The Power of Human Rights: International Norms and Domestic Change

by Edited by Thomas Risse , Stephen C. Ropp , Kathryn Sikkink

• ISBN13: 9780521650939
• ISBN10: 0521650933
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

On the 50th 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. Have the principles articulated in the Declaration had any effect on the behavior of states towards their citizens? What are the conditions under which international human rights norms are internalized in domestic practices? And what can we learn from this case about why, how, and under what conditions international norms in general influence the actions of states? This book draws on the work of social constructivists to examine these important issues. The contributors examine eleven countries representing five different world regions - Northern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe - drawing practical lessons for activists and policy makers concerned with preserving and extending the human rights gains made during the past fifty years.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
Preface	xi
The Socialization of international human rights norms into domestic practices: introduction	1	(38)
Thomas Risse
Kathryn Sikkink
Transnational activism and political change in Kenya and Uganda	39	(39)
Hans Peter Schmitz
The long and winding road: international norms and domestic political change in South Africa	78	(31)
David Black
Changing discourse: transnational advocacy networks in Tunisia and Morocco	109	(25)
Sieglinde Granzer
Linking the unlinkable? International norms and nationalism in Indonesia and the Philippines	134	(38)
Anja Jetschke
International norms and domestic politics in Chile and Guatemala	172	(33)
Stephen C. Ropp
Kathryn Sikkink
The Helsinki accords and political change in Eastern Europe	205	(29)
Daniel C. Thomas
International human rights norms and domestic change: conclusions	234	(45)
Thomas Risse
Stephen C. Ropp
List of references	279	(32)
Index	311