The social science of human rights: the need for a ‘second image reversed’?

@article{Regilme2014TheSS,
  title={The social science of human rights: the need for a ‘second image reversed’?},
  author={Salvador Santino Fulo Regilme},
  journal={Third World Quarterly},
  year={2014},
  volume={35},
  pages={1390 - 1405},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:143449409}
}
  • S. Regilme
  • Published 14 September 2014
  • Political Science, Sociology
  • Third World Quarterly
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 and violations, particularly in the fields of international relations and comparative politics. It underscores the finding that the current research agenda on human rights has yet to fully recognise the… 
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