Reviews
"Making Rights Claims is a very important book, exploring as it does the paradoxical position of rights as both a 'global language of political reform' and a frequent target of criticism. Adopting a constitutive perspective on rights, Zivi's book is an interdisciplinary tour de force. It is one of the most important treatments of rights to come along in a long time." --Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College"In this stellar book, Karen Zivi realigns the theorization of rights with 'agonistic' theories of democracy that have put traditional liberalisms under scrutiny. Using Judith Butler's concept of 'performativity' she takes issue with Wendy Brown's critique of 'rights-politics,' writing in very clear language and deploying intriguing and controversial case studies. Unusually, Zivi starts the story with a pertinent and easy-to-read survey of the analyticaltradition of rights-analysis begun in the 1960s. This is an invaluable work on the most important topics today in political theory and practice." -Terrell Carver, Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol"Zivi (Grand Valley State Univ.) offers a compelling analysis of rights, successfully countering critics of rights-based politics. ... Zivi effectively argues that Michel Foucault ought to be read as supporting rights claims as a challenge to norms and state power. This fundamental reordering of the debate over rights will reverberate for years to come. Highly recommended." --Choice"Karen Zivi eloquently and persuasively argues that it is the democratic character of the process of making rights claims that underlines the continued and increasing popularity of human rights talk as a language of political reform."--Political Studies Review, "Making Rights Claimsis a very important book, exploring as it does the paradoxical position of rights as both a 'global language of political reform' and a frequent target of criticism. Adopting a constitutive perspective on rights, Zivi's book is an interdisciplinary tour de force. It is one of the most important treatments of rights to come along in a long time." --Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College "In this stellar book, Karen Zivi realigns the theorization of rights with 'agonistic' theories of democracy that have put traditional liberalisms under scrutiny. Using Judith Butler's concept of 'performativity' she takes issue with Wendy Brown's critique of 'rights-politics,' writing in very clear language and deploying intriguing and controversial case studies. Unusually, Zivi starts the story with a pertinent and easy-to-read survey of the analytical tradition of rights-analysis begun in the 1960s. This is an invaluable work on the most important topics today in political theory and practice." -Terrell Carver, Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol, "Making Rights Claims is a very important book, exploring as it does the paradoxical position of rights as both a 'global language of political reform' and a frequent target of criticism. Adopting a constitutive perspective on rights, Zivi's book is an interdisciplinary tour de force. It is one of the most important treatments of rights to come along in a long time." --Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College"In this stellar book, Karen Zivi realigns the theorization of rights with 'agonistic' theories of democracy that have put traditional liberalisms under scrutiny. Using Judith Butler's concept of 'performativity' she takes issue with Wendy Brown's critique of 'rights-politics,' writing in very clear language and deploying intriguing and controversial case studies. Unusually, Zivi starts the story with a pertinent and easy-to-read survey of the analytical tradition of rights-analysis begun in the 1960s. This is an invaluable work on the most important topics today in political theory and practice." -Terrell Carver, Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol"Zivi (Grand Valley State Univ.) offers a compelling analysis of rights, successfully countering critics of rights-based politics. ... Zivi effectively argues that Michel Foucault ought to be read as supporting rights claims as a challenge to norms and state power. This fundamental reordering of the debate over rights will reverberate for years to come. Highly recommended." --Choice"Karen Zivi eloquently and persuasively argues that it is the democratic character of the process of making rights claims that underlines the continued and increasing popularity of human rights talk as a language of political reform."--Political Studies Review, "Making Rights Claims is a very important book, exploring as it does the paradoxical position of rights as both a 'global language of political reform' and a frequent target of criticism. Adopting a constitutive perspective on rights, Zivi's book is an interdisciplinary tour de force. It is one of the most important treatments of rights to come along in a long time." --Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College "In this stellar book, Karen Zivi realigns the theorization of rights with 'agonistic' theories of democracy that have put traditional liberalisms under scrutiny. Using Judith Butler's concept of 'performativity' she takes issue with Wendy Brown's critique of 'rights-politics,' writing in very clear language and deploying intriguing and controversial case studies. Unusually, Zivi starts the story with a pertinent and easy-to-read survey of the analytical tradition of rights-analysis begun in the 1960s. This is an invaluable work on the most important topics today in political theory and practice." -Terrell Carver, Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol "Zivi (Grand Valley State Univ.) offers a compelling analysis of rights, successfully countering critics of rights-based politics. ... Zivi effectively argues that Michel Foucault ought to be read as supporting rights claims as a challenge to norms and state power. This fundamental reordering of the debate over rights will reverberate for years to come. Highly recommended." --Choice "Karen Zivi eloquently and persuasively argues that it is the democratic character of the process of making rights claims that underlines the continued and increasing popularity of human rights talk as a language of political reform."--Political Studies Review
