Sonia Cardenas is Associate Professor of Political Science at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

"Finally, a book showing that compliance is not an all-or-nothing affair. Cardenas unpacks compliance and makes a compelling case that domestic politics are a big part of the story, two invaluable contributions to the field of human rights. Read the book!"-Emilie M. Hafner-Burton, University of California, San Diego "This is an excellent look at why states comply-or not-with international human rights norms, and will be a valuable reference on the bookshelf of students of human rights as well as, hopefully, policymakers responsible for crafting and implementing pressure for human rights compliance."-Human Rights and Human Welfare

• Preface1. Introduction: Compliance Revisited2. Human Rights Pressure and State Violations3. Skeptics Under Fire: Human Rights Change in the Southern Cone4. Bounded Optimism: The Limits of Human Rights Influence5. State Responses in Global Perspective6. Compliance and Resistance in International PoliticsAppendix: Measuring Human Rights DeterminantsNotesIndex

Sonia Cardenas is Associate Professor of Political Science at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

"Finally, a book showing that compliance is not an all-or-nothing affair. Cardenas unpacks compliance and makes a compelling case that domestic politics are a big part of the story, two invaluable contributions to the field of human rights. Read the book!"-Emilie M. Hafner-Burton, University of California, San Diego "This is an excellent look at why states comply-or not-with international human rights norms, and will be a valuable reference on the bookshelf of students of human rights as well as, hopefully, policymakers responsible for crafting and implementing pressure for human rights compliance."-Human Rights and Human Welfare

• Preface1. Introduction: Compliance Revisited2. Human Rights Pressure and State Violations3. Skeptics Under Fire: Human Rights Change in the Southern Cone4. Bounded Optimism: The Limits of Human Rights Influence5. State Responses in Global Perspective6. Compliance and Resistance in International PoliticsAppendix: Measuring Human Rights DeterminantsNotesIndex

Sonia Cardenas is Associate Professor of Political Science at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

"Finally, a book showing that compliance is not an all-or-nothing affair. Cardenas unpacks compliance and makes a compelling case that domestic politics are a big part of the story, two invaluable contributions to the field of human rights. Read the book!"-Emilie M. Hafner-Burton, University of California, San Diego "This is an excellent look at why states comply-or not-with international human rights norms, and will be a valuable reference on the bookshelf of students of human rights as well as, hopefully, policymakers responsible for crafting and implementing pressure for human rights compliance."-Human Rights and Human Welfare

• Preface1. Introduction: Compliance Revisited2. Human Rights Pressure and State Violations3. Skeptics Under Fire: Human Rights Change in the Southern Cone4. Bounded Optimism: The Limits of Human Rights Influence5. State Responses in Global Perspective6. Compliance and Resistance in International PoliticsAppendix: Measuring Human Rights DeterminantsNotesIndex