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

Sikkink, Kathryn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0393919366 ISBN 13 : 9780393919363

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2012

Synopsis

Esteemed international relations scholar 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.

Sikkink presents her groundbreaking quantitative research to analyze the effects this "justice cascade" has had on democracy, conflict, and repression and reveals what political and social conditions are and aren't required for human rights trials to be effective. Engaging, analytical, and prescient, The Justice Cascade is a perfect book for international relations and human rights courses.

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: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393919366
• ISBN 13: 9780393919363
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible