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The persistent power of human rights : from commitment to compliance /

"The Power of Human Rights (published in 1999) was an innovative and influential contribution to the study of international human rights. At its centre was a 'spiral model' of human rights change which described the various socialisation processes through which international norms wer...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Sikkink, Kathryn, 1955- (Editor), Risse, Thomas, 1955- (Editor), Ropp, Steve C. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Series:Cambridge studies in international relations ; 126.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Introduction and Stock-Taking: 1 Introduction and overview / Thomas Risse and Stephen C. Ropp; 2. The power of human rights a decade after: from euphoria to contestation? / Anja Jetschke and Andrea Liese; 3. From ratification to compliance: quantitative evidence on the spiral model / Beth A. Simmons
  • Part II. Conceptual and Methodological Issues: 4. Human rights in areas of limited statehood: the new agenda / Tanja A. Börzel and Thomas Risse; 5. The 'compliance gap' and the efficacy of international human rights institutions / Xinyuan Dai; 6. Social mechanisms to promote international human rights: complementary or contradictory? / Ryan Goodman and Derek Jinks
  • Part III. From Ratification to Compliance: States Revisited: 7. The normative context of human rights criticism: treaty ratification and UN mechanisms / Ann Marie Clark; 8. The United States and torture: does the spiral model work? / Kathryn Sikkink; 9. Resisting the power of human rights: the people's Republic of China / Katrin Kinzelbach; 10. The 'Arab spring' and the spiral model: Tunisia and Morocco / Vera van Hüllen
  • Part IV. From Commitment to Compliance: Companies, Rebel, Individuals: 11. Encouraging greater compliance: local networks and the United Nations global compact / Wagaki Mwangi, Lothar Rieth and Hans Peter Schmitz; 12. Business and human rights: how corporate norm violators become norm entrepreneurs / Nicole Deitelhoff and Klaus Dieter Wolf; 13. Taming of the warlords: commitment and compliance by armed opposition groups in civil wars / Hyeran Jo and Katherine Bryant; 14. Changing hearts and minds: sexual politics and human rights / Alison Brysk; 15. Conclusions / Thomas Risse and Kathryn Sikkink.