Campus Units
Political Science
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1997
Journal or Book Title
World Politics
Volume
49
Issue
4
First Page
510
Last Page
525
Abstract
Only in last decade or two have political scientists begun sys tematic, cross-national research on government violations of human rights. The primary research focus has been the rights associ ated with the "integrity of the person." At least two factors account for this relatively recent attention: the interest of President Jimmy Carter and Congress in setting human rights as a goal of American foreign policy and the publication of country-by-country accounts of human rights performance by the U.S. Department of State, Amnesty Inter national, and Freedom House. As the issue rose on the political agenda and as data sources for large cross-national analyses became available, scholarly interest quickly developed.1 In this sense, human rights re search has been driven as much by policy priorities and data availability as by theory.
Copyright Owner
Cambridge University Press
Copyright Date
1997
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
McCormick, James M. and Mitchell, Neil J., "Human Rights Violations, Umbrella Concepts, and Empirical Analysis" (1997). Political Science Publications. 24.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/pols_pubs/24
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Comments
This is an article from World Politics 49 (1997): 510. Posted with permission.