Human rights, state compliance, and social change : assessing national human rights institutions / editors Ryan Goodman, Thomas Pegram

Published:: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Physical Description:: xii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Goodman, Ryan and Pegram, Thomas Innes, 1980-

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Contents:

1. Introduction: 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 nación 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.

Summary:

"This book critically examines the significance of National Human Rights Institutions by collecting work from experts spanning international law, political science, sociology, and human rights practice"--

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ISBN:

9780521761758 (hardback)
0521761751 (hardback)
9780521150170 (pbk.)
0521150175 (pbk.)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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