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The Power of Human Rights: International Norms and Domestic Change » (1st Edition)

Authors: Thomas Risse (Editor), Kathryn Sikkink (Editor), Stephen C. Ropp
ISBN-13: 9780521658829, ISBN-10: 0521658829
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: October 2010
Edition: 1st Edition

Shows how global human rights norms have influenced national government practices in eleven countries around the world.

	List of contributors
	Preface
1	The socialization of international human rights norms into domestic practices: introduction	1
2	Transnational activism and political change in Kenya and Uganda	39
3	The long and winding road: international norms and domestic political change in South Africa	78
4	Changing discourse: transnational advocacy networks in Tunisia and Morocco	109
5	Linking the unlinkable? International norms and nationalism in Indonesia and the Philippines	134
6	International norms and domestic politics in Chile and Guatemala	172
7	The Helsinki accords and political change in Eastern Europe	205
8	International human rights norms and domestic change: conclusions	234
	List of references	279
	Index	311