The social science of human rights: The need for a 'second image reversed'?

• Main Author: Regilme, Salvador Santino F.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: Human rights; Human rights and globalization; International law and human rights; Human Rights Law
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/8692
• Institution: De La Salle University

What are the causes of state- initiated human rights violations? Are intra-national factors alone causally responsible for the emergence of human rights crises in the developing world? This article critically examines contemporary social science literature on the causes of human rights compliance an...