The Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Prosecutions Are Changing World Politics - Couverture rigide

Sikkink, Kathryn

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0393079937 ISBN 13 : 9780393079937

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2011

Synopsis

Grawemeyer Award winner Kathryn Sikkink offers a landmark argument for human rights prosecutions as a powerful political tool. She shows how, in just three decades, state leaders in Latin America, Europe, and Africa have lost their immunity from any accountability for their human rights violations, becoming the subjects of highly publicized trials resulting in severe consequences. This shift is affecting the behavior of political leaders worldwide and may change the face of global politics as we know it.

Drawing on extensive research and illuminating personal experience, Sikkink reveals how the stunning emergence of human rights prosecutions has come about; what effect it has had on democracy, conflict, and repression; and what it means for leaders and citizens everywhere, from Uruguay to the United States. The Justice Cascade is a vital read for anyone interested in the future of world politics and human rights.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Kathryn Sikkink is a Regents Professor and the McKnight Presidential Chair of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. She is the cowinner of the 2000 Grawemeyer Award for "Ideas Improving World Order" and lives in Minneapolis.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393079937
• ISBN 13: 9780393079937
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible