The Justice Cascade: How Human Rights Prosecutions Are Changing World Politics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780393079937)

Grawemeyer Award winner Kathryn Sikkink offers a landmark argument for human rights prosecutions as a powerful political tool. She shows how, in just three decades, state leaders in Latin America, Europe, and Africa have lost their immunity from any accountability for their human rights violations, becoming the subjects of highly publicized trials resulting in severe consequences. This shift is affecting the behavior of political leaders worldwide and may change the face of global politics as we know it.

Drawing on extensive research and illuminating personal experience, Sikkink reveals how the stunning emergence of human rights prosecutions has come about; what effect it has had on democracy, conflict, and repression; and what it means for leaders and citizens everywhere, from Uruguay to the United States. The Justice Cascade is a vital read for anyone interested in the future of world politics and human rights.

Author: Kathryn Sikkink
ISBN-10: 0393079937
ISBN-13: 9780393079937
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 09/26/2011
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.39h x 6.52w x 1.11d
Award: Robert F. Kennedy Book Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2011
Publishers Weekly 08/01/2011
Chronicle of Higher Education 09/09/2011 pg. 17