Gready, Paul orcid.org/0000-0001-6353-7372 (2024) How to Build a Culture of Human Rights in the Era of Populism: Reflections From the Human Rights City of York (UK). Social and Legal Studies. pp. 1-21. ISSN 1461-7390
Abstract
This article analyses how to build a culture of human rights in the era of populism. The UK, and the York Human Rights City initiative, provide a case study. The article draws on a human rights practice methodology, activist practices and broader social processes and practices, both in York, to analyse the potential of the ‘local’, and in particular cities, to develop a human rights culture. It argues that such a culture needs to go beyond current responses to populism, notably a focus on values and framing (a variant of ‘if only people knew’), to draw on thicker components of culture (history and place, rather than law and institutions). Interviews with artists in York as a proxy for wider public engagement suggest an enduring disconnect with human rights but also that meaning-making, co-creation, not just better communication, is needed to build a culture of human rights.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024 |
Keywords: | human rights cities, human rights practice, social processes / lived experiences of humanrights, culture of human rights, the local, populism |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number AHRC AH/W003155/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2024 15:30 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jan 2025 17:20 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/09646639241287753 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/09646639241287753 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:218202 |
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