World influences on human rights language in constitutions: A cross-national study

International Sociology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-501

  Beck, Colin J ^a   Drori, Gili S ^b   Meyer, John W ^c  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutions; globalization; human rights; political sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863200589     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580912443575     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Arat ZDemocracy and Human Rights in Developing Countries. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse; 2003:.
2. Arjomand SA.Constitutions and the struggle for political order: A study in the modernization of politics traditions.European Journal of Sociology. 1992;33:29-82.
3. Anderson BImagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London: Verso; 1991:.
4. Bendix RKings or People: Power and the Mandate to Rule. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press; 1978:.
5. BoliJ (1976) The expansion of the state, 1870-1970. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Department of Sociology, Stanford University.
6. Boli JInstitutional Structure. Thomas GMeyer JRamirez FBoli J, ed. Newbury Park, CA: Sage; 1987:71-91.
7. Boli-Bennett J,Meyer JW.The ideology of childhood and the state: Rules distinguishing children in national constitutions, 1870-1970.American Sociological Review. 1978;43:797-812.
8. Boyle A.Some reflections on the relationship of treaties and soft law.International and Comparative Law Quarterly. 1999;48:901-913.
9. Chabbott CConstructing Education for Development: International Organizations and Education for All. New York: Routledge/Falmer; 2003:.
10. Cole W.Sovereignty relinquished?: Explaining commitment to the international human rights covenants, 1966-99.American Sociological Review. 2005;70:472-495.
11. De Mesquita BB,Downs GW,Smith A,Cherif FM.Thinking inside the box: A closer look at democracy and human rights.International Studies Quarterly. 2005;49:439-457.
12. Demirel-Pegg T,Moskowitz J.US aid allocation: The nexus of human rights, democracy, and development.Journal of Peace Research. 2009;46:181-198.
13. Dezalay Y,Garth BGThe Internationalization of Palace Wars. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 2002:.
14. Elliott M.Human rights and the triumph of the individual in world culture.Cultural Sociology. 2007;1:343-363.
15. ElliottM (2008) A cult of the individual for a global society: The development and worldwide expansion of human rights ideology. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Department of Sociology, Emory University.
16. Elliott M,Boli JHuman Rights Instruments and Human Rights Institutionalization, 1863-2003. Budapest: World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology; 2008:.
17. GibneyMCornettLWoodR (2011) Political Terror Scale, 1976-2008. Available at: www.politicalterrorscale.org (accessed 1 September 2011).
18. Go J.A globalizing constitutionalism? Views from the postcolony, 1945-2000.International Sociology. 2003;18:71-95.
19. Grew RStatemaking and Social Movements. Bright CHarding S, ed. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press; 1984:83-120.
20. Hafner-Burton EM,Ron J.Human rights institutions: Rhetoric and efficacy.Journal of Peace Research. 2007;44:379-384.
21. Hafner-Burton E,Tsutsui K.Human rights in a globalizing world: The paradox of empty promises.American Journal of Sociology. 2005;110:1373-1411.
22. Hafner-Burton E,Tsutsui K,Meyer JW.International human rights law and the politics of legitimation repressive states and human rights treaties.International Sociology. 2008;23:115-141.
23. Hathaway O.Do human rights treaties make a difference?.The Yale Law Journal. 2002;111:1935-2042.
24. HooperJ (1988) Human rights or citizenship rites: The quest for definition in national constitutions, 1870-1970. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Department of Sociology, Stanford University.
25. InoueK (2003) Vive la patiente! Discourse analysis of the global expansion of health as a human right. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, School of Education, Stanford University.
26. Inoue K,Drori GS.The global institutionalization of health as a social concern: Organizational and discursive trends.International Sociology. 2006;21:199-219.
27. Keller MR.Commissioning legitimacy: The global logics of national violence commission in the twentieth century.Politics and Society. 2009;37:352-396.
28. Koo J-W,Ramirez FO.National incorporation of global human rights: Worldwide expansion of national human rights institutions, 1966-2004.Social Forces. 2009;87:1-33.
29. Krasner SSovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press; 1999:.
30. Lauren PThe Evolution of International Human Rights. 2003) The Evolution of International Human Rights, 2nd edn.Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press; 2003:.
31. Lebovic JH,Voeten E.The cost of shame: International organizations and foreign aid in the punishing of human rights violators.Journal of Peace Research. 2009;46:79-97.
32. Marshall MGCodebook: Major Episodes of Political Violence 2008. Severn, MD: Center for Systemic Peace; 2009:.
33. Marshall MG,Jaggers KPolity Project: Dataset Users' Manual. Severn, MD: Center for Systemic Peace; 2009:.
34. Marshall THClass, Citizenship, and Social Development. Garden City, NY: Doubleday; 1964:.
35. Meyer JWWorld Society: The Writings of John W. Meyer. Kruecken GDrori G, ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2009:.
36. Meyer JW,Boli J,Thomas G,Ramirez F.World society and the nation-state.American Journal of Sociology. 1997;103:144-181.
37. Moravcsik A.The origins of human rights regimes: Democratic delegation in postwar Europe.International Organization. 2000;54:217-252.
38. Soft Law in Governance and Regulation. Mörth U, ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar; 2004:.
39. Moyn SThe Last Utopia: Human Rights in History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 2010:.
40. Nettl JP.The state as a conceptual variable.World Politics. 1968;20:559-592.
41. Neumayer E.Do international human rights treaties improve respect for human rights?.Journal of Conflict Resolution. 2005;49:925-953.
42. Risse M.A right to work? A right to leisure? Labor rights as human rights.Journal of Law and Ethics of Human Rights. 2009;3:1-39.
43. Shafir G,Brysk A.The globalization of rights: From citizenship to human rights.Citizenship Studies. 2006;10:275-287.
44. Stacy HHuman Rights for the 21st Century. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press; 2009:.
45. Stinchcombe AHandbook of Organizations. March J, ed. Chicago: Rand-McNally; 1965:142-193.
46. Suárez D.Education professionals and the construction of human rights education.Comparative Education Review. 2007;51:48-70.
47. Thornhill C.Towards a historical sociology of constitutional legitimacy.Theory and Society. 2008;37:161-197.
48. Tsutsui K,Wotipka CM.Global civil society and the international human rights movement: Citizen participation in human rights international nongovernmental organizations.Social Forces. 2004;82:587-620.
49. Vreeland JR.Political institutions and human rights: Why dictatorships enter into the United Nations Convention Against Torture.International Organization. 2008;62:65-101.
50. Wotipka C,Tsutsui K.Global human rights and state sovereignty: Nation-states' ratifications of international human rights treaties, 1965-1999.Sociological Forum. 2008;23:724-754.
51. Yearbook of International Organizations. Munich: Union of International Associations and KG Saur Verlag; 2005-2006:.