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050	0	0	_aK3240 _b.H8588 2012
245	0	0	_aHuman rights, state compliance, and social change : _bassessing national human rights institutions / _ceditors Ryan Goodman, Thomas Pegram.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_axii, 351 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: 1. National human rights institutions, state compliance, and social change Ryan Goodman and Thomas Pegram; Part I. NHRIs in Theory and Reality: 2. National human rights institutions and state compliance Sonia Cardenas; 3. The shifting boundaries of NHRI definition in the international system Linda C. Reif; 4. Evaluating NHRIs: considering structure, mandate, and impact Julie Mertus; Part II. NHRI Performance: Global, Regional, and National Domains: 5. National human rights institutions and the international human rights system Chris Sidoti; 6. National human rights institutions in anglophone Africa: legalism, popular agency, and the "voices of suffering" Obiora Chinedu Okafor; 7. National human rights institutions in the Asia Pacific region: change agents under conditions of uncertainty Catherine Renshaw and Kieren Fitzpatrick; 8. National human rights institutions in Central and Eastern Europe: the ombudsman as agent of international law Richard Carver; 9. National human rights institutions in Latin America: politics and institutionalization Thomas Pegram; Part III. NHRIS and Compliance: Beyond Enforcement: 10. The societalization of horizontal accountability: rights advocacy and the defensor del pueblo de la nación in Argentina Enrique Peruzzotti; 11. Through pressure or persuasion?: explaining compliance with the resolutions of the Bolivian defensor del pueblo Fredrik Uggla; Part IV. Final Reflections: 12. Tainted origins and uncertain outcomes: evaluating NHRIs Peter Rosenblum; 13. National human rights institutions, opportunities, and activism David S. Meyer.
520			_a"This book critically examines the significance of National Human Rights Institutions by collecting work from experts spanning international law, political science, sociology, and human rights practice"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aNational human rights institutions.
650		0	_aHuman rights.
650		0	_aInternational law.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights _2bisacsh.
700	1		_aGoodman, Ryan.
700	1		_aPegram, Thomas Innes,
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