Coysh, Joanne E. (2012) Beyond human rights education : a critique from the global to the local. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

This is a study of Human Rights Education (HRE) discourse in community-based
settings. It is a critique and analysis of the ways that HRE discourse is shaped by
power and culture between the global and the local. It aims to fill a gap in the current
research in a number of ways, by examining both the theories of human rights and
education, as well as the practice of HRE. The aim of the thesis is not only to show
how it has and is used, but also whose interests this serves.
The research was carried out using mainly qualitative methods, but also some
quantitative methods. In order to make connections between the global and local
HRE discourse it included twelve months of fieldwork in Tanzania, where data was
gathered from NGOs working in HRE explicitly. It also linked stakeholders, such as
international organisations, other NGOs and individual community members such as
paralegals and participants in HRE processes.
The thesis has three parts which each deal with the language and texts, social
practice, as well as, socio-political and cultural influence of HRE discourse. The first
part outlines the sheer variety of content that inform various conceptions of HRE and
shows how HRE is both plural and complex. It examines the historical and
sociopolitical construction of HRE. The second part of the thesis examines the local
context of HRE using the data gathered from twelve-month’s empirical fieldwork in
Tanzania between 2009 and 2010. The third part of the material analyses the way
that social relations both construct and are constructed by HRE discourse, the
unintended consequences, and suggestions about possible ways forward.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	J Political Science > JC Political theory K Law [LC] > K Law (General)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Human rights, Human rights -- Study and teaching, Human rights -- Study and teaching -- Tanzania, Human rights -- Study and teaching -- Case studies
Official Date:	December 2012
Dates:	Date Event December 2012 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	School of Law
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Williams, Andrew, 1961-
Sponsors:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Extent:	ix, 323 leaves.
Language:	eng

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