Socializing States [[electronic resource] ] : Promoting Human Rights through International Law

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452754903321
• Autore: Goodman Ryan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2013
• ISBN: 0-19-020325-0; 0-19-930101-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): JinksDerek
• Disciplina: 341.4/8; 341.48
• Soggetti: Human rights -- Political aspects; International law and human rights; State, The -- Social aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction: Rethinking State Socialization and International Human Rights Law; A. The Empirical Study of International Law; B. Objectives of the Project; C. Theorizing State Socialization; D. Advancing the Understanding of State Socialization; E. Outline of the Book; PART ONE: A Theory of Influence; Chapter 2. Three Mechanisms of Social Influence; A. Material Inducement; B. Persuasion; C. Acculturation; D. Illustration: Mechanisms of Influence in The Global Diffusion of Markets and Democracy; Chapter 3. Acculturation of States: The Theoretical Model; A. Socialization of the StateB. Acculturation and the Patterns of State Practice; Chapter 4. Acculturation of States: The Empirical Record; A. Studies Outside of Human Rights; B. Human Rights Studies; C. Objections and Clarifications; PART TWO: Applications for International Human Rights Regime Design; Chapter 5. Conditional Membership: Socialization and Community Delimitation; A. Material Inducement; B. Persuasion; C. Acculturation; Chapter 6. Precision of Legal Obligations: Socialization and Rule-Making; A. Material Inducement; B. Persuasion; C. Acculturation; Chapter 7. Monitoring and Enforcement: Socialization and Rule-BreakersA. Material Inducement; B. Persuasion; C. Acculturation; PART THREE: Problems and Prospects of State Socialization; Chapter 8. State Acculturation and the Problem of Compliance; A. Acculturation without Decoupling; B. Acculturation with "Benign" or "Facilitative" Decoupling; C. Decoupling and "Deep" Reform; D. Moving beyond Decoupling: The Progression of Acculturation; E. Managing Decoupling: Designing Institutions to Reduce the Gap; Chapter 9. Toward an Integrated Model of State Socialization; A. Taking Acculturation SeriouslyB. Negative Interactions between Mechanisms; C. Sequencing Effects; D. Conditions for Mechanism Success; Chapter 10. Conclusion: Taking Stock and Future Research; A. Our Major Empirical Claims; B. Our Major Normative Applications; C. Future Normative Work; D. Future Empirical Work; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: The role of international law in global politics is as poorly understood as it is important. But how can the international legal regime encourage states to respect human rights? Given that international law lacks a centralized enforcement mechanism, it is not obvious how this law matters at all, and how it might change the behavior or preferences of state actors. In Socializing States, Ryan Goodman and Derek Jinks contend that what is needed is a greater emphasis on the mechanisms of law's social influence--and the micro-processes that drive each mechanism. Such an emphasis would make clearer