Human rights, state compliance, and social change : assessing national human rights institutions /

Other Authors: Goodman, Ryan, Pegram, Thomas Innes,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012
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245 0 0 |a Human rights, state compliance, and social change :   |b assessing national human rights institutions /   |c editors Ryan Goodman, Thomas Pegram 
260 |a Cambridge ;   |b Cambridge University Press,   |c 2012  |a New York :  
300 |a xii, 351 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a Machine generated contents note: 1. National human rights institutions, state compliance, and social change Ryan Goodman and Thomas Pegram; Part I. NHRIs in Theory and Reality: 2. National human rights institutions and state compliance Sonia Cardenas; 3. The shifting boundaries of NHRI definition in the international system Linda C. Reif; 4. Evaluating NHRIs: considering structure, mandate, and impact Julie Mertus; Part II. NHRI Performance: Global, Regional, and National Domains: 5. National human rights institutions and the international human rights system Chris Sidoti; 6. National human rights institutions in anglophone Africa: legalism, popular agency, and the "voices of suffering" Obiora Chinedu Okafor; 7. National human rights institutions in the Asia Pacific region: change agents under conditions of uncertainty Catherine Renshaw and Kieren Fitzpatrick; 8. National human rights institutions in Central and Eastern Europe: the ombudsman as agent of international law Richard Carver; 9. National human rights institutions in Latin America: politics and institutionalization Thomas Pegram; Part III. NHRIS and Compliance: Beyond Enforcement: 10. The societalization of horizontal accountability: rights advocacy and the defensor del pueblo de la nacioΜn in Argentina Enrique Peruzzotti; 11. Through pressure or persuasion?: explaining compliance with the resolutions of the Bolivian defensor del pueblo Fredrik Uggla; Part IV. Final Reflections: 12. Tainted origins and uncertain outcomes: evaluating NHRIs Peter Rosenblum; 13. National human rights institutions, opportunities, and activism David S. Meyer. 
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