing rights

Sexuality

The big issue

Trust and thinking through the terrain of difficulty

Conclusion

9 Feminist strategies

Introduction

Are immanent human rights universal?

Strategies of local activism: working within in order to transform

Strategies of transnational women’s human rights feminism

Framing a myriad of concerns as ‘‘rights’’ issues

Bringing local and particular issues to the global stage

Rewriting international universal human rights such that violations of women’s human rights are as visible as violations of men’s

Channeling resources

Contextualized human rights

Transfer of leadership to the global South

Bringing those working on similar issues in different places into dialogue with one another

Bringing those working on separate issues into dialogue with one another

Conclusion: guiding questions for activists’ work

Context assessment

Objectives and priorities

Dialogue

Dialogue partners

10 ‘‘If I can make a circle’’

IF I CAN MAKE A CIRCLE – TRIO

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Bibliography

Interviews

Index