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1、InternationalSociologyhttp://iss.sagepub.com/InternationalHumanRightsLawandthePoliticsofLegitimation:RepressiveStatesandHumanRightsTreatiesEmilieM.Hafner-Burton,KiyoteruTsutsuiandJohnW.MeyerInternationalSociology200823:115DOI:10.1177/0268580907084388Theonlineversionofthisarticlecanbef

2、oundat:http://iss.sagepub.com/content/23/1/115Publishedby:http://www.sagepublications.comOnbehalfof:InternationalSociologicalAssociationAdditionalservicesandinformationforInternationalSociologycanbefoundat:EmailAlerts:http://iss.sagepub.com/cgi/alertsSubscriptions:http://iss.sagepub.c

3、om/subscriptionsReprints:http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.navPermissions:http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.navCitations:http://iss.sagepub.com/content/23/1/115.refs.html>>VersionofRecord-Dec19,2007WhatisThis?Downloadedfromiss.sagepub.comatSunYat-SenUniversityonDecember

4、10,2013InternationalHumanRightsLawandthePoliticsofLegitimationRepressiveStatesandHumanRightsTreatiesEmilieM.Hafner-BurtonPrincetonUniversityKiyoteruTsutsuiUniversityofMichigan,AnnArborJohnW.MeyerStanfordUniversityabstract:Thisstudyexplores,withquantitativedataanalyses,whynation-states

5、withverynegativehumanrightsrecordstendtosignandratifyhumanrightstreatiesatratessimilartothoseofstateswithpositiverecords.Thestudy’scoreargumentsare(1)thatthedeepeninginternationalhumanrightsregimecreatesopportunitiesforrights-violatinggovernmentstodisplaylow-costlegitimatingcommitment

6、stoworldnorms,leadingthemtoratifyhumanrightstreatieswith-outthecapacityorwillingnesstocomplywiththeprovisions;and(2)thatamongrepressiveregimes,autonomousonesthatarelessconstrainedbydomesticforcesaremorelikelytoratifyhumanrightstreatiesassymboliccommitment,becausethesesovereignsarefree

7、toentertainhighlevelsofdecouplingbetweenpolicyandpractice,whileconstrainedgovernmentsaremorereluctanttoincitedomestic(andforeign)oppositionsandinterestgroups.Thecombinedoutcomeisthatrepressivestatesratifyhumanrightstreatiesatleastasfrequentlyasnon-repressiveones–particularlythoserepre

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