Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. The Self- Restraining State? -- Chapter 2. Historical Linkages -- Chapter 3. Tracking Global Diffusion -- Chapter 4. The Logic of Strategic Emulation -- Chapter 5. Trendsetters and Early Adopters, pre- 1990 -- Chapter 6. Democratization Scripts and Bandwagoning in Africa -- Chapter 7. Transitional Myths and Everyday Politics in the Americas -- Chapter 8. Appeasement via Localization in the Asia Pacific -- Chapter 9. Membership Rites and Statehood in the New Eu rope -- Chapter 10. How Accountability Institutions Matter -- Chapter 11. Adaptive States: Making and Breaking International Law -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Summary
Sonia Cardenas offers the most comprehensive account to date of the emergence of national human rights institutions, exploring why states create these institutions and examining their impact on contemporary human rights struggles
