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Zusatztext Brian Greenhill makes an important contribution to the study of international governmental organizations by considering how the entire network of IGOs to which states belong can impact their human rights behavior. ... Transmitting Rights is extraordinarily clearly written and effectively organized, making it accessible to a wide range of audiences. This is the sort of thing that is often overlooked in considering the merits of scholarly work, but it should not be. The book was genuinely a pleasure to read. Informationen zum Autor Brian Greenhill is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College. His primary research interest is in the effects that economic globalization and the continuing development of international institutions have on the development of human rights practices. At Dartmouth he teaches courses on human rights, globalization, international institutions and quantitative methods. Klappentext Transmitting Rights argues that membership in Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) facilitates the diffusion of human rights standards among their member states--and that this occurs even within IGOs that have no obvious connection to human rights issues. These findings challenge us to think differently about the consequences of IGO membership. Zusammenfassung Transmitting Rights argues that membership in Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) facilitates the diffusion of human rights standards among their member states--and that this occurs even within IGOs that have no obvious connection to human rights issues. These findings challenge us to think differently about the consequences of IGO membership. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables List of Figures 1 Introduction 1.1 Globalization and Human Rights 1.2 IGOs: Some Background 1.3 IGOs as Norm Transmitters 1.4 Empirical Strategy (and plan for the book) 2 Networks of Influence 2.1 Stage 1: Establishing the human rights culture of the IGO 2.2 Stage 2: Defining the IGO context of the state 2.3 Stage 3: Internalizing the Norms 2.4 Next steps: Collecting evidence of diffusion 3 Demonstrating Diffusion 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Data 3.3 Results 3.4 A Detailed Drill-Down 3.5 Taking Stock 4 State and IGO Characteristics 4.1 Shaping the Human Rights Culture 4.2 IGO Characteristics 4.3 Receiver Effects 4.4 Discussion 5 Gay Rights and Women's Rights 5.1 Variation among Rights 5.2 Data and Methods 5.3 Results 5.4 Discussion 6 Cause or Effect? 6.1 Introduction 6.2 IGOs and human rights conditions 6.3 Methods 6.4 Results 6.5 Discussion 7 Conclusions 7.1 Lessons Learned 7.2 Implications for IR Theory A Methods Appendix A.1 Diffusion Simulations A.2 Cross-Validation ...
