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Providing a novel conceptual framework and rich case studies of the Roma in France and the Czech Republic, Zoltán I. Búzás sheds light on the ways in which states are able to resist unwanted human rights obligations by circumventing international human rights norms without violating the laws designed to protect them.
List of contents
Part I. Background and Theory
Chapter 1. After Legalization: The Persistent Violation of International Human Rights Norms
Chapter 2. A Theory of Norm Evasion
Part II. France and Roma Immigration
Chapter 3. Choosing Norm Evasion: The French Expulsion of Roma Immigrants
Chapter 4. Constructing French Expulsions as Norm Evasion
Part III. The Czech Republic and Roma Education
Chapter 5. Choosing Norm Evasion: The Czech Segregation of Roma Children in "Special Schools"
Chapter 6. Constructing Czech Special School Segregation as Norm Evasion
Chapter 7. International Relations at the Intersection of Laws and Norms
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
About the author
Zoltan I. Buzas is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Drexel University.
Summary
Providing a novel conceptual framework and rich case studies of the Roma in France and the Czech Republic, Zoltan I. Buzas sheds light on the ways in which states are able to resist unwanted human rights obligations by circumventing international human rights norms without violating the laws designed to protect them.
