Rhetoric and Reality : International Organizations, Sovereignty Costs, and Human Rights (Elements in International Relations)

Hafner-Burton, Emilie M./ Mansfield, Edward D./ Pevehouse, Jon C. W.

Cambridge University Press（2026/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 75 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781009638135

Full Description

The number of international human rights institutions and countries participating in them has risen dramatically in recent decades, precipitating debates about why countries make such commitments and whether these commitments improve member's human rights behavior. These debates have centered on a small number of human rights treaties, with far less attention paid to the larger number of international organizations (IOs) that aim to promote human rights. The Element argues and then demonstrates that state decisions about joining these IOs depends on the institutional design of the organizations, specifically sovereignty costs for member states. These costs stem from the constraints that IOs impose and vary substantially. Emerging democracies are most likely to enter high sovereignty cost IOs. Furthermore, organizations that generate higher sovereignty costs tend to produce better human rights outcomes than those generating fewer sovereignty costs for all regimes. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Contents

1. Introduction; Part I. The Argument: 2. International Human Rights Organizations; 3. International Organizations and Sovereignty Costs; 4. Human Rights Behavior; Part II. The Evidence: 5. Data on Sovereignty Costs; 6. Predicting Membership in International Human Rights Organizations; 7. Predicting Human Rights Behavior; 8. Conclusion; Appendices; References.