Human Rights Attitudes in a World Society
Location
University of Dayton
Start Date
2-10-2015 4:00 PM
End Date
2-10-2015 5:30 PM
Description
This study focuses on universal human rights knowledge, endorsement, and commitment of college students in the United States. Using a newly constructed human rights attitudes questionnaire, the authors analyze the determinants of human rights attitudes using college aged samples in two universities located in the United States. This study builds on scholarship emphasizing the impacts of citizenship, immigration, and social identities constructed around contested cultural norms on the endorsement of and commitment to universal human rights. At the same time, this study analyzes knowledge of universal human rights to act as a measure for gauging understanding within the nation.
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Human Rights Attitudes of College Students in the United States (abstract)
University of Dayton
This study focuses on universal human rights knowledge, endorsement, and commitment of college students in the United States. Using a newly constructed human rights attitudes questionnaire, the authors analyze the determinants of human rights attitudes using college aged samples in two universities located in the United States. This study builds on scholarship emphasizing the impacts of citizenship, immigration, and social identities constructed around contested cultural norms on the endorsement of and commitment to universal human rights. At the same time, this study analyzes knowledge of universal human rights to act as a measure for gauging understanding within the nation.
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