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Lock-in Looked Over: New and Established Democracies in the European Human Rights Regime - Couverture souple

Tomik, Stefan

 
9783639007367: Lock-in Looked Over: New and Established Democracies in the European Human Rights Regime
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639007360 ISBN 13 : 9783639007367
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Synopsis

Not all democracies are equally enthusiastic to establish and join international human rights regimes that carry enforceable legal commitments. A "lock-in" mechanism derived from republican liberal theory of international relations has been put forward to explain why, against conventional wisdom, new democracies support such regimes more fervently than established ones. The reasoning behind this is that young democracies strive to lock in domestic opponents into democratic rule in the light of political uncertainty, while established democracies do not benefit from strong international human rights enforcement. This study provides an empirical test of the lock-in mechanism and examines the actual willingness of states to accept non-mandatory enforcement clauses foreseen in the European Convention on Human Rights. It finds almost no support for lock-in. In contrast, established democracies accept legally binding commitments more quickly, engage in strengthening the enforcement mechanisms, and extend their human rights policy to regimes in transition. This thesis is directed towards students and researchers in the human rights field.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Not all democracies are equally enthusiastic to establish and join international human rights regimes that carry enforceable legal commitments. A "lock-in" mechanism derived from republican liberal theory of international relations has been put forward to explain why, against conventional wisdom, new democracies support such regimes more fervently than established ones. The reasoning behind this is that young democracies strive to lock in domestic opponents into democratic rule in the light of political uncertainty, while established democracies do not benefit from strong international human rights enforcement. This study provides an empirical test of the lock-in mechanism and examines the actual willingness of states to accept non-mandatory enforcement clauses foreseen in the European Convention on Human Rights. It finds almost no support for lock-in. In contrast, established democracies accept legally binding commitments more quickly, engage in strengthening the enforcement mechanisms, and extend their human rights policy to regimes in transition. This thesis is directed towards students and researchers in the human rights field.

Biographie de l'auteur

Stefan Tomik, M.A. in Political Science, has studied at the Free University of Berlin, the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Lyon, France, and at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He is a political editor with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung since 2004.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639007360
ISBN 13 
9783639007367
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
88
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