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Informationen zum Autor Sonia Cardenas is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Human Rights Program at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. She is the author of Conflict and Compliance: State Responses to International Human Rights Pressure, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Klappentext This textbook gives a comprehensive overview of the human rights issues facing more than half of the Western Hemisphere. Cardenas synthesizes a large volume of research and incorporates primary documents, wide-ranging cases, images, and supplementary student resources, to explore basic themes of terror and hope. Zusammenfassung This textbook gives a comprehensive overview of the human rights issues facing more than half of the Western Hemisphere. Cardenas synthesizes a large volume of research and incorporates primary documents! wide-ranging cases! images! and supplementary student resources! to explore basic themes of terror and hope. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Terror and Hope PT. I VIOLATING RIGHTS Ch. 1 A Regional Survey Ch. 2 Explaining Violations PT. II PROMOTING REFORM Ch. 3 Global Governance Ch. 4 Transnational Networks Ch. 5 Human Rights Change PT. III SECURING JUSTICE Ch. 6 Accountability Versus Impunity Ch. 7 Never Again? APPENDICES 1. American Convention on Human Rights, Part I 2. Human Rights Treaties: Regional Ratifiers 3. Human Development Indicators 4. Select Internship Opportunities 5. Suggested Assignments for Instructors Index
