The Power of Human Rights: International Norms and Domestic Change

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

• ISBN13: 9780521658829
• ISBN10: 0521658829
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nation's passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by showing how global human rights norms have influenced national government practices in eleven different countries around the world. Transnational human rights pressures and policies have made a significant difference in bringing about improvements in human rights practices in diverse countries around the world. The book describes a model of socialization processes that can be broadly applied to other processes and policy areas where global ideas have an impact on domestic affairs.

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