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More Than Words: Legal Professional Activism and the Prevention of Torture in South Korea
In: Human rights quarterly, Band 41, Heft 3, S. 646-671
ISSN: 1085-794X
How Social Movements Die: Repression and Demobilization of the Republic of New Africa
In: Contemporary sociology, Band 45, Heft 4, S. 429-430
ISSN: 1939-8638
Democracy and the making of contentious policy: The role of democracy in the abolition of the death penalty, 1950–2010
In: International journal of comparative sociology: IJCS, Band 56, Heft 5, S. 314-337
ISSN: 1745-2554
Previous scholarship discussed the pivotal role of democracy in promoting human rights policies. However, prior work did not examine the distinct process of how democratic regimes adopt contentious policies with low public support. In focusing on the distinct policy-making process of contentious policy, this study examines how democracy can lead to a policy change with one contentious policy in particular: the abolition of the death penalty. The research compares dissimilar dynamics within gradual and immediate abolition processes with data from 164 countries between 1950 and 2010. The results of a competing risks event history model suggest that a country's overall level of democracy, a specific democratic component such as the institutional separation of powers, democratic transition, and the presence of democratic legacy increase the likelihood of gradual abolition. However, democracy does not lead to immediate death abolition, except in cases where there is a sudden transition to democracy. The results have important implications for understanding the role of democracy in promoting contentious and unpopular policies.
DIFFERENTIAL PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL ACTIVISM: THE CASE OF THE GUANTANAMO HABEAS LAWYERS
In: Mobilization: the international quarterly review of social movement research, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 287-307
ISSN: 1086-671X
Scholars of social movements tend to regard professionals as a homogeneous group whose activism plays a secondary role in mobilization processes. In this article, I focus on activism driven by professionals themselves and therein examine how heterogeneous professionals participate in their activism. Drawing on the case of the Guantanamo habeas lawyers, I utilize a two-step methodology to investigate the factors that contribute to the differential participation of legal professionals. The first stage of analysis shows that while lawyers with higher status played a critical role in initiating professional activism under a hostile environment, the Rasul v. Bush ruling opened up a legal opportunity for lawyers with lower status to participate in activism. In the second stage, social network analyses of the lawyers' collaborative structure reveal that movement-affiliated lawyers played a bridging role that coordinated initiators and latecomers. The results have important implications for understanding professionals 'participation in contentious politics. Adapted from the source document.
The Jesuits and the Sino-Russian Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) The Diary of Thomas Pereira, S. J. By Joseph Sebes, S. J. Bibliotheca Instituti Historici S. I. Vol. XVIII. Rome, 1962. Pp. 341
In: Journal of Southeast Asian History, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 208-209
Kissinger and the Westphalian State: Still Faithful After All These Years
In: Millennium: journal of international studies, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 147-154
ISSN: 0305-8298
Africa's Turn, by Edward Miguel
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 109, Heft 435, S. 338-339
ISSN: 1468-2621
Commerce between rivals: realism, liberalism, and credible communication across the Taiwan Strait
In: International relations of the Asia-Pacific: a journal of the Japan Association of International Relations, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 435-467
ISSN: 1470-4838
China and Africa: Engagement and compromise, by Ian Taylor
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 107, Heft 427, S. 284-285
ISSN: 1468-2621
Can't get no satisfaction? The recognition of revisionist states
In: International relations of the Asia-Pacific: a journal of the Japan Association of International Relations, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 207-238
ISSN: 1470-4838
Art, nation and gender: ethnic landscapes, myths and mother figures
In: Women's studies international forum, Band 26, Heft 6, S. 581-582
Mugabe: Right and wrong
In: African affairs: the journal of the Royal African Society, Band 102, Heft 407, S. 343-347
ISSN: 1468-2621