The social science of human rights: the need for a 'second image reversed'?/

REGILME JR., Salvador Santino F.

The social science of human rights: the need for a 'second image reversed'?/ Salvador Santino F. Regilme Jr - 2014

What are the causes of state-initiated human rights violations? Are intra-national factors alone causally responsible for the emergence of human rights crises in the developing world? This article critically examines contemporary social science literature on the causes of human rights compliance and violations, particularly in the fields of international relations and comparative politics.


HUMAN RIGHTS--SOCIAL SCIENCE
GLOBALISATION
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
COMPARATIVE POLITICS