Understanding Human Rights Violations Hardcover 1st Edition

Steven C. Poe

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.

0815398727

9780815398721

English

Routledge

07-May-19

290

Sabine C. Carey is lecturer at the School of Politics, University of Nottingham. Her research concentrates on life integrity violations, dissent, intrastate conflict and the role of political institutions in conflict situations. Previous work include studies evaluating European foreign aid and the impact of regime transition on human rights violations and has appeared in Journal of Peace Research, European Union Politics, Democratization and Human Rights Quarterly. Steven C. Poe is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Undergraduate Peace Studies Program at the University of North Texas, in Denton, Texas. He formerly taught at William Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa. His research on human rights related issues has been published in numerous scholarly anthologies and journals. He is on the Editorial Review Board of Human Rights Quarterly, and he recently began a five-year term as Chief Editor of International Studies Quarterly.

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