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Acclaimed scholar Kathryn Sikkink examines the important and controversial new trend of holding political leaders criminally accountable for human rights violations.Grawemeyer Award winner Kathryn Sikkink offers a landmark argument for human rights prosecutions as a powerful political tool. She shows how, in just three decades, state leaders in Latin America, Europe, and Africa have lost their immunity from any accountability for their human rights violations, becoming the subjects of highly publicized trials resulting in severe consequences. This shift is affecting the behavior of political leaders worldwide and may change the face of global politics as we know it. Drawing on extensive research and illuminating personal experience, Sikkink reveals how the stunning emergence of human rights prosecutions has come about; what effect it has had on democracy, conflict, and repression; and what it means for leaders and citizens everywhere, from Uruguay to the United States. The Justice Cascade is a vital read for anyone interested in the future of world politics and human rights.
Llegir més - Autor/a Kathryn Sikkink
- ISBN13 9780393079937
- ISBN10 0393079937
- Pàgines 342
- Any Edició 2011
- Fecha de publicación 23/08/2011
- Idioma Alemany, Francès
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Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Prosecutions Are Changing World Politics (Alemany, Francès)
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- Kathryn Sikkink
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- W. W. Norton & Company (2011)
- 9780393079937



