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Human Rights

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    Introduction

    Key Issues in the Field

    Dominant Perspectives

    Research Examples

    Recent research suggests that one key element in predicting societal instability is a "democracy gap." In countries where the populace have expectations for higher levels of political freedoms than they actually have, there are greater odds of revolutions and riots, like those that began in the Arab Spring in 2010.[1] This suggests a growing awareness of human rights and political freedoms around the world, including in authoritarian and dictatorial countries.

    Race and Human Rights

    Class and Human Rights

    Gender and Human Rights

    Points of View: Micro-Meso-Macro

    Applying Knowledge

    Further Readings

    Questions for Discussion

    1. ↑ Sheafer, Tamir, and Shaul Shenhav. 2013. “Political Culture Congruence and Political Stability Revisiting the Congruence Hypothesis with Prospect Theory.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 57(2):232–57.