Chains of Justice : : The Global Rise of State Institutions for Human Rights / / Sonia Cardenas.
National human rights institutions-state agencies charged with protecting and promoting human rights domestically-have proliferated dramatically since the 1990s; today more than a hundred countries have NHRIs, with dozens more seeking to join the global trend. These institutions are found in states...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (496 p.) :; 2 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Chapter 1. The Self- Restraining State?
- Chapter 2. Historical Linkages
- Chapter 3. Tracking Global Diffusion
- Chapter 4. The Logic of Strategic Emulation
- Chapter 5. Trendsetters and Early Adopters, pre- 1990
- Chapter 6. Democratization 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 Eu rope
- Chapter 10. How Accountability Institutions Matter
- Chapter 11. Adaptive States: Making and Breaking International Law
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments