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050 00 $aK3240$b.H8588 2011
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245 00 $aHuman rights, state compliance, and social change :$bassessing national human rights institutions /$ceditors Ryan Goodman, Thomas Pegram.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2011.
300 $axii, 351 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"This book critically examines the significance of National Human Rights Institutions by collecting work from experts spanning international law, political science, sociology, and human rights practice"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine 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 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.
650 0 $aNational human rights institutions.
650 0 $aHuman rights.
650 0 $aInternational law.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights$2bisacsh.
700 1 $aGoodman, Ryan.
700 1 $aPegram, Thomas Innes,$d1980-