ABSTRACT
Originally published in 2004. This excellent volume presents a systematic analysis of various human rights violations around the globe, focusing on security and subsistence rights. The book collects important contributions to the theoretical development of the human rights phenomenon, covering a wide range of human rights issues and research approaches. The research presented combines a variety of qualitative and quantitative approaches and brings together both theoretical and empirical work. It places particular emphasis on making the advanced statistical methods that are used to test the arguments accessible to a wider readership. Understanding Human Rights Violations will prove a useful tool for all in the fields of international human rights, peace studies, political violence and international law, and offers a valuable introduction into the literature on human rights violations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|38 pages
Human Rights Research and The Quest For Dignity
part II|44 pages
Foreign Policy Analysis
chapter Chapter 3|20 pages
Aiding or Abetting: British Foreign Aid Decisions and Recipient Country Human Rights
chapter Chapter 4|20 pages
Security at What Cost? Arms Transfers to the Developing World and Human Rights
part III|60 pages
Development and Trade
part IV|38 pages
Legal and Institutional Determinants Of Human Rights
part V|72 pages
New Directions In The Research On Human Rights Violations
chapter Chapter 10|16 pages
Ethnicity and Repression: The Ethnic Composition of Countries and Human Rights Violations
chapter Chapter 11|19 pages
Domestic Threat and Repression: An Analysis of State Responses to Different Forms of Dissent
part VI|10 pages
Conclusion