State Participation in International Treaty Regimes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754673729)

Why do some states resist entering into international treaty regimes while others demonstrate eagerness to participate? Although factors such as degree of pressure exerted by international actors, ambiguity in the treaty language and a regime's 'lack of teeth' (enforcement and sanctioning mechanism) do affect participation, this book investigates whether internal (domestic) factors may ultimately be responsible for influencing why a state resists or joins international treaty regimes. The volume draws on United Nations treaty ratification data from three different issue areas - arms control, environment and human rights - to study the participation patterns of democracies and non-democracies in international treaty regimes. Incorporating two in-depth case studies on the United States and China, the author traces the impact of domestic institutional structure, state capacity and internal social norms on state decisions to resist or participate.

Author: Srini Sitaraman
ISBN-10: 0754673723
ISBN-13: 9780754673729
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 08/24/2009
Pages: 346
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 10/30/2009 pg. 21
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 196