The persistent power of human rights : from commitment to compliance
edited by Thomas Risse, Stephen C. Ropp and Kathryn Sikkink
Bok Engelsk 2013 Thomas. Risse,· Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2013
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| Omfang | XIV, 350 s. : fig.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; The Persistent Power of Human Rights; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Part I Introduction and stock-taking; 1 Introduction and overview; The "spiral model" of human rights change revisited; From commitment to compliance; Mechanisms and modes of social action; (1) Coercion: use of force and legal enforcement; (2) Changing incentives: sanctions and rewards; (3) Persuasion and discourse; (4) Capacity building; Scope conditions for compliance; (1) Democratic vs. authoritarian regimes; (2) Consolidated vs. limited statehood. - (3) Centralized vs. decentralized rule implementation(4) Material vulnerability; (5) Social vulnerability; Plan of the book; 2 The power of human rights a decade after: from euphoria to contestation?; Testing the spiral model: evidence from single and comparative case studies; Variation according to domestic mobilization; Variation according to target state's regime type; The challenge of counter-frames and normative contestation; Conclusion: strengths and limitations of the spiral model; 3 From ratification to compliance: quantitative evidence on the spiral model. - 7 The normative context of human rights criticism: treaty ratification and UN mechanisms. - Georgia: strengthening statehood and reducing rights violationsConclusions; 5 The "compliance gap" and the efficacy of international human rights institutions; Commitment and compliance; Conceptual and methodological issues with the compliance gap; Empirical depictions of the compliance gap; Problem 1: indicators and data sources; Problem 2: broader types of human rights; Problem 3: conceptual problems; Domestic effects of international human rights institutions; International human rights institutions as "weak" instruments. - Indirect effects and power of weak international human rights institutionsKey characteristics of indirect effects; Conclusion; 6 Social mechanisms to promote international human rights: complementary or contradictory?; Crowding-out effects; Category 1: conveyance of prevalence information; Category 2: overjustification and social signaling; Category 3: overjustification and self-perception; Category 4: overjustification and self-determination; Category 5: "a fine is a price"; Sequencing effects; Implications and conclusions; Part III From ratification to compliance: states revisited. - The power of empirical researchNecessary conditions: political liberalization and domestic structural reform; Phase 1: repression activates transnational civil society groups; Governments make tactical concessions; The consequences of tactical concessions; Conclusions; Part II Conceptual and methodological issues; 4 Human rights in areas of limited statehood: the new agenda; Conceptualizing limited statehood; Limited statehood, human rights and the spiral model; Guatemala: erosion of the state and rights violations by non-state actors. - This book offers a unique combination of quantitative and qualitative research arguing for the persistent power of human rights norms.
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| Emner | United Nations : (NO-TrBIB)90058028
Human rights International human rights Law, Politics & Government Vis mer... |
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| ISBN | 9781107028937. - 9781107609365
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