Transmitting rights : international organizations and the diffusion of human rights practices / Brian Greenhill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenhill, Brian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International agencies.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

x, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Globalization and Human Rights 1

1.2 IGOS: Some Background 5

1.3 IGOS as Norm Transmitters 10

1.4 Empirical Strategy (And Plan for the Book) 14

2 Networks of Influence 22

2.1 Stage 1: Establishing the Human Rights Culture of the IGO 25

2.2 Stage 2: Defining the IGO Context of the State 34

2.3 Stage 3: Internalizing the Norms 38

2.4 Next Steps: Collecting Evidence of Diffusion 54

3 Demonstrating Diffusion 59

3.1 Introduction 59

3.2 The Data 60

3.3 Results 72

3.4 A Detailed Drill-Down 82

3.5 Taking Stock 90

4 State and IGO Characteristics 92

4.1 Shaping the Human Rights Culture 93

4.2 IGO Characteristics 101

4.3 Receiver Effects 105

4.4 Discussion 111

5 Gay Rights and Women's Rights 117

5.1 Variation among Rights 117

5.2 Data and Methods 121

5.3 Results 128

5.4 Discussion 134

6 Cause or Effect? 137

6.1 Introduction 137

6.2 IGOS and Human Rights Conditions 138

6.3 Methods 141

6.4 Results 151

6.5 Discussion 156

7 Conclusions 160

7.1 Lessons Learned 160

7.2 Implications For IR Theory 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780190271633

0190271639

9780190271640

0190271647

OCLC:

923665557