Human rights, state compliance, and social change : assessing national human rights institutions /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011. |
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| Description: | xii, 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8547313 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: National Human Rights Institutions, State Conformity, and Social Change
- Part I. Nhris in Theory and Reality
- 2. National Human Rights Institutions and State Compliance
- 3. The Shifting Boundaries of NHRI Definition in the International System
- 4. Evaluating NHRIs: Considering Structure, Mandate, and Impact
- Part II. NHRI Performance: Global, Regional, and National Domains
- 5. National Human Rights Institutions and the International Human Rights System
- 6. National Human Rights Institutions in Anglophone Africa: Legalism, Popular Agency, and the "Voices of Suffering"
- 7. National Human Rights Institutions in the Asia Pacific Region: Change Agents under Conditions of Uncertainty
- 8. National Human Rights Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe: The Ombudsman as Agent of International Law
- 9. National Human Rights Institutions in Latin America: Politics and Institutionalization
- 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
- 11. Through Pressure or Persuasion?: Explaining Compliance with the Resolutions of the Bolivian Defensor del Pueblo
- Part IV. Final Reflections
- 12. Tainted Origins and Uncertain Outcomes: Evaluating NHRIs
- 13. National Human Rights Institutions, Opportunities, and Activism
- Annex 1: Principles Relating to the Status of National Institutions (The Paris Principles)
- Index
