Speaking rights to power: constructing political will

Introduction: Rhetoric For Rights.

Speaking rights. Why We Care: Constructing solidarity ; The message: Human rights as global social imagination ; Hearts and Minds: The politics of persuasion.

Historical repertoires: Attention must be paid. Solidarity: The Dreyfus Affair ; Internationalism: The Spanish Civil War ; Symbolism: The Holocaust ; Globalization: Revolution 2.0.

Voices: heroes, martyrs, witnesses, and experts. Heroes and martyrs ; Witnesses and experts.

The message matters: framing the claim. Poster children and sex slavery: framing human trafficking ; Reframing FGM ; Human rights in Colombia: when frames fail ; The rhetoric of recognition: Darfur vs. Congo.

Plotting rights: The power of performance. From tragedy to testimonial ; Allegory as protest performance: Indian Summer ; The Power of Parody.

Mobilizing media: Is there an app for that?. Iran: The revolution will not be televised ; China: The Long March to human rights ; The Arab Spring: The Face book path to freedom ; Kony 2012: When buzz is not enough.

Audiences: Constructing cosmopolitans. Building communities of conscience: Scholars at Risk ; Inter-ethnic solidarity ; Across the great divide: Men who care about violence against women.

Constructing political will. Another world is possible ; The power of persuasion: The Liberian civil war ; Acting globally.