The power of human rights : international norms and domestic change / edited by Thomas Risse, Stephen C. Ropp, and Kathryn Sikkink.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Risse, Thomas, 1955-

Ropp, Steve C.

Sikkink, Kathryn, 1955-

Series:

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 66.

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Physical Description:

xii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Summary:

On the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this book evaluates the impact of these norms on the behavior of national governments in many regions of the world.

Contents:

1 The socialization of international human rights norms into domestic practices: introduction / Thomas Risse, Kathryn Sikkink 1

2 Transnational activism and political change in Kenya and Uganda / Hans Peter Schmitz 39

3 The long and winding road: international norms and doemstic political change in South Africa / David Black 78

4 Changing discourse: transnational advocacy networks in Tunisia and Morocco / Sieglinde Granzer 109

5 Linking the unlinkable? International norms and nationalism in Indonesia and the Philippines / Anja Jetschke 134

6 International norms and domestic politics in Chile and Guatemala / Stephen C. Ropp, Kathryn Sikkink 172

7 The Helsinki accords and political change in Eastern Europe / Daniel C. Thomas 205

8 International human rights norms and domestic change: conclusions / Thomas Risse, Stephen C. Ropp 234.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-310) and index.

ISBN:

0521650933

0521658829

OCLC:

39787569