When does the IMF pay attention to human rights reputations?
An interesting study of when the IMF pays attention to the human rights records of its client nations is out in the latest issue of Political Studies.
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Human Rights and the Question of Democratization: Some Personal Reflections
Few narratives have been as central to international politics since the early 1990s as the idea that there is a measurable correlation between ‘human rights’ and the political system of liberal democracy.
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Lovelace on William Worthy and the Historical Relationship between Civil Rights and Human Rights
In the latest issue of the Journal of American History, H. Timothy Lovelace (Indiana University—Bloomington) has an article, "William Worthy's Passport: Travel Restrictions and the Cold War Struggle for Civil and Human Rights." From the article:
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