NLSUI OPAC header image
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The persistent power of human rights : From commitment to compliance

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2013Description: 350p xiiiISBN:
  • 9781107028937
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 323.000000 RIS
Contents:
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.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

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.