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Risse Thomas

The persistent power of human rights : From commitment to compliance - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2013 - 350p xiii

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. Boerzel 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 Hullen;
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.

ISBN: 9781107028937

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Human Rights2. Political Science - International Relations

Dewey Class. No.: 323.000000 / RIS