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Both human rights and globalization are powerful ideas and
processes, capable of transforming the world in profound ways.
Notwithstanding their universal claims, however, the processes are
constructed, and they draw their power from the specific cultural
and political contexts in which they are constructed. Far from
bringing about a harmonious cosmopolitan order, they have
stimulated conflict and opposition. In the context of
globalization, as the idea of human rights has become universal,
its meaning has become one more terrain of struggle among groups
with their own interests and goals. Part I of this volume looks at
political and cultural struggles to control the human rights regime
-- that is, the power to construct the universal claims that will
prevail in a territory -- with respect to property, the state, the
environment, and women. Part II examines the dynamics and
counterdynamics of transnational networks in their interactions
with local actors in Iran, China, and Hong Kong. Part III looks at
the prospects for fruitful human rights dialogue between "competing
universalisms" that by definition are intolerant of contradiction
and averse to compromise. Selected Contents: Introduction:
Observing Human Rights in the Age of GlobalizationPart I. The
Struggle to Control the Human Rights RegimePart II. The Dynamics
and Counterdynamics of GlobalizationPart III. Setting the Terms of
Debate: Pursuing Global Consensus
Both human rights and globalization are powerful ideas and
processes, capable of transforming the world in profound ways.
Notwithstanding their universal claims, however, the processes are
constructed, and they draw their power from the specific cultural
and political contexts in which they are constructed. Far from
bringing about a harmonious cosmopolitan order, they have
stimulated conflict and opposition. In the context of
globalization, as the idea of human rights has become universal,
its meaning has become one more terrain of struggle among groups
with their own interests and goals. Part I of this volume looks at
political and cultural struggles to control the human rights regime
-- that is, the power to construct the universal claims that will
prevail in a territory -- with respect to property, the state, the
environment, and women. Part II examines the dynamics and
counterdynamics of transnational networks in their interactions
with local actors in Iran, China, and Hong Kong. Part III looks at
the prospects for fruitful human rights dialogue between "competing
universalisms" that by definition are intolerant of contradiction
and averse to compromise. Selected Contents: Introduction:
Observing Human Rights in the Age of GlobalizationPart I. The
Struggle to Control the Human Rights RegimePart II. The Dynamics
and Counterdynamics of GlobalizationPart III. Setting the Terms of
Debate: Pursuing Global Consensus
This book argues that the effectiveness of the state apparatus is
one of the crucial variables determining human rights conditions,
and that state weakness and failure is responsible for much of the
human rights abuses we see today. Weak states are unable to control
their own agents or to police abuses by private actors, resulting
in less accountability and more abuse. By contrast, stronger states
have greater capacities to protect human rights; even strong
authoritarian states tend to have better human rights conditions
than weak ones. The first two chapters of the book develop the
theoretical connections between international law, sovereignty,
states and rights, and the consequences of state failure for these
relationships. The empirical chapters (Chapters 3-6) test the
validity of these theoretical claims, employing a multi-method
approach that combines quantitative and qualitative methods.
Englehart uses case studies of Afghanistan, Burma/Myanmar and the
Indian state of Bihar to analyze types and patterns of state
failure, based on analysis of NGO reports, archival research,
primary and secondary texts, and interviews and field research.
Examining what happens to human rights when states fail, the book
concludes with implications for scholars and activists concerned
with human rights. This book will be of great use to scholars of
international relations, comparative politics, human rights law and
state sovereignty.
This book argues that the effectiveness of the state apparatus is
one of the crucial variables determining human rights conditions,
and that state weakness and failure is responsible for much of the
human rights abuses we see today. Weak states are unable to control
their own agents or to police abuses by private actors, resulting
in less accountability and more abuse. By contrast, stronger states
have greater capacities to protect human rights; even strong
authoritarian states tend to have better human rights conditions
than weak ones. The first two chapters of the book develop the
theoretical connections between international law, sovereignty,
states and rights, and the consequences of state failure for these
relationships. The empirical chapters (Chapters 3-6) test the
validity of these theoretical claims, employing a multi-method
approach that combines quantitative and qualitative methods.
Englehart uses case studies of Afghanistan, Burma/Myanmar and the
Indian state of Bihar to analyze types and patterns of state
failure, based on analysis of NGO reports, archival research,
primary and secondary texts, and interviews and field research.
Examining what happens to human rights when states fail, the book
concludes with implications for scholars and activists concerned
with human rights. This book will be of great use to scholars of
international relations, comparative politics, human rights law and
state sovereignty.
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