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"This book inductively develops a new typology that identifies and evaluates three principal strategies that have been, and are being, used to extend international human rights protections to new categories of vulnerable populations. The book explicates the evolution and ongoing utility of the three strategies: categorical enlargement, conceptual expansion, and group-conscious universal application. The strategies are elucidated by case studies of nine distinct vulnerable populations: national minorities; those oppressed on the basis of caste; people with albinism; cross-cultural migrants; members of the African diaspora; Roma/Gypsies; persons affected by leprosy; older individuals; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. The book concludes by considering the utility of the three strategies for emerging vulnerable populations. It encourages discourse about the protection of vulnerable populations to move beyond a stale fixation on the texts of treaties and towards a more proactive normative framework that prioritizes the lived experiences of human beings. Extending International Human Rights Protections to Vulnerable Populations will be of key interest to students and scholars of international human rights, to social justice advocates, to human rights practitioners, and to those working with oppressed groups, human rights law, and international relations"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations and acronyms -- Introduction -- 1 The scope of existing protections -- 2 Categorical enlargement -- 3 Conceptual expansion -- 4 Group-conscious universal application -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Chart 1 Comparison of 23 Established Democracies -- Chart 2 An Overview of U.S. Politics and the Comparative View -- Part I The Constitutional Order -- 1 The American Nation, State, and Regime -- Case Study: The Nation, State, and Regime in Poland -- 2 The U.S. Constitution -- Case Study: The Post-Apartheid Constitution of South Africa -- 3 Federalism -- Case Study: The Unitary State in Japan -- Case Study: German Federalism -- 4 Separation of Powers -- Case Study: The Westminster Parliamentary Model -- A Hypothetical Case Study: Parliamentary Checks and Balances -- Part II The Institutions of Government -- 5 The Executive Branch: The Presidency and the Bureaucracy -- Case Study: Variations in Executive Power in Southeast Asia -- 6 The Legislative Branch: The Two Houses of Congress -- Case Study: Legislative Variation in the Former British Dominions -- 7 The Judicial Branch: The Supreme Court and the Federal Courts -- Case Study: The Judiciary in France -- Part III Political Participation -- 8 Unconventional Political Participation: Activism, Social Movements, and Interest Groups -- Case Study: The Zapatista Movement in Mexico -- 9 Voting and Elections -- Case Study: Voting and Elections in Israel -- 10 Political Parties -- A Hypothetical Case Study: Electoral Systems and the Number of Parties -- 11 Public Opinion and Mass Media -- Case Study: Public Opinion and Mass Media in Post-Communist Russia -- Part IV Public Policy and Policymaking -- 12 Domestic Policy: Socioeconomic Regulation, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights -- Case Study: Social Welfare Policy in Denmark -- 13 Foreign Policy: The United States in the World -- Case Study: The Foreign Policy of China -- Conclusion: The American Anomaly on Balance

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