Doctoral Dissertation Research: How Human Rights Interventions Affect Local Norms and Practices

SES -1131019 Rory McVeigh（PI）Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick（co-PI）博士论文研究：人权干预如何影响当地规范和实践摘要奴隶制往往被视为一个纯粹的历史现象时，事实上，当代奴隶制仍然普遍存在。 当代奴隶主发现自己处于行使社会控制而非法律的所有权的独特地位。 除了少数例外，奴隶主的作用在很大程度上没有得到探索。 该项目以印度当代奴隶制为例，探讨以下问题：人权干预如何产生不同的社会条件和关系，进而影响前奴隶主的态度和行为？ 研究设计依赖于在印度北方邦进行的100次访谈产生的数据。 该研究项目旨在为有关国际组织、社会运动和人权的文献做出贡献。调查结果还将为当前关于精英在社会运动中的作用的理论辩论以及关于当代解放实践的形式和功能的政策辩论提供信息。 具体而言，该项目审查人权干预措施，包括鼓励前奴隶公开挑战权威的干预措施，在多大程度上导致了精英阶层的抵制，以及形成了沿着以往模式的新形式的压迫，例如，基于群体的规范和等级制度。近年来，当代奴隶制在国际论坛和媒体上受到了极大的关注。 如何最有效地遏制这种做法仍然是一个激烈的争论。争论的焦点是旨在促进长期解放的一系列相互冲突的战略的有效性，从社区组织到突袭和救援干预。这项研究的结果可能有助于我们了解如何促进解放和减少世界各地当代奴隶制的发生。 研究结果也可为决策者、学者和倡导者提供信息。

SES - 1131019Rory McVeigh (PI)Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick (co-PI)Doctoral Dissertation Research: How Human Rights Interventions Affect Local Norms and PracticesAbstractSlavery is often viewed as a purely historical phenomenon when, in fact, contemporary slavery remains widespread. Contemporary slaveholders find themselves in the unique position of exercising social control rather than legal ownership. With few exceptions, the role of slaveholders has gone largely unexplored. Focusing on contemporary slavery in India as a case in point, this project addresses the following question: How do human rights interventions generate different social conditions and relations that, in turn, may affect the attitudes and behaviors of former slaveholders? The research design relies on data generated by 100 interviews conducted in Uttar Pradesh, India. This research project seeks to make a contribution to the literature regarding international organizations, social movements, and human rights. Findings will also inform current theoretical debates on the role of elites in social movements, as well as policy debates over the form and function of contemporary emancipation practices. Specifically, the project examine the degree to which human rights interventions, including those encouraging former slaves to challenge authority openly, result in resistance from elites as well as the development of new forms of oppression patterned along prior, e.g., group-based norms and hierarchies. Broader ImpactsIn recent years, contemporary slavery has received significant attention in international forums and the media. How to curb the practice most effectively remains hotly contested. At issue is the effectiveness of a range of conflicting strategies designed to facilitate long-term emancipation, from community organizing to raid and rescue interventions. Findings from this study may inform our understanding of how to facilitate emancipation and reduce the incidence of contemporary slavery around the world. Findings may also inform policymakers, academics and advocates.