This book presents the evolution of the field of foreign policy analysis and explains the
theories that have structured research in this area over the last 50 years. It provides the …

The end of the Cold War has provided scholars of international relations with a unique
opportunity to evaluate the explanatory power of their models in a rapidly changing …

Ours has been called a global" age of rights," an era in which respect for human rights is
considered the highest aspiration of the international democratic community. Since the …

Does foreign military assistance strengthen or further weaken fragile states facing internal
conflict? Aid may strengthen the state by bolstering its repressive capacity vis-à-vis armed …

The success or failure of any international human rights system should be evaluated in
accordance with its impact on human rights practices on the domestic (country) level. At the …

This book draws on key theories and methods from the social sciences to develop a
framework for the systematic study of human rights problems. It argues that solid empirical …

This paper demonstrates why human rights measurement is important, how human rights
have been measured to date, and how such measures can be improved in the future …

Democracies are more supportive of US positions on important votes in the UN General
Assembly than of nondemocracies. Is this because democracies share common …

Every year, billions of dollars of environmental aid flow from the rich governments of the
North to the poor governments of the South. Why do donors provide this aid? What do they …

As democratization has advanced in the developing world, developed countries such as the
United States have implemented explicit strategies of democracy promotion by providing …