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Chains of Justice : The Global Rise of State Institutions for Human Rights.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights SeriesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (493 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812208931
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Chains of JusticeDDC classification:
  • 323
LOC classification:
  • JC571 -- .C278 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1. The Self-Restraining State? -- Chapter 2. Historical Linkages -- Chapter 3. Tracking Global Diff usion -- Chapter 4. The Logic of Strategic Emulation -- Chapter 5. Trendsetters and Early Adopters, pre-1990 -- Chapter 6. Demo cratization Scripts and Bandwagoning in Africa -- Chapter 7. Transitional Myths and Everyday Politics in the Americas -- Chapter 8. Appeasement via Localization in the Asia Pacific -- Chapter 9. Membership Rites and Statehood in the New Europe -- Chapter 10. How Accountability Institutions Matter -- Chapter 11. Adaptive States: Making and Breaking International Law -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: Sonia Cardenas offers the most comprehensive account to date of the emergence of national human rights institutions, exploring why states create these institutions and examining their impact on contemporary human rights struggles.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1. The Self-Restraining State? -- Chapter 2. Historical Linkages -- Chapter 3. Tracking Global Diff usion -- Chapter 4. The Logic of Strategic Emulation -- Chapter 5. Trendsetters and Early Adopters, pre-1990 -- Chapter 6. Demo cratization Scripts and Bandwagoning in Africa -- Chapter 7. Transitional Myths and Everyday Politics in the Americas -- Chapter 8. Appeasement via Localization in the Asia Pacific -- Chapter 9. Membership Rites and Statehood in the New Europe -- Chapter 10. How Accountability Institutions Matter -- Chapter 11. Adaptive States: Making and Breaking International Law -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

Sonia Cardenas offers the most comprehensive account to date of the emergence of national human rights institutions, exploring why states create these institutions and examining their impact on contemporary human rights struggles.

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