{"product_id":"rights-make-might-global-human-rights-and-minority-social-movements-in-japan-9780190853112","title":"Rights Make Might: Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the American Sociological Association's 2019 Asia and Asian American Section Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the American Sociological Association's 2019 Political Sociology Section Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the late 1970s, the three most salient minority groups in Japan - the politically dormant Ainu, the active but unsuccessful Koreans, and the former outcaste group of Burakumin - have all expanded their activism despite the unfavorable domestic political environment. In \u003cem\u003eRights Make Might\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eKiyoteru Tsutsui examines why, and finds an answer in the galvanizing effects of global human rights on local social movements. Tsutsui chronicles the transformative impact of global human rights ideas and institutions on minority activists, which changed their understandings about their standing in\u003cbr\u003eJapanese society and propelled them to new international venues for political claim making. The global forces also changed the public perception and political calculus in Japan over time, catalyzing substantial gains for their movements. Having benefited from global human rights, all three groups\u003cbr\u003erepaid their debt by contributing to the consolidation and expansion of human rights principles and instruments outside of Japan. Drawing on interviews and archival data, \u003cem\u003eRights Make Might\u003c\/em\u003e offers a rich historical comparative analysis of the relationship between international human rights and local\u003cbr\u003epolitics that contributes to our understanding of international norms and institutions, social movements, human rights, ethnoracial politics, and Japanese society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kiyoteru Tsutsui\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190853112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKiyoteru Tsutsui\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Sociology, Director of the Center for Japanese Studies, and Director of the Donia Human Rights Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39929221087347,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_41593707-7d2c-49b1-89c5-98c2d37f2edc.jpg?v=1647611861","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/rights-make-might-global-human-rights-and-minority-social-movements-in-japan-9780190853112","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}